James,

No of course it didn't ... not one shred of it so far as I can see .... 
I can confirm this because its 10.30 am in Cupertino, CA, USA and I'm 
wide awake and firing on all cylinders.

However reassuringly, in a perverse way,  its true to form <lol>.

 From the hottub

DGT



James Fiander wrote:

>I'm sorry? did that have ANYTHING to do with my last post? it might just be
>that it's 3am? but did it even HAVE a point?
>
>I'll re-read it in a few hours and see if it makes more sense then...
>--James
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ginger Fish [mailto:ginger-fish&#167;scifi-art.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 1:49 AM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au
>
>
>James, "moving forward"  au admin style would probably involve registrants
>having to list their date of marriage, vitals, blood type etc. The human
>spare-part trade is booming in some countries, it's only a matter of time
>before that unsolicited piece of crap lands in your mail box with a view to
>fooling you into selling your wife's lungs. And can you imagine just how
>many poor bastards would be pissed off it they actually got sucked into
>renewing their wedding licence unwittingly for a further 10 year term ?
>
>Ginger
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Fiander [mailto:jfiander&#167;nimblehost.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 1:08 AM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au
>
>
>I know this might sound alittle backwards but don't you think that we could
>restructure the entire thing?
>
>we could make our domain space more like the yellow pages...
>magpies.nrl.footie.au
>and I'll use my business as an example: nimblehost.web.au
>and my fathers business: tobyfiander.engineer.au or tobyfiander.eng.au
>perhaps you would like a personal website james.christopher.fiander.id.au
>the florist down the road: blue-tulip.nsw.florist.au
>
>but wait... this would require that auDA add new 2TLDs fairly often... and I
>don't know how capable of that they actually are!
>
>---James' 2cents
>
>James Fiander
>jfiander&#167;nimblehost.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ginger Fish [mailto:ginger-fish&#167;scifi-art.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:34 PM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au
>
>
>Well good question.
>To me it would be totally unacceptable to introduce the .au namespace as a
>GTLD restricted to businesses.
>Why ?
>small businesses and businesses in general having a .com.au and having
>advertised with it will never swallow that, it is like going backwards and
>paying again for a domain name and advertising campains for virtually
>nothing.
>
>And what will the world think ? " Australians are waking up after the war
>and introducing a terrific new idea that is the .au domain name )" ... naaaa
>bad bad bad....
>
>If you introduce .au as a GTLD, it should be accessible to all australian
>citizens, now are you going to ask a certificate of birth or a driver's
>licence number when registering a domain name ? that would be a bit
>ridiculous ...
>
>So no i think that now it would be a bad idea to do that, doing that would
>also mean that the whole .com.au idea is a joke and a mistake and a "ripp
>off" ...
>
>And since new names under the .au namespace would also be a bad idea,
>basically there is nothing to do ... the AU Administration would do a better
>job dealing with the current issues ( as they do apparently when you put a
>bit of pressure ), cleaning the mess , establishing a code of conduct that
>is enforcable reasonably soon ( dream dream dream ), and getting rid of the
>scammers for starters , at least we know they can administrate "something"
>and leave work everyday with a clean desk , less stress and a clear
>conscience ... then the good ideas could start coming in....
>
>
>Ginger
>
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Adrian Chadd [mailto:adrian&#167;creative.net.au]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:03 PM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: Re: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au
>
>
>On Wed, Apr 24, 2002, Ginger Fish wrote:
>
>>Jon,
>>
>>Do you have any idea why the .au namespace hasn't been introduced at all
>>
>as
>
>>a 2nd level ?
>>
>
>Do you think its a good idea?
>
>
>
>Adrian, scared at how much he just trimmed off the end of this email.
>
>--
>Adrian Chadd			"For a sucessful technology, reality must
><adrian&#167;creative.net.au>	  take precedence over public relations,
>				    for nature cannot be fooled" - Feynmann
>
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