When I took the regrettable step of going to see Phantom Menace at the opening midnight screening it did indeed have 12:01am on the ticket for that reason - no confusion.
I was in Japan in July for the IETF meeting there, and this was for sale then. I was very close to buying one until I realised my fingers were too big for the keys...
I can absolutely recommend a book called Code Complete. Yes, it is published by Microsoft, but it is an invaluable language-agnostic guide to writing software that includes heavy doses of common sense regarding commenting, coding styles etc.
As is said, ccTLDs are a major component of the DNS and most are not getting involved with the current ICANN. Given most ccTLDs are controlled or have government oversight in their respective countries I don't see a problem with governments (plural) being involved.
Australian Embassy
No 13, 23rd Street,
Khalid Islambuli Ave,
Tehran 15138
Iran
tel +98 (21) 872 4456
tel +98 (21) 872 0484
Australia does not have diplomatic posts in Iraq or Afghanistan but does in neighbouring countries. It is normal for small countries not to have an embassy in every country in the globe.
The fact remains that the illegal immigrants travel half way around the world to Indonesia - through many countries where they could seek asylum if they were that desperate, shred their personal documents so they can not be identified, and sail to Australia. If they were geniunely not economic refugees, they wouldn't take such a calculated move to get into Australia illegally. They could go to neighbouring Pakistan for example, where Australia does has an consulate and a high commission, and appeal to enter legally there.
Of course, you don't even need to apply to an Australian embassy. You only need apply to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for placement. They facilitate the legal placement of refugees to Australia.
Here in Australia, anyone can stick things in post offices if they pay for it. There are all sorts of brochures and things, plus most of the larger ISPs and phone companies have free samplers and recharge kits there.
I assume Microsoft's deal isn't an exclusive arrangement?
In the article it cites GNN and Netscape as companies that have failed under AOL. The difference is they were admitted failures before AOL even acquired them.
Red Hat on the other hand IS successful. It is a bit of a stretch to suggest AOL is going to kill something that is dying, because it didn't save others that were past their use-by date.
They made that list without thinking of tech terms. These are all established websites: www top50 link isp
The generic rule was only introduced around 1995/1996, and there were generics registered before then. I think you will find most generics already existing were registered before the rule was introduced (although some HAVE slipped through since).
The inconsistent application of the rule is one of the reasons it is being dropped.
Robert Elz was dead against this. His standard was that you got foobar.com.au if your company was called foobar and not otherwise. Nice clean system. But he lost his fight to keep.au and now the moment auDA gets control they throw out all logic.
You clearly don't know what you are talking about. You still must be eligible for the domain name under the auction. So if you want sex.com.au you company must be called something like "Sex" as of 13th August 2001.
auDA hasn't and isn't throwing out the eligibility requirements of domain names, it is simple allowing people to register forbidden generics under those same rules.
1) Abolish ownership of all domain names, and replace it with a system of 12-month leases, issued by auction.
There is no ownership of domain names. In Australia, and most other places, they _are_ leased. In Australia, domains like.com.au are leased for two years periods. I also note.com,.net,.biz,.info etc are leased too. You can't claim to own them because you don't.
I tried out a Crusoe-based laptop at the start of the year. The main reason I didn't buy it WAS the heat. The thing was actually too hot to hold in your hand after operating for a while.
That is true. Most of the electronic systems in radio studios have this feature (probably the most widely used is RCS Master Control). The length of the intro is nominated in the log, and then when the song starts it will countdown to the point where the lyrics or first major part of the song starts. You can also note how the song ends, whether it fades off, or ends suddenly, so the jock knows how soon to speak over the end of the song.
1. OptusNet is owned by Optus which is owned by Singapore's SingTel. Cable and Wireless sold Optus some time ago.
2. Optus and Telstra aren't the only backbone providers in Australia, to say that all traffic in.au ultimately goes through them is a lie. For example, UUNet is a very large backbone provide in Australia. (Probably bigger than Optus)
From the back cover: "affects brain function, hormone balance, and sleep patterns, while increasing your risk of osteoporosis, diabetes, ulcers, PMS, stroke, heart deiseas, and certain types of cancer."
I bought it about 6 months ago and have never been closer to thinking about giving away the caffeine;-)
ps. Amazon says 320 pages.. mine has 451.. go figure.
No, Melbourne IT was granted a 5 year license in 1996 to run the registrar services. It is currently controlled by auDA, previously by Robert Elz. You can see the delegation of authority for.au on page 7
of the.au technical report.
I'd suggest you read IANA's report which is a lot more comprehensive than the media reports.
The news article says it is a private-sector body, but it is an open body formed of stakeholders including domain registrars, users, and Internet organisations (e.g. the Internet Society and Electronic Frontiers are on the board).
