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You could call it Ellipsis Inc. or something, but that's taken already. Check out dotdotdot. com.

Granted, dot.dot is cooler.

Well, the WHOIS info he lists for PREMIERSERVICES.COM is accurate. Check out http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whoi s?STRING=PREMIERSERVICES.COM&S TRING=Search


Matthew Miller,

This guy is an idiot.
He buys these domains, and tries to sell them. Right, it was a joke...
SQUATTER
This is not a case of good vs. evil...it is a case of a guy that takes trademarked words and creates lame excuses when caught selling them.
Field, Jonathan (JF4991)
un@UNPOSSIBLE.COM
Binadopta
3119 Lonee Court
Concord, CA 94518
510-825-8319

HE IS NOT EVEN AUSTRALIAN!!!
Let this one go guys, he isn't worth it. Next time, maybe it will be www.TheSlashDotters.com ...

Ogg Vorbis is an unencumbered audio compression format with a reference library under Lesser GPL. The format is frozen; when 1.0 comes out, we can Burn All MP3s (the domain is available) like we burned all GIFs.

OggVorbis (.ogg) is to MPEG Audio Layer 3 (.mp3) as Deflation (.png) is to LZW (.gif).

There was a protest when Unisys laid the smack-down on free use of LZW compression in GIF. If the League for Programming Freedom wants to get involved, burnallmp3s. org is available.

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llywrch asks:
IANAL, just a basically honest guy, so what puzzles me about the whole contraversy is how the laws of Virginia affect an interstate (or in some cases, international) commercial transaction?

In the main, because Network Solutions is a corporation domiciled in the Commonwealth of Virginia. You generally have to sue a person or corporation where they "live". Secondarily, because the NSI contract specifies that Fairfax County is the jurisdiction of choice for issues relating to their contract. (This is normal for contracts, IIRC.)

I figure that if Federal Law (or the laws of another sovereign nation) say that a domain name is the IP of the registered party, then this pre-empts anything NSI attempts to assert.

Actually, federal law does not state that a domain name is the IP of the registered party. A domain name that is similar to a trademark is subject to certain rules, but under federal law, a domain name is not yet explicitly intellectual property in and of itself.

Besides, the rulings in question did not, repeat not, address whether NSI "owns" the name or the trademark, only whether the domain name was "property" for legal purposes of liability (i.e. like when you sue your neighbor to return your hedge-trimmer).
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Hmm. I might just waste the money and register networksolutions-sucks.org with NSI and see how long I could leave a web page up there. Would anyone else have any good (bad) anecdotes about NSI for this sort of site?

See http://www.ne tworksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?host+208.14 5.34.1, actually he doesn't own the name, just the coordinator for the NS. This would be before he moved to the UK I guess, bizzare idea that though, people moving here for tech jobs....

Ho Hum

I wonder how much this website would be worth?

#1. Read the story at advogato if you haven't already.

#2. Cordwainer Byrd from the "law firm" representing Andover has an email address from bbmma.com. A simple check at Network Solutions reveals the domain name is still available.

#3. The patent #'s in question(45,487,338,209 and 46,773,228,287) looked a little suspect to me so I checked them out at the patent office. Nope, no patents.

#4. It gets better. PR Newswire"(whoever they are, their website only has an IP address, not a qualified domain name) refers to a different patent, #5,876,324. I won't spoil this part for you. Just follow the link.

Happy april fools day! Good one, slashdot & advogato. I for one am glad there's a day where you can take things not so seriously.

Robertson suggested the the advanced AAC format be called mp4, because it was the logical progression from mp3 (even though AAC is not really mpeg layer 4). Others then found out that Robertson had already registered mp4.com in advance, and accused him of trying to rename a format for his own benefit.

Goto Network Solutions and attempt to register any name starting with a digit. Indeed, the name could be completely digits (i.e. 411.com). However, try to begin a name with a dash; you'll see it doesn't work.

the site doesn't seem to work, but here is proof that it existed.

register.com censors domain names containing certain text strings. I ran a little experiment to test this, and was able to ascertain that they censor after several emails and telephone calls. They won't even tell you you're being censored; you just get a message that says "The domain you have requested is not available." Network Solutions also censors, but at least they tell you when they do so and why.

Do we really want to do business with a company that limits what we can say? I suggest going with a smaller company that doesn't consider itself a guardian of our morality.

zoid@threewave.com

So I think threewave.com IS related to him.

