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allan
04-09-03, 09:58 PM
I was reading the Washington Post oped page, as I do every day, when I can across this cartoon from Ted Rall:

http://www.ucomics.com/tedrall/2003/04/07/

Notice, in the bottom right corner, there is mention of the domain Bush-B-Gon.com. I always like to check out domain information ('cause I am weird like that, I guess). I checked this out and low-and-behold, it is not registered.

So, of course...I, well, you know :D.

I don't really have any intention of doing anything with it, and I don't want to sell it or anything...I guess I just kind of blew $6.95. But I find it odd, that the domain would be mentioned, when it did not exist.
JeremyV
04-09-03, 10:03 PM
take it and run :D

you never know when it may be needed, and you could profit from it ;)
Chicken
04-09-03, 11:32 PM
What the hey... might as well redirect traffic (if any). Have you tracked hits on the domain?
net-trend
04-09-03, 11:50 PM
I'd take it and run......and start a domain name company under it....:D
suppleSupport
04-10-03, 03:11 AM
you sly thing :D
nameslave
04-10-03, 04:44 AM
Originally posted by allan:

... But I find it odd, that the domain would be mentioned, when it did not exist.
Actually it's NOT good to include a domain name in that context if it really exists. When I write (and as a domain name guy, I very often include something like that), I usually check with the whois to see if that particularly domain has been registered or not. You can never tell: these days, people are registering crazy names like ... Bush-B-Gon.com! LOL! :D
interactive
04-10-03, 03:47 PM
lol, that's rather funny. Maybe I'm dense but I don't understand why they would have a domain like that at the bottom of the comic?
allan
04-10-03, 04:40 PM
Originally posted by interactive:

lol, that's rather funny. Maybe I'm dense but I don't understand why they would have a domain like that at the bottom of the comic?

It could be that he was planing on starting an anti-Bush site, similar to Michael Moore, or it could be any one of a number of things. Its not the first time I have seen this. In 1999, some woman who had accused Clinton of having an affair (later disproved) was on Larry King and mentioned her website, saying it would be up the next day. The domain hadn't been registered yet, so I um...well, you know :D.
interactive
04-10-03, 04:44 PM
Good move, I would have redirected it to one of your sites, may have got some decent traffic. That's what you should do with the Bush-whatever.com
MMiz
04-13-03, 10:41 PM
If the CIA abducts allan, may I have his posts Chicken? :)
allan
04-13-03, 10:49 PM
Originally posted by MMiz:

If the CIA abducts allan, may I have his posts Chicken? :)

Yea, I know -- if the President finds out about this, there is no way in hell I am going to be hired to head his cybersecurity taskforce:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59970-2003Apr8.html

:D
Mark
04-14-03, 11:36 AM
Somebody already took hippies-suck.com :cry:

I guess i could register diehippies.com and redirect it to http://mirrors.soundspot.tv/ :banana:
Chicken
04-14-03, 03:25 PM
Originally posted by MMiz:

If the CIA abducts allan, may I have his posts Chicken? :)
Sure, what the heck! :D
allan
04-14-03, 03:55 PM
Originally posted by Chicken:

Sure, what the heck! :D

HEY NOW! :D
RADiSTAR
04-15-03, 06:13 PM
Don't worry about the current prez. I will back you up, I have Bill-Clinton.net :D
nameslave
04-15-03, 06:46 PM
Hmm ... should I get bill-clinton.org? :D Welcome aboard, timechange.com. ;)
Dylan
04-16-03, 08:32 PM
Watch out guys and gals :D

A new law was passed the other day making it illegal to register misleading domains with intent.
Operator
04-19-03, 09:39 AM
Any more information about this Dylan?
allan
04-20-03, 07:08 AM
Originally posted by Operator:

Any more information about this Dylan?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4830-2003Apr10.html

From the article:


Congress passed legislation today that would give jail time to online pornographers who deliberately mask their sites behind innocuous domain names.


Undoubtedly, this will have an impact on whitehouse.com
Steve
04-20-03, 03:45 PM
Originally posted by allan:

I was reading the Washington Post oped page, as I do every day, when I can across this cartoon from Ted Rall:

http://www.ucomics.com/tedrall/2003/04/07/

Notice, in the bottom right corner, there is mention of the domain Bush-B-Gon.com. I always like to check out domain information ('cause I am weird like that, I guess). I checked this out and low-and-behold, it is not registered.

So, of course...I, well, you know :D.

I don't really have any intention of doing anything with it, and I don't want to sell it or anything...I guess I just kind of blew $6.95. But I find it odd, that the domain would be mentioned, when it did not exist.

:| Odd :bs: