On Wed, 30 May 2007 14:56:40 +0930 Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <snip> > There isn't really a generic "internet" one, that fills in the missing > purposes. e.g. If only you could register "nicename.inet" and not > have to care whether it was commercial, personal, had content > logically related to the domain name, was somehow local or generally > world-wide. > Why are domains needed at all? Why can't there just be a requirement for a unique name?