In light of the domain name registrant info, I'm pretty sure it is related to him :)

1. The only way I can perceive civil discussions happening on sites like this is if... people were required to post under some form of recognizable ID, and... moderators with power kept the conversation on track and kicked out people who attacked ideas or posters personally or strayed off topic.

Sidestepping the undemocratic leanings of this rant, we get to ask ourselves one question. What could be more offtopic than a nontechnical, newbie hack preaching to hackers on the net's numero uno technical weblog?

2. But remember that I express opinions more frequently than anybody on Slashdot

And more verbosely. Must have skipped the pith and wit classes at that journalism school he so clearly (anti-thesis?) never went to.

3. I read all criticism, even flames. I don't believe in many aspects of the moderation system. I set my prefs to everything. To me, steering software is the anti-thesis of community. I consider it self-censorship, a Balkanization of ideas, an effort to smother a human problem with software.

You don't like it, why not hack the source, which is freely available, and remove this offending 'Ba lkanization'. Incidentally, if it wasn't for the filtering system, more people would be exposed to your low-content name-dropping, and you would no longer be able to sustain the impausible boast that you "read all criticism, even flames."

4. I read Freshmeat every day, and marvel at it, understanding hardly anything. It's one of the most interesting places to go on the Web.

If you're too thick to understand it (what's to understand?) why do you continue to read it? Who are you trying to impress?

5. For example, I believe government should have stopped Microsoft much sooner, and should definitely halt the AOL/Time-Warner merger.

Why? I'd be particularly interested to hear what legal basis you think there is for a suit against AOL/Time-Warner, as, I'm sure, would their lawyers. For someone who describes himself as "skittish about labels and parties" and "not a political person" you sure have a sweet tooth for Big Government.

6. But I have to say that my thinking about Libertarianism is a work-in-progress. Maybe the best response is to write about it a bit, and start some discussions.

Maybe if you thought about things before engaging MSWord you might be more esteemed as a writer than a pissweak cluebie.

7. I don't believe most people on Slashdot hate me.

Let's put it to a poll. It's gotta beat "What's your favourite number?" and "Who's your favourite Khan?" anyday.

8. I have been railing against Microsoftism before most of you were programming.

I started in 1981 (with the ZX81). You've been flaming Microsoft for 19 years? Clever boy. Care to post a URL?

9. ... many of you would be mortified to know how many people come onto Slashdot to laugh at the nightmare that is Threads. [Ha Ha. Thread Derision: The world's fastest growing spectator sport. I think not.] Rob's moderation systems have definitely made this better, and he thinks quite a bit about this issue.

Compare and contrast with point 3.

10. Slashdot is hiring some professional editors.

Why doesn't it hire a professional writer while it's at it, so you can be swiftly put out of our misery? All these criticisms become null and void if you'd take your talent (everyone has it: even you) outside of this essentially technical forum. CmdrTaco is too honourable and hippyish to bludgeon you to death like a baby seal. Why don't you do the right thing and resign? I see the katzdot domains are still available...

Indeed it has, according to the network solutions whois.

http://www.network solutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?slashdot.org


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Speculation is a zero-sum game? Ridiculous. I get something. I hold on to it. Be it land, or Hershey bars or domain names, it is paid for at the time of my acquisition at the market value. Now that the demand is higher, I can either continue to hold it for myself, or I can sale it to someone else that is willing to pay me for it. What if this fellow had registered dogturds.com? I suppose there are different things that we would call him, but the one that comes immediately to my mind isn't speculator. Unless and until someone else decides they want that domain name, it is only worth what he paid for it. Even that is questionable. But he has a choice, just like you and me, to either register it or not.

Let's look at an example, {begin shameless plug for a friend} linuxempire.net is a nice site.

But it's value is only what someone else is willing to give for it. Would my friend be accused of being a squatter if some startup Linux distributor wanted to call their distro LinuxEmpire and offered him a million bucks or so for the domain name? I don't think so.

Diggs

Speculation is a zero-sum game? Ridiculous. I get something. I hold on to it. Be it land, or Hershey bars or domain names, it is paid for at the time of my acquisition at the market value. Now that the demand is higher, I can either continue to hold it for myself, or I can sale it to someone else that is willing to pay me for it. What if this fellow had registered dogturds.com? I suppose there are different things that we would call him, but the one that comes immediately to my mind isn't speculator. Unless and until someone else decides they want that domain name, it is only worth what he paid for it. Even that is questionable. But he has a choice, just like you and me, to either register it or not.

