Garry Anderson's nightmare! ROFLMAOLOL.

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Username: InternetAdvocate

Date/Time: Mon, September 10, 2001 at 10:22 PM GMT (Mon, September 10, 2001 at 3:22 PM PDT)

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Subject: Garry Anderson's nightmare! ROFLMAOLOL.

Message:

Garry objected to my proposal for logical CCTLD's on the basis of expense. Now the ISO is forcing a change to Great Britain's CCTLD.
UK, not GB, was the ISO abbreviation CCTLD for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Now it's GB. So all the British websites ending in .uk will be forced to change to .gb at great expense [just like Zaire sites .zr were forced to change to Democratic Congo sites .cd].
So the expense is NOT an excuse to keep CCTLD's two letters [insufficient number of letters for unique sensical abbreviations].
Therefor, let's change every two-letter CCTLD to three letters [to allow for unique sensical abbreviations]. Have a ten-year phase-in where both the two-letter and three-letter CCTLD would point to the exact same namespace. This would reduce the expense of conversion and increase the logic of the CCTLD's.

Link: CCTLD's

Message Thread:

freeze on geographic names? — sfeibish, September 10 @ 4:04 PM (3/28)

Country .info names only — psbyowner, September 10 @ 10:27 PM (0/0)
geographic freeze? — gckorn, September 10 @ 8:28 PM (1/23)

Yes ICANN threw in a last-minute Rule...Here it is... — challenge, September 10 @ 8:36 PM (4/22)

How about country dot coms? — Srana, September 10 @ 9:56 PM (0/0)
Where can rule be found? — gckorn, September 10 @ 9:37 PM (0/0)
I beg to differ gentlemen, — Elvis, September 10 @ 9:33 PM (1/15)

You do, then tell me this.. — challenge, September 10 @ 10:40 PM (3/14)

Somebody with common-sense — Garry Anderson, September 11 @ 8:34 AM (1/3)

Not against free speech — Elvis, September 11 @ 8:59 AM (2/2)

Force of voice — Garry Anderson, September 11 @ 11:13 AM (0/0)
Contry name to the government? ..NO! — cello, September 11 @ 10:49 AM (0/0)

At least business interests are rational... — psbyowner, September 10 @ 10:55 PM (2/2)

Look at it this way — Elvis, September 10 @ 11:18 PM (0/0)
It's the label and stigma.... — challenge, September 10 @ 11:11 PM (0/0)

I raised this issue some time ago, they do have a genuine point on this. — Elvis, September 10 @ 10:53 PM (1/6)

Seen too many "Arnold" movies haven't we.. — challenge, September 10 @ 11:16 PM (2/5)

America.us or info.us — Garry Anderson, September 11 @ 8:53 AM (0/0)
And I thought you were going to go on about Arnold Layne, — Elvis, September 10 @ 11:21 PM (1/3)

Re- Arnold Layne — Elvis, September 10 @ 11:30 PM (1/2)

Chilling is fine, but... — challenge, September 10 @ 11:38 PM (1/1)

I don't disagree for the sake of it, — Elvis, September 10 @ 11:43 PM (0/0)

ISO Country Names — challenge, September 10 @ 8:57 PM (1/3)

Garry Anderson's nightmare! ROFLMAOLOL. — InternetAdvocate, September 10 @ 10:22 PM (2/2)

Cannot see it happening — Garry Anderson, September 11 @ 8:02 AM (0/0)
Points raised — Elvis, September 10 @ 10:34 PM (0/0)

Why? — Garry Anderson, September 10 @ 5:53 PM (2/2)

I think they are right on this — Elvis, September 10 @ 9:38 PM (0/0)
Yeah: and American locations are www.ci.location.ca.us... — psbyowner, September 10 @ 7:00 PM (0/0)

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