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BasketofPuppies · Jul 3, 2008, 10:41 AM

...the ICANN has decided to “relax” naming rules for website addresses, ditching the nearly universal .com, .org and .net for things like .dot, .awesomenewending, and .fart.

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Peter · Jul 3, 2008, 10:43 AM

this is ****ing retarded.

BasketofPuppies · Jul 3, 2008, 10:45 AM

To be clear, it doesn't have to be .dot, .awesomenewending or .fart. It can be anything that isn't trademarked.

turtle777 · Jul 3, 2008, 10:46 AM

http://www.ha-I-can-have-whatever-do...id-TLD-with-it

-t

Horsepoo!!! · Jul 3, 2008, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by BasketofPuppies

To be clear, it doesn't have to be .dot, .awesomenewending or .fart. It can be anything that isn't trademarked.

Are you saying that fart.clownpenis could also exist?

Uncle Doof · Jul 3, 2008, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Peter

this is ****ing retarded.

I agree. Retarded.

But what's your reasoning? (Let's see if it tallies with mine.)

design219 · Jul 3, 2008, 10:57 AM

I bet the porn industry is happy.

BasketofPuppies · Jul 3, 2008, 10:58 AM

.xxx has been around for some time.

residentEvil · Jul 3, 2008, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by BasketofPuppies

.xxx has been around for some time.

no no no. now they can have URLs of titles.

backdoor.volume2

as opposed to backdoorvolume2.xxx

had to use something that wouldn't get censored; and not being clever...that is what you get.

design219 · Jul 3, 2008, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by residentEvil

no no no. now they can have URLs of titles.

backdoor.volume2

Exactly. And money will be no object to them.

torsoboy · Jul 3, 2008, 01:12 PM

From the comments on that article:

One thing icann is doing though to place limits on these .whatever URL's is making the registration fee $100,000 and you have to know how to run your own top level DNS server OR hire someone that does. so hopefully that'll keep abuse to a minimum.

I think that will reduce the number of names quite a bit. I doubt someone will take the time and money to come up with a .clownpenis extension.

I also think that companies wont jump on it real quick because everyone will still try to type in fart.clownpenis.com instead of just fart.clownpenis You will tell someone "go to torsoboy.weirdal", and they will go to "torsoboy.weirdal.com".

Uncle Doof · Jul 3, 2008, 01:18 PM

That $100,000 registration fee won't stand up past the first "freedom of speech/expression" court case. Unless they make all domains $100,000 to register (which, essentially, is what the big media companies want anyways).

Eug · Jul 3, 2008, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Peter

this is ****ing retarded.

farting?

Originally Posted by torsoboy

I doubt someone will take the time and money to come up with a .clownpenis extension.

That said, I’m still going to go out and register ICANN.hascheeseburger.

Nah. It should be ICANN.hascheezburger.

Horsepoo!!! · Jul 3, 2008, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Eug

Heh...I can see the spam e-mail now.

"Make your clownpenis bigger today! Order these clownpenis enlarger pills."

Peter · Jul 3, 2008, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by Uncle Doof

I agree. Retarded.

But what's your reasoning? (Let's see if it tallies with mine.)

This will only help sell more domains, not necessarily a good thing.
Spammers will love this. It's going to make money on typos of both the domain AND the TLD!!
google .com .con .cpm ..........

I'm hoping they control this very strictly, it's best if only the big mega companies can afford to do this. It's going to be SUPER confusing if
macnn.com
macnn.mac
macnn.news

all point at different sites.

They're trying to fix something that isn't broken.

besson3c · Jul 3, 2008, 04:59 PM

Yeah, are people supposed to register domains in every imaginable suffix too protect their trademarks?

Peter · Jul 3, 2008, 05:10 PM

However, Twomey told Agence France-Press that the organisation will still try to block or reject any domain name that it deems inappropriate for security or moral reasons.

great so we're being censored about it too
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Uncle Doof · Jul 3, 2008, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Yeah, are people supposed to register domains in every imaginable suffix too protect their trademarks?

Yeah, that was my main thought.

As per Pete's example, would NN have to register:

.com
.net
.mac
.computer
.nerd
.geek
.agamemnon
.etcetcetc

?

