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From: <tomfinegan@...>


> Whoa, Phil, and i always thought the top level domain ".au"
> meant "Austria"...

Nope, Austria is '.at'. Usually, the abbreviation of the top level domain is
in the local language. So that's why the top level domain for Crotia is
'.hr', because they call it Hrvatska over there.

The only country that breaches this commonly accepted scheme is
Great-Britian. Their officially assigned top level domain is '.gb', but they
had to do it their way and call themselves '.uk'. The documention on top
level domains mentions this; it also says "and they drive on the wrong side
of the road as well".

Perhaps we should all try to get an '.an' domain. It's probably Andorra or
Antigua, or some rock in the sea with more than twelve birds on it: I think
that is the criterium to be eligible for a seperate top level domain. :)

- Peter

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Peter Korsten" <peterk@i...> wrote:
> The only country that breaches this commonly accepted scheme is
> Great-Britian. Their officially assigned top level domain is '.gb', 
but they
> had to do it their way and call themselves '.uk'. The documention 
on top
> level domains mentions this; it also says "and they drive on the 
wrong side
> of the road as well".
LOL...hehe, just like you guys down under....
> 
> Perhaps we should all try to get an '.an' domain. It's probably 
Andorra or
> Antigua, or some rock in the sea with more than twelve birds on it: 
I think
> that is the criterium to be eligible for a seperate top level 
domain. :)

LOL...yup, true. Have you heard the story about this little island 
called "Tuvla" or something like this? They sold their top-level 
domain ".TV" for a few hundreds of million dollars...and the island 
has only one or two thousand citizens...you can bet, they have a 
comfi life now...hehe

Tom

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, tomfinegan@y... wrote:
> --- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Peter Korsten" <peterk@i...> wrote:
> > The only country that breaches this commonly accepted scheme is
> > Great-Britian. Their officially assigned top level domain 
is '.gb', 
> but they
> > had to do it their way and call themselves '.uk'. The documention 
> on top
> > level domains mentions this; it also says "and they drive on the 
> wrong side
> > of the road as well".
> LOL...hehe, just like you guys down under....

Sorry Peter, not just like you...i meant just like THE guys down 
under...(hello Phil ;) sorry...

From: <tomfinegan@...>


> --- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Peter Korsten" <peterk@i...> wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps we should all try to get an '.an' domain. It's probably
> Andorra or
> > Antigua, or some rock in the sea with more than twelve birds on it:
> I think
> > that is the criterium to be eligible for a seperate top level
> domain. :)
>
> LOL...yup, true. Have you heard the story about this little island
> called "Tuvla" or something like this? They sold their top-level
> domain ".TV" for a few hundreds of million dollars...and the island
> has only one or two thousand citizens...you can bet, they have a
> comfi life now...hehe

Mark my words: domains will lose much, *very* much of their value in a few
years time.

Anyway, the '.an' domain is for the Netherlands Antilles, a group of islands
in the Caribean. If you'd want such a domain, here you can find whom to
contact:

http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/mem-services/general/indices/AN.html

Have fun. :)

- Peter

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Peter Korsten" <peterk@i...> wrote:

> Mark my words: domains will lose much, *very* much of their value 
in a few
> years time.
As soon as Broadband Internet is common, and we all surf with not 
less than ATM-speed (622Mbit/s)...and when it comes to new top-level 
domains...ICANN will rule it all.
 
> Anyway, the '.an' domain is for the Netherlands Antilles, a group 
of islands

Hm...i went to the URL...Holy See - Vatican City State??? Hmmmmm i 
smell something baaad...*G*

At 13:39 07/31/2000 -0700, you wrote:

>I thought the Venga Boys were from the US...

Sometimes I wished that too ... but no..

R.
(Glad that there's some good techno/electro is made over here (Holland that 
is..))
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M Kalsbeek wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm Dutch
> 
> And would like to offer my sincere apologies for:
> Wooden Shoes
> The Venga Boys

I thought the Venga Boys were from the US...

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Roland van Oorschot wrote:
> 
> At 13:39 07/31/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> >I thought the Venga Boys were from the US...
> 
> Sometimes I wished that too ... but no..

Really, I thought the members were all Puerto Rican/American...


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From: "Elson Trinidad" <elson@...>


> Roland van Oorschot wrote:
> >
> > At 13:39 07/31/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > >I thought the Venga Boys were from the US...
> >
> > Sometimes I wished that too ... but no..
>
> Really, I thought the members were all Puerto Rican/American...

No Elson, you musn't bring your country down. The Venga Boys are really
Dutch. The producer behind all this is Wessel van Diepen, a famous radio DJ.

We, as Dutch, should also apoligise for the wooden tulips, the porcelain
blue-and-white windmills, the junkyard they call Amsterdam, the little shit
that put his finger in the dike (and I doubt that it was his finger anyway),
the lousy weather, the fact that we are the most aggressive drivers of
Europe (no kidding), and of course 2 Unlimited.

Then again, we have competitive prices on synth gear.

- Peter

Peter Korsten wrote:
> 
> From: "Elson Trinidad" <elson@...>
 
> > Really, I thought the members were all Puerto Rican/American...
> 
> No Elson, you musn't bring your country down. The Venga Boys are really
> Dutch. The producer behind all this is Wessel van Diepen, a famous radio DJ.
 

So the two girls and two boys are just posers/models? I always thought the two
guys were the producers and the actual "Venga Boys" anf the girls were the
singers. 

Or maybe they're 4 Dutch musicians pretending to Puerto Rican/American...

Elson


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 :. elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa
 :. elson@...
 :. www.westworld.com/~elson
 
   "music is a form of rapid tranportation" - john cage

 [ the futurethnic beats of e:trinity - www.e-trinity.org ]

> So the two girls and two boys are just posers/models? I always thought the
two
> guys were the producers and the actual "Venga Boys" anf the girls were the
> singers.

I only saw ONE girl singing...and one guy slaping her butt...:-)

> Or maybe they're 4 Dutch musicians pretending to Puerto Rican/American...

...(lol)....

PinheadX

"...I always thought the two guys were the producers and the actual "Venga Boys" and the girls were the singers.">