>> i was searchin the new .LA names, and svx.la is available for who ever wants it.

> They're giving cities their own TLDs now? Jeez, how blatantly commercial can you get

Anything other than .com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov, .mil are abbreviations for countries.

.la stands for Lao Democratic Republic

some other popular ones you may have seen are:

.tv is for Tuvalu
.cc is for Cocos Islands

You can reserve URLs with these suffixes and make people believe they stand for something else but I thought you'd like to know what they really stand for. Here's a comprehensive list: http://members.nbci.com/exit60/domains.html