.su Lives On, Stronger Than Ever

CWRUisTakingMyMoney writes "Yahoo! Finance has a story about the defunct Soviet Union's .su TLD. 'Sixteen years after the superpower's collapse, Web sites ending in the Soviet ".su" domain name have been rising — registrations increased 45 percent this year alone. Bloggers, entrepreneurs and die-hard communists are all part of a small but growing online community resisting repeated efforts to extinguish the online Soviet outpost.'"

Well.

It looks like all those "In Soviet Russia" jokes will be on-topic for once.

Re:

Isn't there a "insovietrussia" tag?

Because this would truly be its moment of glory.

Words that end in .su

babas.su
jiujit.su
jiuju.tsu
jujit.su
jujut.su
shiat.su
tirami.su
zaibat.su

Hurry up and register them!

Re:Words that end in .su

you forgot peggy.su!! And Maibat.su! We.su?

Rumour has it...

...that the next batch of registrants are:

• www.microsoft-will.su
• www.sco-will.su
• www.rambus-will.su
• www.riaa-will.su
• www.mpaa-will.su
• www.oldies-internet-radio-peggy.su

Re:Rumour has it...

omnom-eat.su
chucknorris-kill.su
insovietrussia-domainregister.su

aboynamed.su

Just checked, it's available.

The only domain I wanted.

pant.su is taken :(

Re:The only domain I wanted.

I wish I was the kind of person that wouldn't know why that's funny.

Re:The only domain I wanted.

You wish you were me? >_> That's messed up

Re:The only domain I wanted.

Pantsu is japanese for panties

Where to register a .su?

I've actually wanted to own a .su domain for quite some time, but I can't seem to find a registrar that'll do them to someone outside of russia for a REASONABLE sum. A lot of the ones that do seem to offer them want 3-figure amounts for some reason.

Does anyone actually know of a decent registrar that's not stupidly expensive for .su domains?

Re:

http://www.best-hosting.net/
Pay with PayPal:
http://www.best-hosting.net/news/paypal_payments.asp

Re:Where to register a .su?

Nic.ru [www.nic.ru] seems to be the main site. nic.tld is often the place to go at least for info on a TLD.

Their service agreement form allows you to specify you're a US citizen as well as to choose to pay in US Dollars. They're charging 600 rubles/year for a domain, which is currently US$25.51 [yahoo.com].

Ah, this takes me back.

The last we heard of the .su domain here on slashdot was when we were discussing Outdated Domains to meet their end [slashdot.org]. Like .um from that article, .su was high on the list for the chopping block. *Sniff* that article was one of my first submissions to be accepted on Slashdot...*tear*

Erm? *Ahem!* .um...
In .su, ISP is throttled by you!

Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE

In Soviet Russia, DOMAINS END IN .SU !!! /me ducks for cover.

Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE

insovietrussiadomainregister.su

Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE

Okay, I find the constant /. memeing tiresome to say the least, but that was really funny. Well done.

Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE

I don't know, sometimes it's funny when they find a new way to beat a dead horse. The first time I saw "In soviet america" is was funny and that was long after the initial joke. Or the infamous "all your base are belong to you" was fun the first time I saw the poem:

roses are #FF0000
violets are #0000FF
all my base
are belong to you

In the end, reusing old material is ok as long as you're doing it with a twist. If you just throw up the same "In Soviet Russia, [subject] [verb]s you!" then you're just rehashing old material. Think of slashdot a bit like a stand-up comedian, you can't pull the same jokes over and over to the same audience. Instead, use the opportunity that we have some memes to make some in-jokes, it makes those who get it feel smug and the rest curious. I love Futurama for that, they go so many geeky references I've probably missed a bunch and still feel I "got it".

Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE

you can't pull the same jokes over and over to the same audience.

You must be new here.

Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE

Like all comedy, timing is everything. If you stick it as a reply to anything, epic fail, you have to wait untill that perfect moment, when a really ripe one comes along, then bang. You need someone to set you up just right for it, and to get a really perfect one, you need to wait for a long long time.

DEAD HORSE BEATS YOU

I don't know, sometimes it's funny when they find a new way to beat a dead horse.

And sometimes it's just funny when the dead horse beats you.

Re:THIS IS A NO 'IN SOVIET RUSSIA' ZONE

> Let me in!
< In Soviet Russia, zone forbids YOU.
> SUdo let me in
< Okay
[ http://xkcd.com/149/ [xkcd.com] ]

Re:Oblig

In Soviet Russia, goatsecx.su!

Re:commies!

They'll have each other.