.gay domain in the works

the_tyrant · 02-16-11, 07:59 PM

As the web gears up to introduce new domains, those proposing a ".gay" domain are getting ready to face opposition.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_823147.html

where do i go to sign up for is.gay?
I can sell sub domains like bill.is.gay

Platapus · 02-16-11, 08:02 PM

That is an awesome idea. That way the GLBT community can have their own domain and people with no interest in that can simply block any .gay sites from their search engine.

Win win for everyone.

I still don't understand why the religious nutters lobbied against the .xxx domain.

One of the problems with the Internet Tubes is that pretty much anything can, and is, on the .com domain. Let's start getting some domains that make sense and start categorizing the Internet Tubes.

the_tyrant · 02-16-11, 08:14 PM

I don't know who here is old enough to remember this
but remember the old days where unix mailing lists were like
misc.consumers.house

If we went back to that, its like this:
subsim.games.forums

it works

Sailor Steve · 02-17-11, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

I don't know who here is old enough to remember this
but remember the old days where unix mailing lists were like
misc.consumers.house

If we went back to that, its like this:
subsim.games.forums

it works

Old enough???

Do you remember when there were no home computers at all? How about no color television? DVDs? CDs? Stereo recordings? Jet airliners?

Sorry, but it makes me silly when someone asks about people "old enough" on a board where the average member is twice his age.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=average

the_tyrant · 02-17-11, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Old enough???

Do you remember when there were no home computers at all? How about no color television? DVDs? CDs? Stereo recordings? Jet airliners?

Sorry, but it makes me silly when someone asks about people "old enough" on a board where the average member is twice his age.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=average

Sorry if I offended you

I never got to play with the Unix newsgroups back when they were popular
I meant to ask if anybody here actually used them back then

frau kaleun · 02-17-11, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Old enough???

Do you remember when there were no home computers at all? How about no color television? DVDs? CDs? Stereo recordings? Jet airliners?

Sorry, but it makes me silly when someone asks about people "old enough" on a board where the average member is twice his age.

You forgot "and get off my lawn."

Sailor Steve · 02-17-11, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

Sorry if I offended you

Not offended at all. In fact I was reminded of the time my then six-year-old daughter, referring to her three-year-old sister, asked me "Do you know what that little one did today?"

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

You forgot "and get off my lawn."

I've waited patiently my whole life to reach curmudgeon status. Now I intend to make the most of it!

AVGWarhawk · 02-17-11, 03:49 PM

Typewriter...how quaint.. My daughter one day was explaining to me a machine she saw at school. She said it went tap, tap, tap and the piece moved from one side to the other until a bell rang. Then you pushed it back. I never laughed so hard in my life. I said it is a typewriter sweety.

I had a smith corona typewriter in college. It was electric. I was living large!

August · 02-17-11, 04:16 PM

I'm so old I used to operate teletype machines!

Buddahaid · 02-17-11, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Not offended at all. In fact I was reminded of the time my then six-year-old daughter, referring to her three-year-old sister, asked me "Do you know what that little one did today?"

I've waited patiently my whole life to reach curmudgeon status. Now I intend to make the most of it!

He's just a cranky old man.

Penguin · 02-18-11, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

I still don't understand why the religious nutters lobbied against the .xxx domain.

As a joke, I wanted to say that those nutters can have the .god domain, then I looked and found this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03...e_domain_name/

Quote:

Vatican vetos 'dot god' domain

The Pope has called on ICANN to keep religion out of the domain name system.

The Vatican warned the internet address-making body of the “perils” of allowing new internet domains such as “.catholic, .anglican, .orthodox, .hindu, .islam, .muslim, [and] .buddhist”.

sometimes the reality is stranger than your imagination, also nice that His Majesty also rejects domains of other religions than his own... Somehow I think this shouldn't be his call...
A warning from the Vatican should be taken serious, never underestimate the military might of the Swiss Guard!

02-16-11, 07:59 PM	#1
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	.gay domain in the works As the web gears up to introduce new domains, those proposing a ".gay" domain are getting ready to face opposition. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_823147.html where do i go to sign up for is.gay? I can sell sub domains like bill.is.gay __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	That is an awesome idea. That way the GLBT community can have their own domain and people with no interest in that can simply block any .gay sites from their search engine. Win win for everyone. I still don't understand why the religious nutters lobbied against the .xxx domain. One of the problems with the Internet Tubes is that pretty much anything can, and is, on the .com domain. Let's start getting some domains that make sense and start categorizing the Internet Tubes. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	I don't know who here is old enough to remember this but remember the old days where unix mailing lists were like misc.consumers.house If we went back to that, its like this: subsim.games.forums it works __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Typewriter...how quaint.. My daughter one day was explaining to me a machine she saw at school. She said it went tap, tap, tap and the piece moved from one side to the other until a bell rang. Then you pushed it back. I never laughed so hard in my life. I said it is a typewriter sweety. I had a smith corona typewriter in college. It was electric. I was living large! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm so old I used to operate teletype machines! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.