The Republic of NULL Island

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11600396" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11600396</a>

It sounded really interesting until I found out that it doesn&#x27;t really exist: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Null_Island" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Null_Island</a>

I&#x27;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&#x27;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.

&quot;Africans are not seafaring people.&quot;<p>Citations very much needed, because it looks like this is just plain wrong.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;usatoday30.usatoday.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;science&#x2F;anthro&#x2F;2001-01-07-e-african-seafarers.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;usatoday30.usatoday.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;science&#x2F;anthro&#x2F;2001-01-0...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;indian-ocean.africa.si.edu&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;indian-ocean.africa.si.edu&#x2F;</a>

The image is that of Mayor Island, an New Zealand island volcano.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gns.cri.nz&#x2F;Home&#x2F;Learning&#x2F;Science-Topics&#x2F;Volcanoes&#x2F;New-Zealand-Volcanoes&#x2F;Mayor-Island" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gns.cri.nz&#x2F;Home&#x2F;Learning&#x2F;Science-Topics&#x2F;Volcanoes...</a>

Is this really the homepage of the real Null Island? Why isn&#x27;t it on the .null TLD? <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.opennicproject.org&#x2F;dotNullTLD" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.opennicproject.org&#x2F;dotNullTLD</a>

Zero Zero Island: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Colonel_Bleep" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Colonel_Bleep</a>

do we realise that so many people will read this and not realise its not real?<p>misinformation can be amusing, but its also harmful :&#x2F;