Myles Weissleder: "dotmp is soooo hot and no one seems to understand the gravity of it all."

TLD Rule #1 - Top-level DNS Namespaces created solely for the purpose of supporting specific media or applications are stupid.

Applications don't need their own TLD anymore than Volvo owners need their own road system.

TLD Rule #2 - Top-level DNS Namespaces mocked up solely for the purpose of approximating a namespace meant to support a specific media or application are stupid.

.MP is the country-code domain for the Northern Mariana Islands. This a series of islands in the Phillipine Sea with a land mass roughly 2.5 times the size of Washington D.C. 78,252 people live there in a commonwealth in political union with the U.S. George Bush is their head of state. Most importantly, they are free to determine how their country code TLD designation is marketed and used. This doesn't change the fact that .mp is a ccTLD, subject to the whims of a small government and not likely to continue to support the current charter for an indefinite period.

TLD Rule #3 - Communities of interest don't need a Top-level DNS Namespace to flourish any more than they all need to use the same application, protocol or network.

This is the internet. This is also the inter-application, inter-protocol and most importantly, inter-people.

Is that enough gravity for you Myles?