Let's look at an example, {begin shameless plug for a friend} linuxempire.net is a nice site.

But it's value is only what someone else is willing to give for it. Would my friend be accused of being a squatter if some startup Linux distributor wanted to call their distro LinuxEmpire and offered him a million bucks or so for the domain name? I don't think so.

Diggs

I don't see what all the fuss about 'cybersquatting' is... Domains are like real estate... if you can find a great place in a good location for a good price ($70) why shouldn't you buy it? I'm all for grabbing as many good domains as possible. Hell, a buddy of mine has 300+ domains he can play with. I can't wait for new TLD's though, it's getting alot harder to find decent domains to pick up... Though you can still find some pretty nice ones if you sit on the netsol whois page and free associate.
It sucks that you have to pay up front now... back in the day you could think up a good domain and register it for free and park it at hypermart until you decided what to do with it. And if you end up not using the domain? Oh well, the final notice comes and goes and netsol would take it back.

...In their defense, they may actually have a use for cubane.com.

...but not necessarily one related to cubane, unless they're trying to imply that their software has truly explosive power - the domain is taken by "Cubane Software" (but they don't have a Web site at www.cubane.com yet).

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um, sigs should be heard and not seen?

"There are aspects of my celebrity that I don't like, but it would be hypocritical to complain. Generally I can forget about it by going off to think in 11 dimensions."
--Stephen Hawking

"There are aspects of my celebrity that I don't like, but it would be hypocritical to complain. Generally I can forget about it by going off to think in 11 dimensions."
--Stephen Hawking

Hey chill out, I remember being online and reading slashdot when passport.com went down (yes I know it was Christmas day), and reading the article and all the threads when Micheal Chaney paid the bill. I remember that his post when he paid had "Merry Christmas, Microsoft" on it.
I was actually surprised it took that long for 1 of us to pay it because several people (myself included) went to the NSI payment site to verify if it was down but for hours nobody paid it until Micheal Chaney did. Upon reflection it seems very telling upon the character of slashdot readers (during Christmas) that it took that long for one of us to pay it...(it's not like we suspected MSFT wouldn't reimburse the check).
Here's the offending ZDNet and C|Net articles that made everyone start calling him a money hungry opportunist.
Quotes...
ZDNet : Microsoft said it would refund Chaney the $35, although Chaney hinted his bailout of the world's biggest software company was worth more. "Microsoft is under no legal obligation to repay the $35 to me, and it doesn't really matter to me if they do or not. If they do ... I would ask that when they make out a check they consider how much revenue would have otherwise been lost had this been down for another day or two, "

C|Net: As for Microsoft's promised check, Chaney said he plans to frame it. "I'm not going to cash it," he said, "unless it's a huge amount." Pointing out the value of restoring service to millions of Microsoft customers and the preservation of advertising revenues, Chaney suggested that his Christmas charity is arguably worth more than a simple thanks. "In a perfect world, I wish they'd take that into account," he said. "But I'm not relying on it. It's their choice."

What he claimed is that he felt what he did was worth more than a $35 check and a thank you. .He pointing out that he saved a multi-billion $ corporation's most popular Internet service (yes, Hotmail provides the most hits to MSN.com via the cute little logout redirection trick) from at least 24 hours of outage maybe more and that is worth more than a thank you and $35. I've seen his web-page he's a regular hack just like me (i'm probably worse off since i'm still in school) and I would have done the same thing, the least they could do was give a little extra (rebate check, free software, extra $$$). If that's greed to you then I say not giving a reward would have been the height of ingratitude and corporate penny pinching from a company who's CEO can afford to burn a million dollars a day from now till he dies and still will die a billionairre.

For those that don't want to follow the link, here is a portion of the page.

Congratulations! ananovaaccessories.com is available

The following Web Address(es) are currently available for registration.

Select the Address(es) you want to register by checking the appropriate box and clicking Continue below.

ananovaaccessories.com

ananovaaccessories.net

ananovaaccessories.org

I'm not sure this will ever go any farther than PointCast, so I'll leave the registration available for someone else.

Good Luck!!

Diggs

DNS.. Always list YOURSELF as one of the contacts.. usually the billing contact so you can change your Internic information quickly to move your site.

