[il]

True, but it's a lot easier for the average hacker to stop buying their domains than their oil.

[codeglomeration]

Agree. The point was that it's more of a principle not buying the .ly domains rather than something having a real economic impact.

[jules]

Use less oil? I don't know how much oil comes from Libya, but you might be able to deny them more money by using less oil than not using a .ly domain (which is only a couple of dollars a year).

[dhughes]

The USA buys about 20% of its oil from Canada, buy more from us.

[borism]

this is ridiculous.

yeah, let's all stop buying .ly domains and go on driving a Hummer to work, mission accomplished.

no, you should neither buy .ly nor drive a Hummer.

real hackers have a perspective about the world things, I hope.

(Full disclosure: Jeep owner. It's a diesel)