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Outdated Domains To Meet Their End
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on Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:12 AM
from the cleaning-up-the-intertubes dept.
from the cleaning-up-the-intertubes dept.
Dr. Eggman writes "The little used .um internet domain is no more. The domain was used, or rather unused, for US minor outlying islands and the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute had grown tired of maintaining it. This announcement comes as last month ICANN began taking comments on deletion of outdated suffixes. Among the top of the list? .su, the internet domain of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's .su may prove harder to remove however, as Google still lists 3 million .su sites."
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Russia (Score:5, Funny)
(http://timmythy.home.mindspring.com/index.htm)
The Domain expires you . . .
Let's Not Troll Too Much Please (Score:3, Interesting)
(http://put-your-mone...r-mouth-is.com/blog/ | Last Journal: Monday January 29 2007, @02:44PM)
Re:Let's Not Troll Too Much Please (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Let's Not Troll Too Much Please (Score:5, Funny)
(http://www-cdf.fnal.gov/ | Last Journal: Wednesday June 13, @11:39AM)
email at outdated domains? (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Monday November 14 2005, @11:24AM)
really? (Score:1, Troll)
(http://libtom.org/)
Tom
Re:really? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:really? (Score:5, Funny)
(http://libtom.org/)
bah, that's why there are editors. Hell if you read either of my two books you'd not have such high expectations for me.
Re:really? (Score:5, Funny)
(http://kehoes.org/ | Last Journal: Friday August 10, @04:32AM)
get rid of all TLDs (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:get rid of all TLDs (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:get rid of all TLDs (Score:4, Informative)
What about new ccTLDs? (Score:1)
(http://www.adambha.com/)
Re:What about new ccTLDs? (Score:5, Informative)
June 2006 [iana.org]
.su (Score:5, Funny)
Why not just sell it? (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.movetoiceland.com/ | Last Journal: Wednesday June 02 2004, @11:02AM)
There are tons of words that end in 'um' [morewords.com]. Why not sell domains there so people can get 'cesi.um' or 'im-a-b.um'? It would generate tons of revenue (just like .cx, .us, and .tv) and would free up some domain name space.
For those who are wondering, there are only 8 words that end in 'su' [morewords.com]
New use for .um top-level domain? (Score:5, Funny)
(http://www.how-to-make-a-bomb.eu/ | Last Journal: Monday April 17 2006, @09:30AM)
Why not reassign the .um TLD to the umming and aahing community? There are many ditherers and the
like out there who'd love to have domains like "im-not-sure.um", "let-me-see-a-minute.um",
"tum-te-tum-te-t.um" etc.
Bad journalism? (Score:5, Informative)
The Soviet Union's ".su" is the leading candidate for deletion; that'll be harder to strike than ".um" -- a Google search produced more than 3 million ".su" sites.
The Google results were vetted to ensure those were 3+ million unique domains, right?
A Google search for sites from only the
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,670,000 for site:.su. (0.04 seconds)
I don't know what folks will do without www.jedi.su [www.jedi.su]...
.SU has an obvious use (Score:5, Funny)
had-an-accident-then.su
coffee-too-hot-well.su
Re:.SU has an obvious use (Score:5, Funny)
had-an-accident-then.su
coffee-too-hot-well.su
cannot-run-command-as-unprivileged-user-then.su ?
Didn't Stop them Before (Score:2)
(http://inglorion.net/ | Last Journal: Thursday October 06 2005, @07:17AM)
Other people using a TLD hasn't stopped ICANN before. See, for example, the
Bad year for um (Score:2)
(http://agh2o.org/ | Last Journal: Tuesday September 19 2006, @02:56PM)
Come to think of it, the University of Miami would have been the logical university to control the
I tried to find a website on
www.um [www.um] points to something. Seems like an exchange point domain. Keeps calling itself ep.net. Except ep.net isn't up.
No more .su? (Score:4, Funny)
(Last Journal: Thursday February 01 2007, @02:36PM)
Well, no big loss -- .sudo is a much better way of managing things anyway.
What about Norway's .bv and .sj? (Score:1)
(http://sorcererx.net/)
SU was going to be obsoleted for a long time (Score:1)
What's the point? (Score:1)
Not 3 000 000 .su (Score:2, Informative)
(http://timjoh.com/)
More TLDs to phase out (Score:3)
(http://www.animats.com)
It's good to see ICANN doing some cleanup. For the past few years, they've been something of a trade group for domain registrars.
A few more TLDs could go. .museum and .aero could be phased out due to lack of interest. The entire list for .museum is a few pages, the domains aren't the top-tier museums, and almost all of them are redirects anyway. .aero has an entry for every airport code (try LAX.AERO [lax.aero]), but those were put there by the domain registrar to give the illusion of activity and they're not the primary domain name for those sites. ("LAX.AERO" is really "WWW2.LAWA.ORG").
the fabric of space time is about to be ripped (Score:5, Funny)
(http://circletimessquare.com/)
the slashdot community is also familiar with the concept of logical paradoxes, like: "i never tell the truth"... well if you aren't telling the truth about never telling the truth, then perhaps you do tell the truth, which contradicts your statement. the resulting lack of meaning renders the entire statement null and void
now if we are to actually drop the
good god for the sake of humanity, leave
because in
3 million sites? (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.tkachenko.com/blog)
.su has a legitimate use (Score:3, Interesting)
IMHO, the constant attempts to get rid of
Um ... .um? (Score:2)
(http://www.edholden.com/ | Last Journal: Tuesday January 20 2004, @11:15PM)
Terrific Thought ... Maybe ... Okay, Maybe Not (Score:1)
(http://bumpylight.com/ | Last Journal: Friday January 09 2004, @12:36AM)
I apologise in advance for the stupid joke.
