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Title: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in April
Post by: Kees on February 15, 2002, 01:08:36 PM

"Internet users looking to add a patriotic flair to their Web sites will be able to reserve names ending in ".us" by the end of April, the company responsible for the retooled Internet domain said Tuesday."

Click here (http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=591399) to read the article at Reuters.com (http://www.reuters.com)

Title: Re: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in
Post by: Chathurawind on February 15, 2002, 04:04:34 PM

Joke: The following address are available:-)

www.saddamhussein.co.us
www.alqaeda.or.us
www.osamabinladen.co.us

I wonder if DOT US will be censored in China, Iraq, Iran, North Korea? :-)

Title: Re: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in
Post by: Chathurawind on February 15, 2002, 04:16:37 PM

Haven't these been available for ages?

Does this mean that US specific sites no longer need monopoli(s|z)e .com?

Title: Re: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in
Post by: Kaminari on February 15, 2002, 05:23:02 PM

donks.are.us

(Flame aimed at the establishment, not the people...)

Title: Re: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in
Post by: Argo on February 16, 2002, 12:04:02 AM

Yes, the .us domain has been available for years, but only for geographical addresses. Like ogdensburg.ny.us or stlawrence.co.ny.us


Now it's been made available as a regular domaian, like .com, .org, .net, etc. So, now we'll see mtv.us, ibm.us, dumbassname.us.


Amiga.us?

Title: Re: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in
Post by: Chathurawind on February 16, 2002, 12:20:11 AM

>AMIGA.US

AMIGA Inc HQ is located behind the Snoqualmie waterfall in WA (West Australia), therefore the address should be: :-)

http://www.amiga.com.au

Title: Re: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in
Post by: Argo on February 16, 2002, 02:41:21 AM

Erm, Were you trying to be funny? Amiga, Inc. is in Snoqualmie, WA USA. Yes, next to the falls, but alittle too close to Microsoft for me.

Title: Re: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in
Post by: Chathurawind on February 16, 2002, 10:54:55 AM

Patriotic? Some yanks will do anything to sell old rope for new money to other yanks.

I think we are seeing less patriotism and more jingoism in the US these days.

Of course it is really patriotic for the vast majority of the rest of the world to give a t*ss about this.

Title: Re: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in
Post by: Chathurawind on February 16, 2002, 06:03:27 PM

Their website states:

"Snoqualmie, WA USA"

So yes, they are getting the hang of geography.

Title: Re: Patriotic '.us' Internet Address Available in
Post by: Chathurawind on February 18, 2002, 12:58:38 PM

I already have a patriotic address thanks, it ends .uk