Boulevard of Broken .dreams

kubla2000 writes "Salon has a fascinating article up examining the detritus of the dotcom craze of registering anything and everything as a domain name. This is, by turns, a tragic and hilarious piece... there's an irrisistable pathos to the fact that "FreeRoofTile.com" has expired as well as an urge to take a clue-bat to whoever "thought" to register it in the first place."

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But what everyone who reads /. wants to know is

[Anonymous Coward]

Who registered that damn Goatse site!

Re:But what everyone who reads /. wants to know is

[Tablizer]

(* Who registered that damn Goatse site! *)

Possible leads:

1. Check medical records for somebody who had an ass-ectemy.

2. Check Guiness records for pole-sitting accidents.

3. Look for a shack-like shop with a sign that reads "Over 5 Million Lunches Ruined".

4. Ask websites that sell jumbo-sized toilet rolls.

5. Check court records for any bicycle seat lawsuits.

ambiguous spacing

[kisrael]

Odd that she mentioned thepenismightier.com, since a version of it it is a fairly thriving site, and they like the ambiguity of the name.

One my favorite tech info resource sites has to have a dash in its name, otherwise it might look like "expert sexchange" instead...

billromanowskisucks.com

[presearch]

Hey, that's my name! I take great offense at that article.
I'd sue Salon but they probably don't have any money left anyway....

Bill Romanowski
TQworld, LLC

comment on Thepenismighter.com

[bons]

Probably from this old Saturday night live skitAlex Trebek: Mr. Connery, why don't
you pick?

Sean Connery: Ah! Well met! I'll take Months That Start With Feb, Trebek.

Alex Trebek: For how much?

Sean Connery: Suprise me, you filthy bastard!

Alex Trebek: Okay, that's completely unnecessary. Months That Start With Feb for $800. This is the only month that starts with Feb. [ Sean Connery buzzes in ] Mr. Connery?

Sean Connery: Febtober!

Alex Trebek:No. [ Calista Flockhart buzzes in ] Calista Flockhart.

Calista Flockhart: What is.. Febturday?

Alex Trebek: No.

Sean Connery: She said turd!

Alex Trebek: I hate you! The answer was February. That's the month that starts with Feb. It was last month!

Sean Connery: Aha! A trick question!

Alex Trebek: Yeah, it was a trick question, Mr. Connery. Why don't you pick a category?

Sean Connery: I've got to ask you about the Penis Mightier.

Alex Trebek: What? No. No, no, that is The Pen is Mightier.

Sean Connery: Gussy it up however you want, Trebek. What matters is does it work? Will it really mighty my penis, man?

Alex Trebek: It's not a product, Mr. Connery.

Sean Connery: Because I've ordered devices like that before - wasted a pretty penny, I don't mind telling you. And if The Penis Mightier works, I'll order a dozen.

Alex Trebek: It's not a Penis Mightier, Mr. Connery. There's no such thing!

Nicholas Cage: Wait, wait, wait.. are you selling Penis Mightiers?

Alex Trebek: No! No, I'm not.

Sean Connery: Well, you're sitting on a gold mine, Trebek!

s14shd0t.org

[dacetone]

I registered s14shd0t.org a couple years ago, hoping to make:

News for H@x0r5, stuff that r0x0r5.

I let it expire. I don't know what I was smoking when I registered it, but I hope I come across some more of it.

One made laugh..

[MADCOWbeserk]

I would think that Ceilinghooks.com was an artistic bondage site.

Re:This stuff isn't funny....

[Shelled]

... it was snatched up ...

No pun intended I presume.