I am on the board of auDA, elected as a user representative. I am not from a registrar or any commercial interest. I can say that everyone has the best interests of.au at heart and I think this is a very positive move.
auDA's plans for.au are already available on the Internet and were formed through open public processes earlier in the year. The primary result will be competition in the domain registration area. Currently the domains under.au (com.au, net.au) etc are run by parallel monopolies, but this will be opened up to a competitive environment under the plan. The competition report is here.
A-ha! So that's why Hutchinson's couldn't get orange.com.au, but Apple could get apple.com.au (even though it's generic)?
Both apple.com.au and orange.com.au would probably fail under
Section 3.8 of the com.au allocation rules.
Orange also fails Section 3.7 because it is the name of a place.
I believe apple.com.au was registered before these rules came into effect (it was registered in 1995 or earlier).
Bad example. News corporation is the name of the company. Does anyone have an example that can actually adress this complaint?
So if I walk down to my local Ministry of Fair Trading, register a business name of "Cars", I should be entitled to cars.com.au? Under the current rules this is prohibited. However some slip through such as news.com.au.
I guess another example on the converse as to why the rules need some work: There is a geographic rule that says that you can not register a.com.au that is the name of a place. This is enforced by using the postcode list of suburbs.
Domains like sydney.com.au are already registered because they were applied for before the rule was implemented. So many of the "premium" place names this rule is designed to protect are already gone.
However, Perth Airport can not register perthairport.com.au. Why? Because they have their own suburb called "Perth Airport". Arguably they should be allowed to use this domain.
Whether or not News Corp deserves news.com.au is up for debate but as it stands the rules are inconsistently applied and need review.
Another rule with potentially problematic
side-effects is the derivation rule, where you can use an abbreviation of your official name for a domain, which means any subset of letters in your name can be used as long as they are in order. However a company called "Harry's Parrot Seed Exporters" could register hotsex.com.au. This is against the spirit of the derivation rule, but on the flip side the Salvation Army can not register "salvos.com.au" because it is not a derivative of the letters in their full name.
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When I took the regrettable step of going to see Phantom Menace at the opening midnight screening it did indeed have 12:01am on the ticket for that reason - no confusion.
Most former soviet states don't want .su though.
I was in Japan in July for the IETF meeting there, and this was for sale then. I was very close to buying one until I realised my fingers were too big for the keys...
I can absolutely recommend a book called Code Complete. Yes, it is published by Microsoft, but it is an invaluable language-agnostic guide to writing software that includes heavy doses of common sense regarding commenting, coding styles etc.
What would happen to Montserrat?
As is said, ccTLDs are a major component of the DNS and most are not getting involved with the current ICANN. Given most ccTLDs are controlled or have government oversight in their respective countries I don't see a problem with governments (plural) being involved.
Nitpicker eh? "you're" means "you are", so I think you missed a comma in "Just you're average, nitpicker".
Just your average nitpicker.
Australian Embassy
No 13, 23rd Street,
Khalid Islambuli Ave,
Tehran 15138
Iran
tel +98 (21) 872 4456
tel +98 (21) 872 0484
Australia does not have diplomatic posts in Iraq or Afghanistan but does in neighbouring countries. It is normal for small countries not to have an embassy in every country in the globe.
The fact remains that the illegal immigrants travel half way around the world to Indonesia - through many countries where they could seek asylum if they were that desperate, shred their personal documents so they can not be identified, and sail to Australia. If they were geniunely not economic refugees, they wouldn't take such a calculated move to get into Australia illegally. They could go to neighbouring Pakistan for example, where Australia does has an consulate and a high commission, and appeal to enter legally there.
Of course, you don't even need to apply to an Australian embassy. You only need apply to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for placement. They facilitate the legal placement of refugees to Australia.
Here in Australia, anyone can stick things in post offices if they pay for it. There are all sorts of brochures and things, plus most of the larger ISPs and phone companies have free samplers and recharge kits there.
I assume Microsoft's deal isn't an exclusive arrangement?
In the article it cites GNN and Netscape as companies that have failed under AOL. The difference is they were admitted failures before AOL even acquired them.
Red Hat on the other hand IS successful. It is a bit of a stretch to suggest AOL is going to kill something that is dying, because it didn't save others that were past their use-by date.
Merchandising eh... I think you're right. Exploding NSYNC dolls would be a number 1 hit.
The code is broken. It says "6:59 Tuesday 01 January 2002" for me, and I am GMT+8.
And yes, my timezone is set correctly.
They made that list without thinking of tech terms. These are all established websites: www top50 link isp
The generic rule was only introduced around 1995/1996, and there were generics registered before then. I think you will find most generics already existing were registered before the rule was introduced (although some HAVE slipped through since).
