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[edit] .la Takings by Los Angeles?

That's not right. All countries should have their own independant ccTLD. Having one city, over take a country's ccTLD is absurd.

According to the article, its intended use was for Laos-specific websites, however, the company administering the .la domain also allows other websites to register a .la domain. Since "LA" is a common abbreviation for Los Angeles, some Los Angeles-based websites are using a .la URL. Having said that, it doesn't seem to have really caught on. So Los Angeles is not "taking over" the .la domain at all - it still means, originally, a website connected to Laos. Just certain websites are using it for a different reason (see domain hack). — QuantumEleven | (talk) 16:32, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is not a forum. GreenJoe 20:01, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

I'd wanted to register for.um but it seems the US Minor Outlying Islands aren't taking registrations. There's no one there? --66.102.80.239 06:35, 7 September 2007 (UTC)