• NSI's definitions of:
• • Admin Contact
  • Tech Contact
  • Billing Contact

  p.s. I know there are other registrars now (yay!), but NSI still has over 90% of the market, so this should be relevant to most.

DNS.. Always list YOURSELF as one of the contacts.. usually the billing contact so you can change your Internic information quickly to move your site.

• NSI's definitions of:
• • Admin Contact
  • Tech Contact
  • Billing Contact

  p.s. I know there are other registrars now (yay!), but NSI still has over 90% of the market, so this should be relevant to most.

DNS.. Always list YOURSELF as one of the contacts.. usually the billing contact so you can change your Internic information quickly to move your site.

• NSI's definitions of:
• • Admin Contact
  • Tech Contact
  • Billing Contact

  p.s. I know there are other registrars now (yay!), but NSI still has over 90% of the market, so this should be relevant to most.

(b) If the registrant's domain name creation date precedes the effective date of the valid and subsisting certified registration owned by the complainant, Network Solutions will take no action on the complainant's request.

Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.

Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329

Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.

Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080

This is the proper use of a ROLE. A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact. By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.

So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/

Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.

The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...

Think this can't happen? Think again. Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite. Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???

Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.

When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure. Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].

Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/

Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.

Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329

Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.

Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080

This is the proper use of a ROLE. A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact. By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.

So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/

Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.

The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...

Think this can't happen? Think again. Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite. Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???

Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.

When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure. Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].

Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/

Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.

Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329

Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.

Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080

This is the proper use of a ROLE. A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact. By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.

So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/

Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.

The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...

Think this can't happen? Think again. Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite. Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???

Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.

When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure. Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].

Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/

Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.

Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329

Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.

Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080

This is the proper use of a ROLE. A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact. By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.

So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/

Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.

The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...

Think this can't happen? Think again. Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite. Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???

Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.

When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure. Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].

Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/

Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.

Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329

Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.

Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080

This is the proper use of a ROLE.

A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact.

By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.

So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/

Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.

The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...

Think this can't happen? Think again.

Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite.

Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???

Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.

When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure.

Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].

Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/

Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.

Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329

Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.

Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080

This is the proper use of a ROLE.

A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact.

By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.

So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/

Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.

The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...

Think this can't happen? Think again.

Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite.

Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???

Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.

When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure.

Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].

Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/

Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.

Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329

Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.

Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080

This is the proper use of a ROLE.

A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact.

By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.

So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/

Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.

The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...

Think this can't happen? Think again.

Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite.

Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???

Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.

When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure.

Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].

Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/

Specifically, you will note that the Billing Contact for PASSPORT.COM is a person.

Billing Contact: Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM +1 (425) 882-8080 (FAX) +1 (425) 936-7329

Now, compare that to most other domains used by M$oft. It is often the case, that people that are part of big business FORGET that there are some very tedious details on the InterNET.

Microsoft-Internic Billing Issues (MDB-ORG) msnbill@MICROSOFT.COM 425 882 8080

This is the proper use of a ROLE.

A sure fire way to screw something up is to let a SINGLE person be a Billing Contact.

By far the best practice is to use a ROLE that has a email address that gets sent to several people. Since you never know who might be on a vacation or might blow away their inbox.

So I would recommend that Microsoft go here: http://www.networksolutions.co m/makechanges/reports/

Actually, a good natured Linux user could probably do this as well for them. :) All you need it the information contained in the whois lookup.

The reason this is important is that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM probably hasn't paid many other things as well. Why? This person might not even WORK for microsoft now...

Think this can't happen? Think again.

Her manager should have known or someone should have known but apparently nobody did or there was a billing error/oversite.

Oh, but wait... what if her manager is gone TOO???

Repeat again: Think it can't happen? Thing again.

When you use a domain name make sure you put a TEAM in charge with a leader vs. a single point of failure.

Even a rank newbie working for an ISP knows this much. I expect that Gudmundson, Carolyn (CG6635) carolyng@MICROSOFT.COM was on vacation or called in rich[sick].

Aren't you glad you don't work in this persons office?
http://www.mp3.com/fudge/

Jeff

Sorry to say this but I can't help it... Are you an idiot or just lazy?

