A Bright Dot.There have been massive layoffs, funding has dried up. It's not news any longer that dot-coms are in trouble. So the big Mercedes S Mercedes (mĕrsā`thēs), city (1996 pop. 39,139), capital of Soriano dept., SW Uruguay, a port on the Río Negro. An agricultural and livestock center, the city has a shipyard and several fine beaches and resorts. 500 with the DOT-TV plates caused a double take the other day -- could it be that there's an Internet-related business doing well enough to support that kind of expense? Evidently dot-tv, the Idealab company that has a deal with the tiny Pacific island republic Tuvalu for its top-tier domain, is a rare bright spot. Selling premium URLs for as much as $100,000 each (free.tv was one; comedy.tv is still available) is one way to send a message that all's not dead on the Net. "The message is, 'Yes, it is crappy crap·py adj. crap·pi·er, crap·pi·est Vulgar Slang 1. Inferior; worthless. 2. Miserable; poorly. 3. Mean; contemptible. out there, but we're doing exceedingly ex·ceed·ing·ly adv. To an advanced or unusual degree; extremely. exceedingly Adverb very; extremely Adv. 1. well and we're proud of it,"' said David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Rosenbaum, dot-tv's senior director of sales and owner of the $75,000 car. |
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