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Subject: Re: Where is everyone from?

From: tomfinegan@...
Date: 2000-07-29

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Peter Korsten" <peterk@i...> wrote:
> The only country that breaches this commonly accepted scheme is
> Great-Britian. Their officially assigned top level domain is '.gb',
but they
> had to do it their way and call themselves '.uk'. The documention
on top
> level domains mentions this; it also says "and they drive on the
wrong side
> of the road as well".
LOL...hehe, just like you guys down under....
>
> Perhaps we should all try to get an '.an' domain. It's probably
Andorra or
> Antigua, or some rock in the sea with more than twelve birds on it:
I think
> that is the criterium to be eligible for a seperate top level
domain. :)

LOL...yup, true. Have you heard the story about this little island
called "Tuvla" or something like this? They sold their top-level
domain ".TV" for a few hundreds of million dollars...and the island
has only one or two thousand citizens...you can bet, they have a
comfi life now...hehe

Tom