The post you responded to not only has a URL to go to, but instructions on how to check the facts yourself.
Maybe you need it to be hyperlinked to make it easier for you so you don't have to strain yourself with cutting and pasting the URL into your browser.
Click here and type passport.com. It will show that there is a $35 fee due on the domain name. Twit.

https://payments.networksolutions.com/
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Joshua C. Stein
Superblock Information Systems

Hundreds of linux domains taken

When I spotted this story on Wired this morning, I decided to look this guy up (John McLanahan) - I've had my own experiences with NSI (not quite to the same extreme as he has), and wanted to find out some more details about his situation and see if I could help somehow.

Tried searching the web for him - found a 29-year-old John McLanahan from Boston who came in 134th in a half-marathon, another who is a corporate lawyer in Georgia, and one who lived sometime in the late 1700s (from a few geneology sites). From the Wired article, it sounded like the Boston McLanahan might be the one (right age range, into racing) but there was no e-mail address listed on the marathon results.

So, I went to the NSI WHOIS server, searched for "McLanahan, John", and found a John McLanahan with a Boston address (actually, three or four handles with the same name and mailing address) who currently owns a number of domains related to racing (roadraces.com, sailingraces.com, runningclubs.com, raceplanning.com, raceinformation.com, coolraces.com) - sounds like the right guy...

...and then I notice the other domains this guy has registered. It looks like he owns a number of domains that are stock-ticker symbols for .com and hi-tech companies (TalkCity, Voyager.Net, ChemDex), some life-insurance related domains (weblifeinsurance.com, lifeinsuranceinfo.com), and some more generic business-related domains (bankinginformation.com, companyinterview.com). Unless his business plan covers more than just racing, I'd say he's been in the domain-speculation game for a while himself... especially when just about every domain I tried going to said "domain for sale".

Not to excuse NSI's more-than-usual imcompetence, but suddenly I don't feel quite so sorry for this guy...
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When I spotted this story on Wired this morning, I decided to look this guy up (John McLanahan) - I've had my own experiences with NSI (not quite to the same extreme as he has), and wanted to find out some more details about his situation and see if I could help somehow.

Tried searching the web for him - found a 29-year-old John McLanahan from Boston who came in 134th in a half-marathon, another who is a corporate lawyer in Georgia, and one who lived sometime in the late 1700s (from a few geneology sites). From the Wired article, it sounded like the Boston McLanahan might be the one (right age range, into racing) but there was no e-mail address listed on the marathon results.

So, I went to the NSI WHOIS server, searched for "McLanahan, John", and found a John McLanahan with a Boston address (actually, three or four handles with the same name and mailing address) who currently owns a number of domains related to racing (roadraces.com, sailingraces.com, runningclubs.com, raceplanning.com, raceinformation.com, coolraces.com) - sounds like the right guy...

...and then I notice the other domains this guy has registered. It looks like he owns a number of domains that are stock-ticker symbols for .com and hi-tech companies (TalkCity, Voyager.Net, ChemDex), some life-insurance related domains (weblifeinsurance.com, lifeinsuranceinfo.com), and some more generic business-related domains (bankinginformation.com, companyinterview.com). Unless his business plan covers more than just racing, I'd say he's been in the domain-speculation game for a while himself... especially when just about every domain I tried going to said "domain for sale".

Not to excuse NSI's more-than-usual imcompetence, but suddenly I don't feel quite so sorry for this guy...
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Those guys over at toywar.com better be careful:
toywarS.com
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http://rs.internic.net/cgi- bin/whois/whois?slashdot.org which is redirected to http://www.network solutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?slashdot.org seems to give out the information that it always had.

Just the other day I used it to find out that y0k.com through y11k.com are all taken. :-)

Anyway, the reason I'm posting is that I've registered the name anthology.org (not yet active) to provide a directory to etexts from various collections/projects. Sorta like a card catalog (or maybe the interlibrary loan database? whatever) -- probably a yahoo-style navigation. I'm sorta surprised that I no-one else has done this (with high visibility, anyway) -- does anyone else think this would be useful?
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht

Anyway, the reason I'm posting is that I've registered the name anthology.org (not yet active) to provide a directory to etexts from various collections/projects. Sorta like a card catalog (or maybe the interlibrary loan database? whatever) -- probably a yahoo-style navigation. I'm sorta surprised that I no-one else has done this (with high visibility, anyway) -- does anyone else think this would be useful?
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht

gutenberg.org and gutenberg.net are already registered to Project Gutenberg. They were registered three years ago in 1996. Perhaps someone could tell Hart how to hook www.gutenberg.org up to his website?

Daniel

PS: you can use Network Solutions Whois Service to find this information.