Stupid.

Peter · Jul 3, 2008, 05:33 PM

.boobies

Uncle Doof · Jul 3, 2008, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Peter

.boobies

See, that's going to cost me a fortune to register every prefix with that suffix.

andreas_g4 · Jul 3, 2008, 05:50 PM

I need to start saving now!

Chuckit · Jul 3, 2008, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Yeah, are people supposed to register domains in every imaginable suffix too protect their trademarks?

There are already more suffixes than anybody actually uses. For instance, I believe Microsoft.nu is available.

BasketofPuppies · Jul 3, 2008, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by Peter

They're trying to fix something that isn't broken.

They're trying to fix something that has always been broken.

It makes more sense to type "ebay" to get to eBay than "ebay.com." Believe me, I've seen people new to the Internet type "ebay dot com." And while many Web browsers will resolve "ebay" to "www.ebay.com," it's the browser doing this, not the Internet, and not every Web browser does this. This needs to be possible everywhere, regardless of browser.

Yes, taking so long to do this is only going to add to the mess that is .com, .net, .org, .mil, .gov, .edu, .biz, .info, .mobi and the like--not to mention country code top-level domains--but this has been needed ever since we stopped using dotted quads to get around the Internet.

jokell82 · Jul 3, 2008, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by Uncle Doof

That $100,000 registration fee won't stand up past the first "freedom of speech/expression" court case. Unless they make all domains $100,000 to register (which, essentially, is what the big media companies want anyways).

Uh, what? There's no guarantee of freedom of speech from ICANN. And since it's not a US government agency, there's nothing you can do.

Uncle Doof · Jul 3, 2008, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by jokell82

Uh, what? There's no guarantee of freedom of speech from ICANN. And since it's not a US government agency, there's nothing you can do.

Since the ICANN decision affects everyone in the World, we'll see.

Eug · Jul 3, 2008, 10:44 PM

globeandmail.com: What's in a name?

As of next year, it seems, we're going to be freed of the shackles of .com, .net, .org, and their cronies. To date, every Internet address has had to end in such “top-level domains,” be they generic like .com, or country-specific domains like Canada's .ca. Under the new rules, however, every top-level domain under the sun will be up for grabs.

What would happen, we wondered, if we registered the top-level domain .wtf? Surely it must be invaluable. “WTF,” of course, is shorthand for “I find this perplexing.” It would be the ideal domain for sites that allowed people to register that particular brand of bemusement with different corporations.

For example, a site at which people might express their feelings of confusion with Air Canada for, say, charging extra for luggage and then losing it, might be found at aircanada.wtf. Befuddlement with Rogers for iPhone pricing that some have described as “monopolistic gouging” (a sentiment that's clogging up the Internet as it stands) might be recorded at rogers.wtf. Questions about a sport that has no discernible reason for existing could be posed at cricket.wtf.

Eug · Jul 4, 2008, 10:59 PM

globeandmail.com: ICANN loses own addresses

This doesn't sound good: The non-profit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

The domain names hijacked were ICANN.com and IANA.com — for the ICANN subdivision known as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.

michaelvick07 · Sep 16, 2008, 06:33 PM

What about www.bigclownpenis.com? Only the most awesome site...EVER!

calverson · Sep 17, 2008, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by michaelvick07

What about www.bigclownpenis.com? Only the most awesome site...EVER!

put an NSFW warning on that... Although it is cute. I am going to set it as the home page of clueless office workers for the rest of the day. Especially ones that are hopeless and don't know how to change it back.

almost as good as the time I did www.meatspin.com... Althought that is definitely NSFW.

calverson · Sep 17, 2008, 06:08 AM

Originally Posted by Eug

“WTF,” of course, is shorthand for “I find this perplexing.”

Classic.

Big Mac · Sep 17, 2008, 06:35 AM

The current TLDs aren't perfect, but this proposal ranks so highly on the moron scale that I can hardly contain myself. This proposal is a total cluster fark. If ICANN wants to be completely abandon its post and wreck the Internet for the sake of short-term profits, they've found perhaps the most expedient way to do so. I don't think I've read a single more disheartening technology story in all my life.