Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-24 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > There is a distinction to be drawn (which is kind of important, > especially if you're a member of the opposition) between parliament.uk > and gov.uk. Dunno what govt.uk is doing there though. > Governments are well aware of how bad people are at spe

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-24 Thread Piers Cawley
Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:15:27AM +, Michael Stevens wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:06:07AM +, Paul Mison wrote: > > > On 22/02/2001 at 16:24 +, Dave Cross wrote: > > > >IIRC we also investigated the possibility of registering pm.

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Michael Stevens wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:06:07AM +, Paul Mison wrote: > > On 22/02/2001 at 16:24 +, Dave Cross wrote: > > >IIRC we also investigated the possibility of registering pm.org.uk, > > >but Nominet have a silly rule that prevents anyone from havin

RE: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, you wrote: > > From: Robin Szemeti [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> Has anyone yet called French a glue language for English? > > > > ahh ... but what it boils down to is you are indulging in a little > > horse play at the expense of our Gallic freinds. it is amusing to >

RE: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Andrew Bowman
> From: Robin Szemeti [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Has anyone yet called French a glue language for English? > > ahh ... but what it boils down to is you are indulging in a little > horse play at the expense of our Gallic freinds. it is amusing to > make thes little remarks on the hoof is it not?

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, you wrote: > Has anyone yet called French a glue language for English? ahh ... but what it boils down to is you are indulging in a little horse play at the expense of our Gallic freinds. it is amusing to make thes little remarks on the hoof is it not? .. -- Robin Szemet

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:39:09AM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: > > I actually think that it was worse than that - people had > > been using the .pm TLD and then AFNIC got a little eggy about > > it and stopped them. > > Which probably explains the number of IP addresses in links on > http://www

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Hodgkinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Paul Mison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 22/02/2001 at 16:24 +, Dave Cross wrote: > > > > >IIRC we also investigated the possibility of registering pm.org.uk, > > >but Nominet have a silly rule that prevents anyone from having third > > >

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Philip Newton
Jonathan Stowe wrote: > I still have a bunch of e-mails from the guy who runs the > islands ISP ... SPMcable? > I actually think that it was worse than that - people had > been using the .pm TLD and then AFNIC got a little eggy about > it and stopped them. Which probably explains the number o

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:15:27AM +, Michael Stevens wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:06:07AM +, Paul Mison wrote: > > On 22/02/2001 at 16:24 +, Dave Cross wrote: > > >IIRC we also investigated the possibility of registering pm.org.uk, > > >but Nominet have a silly rule that preven

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Paul Mison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 22/02/2001 at 16:24 +, Dave Cross wrote: > > >IIRC we also investigated the possibility of registering pm.org.uk, > >but Nominet have a silly rule that prevents anyone from having third > >level domains with only two characters :( > > But organisa

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Paul Makepeace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: "Leon Brocard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On a... related... topic: http://paris.mongueurs.net/ > > "Il y a davantage que l'one-way pour le faire" > > Has anyone yet called French a glue language for English? If anyone does, > take a video camera

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Paul Mison
On 22/02/2001 at 16:24 +, Dave Cross wrote: >IIRC we also investigated the possibility of registering pm.org.uk, >but Nominet have a silly rule that prevents anyone from having third >level domains with only two characters :( But organisations as diverse as the British Library, Parliament, t

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Merijn Broeren
Quoting Leon Brocard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Philip Newton sent the following bits through the ether: > > > Someone brought up the possibility of the domain name london.pm. > > On a... related... topic: http://paris.mongueurs.net/ > Woohahaha. Did you read their amazingly long, diligently kept u

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-23 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Richard Clamp wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:07:31PM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: > > So, no http://london.pm/ right now :-( > > > > But maybe in the future![1] > > Deja-Vu. We (being other people on the list, and not actually me) > tried this about 2 years ago, with alm

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-22 Thread Paul Makepeace
From: "Leon Brocard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On a... related... topic: http://paris.mongueurs.net/ "Il y a davantage que l'one-way pour le faire" Has anyone yet called French a glue language for English? If anyone does, take a video camera and post it. You'd need a PhD in chemistry or work for Pix

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-22 Thread Philip Newton
Dave Cross wrote: > IIRC we also investigated the possibility of registering pm.org.uk, > but Nominet have a silly rule that prevents anyone from having third > level domains with only two characters :( You could try pm.org. Oh, wait, you've already got that ;). Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-22 Thread Philip Newton
Leon Brocard wrote: > On a... related... topic: http://paris.mongueurs.net/ Wow. I especially like the second paragraph. It seemed like an exercise in "how many times can we fit the words qw[Paris France Perl] into three sentences". But the final sentence appears to bear them out :-) Cheers, Phi

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-22 Thread Leon Brocard
Philip Newton sent the following bits through the ether: > Someone brought up the possibility of the domain name london.pm. On a... related... topic: http://paris.mongueurs.net/ Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ yapc::Europehttp

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-22 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 04:12:23PM +, Richard Clamp wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:07:31PM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: > > So, no http://london.pm/ right now :-( > > > > But maybe in the future![1] > > Deja-Vu. We (being other people on the list, and not actually me) > tried this about

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-22 Thread Dave Cross
At Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:12:23 +, Richard Clamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:07:31PM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: > > So, no http://london.pm/ right now :-( > > > > But maybe in the future![1] > > Deja-Vu. We (being other people on the list, and not actually me) > tr

Re: No http://london.pm/ :-(

2001-02-22 Thread Richard Clamp
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:07:31PM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: > So, no http://london.pm/ right now :-( > > But maybe in the future![1] Deja-Vu. We (being other people on the list, and not actually me) tried this about 2 years ago, with almost exactly the same results. Back then they were going