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.su Lives On, Stronger Than Ever

Posted by timothy on from the c-c-c-i-p dept.

CWRUisTakingMyMoney writes "Yahoo! Finance has a story about the defunct Soviet Union's .su TLD. 'Sixteen years after the superpower's collapse, Web sites ending in the Soviet ".su" domain name have been rising — registrations increased 45 percent this year alone. Bloggers, entrepreneurs and die-hard communists are all part of a small but growing online community resisting repeated efforts to extinguish the online Soviet outpost.'"

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  1. Well. by Zarel · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks like all those "In Soviet Russia" jokes will be on-topic for once.

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  2. Words that end in .su by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    babas.su
    jiujit.su
    jiuju.tsu
    jujit.su
    jujut.su
    shiat.su
    tirami.su
    zaibat.su

    Hurry up and register them!

  3. Rumour has it... by jd · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...that the next batch of registrants are:

    • www.microsoft-will.su
    • www.sco-will.su
    • www.rambus-will.su
    • www.riaa-will.su
    • www.mpaa-will.su
    • www.oldies-internet-radio-peggy.su
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    1. Re:Rumour has it... by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 5, Funny

      omnom-eat.su
      chucknorris-kill.su
      insovietrussia-domainregister.su

  4. The only domain I wanted. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    pant.su is taken :(

  5. Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    In Soviet Russia, DOMAINS END IN .SU !!! /me ducks for cover.

  6. Re:Oblig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, goatsecx.su!

  7. Re:Where to register a .su? by ggruschow · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nic.ru seems to be the main site. nic.tld is often the place to go at least for info on a TLD.

    Their service agreement form allows you to specify you're a US citizen as well as to choose to pay in US Dollars. They're charging 600 rubles/year for a domain, which is currently US$25.51.

  8. Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE by Kjella · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know, sometimes it's funny when they find a new way to beat a dead horse. The first time I saw "In soviet america" is was funny and that was long after the initial joke. Or the infamous "all your base are belong to you" was fun the first time I saw the poem:

    roses are #FF0000
    violets are #0000FF
    all my base
    are belong to you

    In the end, reusing old material is ok as long as you're doing it with a twist. If you just throw up the same "In Soviet Russia, [subject] [verb]s you!" then you're just rehashing old material. Think of slashdot a bit like a stand-up comedian, you can't pull the same jokes over and over to the same audience. Instead, use the opportunity that we have some memes to make some in-jokes, it makes those who get it feel smug and the rest curious. I love Futurama for that, they go so many geeky references I've probably missed a bunch and still feel I "got it".

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  9. Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE by calebt3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    you can't pull the same jokes over and over to the same audience. You must be new here.