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The Republic of NULL Island

28 points by jtolly710 10y ago

danso 10y ago
Is this really the homepage of the real Null Island? Why isn't it on the .null TLD? http://wiki.opennicproject.org/dotNullTLD http://wiki.opennicproject.org/dotNullTLD
- JoshTriplett 10y ago
  Probably because people want to actually reach it, so they used a TLD that people already have access to without additional configuration. Alternative DNS roots seem amusing, but not even slightly practical.
jimhefferon 10y ago
Zero Zero Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bleep
Osiris 10y ago
It sounded really interesting until I found out that it doesn't really exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island
labster 10y ago
I'm still trying to figure out the heraldry of their flag. Is orange being used as a metal and gray as a fur? Either way, I'm not liking the design. Because of the similar brightness in colors, if you tried to look at that flag from far away, it might not look like it even exists.
jheriko 10y ago
do we realise that so many people will read this and not realise its not real? misinformation can be amusing, but its also harmful :/
- ludamad 10y ago
  I mean, you can always Google it, but that's personally what I read these comments for.
- keithnz 10y ago
  well, if people don't check for nulls they are just asking for trouble
- labster 10y ago
  Thankfully there are sites like php.net[1] that tell the truth: "null doesn't exist." [1]: http://php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=null http://php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=null
  - tilt_error 10y ago
    http://php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=God http://php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=God
    - labster 10y ago
      The difference here is that null is a valid term in PHP. No comment about God objects.
    - _nalply 10y ago
      mongodate => mon, god ate!
dang 10y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11600396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11600396
dsr_ 10y ago
"Africans are not seafaring people." Citations very much needed, because it looks like this is just plain wrong. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/science/anthro/2001-01-07-e-african-seafarers.htm http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/science/anthro/2001-01-0... http://indian-ocean.africa.si.edu/ http://indian-ocean.africa.si.edu/
_nalply 10y ago
The image is that of Mayor Island, an New Zealand island volcano. http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Volcanoes/New-Zealand-Volcanoes/Mayor-Island http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Volcanoes...

28 points by jtolly710 10y ago

danso 10y ago

Is this really the homepage of the real Null Island? Why isn't it on the .null TLD? http://wiki.opennicproject.org/dotNullTLD http://wiki.opennicproject.org/dotNullTLD

JoshTriplett 10y ago
Probably because people want to actually reach it, so they used a TLD that people already have access to without additional configuration. Alternative DNS roots seem amusing, but not even slightly practical.

jimhefferon 10y ago

Zero Zero Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bleep

Osiris 10y ago

It sounded really interesting until I found out that it doesn't really exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island

labster 10y ago

I'm still trying to figure out the heraldry of their flag. Is orange being used as a metal and gray as a fur? Either way, I'm not liking the design. Because of the similar brightness in colors, if you tried to look at that flag from far away, it might not look like it even exists.

jheriko 10y ago

do we realise that so many people will read this and not realise its not real? misinformation can be amusing, but its also harmful :/

ludamad 10y ago
I mean, you can always Google it, but that's personally what I read these comments for.
keithnz 10y ago
well, if people don't check for nulls they are just asking for trouble
labster 10y ago
Thankfully there are sites like php.net[1] that tell the truth: "null doesn't exist." [1]: http://php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=null http://php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=null
- tilt_error 10y ago
  http://php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=God http://php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=God
  - labster 10y ago
    The difference here is that null is a valid term in PHP. No comment about God objects.
  - _nalply 10y ago
    mongodate => mon, god ate!

dang 10y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11600396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11600396

dsr_ 10y ago

"Africans are not seafaring people." Citations very much needed, because it looks like this is just plain wrong. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/science/anthro/2001-01-07-e-african-seafarers.htm http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/science/anthro/2001-01-0... http://indian-ocean.africa.si.edu/ http://indian-ocean.africa.si.edu/

_nalply 10y ago

The image is that of Mayor Island, an New Zealand island volcano. http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Volcanoes/New-Zealand-Volcanoes/Mayor-Island http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Volcanoes...