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I know it's a joke, but two letter domains are reserved for countries :)

aschatten 7y ago
But other than that, this is the only viable option going forward. This heist is coming from the inside.
aschatten 7y ago
But other than choosing another gTLD, this is the only viable option going forward. This heist is coming from the inside.
sgc 7y ago
I vote for the less ambiguous .organ
sangnoir 7y ago
In light of the recently posted Knight Hospitaller twitter thread, perhaps the Malta loophole may work again (or perhaps have Oregon secede and become a Maltese colony, on paper)
- jwilk 7y ago
  Link to the thread?
  - macintux 7y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21679535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21679535
tialaramex 7y ago
In practice it would be possible, if it was extraordinarily thought to be worthwhile, for ICANN to agree with the relevant UN group that this code should never be issued. The UK code is not available but is "extraordinarily reserved" and so it doesn't cause a conflict. EU is also reserved even though the European Union certainly isn't a country.
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- NickNameNick 7y ago
  .uk is functional. Did you mean .gb ?
  - Symbiote 7y ago
    UK is not the ISO code for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the code is GB. .gb and .uk are both functional, and .uk as a top-level domain is exceptional. EU is also not an ISO code, but has been reserved, and is also a TLD as .eu.
    - M2Ys4U 7y ago
      >EU is also not an ISO code, but has been reserved, and is also a TLD as .eu. `eu` is also exceptionally reserved in the ISO database, which is enough for ICANN. The ISO states in their FAQ: "You can use EU for the name European Union. Please note that this is not an official ISO 3166-1 country code. The European Union is not a country but rather an organization. As such it is not eligible to be formally included in ISO 3166-1. Recognizing, however, that many users of ISO 3166-1 have a practical need to encode that name the ISO 3166/MA reserved the two-letter combination EU for the purpose of identifying the European Union within the framework of ISO 3166-1."

But other than that, this is the only viable option going forward. This heist is coming from the inside.

But other than choosing another gTLD, this is the only viable option going forward. This heist is coming from the inside.

sgc 7y ago

I vote for the less ambiguous .organ

sangnoir 7y ago

In light of the recently posted Knight Hospitaller twitter thread, perhaps the Malta loophole may work again (or perhaps have Oregon secede and become a Maltese colony, on paper)

jwilk 7y ago
Link to the thread?
- macintux 7y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21679535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21679535

tialaramex 7y ago

In practice it would be possible, if it was extraordinarily thought to be worthwhile, for ICANN to agree with the relevant UN group that this code should never be issued. The UK code is not available but is "extraordinarily reserved" and so it doesn't cause a conflict. EU is also reserved even though the European Union certainly isn't a country.

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NickNameNick 7y ago
.uk is functional. Did you mean .gb ?
- Symbiote 7y ago
  UK is not the ISO code for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the code is GB. .gb and .uk are both functional, and .uk as a top-level domain is exceptional. EU is also not an ISO code, but has been reserved, and is also a TLD as .eu.
  - M2Ys4U 7y ago
    >EU is also not an ISO code, but has been reserved, and is also a TLD as .eu. `eu` is also exceptionally reserved in the ISO database, which is enough for ICANN. The ISO states in their FAQ: "You can use EU for the name European Union. Please note that this is not an official ISO 3166-1 country code. The European Union is not a country but rather an organization. As such it is not eligible to be formally included in ISO 3166-1. Recognizing, however, that many users of ISO 3166-1 have a practical need to encode that name the ISO 3166/MA reserved the two-letter combination EU for the purpose of identifying the European Union within the framework of ISO 3166-1."