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CardJoe · 17th Jul 2008, 12:07

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/07...ilable-today/1

ICANN, in conjunction with Montenegro-based registrar doMEn, has officially opened the doors for registration of .ME domains - the latest generic top-level domain.

Liquid K9 · 17th Jul 2008, 12:11

couldnt. care. less.

just another tld money making scheme nobody in their right mind cares about. we have enough tld's to confuse, use, and abuse as is.

M4RTIN · 17th Jul 2008, 12:16

so have they conned the montenegro government out of the tld or do they buy it off them? i hate all these sufix's personally, any type of website looks a bit amateurish to me if it's got like .tv or now .me after it, if its not a well known one its rubbish

Gareth Halfacree · 17th Jul 2008, 12:19

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Originally Posted by M4RTIN

so have they conned the montenegro government out of the tld or do they buy it off them?

Eeerm... Neither. The Montenegrin government is responsible for the sale of the domains, and has appointed a Montenegrin conglomerate to handle the day-to-day registrar duties. The bulk of the money will go to the doMEn to handle running costs and get some tasty profit, and the remainder will go to the government - possibly in the form of a tax.

yakyb · 17th Jul 2008, 12:21

i could see alot of facebook type websites popping up with .me extensions

btw i want do.me or blow.me or bugger.me or other similar ones

Liquid K9 · 17th Jul 2008, 12:28

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Originally Posted by yakyb

i could see alot of facebook type websites popping up with .me extensions

btw i want do.me or blow.me or bugger.me or other similar ones

no doubt already taken

Risky · 17th Jul 2008, 12:40

Well I took a .me.uk domain for my own surname when they came out and it will do for my main email for ever or close!

sotu1 · 17th Jul 2008, 12:57

i wonder how long it was before f***.me was taken. ooooh 2 seconds.

[- pio -] · 17th Jul 2008, 13:57

f***.me, believe it or not, is listed as inactive by whois. Let's go shopping :P

BlackMage23 · 17th Jul 2008, 14:18

I'm happy with my .eu domain

ParaHelix.org · 17th Jul 2008, 14:37

I feel its just another of those domain extensions which no one 'really' wants. It's like owning a ".boring" domain name and I couldn't care less, I have a .org (www.ParaHelix.org) domain, yes, one that actually means something...organisation which brings me tio the question, when we eventually move to IPv6 there is going to be a MASSIVE shortage of domain names, which possabley means more of these ridiculous extensions if we done want to remember names like http://www.WeCantGetaShorterDomainNa...lBeenTaken.com

will. · 17th Jul 2008, 14:56

****.me

Herbicide · 17th Jul 2008, 14:57

ICANN are considering opening up TLDs, so instead of .com, .co.uk, .net &c, you could have .anything .at .all for when they bring IPv6online

Dr. Strangelove · 17th Jul 2008, 15:02

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Originally Posted by sotu1

i wonder how long it was before f***.me was taken. ooooh 2 seconds.

I was thinking the same thing.. although the do.me and bugger.me are good suggestions as well.. guess that goes to show how dirty my mind is

Bet you they will not allow it though.

naokaji · 17th Jul 2008, 15:53

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Originally Posted by Dr. Strangelove

I was thinking the same thing.. although the do.me and bugger.me are good suggestions as well.. guess that goes to show how dirty my mind is

Bet you they will not allow it though.

I bet they would, for money, I'm sure its one of those that got many requests and will be auctioned off to make even more money from them.

cpemma · 17th Jul 2008, 18:05

ICANN may have allowed .me, but popular places like 123reg and Easily aren't selling them.

Interestingly, sod.uk.com is still available, though sod.eu has gone.

Liquid K9 · 17th Jul 2008, 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by cpemma

ICANN may have allowed .me, but popular places like 123reg and Easily aren't selling them.

Interestingly, sod.uk.com is still available, though sod.eu has gone.

I'm not so sure about that, Godaddy are.

HourBeforeDawn · 17th Jul 2008, 21:02

okay i dont get it we can have all these odd extensions and yet they dont make a .XXX ??? I mean really they should make a .XXX and make it so that all those types of sites have to register under that and only under that and all existing ones go bye bye and that way it makes parental controls and what not more effective.

airchie · 17th Jul 2008, 22:06

Agreed, xxx domain is long overdue.

will. · 17th Jul 2008, 22:28

It was discussed, but declined. With the announcement that we will be allowed to make them up ourselves however they may decide otherwise.

