[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by sandwich:
LOL!!  

Like I said, let's not start.  

[Dr.Zer0]

 

Originally posted by diamondgeezer:
On the subject off O/T URLs, can anybody explain this to me?
 www.spaceaboveandbeyond.com

To say the least, I was suprised...

Everytime I see things like that, I wonder; how do companies get domains like that

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[mikhael]

 

Originally posted by Dr.Zer0:
Everytime I see things like that, I wonder; how do companies get domains like that

Pretty easy actually. They just go to a domain registrar and register it. For .com, .net and .org domains, there is not oversight, no checking to see that you are indeed representative of the company whose name you just stole. After the fact, they may challenge your claim, but its still first come first serve. I could register drzer0.com and put up a site that says ANYTHING. Its called domain squatting.

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http://www.404error.com

[Setekh]

And that's nasty for people who have legitimate reasons for wanting certain domains. www.hlp.com,  for example, is taken.  

[mikhael]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
And that's nasty for people who have legitimate reasons for wanting certain domains. www.hlp.com,  for example, is taken.  

Someone did that to me with 404error, actually. Some outfit in Sydney, Oz. had taken 404error.org and 404error.net and just sat on them. They never did anything with them. I waited and waited and the first time they failed to renew I snapped them up. *heh*



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[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by mikhael:
Someone did that to me with 404error, actually. Some outfit in Sydney, Oz. had taken 404error.org and 404error.net and just sat on them. They never did anything with them. I waited and waited and the first time they failed to renew I snapped them up. *heh*

Really? Nasty Aussies, that's a rarity - I'm in right mind to go and smash some servers up   But that's good that you got the domain eventually. Funny stuff.  

[Fineus]

And thats why mass-domain rergistering companies suck badly  

[Sandwich]

 

Originally posted by Thunder:
And thats why mass-domain rergistering companies suck badly  

...And earn greatly. :-/



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[Setekh]

 

See? I feel ripped off...  

 www.hlp.com

 www.hlp.net

Luckily, .org isn't taken. But we wouldn't get one yet anyway, cos it's nice to have the 3dap.com bit in our address - they're really good hosts.  

[WarpStar]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
   

Please, no Steak Sandwich jokes.