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Naughty Words in Domains
register.com just said the site is unavailable, as is any other domain which happens to have the wrong string of four letters (even when surrounded by giberish ... try searching for something like ewqsdfuckdfd). I am sure that if I keep looking I will find another registrar who does want my business. I was wondering though whether anybody else has had potential domain names censored for something other than the 'Fbomb', and what else might be taboo amongst the registrars.'
The secret is to speak another language, or find a friend who does, and register your domain using a registrar based in a non-English-speaking country. I speak a little German so I tried it, and while I didn't actually spend the money to take the final steps, I was told by three separate registrars that "Die Domain fuck12065237.com ist noch frei!"
If anyone tries this, let us know how it works. If you find any other taboo words, in English or any other language, tell us the details!
Here's the list of accredited registrars, including many in non-English-speaking countries.
This is a nice example that it is definitely allowed elsewhere: fuck.it.
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Never underestimate the power of stupidity
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...is the free redirector service, www.isfuckingbrilliant.com. (I have http://andy.isfuckingbrilliant.com). They also have isfuckingshit.com, hadyourmom.com, etc etc. Check it out (blatant plug, and I don't even own it... terrible).
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So certain words are taboo. Big !@#$ing Deal! (censored so as not to offend anyone ;-)
:-)
I really don't understand why the BIG 7 taboo words all deal with sex, and other bodily functions.
I also really don't see the problem. If people are offended at these words, it is NOT like you're FORCING them to visit your site!
Maybe we need to grow up socially, and understand that words are just that: JUST WORDS! (Yes, they carry a conatation behind them, but if you don't like it, stop listening to them.
Live, and let live. People wouldn't be so stressed out then.
Network Solutions initially allowed all words, then banned George Carlin's "seven dirty words," alone or as substrings, with occasional slip-ups and odd exceptions. The seven words were piss, shit, fuck, cunt, motherfucker, cocksucker, and tits, preventing names like "scunthorpe.com" and "shitakemushrooms.com."
.coms, .nets and .orgs, and many of them took any name you wanted, and most still do. There was a piece in Slashdot about this at the time.
In late 1998 NSI started allowing "shit." In July 1999, other registrars were granted authority to register
NSI and Register.com still refuse, perhaps to appease current and potential investors. (Register.com had IPO aspirations a while back) On the other hand, I think bulkregister.com, with no rules, has overtaken register.com as the #2 registrar, which can't be appealing to investors.
A lawsuit was filed by a person wanting to register obscene names in early 1998, so NSI registered them on behalf of the United States Attorney General to hold in escrow pending a decision. That's why fuck.com, for example, is registered by NSI to a US District Court. It's been a long legal process, and from what I gather, NSI fucked up and forgot to renew registration on at least some of them. As a result, NoNameCorp (who sucks up most good expiring domains) landed motherfucker.com when it expired in March.
The constitution only protects us from government censorship. Domain registrars are no longer an agent of the government.
-- Fester
-- Fester
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
The usage of the word fuck
Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the english language today is the word fuck. Out of all of the English words that begin with letter F, fuck is the only word that is referred to as the F-word. It's the one magical word, just by it's sound can describe pain, pleasure, hate and love. Fuck, as the most words in the English languages, is derived from German, the word fricken which means to strike. In English fuck fall into many grammatical categories.
As a transital verb for instance : "John fucked Shirley."
As an intransitive verb. "Shirley fucks."
It's meaning is not always sexual.
It can be an adjective such as "John's doing all the fucking work."
As part of an adverb : "Shirley talks too fucking much!"
As an adverb enchancing an adjective : "Shirley is fucking beautiful!"
As a noun : "I don't give a fuck!"
As part of a word : "Abso-fucking-lutely" or "in-fucking-credible"
And, as almost every word in a sentence : "Fuck the fucking fuckers!"
As you must realize there aren't too many words with the versatility of fuck. As in these examples describing situations such as:
Aggression - Fuck you!
Agreement - Fucking-ay right!
Amazement - Fucking shit!
Annoyance - Don't fuck with me.
Apathy - Who really gives a fuck, anyhow?
Benevolence - Don't do me any fucking favors.
Command - Go fuck yourself!
Confusion - What the fuck?
Denial - I didn't fucking do it.
Despair - Fucked again.
Difficulty - I don't understand this fucking question.
Directions - Fuck off.
Disbelief - Unfuckingbelievable!
Dismay - Oh, fuck it!
Displeasure - What the fuck is going on here?
Encouragement - Keep on fucking.
Etiquette - Pass the fucking salt!
Fraud - I got fucked.
Greetings - How the fuck are ya?
Hatred of chemistry - Thermofuckingdynamics.
Identification - Who the fuck are you?
Ignorance - He's such a fuck head.
Incompetence - He's a fuck up.
Insight - You're out of your fucking mind!
Laziness - He's a fuck off.
Lost - Where the fuck are we?
Panic - Let's get the fuck out of here.
Passive - Fuck me!
Perplexity - I fucking know all about it.
Philosophical - Who gives a fuck?
Pleasure - I couldn't be any fucking happier!
Question - You ain't fucking me?
Rebellion - Fuck the world!
Resignation - Oh, fuck it!
Retaliation - Up your fucking ass!
Suspicion - Who the fuck are you?
Trouble - I guess I'm really fucked now.
Ugliness - You're a dumb looking fuck.
Wisdom - Fuck that shit!
Wonder - How the fuck did you do that?
It can be used in an anatomical description - "He's a fucking asshole."
It can be used in business - "How did I wind up with this fucking job?"
It can be maternal - "Motherfucker."
It can be political - "Fuck Dan Quayle!"
It has also been used by many notable people throughout history:
"What the fuck was that?" - Mayor of Hiroshima
"Where did all these fucking Indians come from?" - General Custer
"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?" - Captain of the Titanic
"Thats not a real fucking gun." - John Lennon
"Who's gonna fucking find out?" - Richard Nixon
"Heads are going to fucking roll." - Anne Boleyn
"Let the fucking woman drive." - Commander of the "Challenger"
"What fucking map?" - Mark Thatcher
"Any fucking idiot could understand that." - Albert Einstein
"It does so fucking look like her!" - Picasso
"How the fuck did you work that out?" - Pythagoras
"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" - Michaelangelo
"Fuck a duck." - Walt Disney
"Why?- Because its fucking there!" - Edmund Hilary
"I don't suppose its gonna fucking rain?" - Joan of Arc
"Scattered fucking showers my ass." - Noah
"I need this parade like I need a fucking hole in my head." - John F. Kennedy
I'm sure you can think of many more examples. With all of these multipurpose applications how can anyone be offended when you use the word? So, use this unique flexible word more often in your daily speech. It will identify the quality of your character immediately.
Say it loudly and proudly : "FUCK YOU !!!"
Profanity, when used with thoughtfully and with moderation, can be an amazingly powerful thing. It is true that the vast majority of profanity use is heavy-handed and ineffectual, and is spouted for the sake of sensationalism; to suggest, however, that the very utterance of a profane word reduces an individual to idiocy smacks of intellectual eletism. To infer that profanity exists only in the realm "potty and shock humor" is akin to thinking that anybody with a classic New England drawl owns a summer house in the Hamptons.
Language is what the speaker makes of it, and profanity is but another form of expression at the speaker's disposal. It is quite difficult to use properly (and all too often abused,) but can be used to formulate powerful, powerful statements in the proper circumstances. In this individual's case, the profanity is intended neither to offend nor sensationalize; it is merely a matter of coincidence that it is part of an inside joke. Suggesting that this cause is infantile and unworthy of notice simply because he wishes to register a profanity in his domain name is absurd.
Your making note your low Slashdot number is just about as impressive as people who point out that their ancestors were royalty, or were amongst the original pilgrims in America. What do you prove by lording your holy four-digit status over us six-digit chattle? Do you somehow think that one is incapable of insightful commentary if one's user account is higher than 9,999? Could we silly six-digiters not possibly grasp the breadth of knowledge you four-digiters are endowed with? Do you enjoy smacking of aristocratic eletism?
So Slashdot isn't the ivory tower it was back when it was just you and your 2,374 best friends. Poor you. May I suggest you take a page from your own book: if you don't like it anymore, start your own Slashdot. If Taco et al. really cared about keeping your mental playground free of us riff-raff, they'd have closed the doors ages ago.
Well? Go on. Scram, ya fucking dolt. You've got a website to build.
$ man reality
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
What does it say about people like this? Do they ignore the fact that if you decide you want to walk down a sidewalk to a strip club, the sidewalks don't throw a barracade up that says "your direction is inappropriate, please choose another". It's everyone person's right to choose what they want to expose themselves to.
This form of censorship is utterly redundant and excessive. IF you are offended by something, you are NOT going to go out searching for that thing on purpose. If someone's offended by the word "f*ck", they are not going to type it into a search engine. As for those of us who aren't offended, we don't care either way.
Besides, this kind of blockage at a search engine does nothing to keep you from all the naughty words, porn banners, and so on that will be thrown at your face once you start clicking links.
Why do people think they are going to make some sort of positive influence by trying to censor the Net? Arrogant, conceited, and utterly foolish. Stopping the ocean tides would yield better results.