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First Non-Latin TLDs Go Online Today

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-klingon-in-there dept.

eldavojohn writes "ICANN today switched on the country code top level domains for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, which are the first non-Latin TLDs available and are also fully readable right to left. Slashdot does not support them but you can find the TLDs in the BBC article. ICANN said it had 21 more requests for TLDs in 11 different languages. A quick note — if you do not have the language packs installed, you may experience unpredictable browser behavior in the URL bar. Right now countries like China and Thailand have implemented workarounds to achieve the same effect."

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  1. Really? by Tekfactory · · Score: 3, Funny

    China and Thailand have implemented workarounds to achieve unpredictable browser behavior in the URL bar?

    1. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, like www.bankofamerica.com.secure.cn

    2. Re:Really? by AnonymousClown · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, like www.bankofamerica.com.secure.cn

      I have a better one: www.bankofamerica.com.secure.ru.

      It has an algorithm that predicts what expenses you will have in the near future and withdraws your money and puts it in a safe account that's unknown to you so that you don't spend it. They did that to me - took all my money out - and then all I have to do is send them an email and they'll pay my bills - all for a $19.95 monthly service fee on my CC. I can't loose!

      This is my first month on this program, so I'll let you guys know how it works.

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    3. Re:Really? by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, they are a little behind. They just implemented AOL keywords.

    4. Re:Really? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

      I actaully used an e, because slashdot wouldn't let me put in the HTML entity, but this is good enough to demonstrate the problem

      So, if you only could have done it, you might have done it.

      Now I'm really scared.

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    5. Re:Really? by vux984 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ironically, "http://www.bankofamercia.com" is probably close enough to fool some people too, and doesn't require any fancy javascript. ;)

    6. Re:Really? by boxwood · · Score: 5, Funny

      I have an even better one: www.bankofamerica.com

      It has an algorithm that increases my taxes and deposits the money into their executive bonus pool.

  2. Good news everybody! by sunderland56 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot does not support them

    It is now possible to get a domain that cannot be slashdotted!

  3. Re:Seriously? by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think unicode is a bag of shit. If ISO 8859-1 was good enough for Homer, Jesus, & Shakespeare it's good enough for everyone.

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  4. Re:Thats all good by AnonymousClown · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wouldn't the Latin URL start off with "HTTPUS" for the URLUS?

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  5. A great victory by MoellerPlesset2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the inhabitants of Mönsterås, Sweden.
    The town name means 'patterned ridge', but to date they've have had to put up with the domain "Monsteras" - which means "monster-carcass".
    (å, ä, ö/ø in the Scandinavian languages are considered to be their own unique characters, not accented 'a's and 'o's.)

    1. Re:A great victory by sootman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sweet! Now I can finally get my site, "anosfeliz.es" off blacklists! ;-)

      (For the non-Spanish speakers out there: "feliz" means happy (and adjectives come after nouns, like Rio Grande [big river] or El Camino Real [the royal road]), "años" means "years" and "anos" means "anus." So instead of "happy years" it would be... something else entirely.)

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  6. Re:Thats all good by medcalf · · Score: 2, Funny

    That depends on if you interpret "hypertext" as motion towards, in which case the answer is no, or not, in which case the answer is yes.

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  7. Re:Thats all good by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny

    SPQR://

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  8. Re:Thats all good by GaryOlson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't the Latin URL start off with "HTTPUS" for the URLUS?

    Only works if your DNS server is properly configured to return the proper IP addressus
    CCXVI.XXXIV.CLXXXI.XLV

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  9. Re:Non-latin TLDs? by negRo_slim · · Score: 2, Funny

    I agree we need a new system in place to handle finance, I suggest using human based locomotion to place your rotund gluteus maximus in the safe confines of a real establishment with real people, providing a top tier method of verifying where your money is going that nearly any lay person could use! And not only that; it would go a long way to help support your local economy while helping to expend your probably excess storage of chemical energy.

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  10. Re:Thats all good by HiVizDiver · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's called a "Newton", you insensitive clod!