Diary of a Network Geek

The trials and tribulations of a Certified Novell Engineer who's been stranded in Houston, Texas.

4/6/2004

New Domains?

Filed under: Criticism, Marginalia, and Notes,Geek Work,News and Current Events,The Network Geek at Home — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Hare which is in the early morning or 7:21 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is Waning Gibbous

Well, some people want them.

According to this article on Australian IT, there are several goups lobbying for new top level domain names to be added by ICANN. Among them were “.asia”, “.cat”, “.jobs”, “.mail”, “.post”, “.tel”, “.travel”, and “.xxx”. The “.xxx” domain was sponsored by the International Foundation for Online Responsibility, who are hoping it will encourage the adoption of the suffix among the “responsible online adult-entertainment community”. That’s a noble idea, but somehow, I doubt that it will come about.
After all, these are the same scum-sucking bottom feeders that send so much pornographic junk e-mail to us, so I really doubt that they’ll volunteer for controls and segregation. But, one can hope.


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