The inconsistent application of the rule is one of the reasons it is being dropped.
Robert Elz was dead against this. His standard was that you got foobar.com.au if your company was called foobar and not otherwise. Nice clean system. But he lost his fight to keep .au and now the moment auDA gets control they throw out all logic.
You clearly don't know what you are talking about. You still must be eligible for the domain name under the auction. So if you want sex.com.au you company must be called something like "Sex" as of 13th August 2001.
auDA hasn't and isn't throwing out the eligibility requirements of domain names, it is simple allowing people to register forbidden generics under those same rules.
1) Abolish ownership of all domain names, and replace it with a system of 12-month leases, issued by auction.
.com.au are leased for two years periods. I also note .com, .net, .biz, .info etc are leased too. You can't claim to own them because you don't.
There is no ownership of domain names. In Australia, and most other places, they _are_ leased. In Australia, domains like
kim
According to Jakob, It appears that both fashion sense and the Internet interface reached its peak in the 1970's :-)
I tried out a Crusoe-based laptop at the start of the year. The main reason I didn't buy it WAS the heat. The thing was actually too hot to hold in your hand after operating for a while.
That is true. Most of the electronic systems in radio studios have this feature (probably the most widely used is RCS Master Control). The length of the intro is nominated in the log, and then when the song starts it will countdown to the point where the lyrics or first major part of the song starts. You can also note how the song ends, whether it fades off, or ends suddenly, so the jock knows how soon to speak over the end of the song.
1. OptusNet is owned by Optus which is owned by Singapore's SingTel. Cable and Wireless sold Optus some time ago.
.au ultimately goes through them is a lie. For example, UUNet is a very large backbone provide in Australia. (Probably bigger than Optus)
2. Optus and Telstra aren't the only backbone providers in Australia, to say that all traffic in
I think we can mark downundarob down as +1 Troll.
Check out Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's 1 Drug - 450 pages of a little over the top but nonetheless scary reasons as to why you should quit caffeine.
;-)
From the back cover: "affects brain function, hormone balance, and sleep patterns, while increasing your risk of osteoporosis, diabetes, ulcers, PMS, stroke, heart deiseas, and certain types of cancer."
I bought it about 6 months ago and have never been closer to thinking about giving away the caffeine
ps. Amazon says 320 pages.. mine has 451.. go figure.
No, Melbourne IT was granted a 5 year license in 1996 to run the registrar services. It is currently controlled by auDA, previously by Robert Elz. You can see the delegation of authority for .au on page 7
.au technical report.
of the
I'd suggest you read IANA's report which is a lot more comprehensive than the media reports.
.au at heart and I think this is a very positive move.
.au are already available on the Internet and were formed through open public processes earlier in the year. The primary result will be competition in the domain registration area. Currently the domains under .au (com.au, net.au) etc are run by parallel monopolies, but this will be opened up to a competitive environment under the plan. The competition report is here.
The news article says it is a private-sector body, but it is an open body formed of stakeholders including domain registrars, users, and Internet organisations (e.g. the Internet Society and Electronic Frontiers are on the board).
I am on the board of auDA, elected as a user representative. I am not from a registrar or any commercial interest. I can say that everyone has the best interests of
auDA's plans for
How is this different from the one that was announced a month ago on Slashdot?
Both apple.com.au and orange.com.au would probably fail under Section 3.8 of the com.au allocation rules. Orange also fails Section 3.7 because it is the name of a place.
I believe apple.com.au was registered before these rules came into effect (it was registered in 1995 or earlier).
So if I walk down to my local Ministry of Fair Trading, register a business name of "Cars", I should be entitled to cars.com.au? Under the current rules this is prohibited. However some slip through such as news.com.au.
I guess another example on the converse as to why the rules need some work: There is a geographic rule that says that you can not register a .com.au that is the name of a place. This is enforced by using the postcode list of suburbs.
Domains like sydney.com.au are already registered because they were applied for before the rule was implemented. So many of the "premium" place names this rule is designed to protect are already gone.
However, Perth Airport can not register perthairport.com.au. Why? Because they have their own suburb called "Perth Airport". Arguably they should be allowed to use this domain.
Whether or not News Corp deserves news.com.au is up for debate but as it stands the rules are inconsistently applied and need review.
Another rule with potentially problematic side-effects is the derivation rule, where you can use an abbreviation of your official name for a domain, which means any subset of letters in your name can be used as long as they are in order. However a company called "Harry's Parrot Seed Exporters" could register hotsex.com.au. This is against the spirit of the derivation rule, but on the flip side the Salvation Army can not register "salvos.com.au" because it is not a derivative of the letters in their full name.