Xorlostan

ICANN is going to assign .xs top level domain to Lojban

I just received a message from ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).

In the next few hours the top level domain .xs will be reserved for Xorlostan, the Lojbanic country. For those who are not familiar {xorlo} (pronounced as [xorlo] in IPA) is a famous quantification problem in Lojban language.

So ... I am happy to inform that The Free State of Xorlostan is going to be born very soon!

Encylopaedic info. Don't confuse:

• The Horla, a short horror story written by French writer Guy de Maupassant. The story has been cited as an inspiration for Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu".
• The xorlo, a never-ending horror story in Lojban community turned into official policy in December 2004.

In an interview given today to the Logical Language Group His Majesty Lord Cthulhu said "The problem of xorlo always escaped my understanding and this is the only obstacle that prevents me from conquering humanity."

April 1 2016