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Re:The Republic of NULL Island by dang on Thursday May 19, 2016 @08:00PM (#11734791)
Re:The Republic of NULL Island by Osiris on Thursday May 19, 2016 @07:14PM (#11734584)
It sounded really interesting until I found out that it doesn't really exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island
Re:The Republic of NULL Island by labster on Thursday May 19, 2016 @07:23PM (#11734633)
I'm still trying to figure out the heraldry of their flag. Is orange being used as a metal and gray as a fur? Either way, I'm not liking the design. Because of the similar brightness in colors, if you tried to look at that flag from far away, it might not look like it even exists.
Re:The Republic of NULL Island by dsr_ on Thursday May 19, 2016 @08:03PM (#11734800)
"Africans are not seafaring people."

Citations very much needed, because it looks like this is just plain wrong.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/science/anthro/2001-01-0...

http://indian-ocean.africa.si.edu/

Re:The Republic of NULL Island by _nalply on Friday May 20, 2016 @08:45AM (#11737293)
The image is that of Mayor Island, an New Zealand island volcano.

http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Volcanoes...

Re:The Republic of NULL Island by danso on Thursday May 19, 2016 @06:56PM (#11734500)
Is this really the homepage of the real Null Island? Why isn't it on the .null TLD? http://wiki.opennicproject.org/dotNullTLD
Re:The Republic of NULL Island by JoshTriplett on Thursday May 19, 2016 @07:40PM (#11734714)
Probably because people want to actually reach it, so they used a TLD that people already have access to without additional configuration.

Alternative DNS roots seem amusing, but not even slightly practical.

Re:The Republic of NULL Island by jimhefferon on Thursday May 19, 2016 @06:59PM (#11734515)
Re:The Republic of NULL Island by jheriko on Thursday May 19, 2016 @07:25PM (#11734641)
do we realise that so many people will read this and not realise its not real?

misinformation can be amusing, but its also harmful :/

Re:The Republic of NULL Island by labster on Thursday May 19, 2016 @08:18PM (#11734851)
Thankfully there are sites like php.net[1] that tell the truth: "null doesn't exist."

[1]: http://php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=null

Re:The Republic of NULL Island by tilt_error on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:47AM (#11735754)
Re:The Republic of NULL Island by labster on Friday May 20, 2016 @02:42AM (#11735921)
The difference here is that null is a valid term in PHP. No comment about God objects.
Re:The Republic of NULL Island by _nalply on Friday May 20, 2016 @08:30AM (#11737221)
mongodate => mon, god ate!
Re:The Republic of NULL Island by keithnz on Thursday May 19, 2016 @07:47PM (#11734744)
well, if people don't check for nulls they are just asking for trouble
Re:The Republic of NULL Island by ludamad on Thursday May 19, 2016 @07:33PM (#11734679)
I mean, you can always Google it, but that's personally what I read these comments for.