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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Adrian Harvey on Thursday April 16 2015, @02:46AM

    by Adrian Harvey (222) on Thursday April 16 2015, @02:46AM (#171331)

    The Australian Archie server was incredibly useful as it's address was a.au. So if you wanted a known always-up host on the internet for a ping test to make sure the internet connection you has just set up for someone was working right through to the real world, a.au was one of the shortest valid hostnames available. I used it heaps to save on typing!

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