Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 23561
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2002/1/14-15 [Computer/SW/Security, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:23561 Activity:very high
1/15  .name URLs now available
        \_ What is it?
        \_ Is it permanent?  (I mean as permanent as
           http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~mylogin
           \_ http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/002411.htm
              \_ Gee.  They might as well open up the name space for *anything*
                 that is descriptive, e.g. "JohnDoe@university.of.california.at.
                 berkeley", "JohnDoe@2345.dwight.way.apt12.berkeley.ca94704",
                 "JohnDoe@510.643.1234.us"
        \_ worthless.  Making a 4 letter extension is going to break all sorts
           of code out there.
           \_ Maybe badly written code...  There have been >3 letter extensions
              for quite a while.
              \_ Not to mention 2-letter extensions like .tv and all the
                 international extensions (.jp, .it, .ca, etc)
                 \_ They're called TLDs people, not "extensions". This ain't DOS.
        \_ yeah baby, <DEAD>cum.cum.cum<DEAD>
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