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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Post deleted by ewein #66356 04/29/02 12:09 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 184 USA E ewein member ewein member E Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 184 USA Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ad magisterium #66357 04/29/02 12:29 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev addict hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia I just don't see this as a private site. Well, then I guess we'll have to just agree to disagree on this one, ewein. I believe it's a privately owned site in a public domain. My guess is that if Anu decides that this place has gone to pot, and he's had enough of it, he won't be asking for our opinion on whether to pull the plug or not! IMHO... Can we get back to talking about words and language now? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ad magisterium #66358 04/29/02 12:40 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... he has a .org domain name.. i don't know if that requires him to be non profit or not No, it doesn't, just as you don't have to be running a network or actually own a company to have .net or .com. Anyone can buy these three at just about any web domain retailer. There is, though, some type of restriction on . edu, .gov etc. I wonder, do you have to be a company in the UK to get .co.uk? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by ewein #66359 04/29/02 01:27 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 184 USA E ewein member ewein member E Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 184 USA Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ad nauseum #66360 04/29/02 02:26 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev addict hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia While it doesn't pertain to a particular word, IMHO it very much belongs here. I like inselpeter's (and others who have replied) idea that we have some standards (constitution, agreement, whatever) on this board. I don't disagree with you here, ewein, but I think we're discussing a moot point. I think you'll find most everyone here agrees that there should be standards (oopsie -- prolly shouldn't speak for anyone else) but haven't we discussed them to death now? Inselpeter's original post was perfectly legitimate and I'm sorry if I communicated in any way that I didn't think that it was a truly valuable post in the appropriate forum. Thus my suggestion was that we all get on out of I&A and get into the healthy, perfectly reasonable, high standard of discussions about words and language going on in the other fora. Pack up yer wagons, folk... off we go to Q&A, Wordplay and Fun or even a little [cheeky grin-e] Miscellany! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: .co.uk - aside #66361 04/29/02 07:28 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >do you have to be a company in the UK to get .co.uk? No, my business has one and it is not a limited company, the rules have changed recently and are at http://www.nic.uk/rules/rup2.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ad nauseum #66362 04/29/02 11:43 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 >>Thus my suggestion was that we all get on out of I&A and get into the healthy, perfectly reasonable, high standard of discussions about words and language going on in the other fora. Hear hear, (or was it here here) hev, I agree wholeheartedly. Let's get back to the fun. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ad nauseum #66363 04/29/02 11:47 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 the other fora. yeahbut® ~ there's fiva Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: .co.uk - aside #66364 04/29/02 01:28 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... >do you have to be a company in the UK to get .co.uk? No, my business has one and it is not a limited company Actually, I meant more do you have to be in the UK to get .co.uk. Can you get that, or any other country specific address if you're in another country? Obviously, there's the famous complete purchase of Tuvalu's .tv domain by some corporation, but I'm not sure about the rules for other countries. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: .co.uk - aside #66365 04/29/02 01:48 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Well, the rules for Canada are given here: http://www.cadomains.ca/rules.htm The gist of it is, to register a company's domain name to end in .ca you have to have a "strong" Canadian connection (certain percentage of employees, etc., being Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents). The trademark rule is interesting. You can register a domain name using only the exact wording of the trademark if that trademark is registered in Canada. So (for example) yahoo.ca gives me a Canadian version of yahoo.com, even though the guys at Yahoo! most likely don't live here. 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