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What a journey it has been. http://www.example.com http://www.example.com http://example.com http://example.com https://example.com https://example.com exam

by jVinc 6y ago

What a journey it has been. http://www.example.com http://www.example.com http://example.com http://example.com https://example.com https://example.com example.com We're finally getting there! Now just a decades to go and we'll reverse the order to get com.example After which we'll wait a couple of decades to decide we don't need TLDs as ICANN is instead just given a free pass to print any amount of money they want without that silly distraction. Then we'll be at just: example which is just one step from the final solution which is that no URLs will be needed because the browser will just open up to Amazon who after final approval of their purchase of Google will at that point own not just the internet but the entire world.

cblconfederate 6y ago
Actually we should have switched to resource locators that are just plain strings ("ycombinator news threads 26558305" . It s what google has been pushing everyone to do anyway (readable URLs), and what the centralization of the web led to ( fb / twitter usernames). Its easy for people to parse and speak through the phone, and it would be a decentralized, natural revival of AOL keywords. It would also drop total google searches by a few tens of percent Not sure where the protocol would fit though
- SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
  > Not sure where the protocol would fit though A thousand twitchy heads just popped up, eyes narrowed then widened... a new protocol you say?!
  - cblconfederate 6y ago
    no just a new URL. closer to how most people use the address bar
    - midasuni 6y ago
      rfc1738 Defines urls, feel free to propose another one for whatever scheme you want. I for one am quite happy with urls and use them all the time. If I want to search I will use the separate search box.
lazyweb 6y ago
Reminds me of this story [1] from a few days ago (emoji domain names). It's going to be thing sooner or later. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26422799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26422799
netsec_burn 6y ago
I've always thought reversing the order makes sense.
- jiehong 6y ago
  Yep, that’s called the FQDN (with a leading dot, so it’s .com.example)
  - kstrauser 6y ago
    An FQDN doesn't imply it's reversed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name I've never seen an FQDN written that way. It may be possible, but it definitely isn't common.
    - midasuni 6y ago
      Java’s package names tend to follow the com.domain.subdomain.etc pattern Not seen them elsewhere.
      - dijit 6y ago
        You'll find that on apple computers too. .com.apple.<something>.plist
  - maxboone 6y ago
    It is the FQDN, but the .com.example notation specifically is generally called big-endian notation (it puts the most significant part first), the UK used to use this with JANET's NRS opposed to DNS. We notate IP-addresses like that as well: - (MSB) fe80::1 (LSB) - (MSB) 10.0.0.1 (LSB) However, while the TLD is the most significant tree-wise, it is probably not the most significant to the end-user, who is going to "news (in) ycombinator (in) com" instead of "com's ycombinator's news".
durpkingOP 6y ago
i think it would be com/example

by jVinc 6y ago

cblconfederate 6y ago

Actually we should have switched to resource locators that are just plain strings ("ycombinator news threads 26558305" . It s what google has been pushing everyone to do anyway (readable URLs), and what the centralization of the web led to ( fb / twitter usernames). Its easy for people to parse and speak through the phone, and it would be a decentralized, natural revival of AOL keywords. It would also drop total google searches by a few tens of percent Not sure where the protocol would fit though

SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
> Not sure where the protocol would fit though A thousand twitchy heads just popped up, eyes narrowed then widened... a new protocol you say?!
- cblconfederate 6y ago
  no just a new URL. closer to how most people use the address bar
  - midasuni 6y ago
    rfc1738 Defines urls, feel free to propose another one for whatever scheme you want. I for one am quite happy with urls and use them all the time. If I want to search I will use the separate search box.

lazyweb 6y ago

Reminds me of this story [1] from a few days ago (emoji domain names). It's going to be thing sooner or later. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26422799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26422799

netsec_burn 6y ago

I've always thought reversing the order makes sense.

jiehong 6y ago
Yep, that’s called the FQDN (with a leading dot, so it’s .com.example)
- kstrauser 6y ago
  An FQDN doesn't imply it's reversed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name I've never seen an FQDN written that way. It may be possible, but it definitely isn't common.
  - midasuni 6y ago
    Java’s package names tend to follow the com.domain.subdomain.etc pattern Not seen them elsewhere.
    - dijit 6y ago
      You'll find that on apple computers too. .com.apple.<something>.plist
- maxboone 6y ago
  It is the FQDN, but the .com.example notation specifically is generally called big-endian notation (it puts the most significant part first), the UK used to use this with JANET's NRS opposed to DNS. We notate IP-addresses like that as well: - (MSB) fe80::1 (LSB) - (MSB) 10.0.0.1 (LSB) However, while the TLD is the most significant tree-wise, it is probably not the most significant to the end-user, who is going to "news (in) ycombinator (in) com" instead of "com's ycombinator's news".

durpkingOP 6y ago

i think it would be com/example