[geeks] OT: (Off topic) Computer/Internet-related content

[Jeff Workman]

There was quite a heated discussion on the NANOG list about this crap a 
couple of months ago.  I thought their upper management had decided that it 
was a Bad Idea and gone back to trading kiddie pr0n or whatever it was that 
they did in their spare time before they decided that they could Make Money 
Fast from the internet.

Jeff

Stoned koala bears drooled eucalyptus spit in awe as Bill Bradford 
exclaimed:

> On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:37:26PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
>> New.net unveils 10 new Internet domain names
>> Internet start-up New.net has unveiled 10 new top-level domain names for
>> Web sites, including .love, .golf and .church. But they aren't
>> recognized by the official agency that oversees domains.
>
> "Because they aren't official top-level domains, the top-level domains
> set up  by New.net require Internet users to install a small software
> application that  will allow a user's computer to find the domains on the
> Internet. New.net also  has agreements with several large national
> Internet service providers that  automatically are set up to recognize
> the company's top-level domains. "
>
> E.g., a hack.  bogus.  If I cant hit a domain from the root nameservers,
> in my view, it doesent exist.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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