What is your URL? Really?
I just tried www.theregister.co.za, it redirects me to the .co.uk site. So where's the problem. Do you really want to be .co.us? or .con? (Not a typo)
Is it necessary to join the pack? Why not stay independent?
I have appreciated your wit, humour and insight for many years. Reading the BOFH on Fridays has been a tradition here in SA for several years. Keep up the good work and fix the oddities in RSS pages. Like <cite></cite> and the blank spot in the middle of the text body.