I'll be getting www.will.iam something of similar cleverness

17th Jul 2008, 12:07	#1
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17th Jul 2008, 12:11	#2
Liquid K9 Human programmer.. heh Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 3,111	couldnt. care. less. just another tld money making scheme nobody in their right mind cares about. we have enough tld's to confuse, use, and abuse as is. __________________ - Subverting reality since 1999

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17th Jul 2008, 12:40	#7
Risky Mod Master Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Wiltshire....for a few days more Posts: 2,276	Well I took a .me.uk domain for my own surname when they came out and it will do for my main email for ever or close! __________________ As a rule watercooling can be simple, affordable and effective... I guess I just like to break the rules.

17th Jul 2008, 12:57	#8
sotu1 Mini Love Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England, South of. Posts: 1,167	i wonder how long it was before f***.me was taken. ooooh 2 seconds. __________________ Death to consolification !!! [size=1]Give me my Windforce! I'm coming back!

17th Jul 2008, 12:16	#3
M4RTIN Ultramodder Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,257	so have they conned the montenegro government out of the tld or do they buy it off them? i hate all these sufix's personally, any type of website looks a bit amateurish to me if it's got like .tv or now .me after it, if its not a well known one its rubbish

17th Jul 2008, 13:57	#9
[- pio -] Modder Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 50	f***.me, believe it or not, is listed as inactive by whois. Let's go shopping :P __________________ Currently surfing with a MacBook C2D @ 2.0 GHz with 2GB RAM and 250GB HDD Really old school setup: Some random old server mobo, 2x PIII 933MHz, 640MB RAM, Sapphire 9600XT 256MB, 80GB Samsung spinpoint. I've actually played through HL2 a couple of times on this

17th Jul 2008, 14:18	#10
BlackMage23 RPG Loving Freak Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Temple of Fiends Posts: 159	I'm happy with my .eu domain __________________ I am the Black Mage. I cast the spells that makes the peoples fall down!

17th Jul 2008, 14:37	#11
ParaHelix.org Supermodder Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 270	I feel its just another of those domain extensions which no one 'really' wants. It's like owning a ".boring" domain name and I couldn't care less, I have a .org (www.ParaHelix.org) domain, yes, one that actually means something...organisation which brings me tio the question, when we eventually move to IPv6 there is going to be a MASSIVE shortage of domain names, which possabley means more of these ridiculous extensions if we done want to remember names like http://www.WeCantGetaShorterDomainNa...lBeenTaken.com

17th Jul 2008, 14:56	#12
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17th Jul 2008, 14:57	#13
Herbicide Wants some round tuits Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ask Heisenberg Posts: 1,394	ICANN are considering opening up TLDs, so instead of .com, .co.uk, .net &c, you could have .anything .at .all for when they bring IPv6online __________________ Pauli wanted nothing to do with it. Flickr \| Soup \| Twitter

17th Jul 2008, 18:05	#16
cpemma Ecky thump Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: S.Yorkshire, OK Posts: 12,333	ICANN may have allowed .me, but popular places like 123reg and Easily aren't selling them. Interestingly, sod.uk.com is still available, though sod.eu has gone. __________________ Nobody's perfect. But being a Yorkshireman is as close as you can get.

17th Jul 2008, 21:02	#18
HourBeforeDawn a.k.a KazeModz Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cali, USA Posts: 1,785	okay i dont get it we can have all these odd extensions and yet they dont make a .XXX ??? I mean really they should make a .XXX and make it so that all those types of sites have to register under that and only under that and all existing ones go bye bye and that way it makes parental controls and what not more effective. __________________ Current Rig: RubyRED • Lian-Li A05B • (2) Swiftech 220 Radiators • (2) D5 Variable Pumps • (2) Res • and a whole lot of modding • Retired Rig: Project F.E.A.R. • TT Lanbox Lite • Swiftech H2O-120 • Q6600 G0 OC@3.6ghz • 2900XT • 4gb SuperTalent Memory •

17th Jul 2008, 22:28	#20
will. A motorbike of jealousy! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Yorkshire! Posts: 4,403	It was discussed, but declined. With the announcement that we will be allowed to make them up ourselves however they may decide otherwise. I'll be getting www.will.iam something of similar cleverness __________________ work \| play \| blog PS3 & 360: willblack Flickr my twitter. Last.FM Check out my Last.FM & iToggle & Nav-o-Matic jQuery plugins.