I'm a bit of a connoisseur of domain names (long story, never mind the details). Naturally, I do prefer the ".com" extensions (well, first-level domains), but the first thought that occurred with this domain name extension was the lovely (subdomain) "[http://]no.see.um[/]". I'd buy that if the cost were reasonable, and do something amusing with it!
Now, back to the regularly scheduled dull technical discussion.
I think the ICANN is outdated and "useless" too (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Saturday January 06 2007, @01:13AM)
I don't see why removing the TLDs is even being considered at all.
If some people have domains on it and keep paying to maintain them why get rid of it? Does anyone actually have a much better use for
I really don't understand the reasoning.
The ICANN should consider more useful stuff like reserving the
OK, but... (Score:2, Interesting)
(http://www.serial.io/ | Last Journal: Monday October 14 2002, @09:26AM)
(...and
what about? (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Saturday August 18, @01:56PM)
Dammit (Score:1)
The moral of the story (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Thursday February 17 2005, @12:11PM)
Whatever happened to "Cool URIs don't change"? (Score:2, Insightful)
(http://xurble.org/)
Shouldn't obsolete TLDs just be mothballed with further registrations prohibited?
It's not just a case of registering new domains for all those sites - think of the volume of inbound links that will break if a whole domain just vanishes overnight.
Grown tired ? (Score:1)
(http://fnarg.com/)
Tired of maintaining it ? Who gives a crap whether a domain ends in
More about .um (Score:3, Informative)
(http://hoshie.mozfaq.org/blog/)
Baker and Howland islands were claimed in 1857. guano (aka bird shit) was mined on these islands during the 19th century. In 1935, an attempt to colonize these two islands was began; World War II forced an end to the project. Howland Island was Amelia Earhart's intended stop on her last flight. They both became National Wildlife Refuges in 1974.
Jarvis Island was claimed by the US in 1858, but abandoned in 1879 after tons of guano were mined. The UK claimed the island in 1889 and the US claimed it back in 1935. A settlement was started here, but World War II ended those plans. Jarvis Island became a National Wildlife Refuge in 1974.
Kingman Reef was claimed by the Guano Islands Act in 1856. It was annexed by the US in 1922. It was used a stopover by flying boats in the 1930's. Kingman Reef was transfered from the US Navy to the US Interior Dept in 2000; it became a National Wildlife Refuge a year later.
Johnston Atoll was annexed by both Hawaii and the US in 1858. In 1936, it was placed under US Navy control. The US Air Force gained control in 1948. In the 1950's and 1960's, Johnston Atoll was used for Nuclear tests, and until 2000 the Atoll was used for chemical weapons storage and disposal. In 2005, the Atoll's cleanup process was finished.
The Midway Islands were put under US possession in 1867. In the 1930's and 40's, the Islands were used a refueling stop. A key battle of World War II was fought here in 1942. Until 1993, Midway was a US Naval Station. They are also a National Wildlife Refuge.
Palmyra Atoll was claimed by Hawaii in 1858. When the US annexed Hawaii in 1898, it was a part of the deal. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, Palmyra was excluded. Today, it is privately owned.
Wake Island was annexed in 1899 for use as a cable station. In the 1940's, a Naval Base was built. Japan had control over the atoll from 1941-1945. Since then, Wake has been used as a refueling stop for trans pacific flights. Since 1974, the Island has been used by the military as an airstrip. In August 2006, a typhoon tore though Wake. Because of this, the island's future use is doubtful. Wake Island is claimed by the Marshall Islands.
Navassa Island was claimed for Guano in 1857. Mining of the stuff took place here from 1865 to 1898. A lighthouse was built here in 1917; it was used by the US Coast Guard until 1996. In that year, the light was shut off and the island was transferred to the S Interior Dept. It became a National Wildlife Refuge in 1999. Navassa Island is claimed by Haiti and a private claim exists as well.
For more about these islands, see the CIA World Factbook [cia.gov] and Wikipedia [wikipedia.org].
what's the cost? (Score:2)
(http://billposer.org/)
Just out of curiosity, what is involved in maintaining a little used tdl? I mean, they don't rust, do they?
Um.... (Score:3, Funny)
(Last Journal: Sunday January 21 2007, @01:58AM)
And there was no opinion poll on this? (Of if there was, I missed it. I'm just not hip to the California cutting edge news.)
Now I can't make a site called Y.um
Re:Um.... (Score:5, Funny)
(http://ronanian.googlepages.com/ | Last Journal: Wednesday August 15, @04:54PM)