Also it’s so familiar now but that was the joke with slashdot.org

i had to read your comment three times before i realized what you meant: /..org, of course.

That’s “aitch-tee-tee-pee-colon-slash-slash-slash-dot-dot-org” for the full URL

Wow thanks, that Fatboy Slim track is a new one for me, great fun :-)

I'm actually surprised they are allowed to hold onto that ___domain name as I was under the impression that Austria requires .at holders to be in Austria.

There are workarounds for most restrictions like that, e.g. there is a shell company in New Caledonia that owns `rya.nc` on my behalf.

They are open to anyone, see under “delegation rules” towards the bottom of https://www.nic.at/en/good_to_know/legal-backgrounds/___domain-...

I once came across a short list titled "email addresses it is hard to give out over the phone". I only remember this one:

[email protected]