Kieth ([info]nder) wrote,
@ 2008-06-30 16:11:00
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welcome to Y2K part deux.
It bothers me that no one seems to have noticed ICANN's latest decision, or said anything about it...
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-26jun08-en.htm

utterly amazing...

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[info]wayren
2008-06-30 11:14 pm UTC (link)
I noticed it a few days ago but haven't been able to form coherent thoughts about it. Mostly its just "@#$%!"

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[info]tiff_seattle
2008-06-30 11:20 pm UTC (link)
how could it be y2k part 2? if dns resolves to the new domains then all is good, no?

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[info]nder
2008-06-30 11:27 pm UTC (link)
dogs n cats, living together, mass hysteria!!!

I'm pondering shitty code and embedded devices that're locked to 24 bytes for the TLD field.

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[info]_harlequin_
2008-06-30 11:39 pm UTC (link)
Oh no! Everyone will just have to buy a newer shinier thing! This is even better than the batteries in ipods! :-)

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[info]nder
2008-06-30 11:43 pm UTC (link)
see, that was my second thought.
then I linked it to the more rational conspiracy theorists making up some kind of new internet tracking crap that's quietly in all new devices on market, and this is all just a push to get people on the untrackable ancient tech up to date, and on the radar again.
and then i got REALLLY retarded.
it was awesome.

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[info]_harlequin_
2008-06-30 11:38 pm UTC (link)
This was all over the newspaper :-p

I'm keeping an eye on it, because I have to race all the other people with my sirname to snap it up as a TLD.

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[info]nder
2008-06-30 11:41 pm UTC (link)
what's a newspaper.

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[info]_harlequin_
2008-07-01 12:01 am UTC (link)
It's like vinyl, but for news. They say that it's "richer" and "warmer" because it's analogue.

Also, you can make paper hats and boats with it.

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[info]nder
2008-07-01 12:07 am UTC (link)
OH. the stuff I beat the bad girls with.
yeah.
haven't touched one in yearrrrs :)

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[info]mediavore
2008-07-01 12:12 am UTC (link)
I noticed when you told me about it.

That's the wierd side effect of having days off - there's news and stuff happening in the world. It's a little scary.

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[info]macguyver
2008-07-01 03:14 am UTC (link)
oddly, the more they expand TLD real estate, the more .COM still remains the most desirable.

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[info]souptime
2008-07-01 04:06 am UTC (link)
I think we should start naming domains after children who have been murdered by child molesting, flesh eating, serial killers. Because, we should always remember to never forget. We could sell these domains to make money, though. Them, we could give that money to a charity, and claim that we are making the world a brighter place.

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[info]jonyoon
2008-07-03 10:28 pm UTC (link)
Damn, I see coding nightmare. My dev guys are already dealing with having to adjust our apps to incorporate email addresses that have 4 character extension (e.g. .info), ICANN's decision will make things much much much worse.

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