I posted a story about a domain that was one character too long on Google+. A few old-school Disney Online people remembered it enough to comment/+1 it, and agreed that it did happen. This event has bothered me for years, because everyone seemed to think long names were always possible. I kept thinking I imagined the whole thing, but it did happen after all. Too funny.
https://plus.google.com/114144561369449816821/posts/MvZYRvGmH5a or http://goo.gl/WHEP3 if you prefer a shortened url. --steve On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:28, Lamar Owen <lo...@pari.edu> wrote: > On Friday, September 30, 2011 05:54:38 PM steve pirk [egrep] wrote: > > I seem to recollect back the 1999 or 2000 times that I was unable to > > register a domain name that was 24 characters long. Shortly after that, I > > heard that the character limit had been increased to like 128 characters, > > and we were able to register the name. > > > > Can anyone offer some input, or is this a memory of a bad dream? > > ;-] > > At least as of 2008, you could go 45 characters, not counting the TLD: > ++++++++++++++++++ > $ whois pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com > [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com] > [Redirected to whois.above.com] > [Querying whois.above.com] > [whois.above.com] > The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and > Registrars.Registration Service Provided By: ABOVE.COM, Pty. Ltd. > Contact: +613.95897946 > > Domain Name: PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS.COM > > Registrant: > Above.com Domain Privacy > 8 East concourse > Beaumaris > VIC > 3193 > AU > pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis....@privacy.above.com > Tel. +61.395897946 > Fax. > > Creation date: 2008-02-20 > Expiration Date: 2012-02-20 > ... > $ ping www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com > PING www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com (69.43.161.151) > 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=85.9 ms > 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=85.7 ms > 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=4 ttl=50 time=85.8 ms > 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=5 ttl=50 time=85.6 ms > ^C > --- www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com ping statistics > --- > 5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time 4002ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.618/85.815/85.984/0.132 ms > +++++++++++++++++++++ > > FWIW. > > -- steve pirk refiamerica.org "father... the sleeper has awakened..." paul atreides - dune kexp.org member august '09
