Posted by Hunter [65.186.201.54 - dsl-65-186-201-54.telocity.com] on 02 May 2002 at 12.33.04 ZuluTime:

In Reply to: It doesn't really matter: domain name extensions are becoming increasingly irrelevant and arbitrary. Or is GremlinBoard run out of Tuvalu? *nt* posted by Genghis on 02 May 2002 at 01.07.08 ZuluTime:

You'd also know that it wasn't the base URL.

You'd also have noticed that no private party [where private party is used loosely, since every Government organisation is a private party] has a .gov, .edu, or .mil.

.com .net and .org are almost irrelevant. You're still technically supposed to have a .org if you're claiming to be an NPO [although I'm guessing .npo is coming up soon], and you're still technically not supposed to have a .org if you're not an NPO, but that's all about as deregulated as it gets.

You still can't get a state.[abbreviation].us unless you live in that state, and then you've got to know the channels to go through [and who'd want one?].

As it stands right now, according to 'netlore', .tv doesn't even belong to "Tuvalu" anymore. It designates a 'television' type thing.

And really, if it really were Tuvalu's concern [and since they're kinda disappearing, it sure doesn't matter to them], I don't think they'd be charging the value of the URL as rent per year, now would they?