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uk.co Domains Knocked Offline By Registrar Dispute
An anonymous reader writes "The .uk.co domain was wiped off the face of the Internet this morning with no notice, leaving more than 8,000 livid individuals and businesses - including Amazon and Priceline - with no Web presence or email.
I saw this on nvnews.net, which originally came from the register, but since the domain is wiped out, you can no longer reach the article." Actually, you can read the story fine on theregister.co.uk. ;)
What's with all these top-level domains disappearing? First .name, now .uk.co...
I'm just glad I still have my trusty old .cx domain name.
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Hello, Slashdot user. My name is Dr. Sbaitso. I am here to help you.
So, by wiping out this domain we avoid the typical web user playing through the following scenario:
1) Web user thinks: "I need to order a book, let's go to Amazon"
2) Web user types: "amazon.uk.co"
3) Web user sees 15,000 porn sites pop up
4) Web user starts to sweat, looks around office, hopes no one walks by
5) Web user clicks furiously, but fails to keep up with the rush of pop-ups, pop-unders, and installation prompts
6) Web user co-worker walks by, see's web user sweating, moaning softly and clicking so fast his/her hand is a blur
7) Web user hits reset button on PC, loses all work, but manages to stem the tide of porn
8) Web user sees co-worker next in cafeteria next day sitting with several other people, all are looking at web user and snickering...
It's happened to all of us, admit it! Getting rid of "spam" domains is a good thing!
Now, if they could could just get rid of whitehouse.com, I'd have a lot more respect for the American government!
I've heard some talk of other countries, across the ocean, I don't believe it myself though.
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How do I get all this sand out of my eyes?
Id guess that f.uk.co can gross some money ;-)
Remember Castle Software from the GPL violation articles on /.? You know, the guys who (supposedly) ripped off GPLed kernel code for RISC OS. Yup, they were www.castle.uk.co. Not anymore. The vengeful spirit of RMS is seeking revenge on these bastards by knocking out the whole uk.co faux-domain.
I thought whitehouse.com was for renting out the Lincoln Bedroom, and for other PAC commercial activities? :)
Is this the wrath of any angry God, upset that his representative on Earth, Richard Stallman, should have his licence so cruelly ignored?
Or is this just another dispute about money? Time will tell...
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
hehehehe
What kind of twisted in-bred retard would type in uk.co by accident?
I allege that, were there such a person, the likelihood of them correctly typing a difficult word like 'amazon' shrinks to zero once they start getting co and uk mixed up.
Jesus, someone register me coca.com.www.cola. You know, just in case.
Because goatse.com just doesn't have the same ring to it.
I know a genuine Panaphonix when I see it! And look, there's Magnetbox, and Sorny!
That would be quite ironic that a god would choose an atheist as his representative...
(Yes, I realize you are joking)
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The claim to "South America's oldest democracy" really isn't that impressive. I have molds in my refrigerator that have maintained a functioning government longer than any South American nation.
Heh. You've obviously never done tech support. Or, for that matter, dealt with the general public as part of your job.
We've managed to prove that human stupidity isn't infinite by the sheer fact that we haven't yet left the planet for the cockroaches, but I assure you that value is very, very large indeed.
"No problem. I have the capacity to do infinite work so long as you don't mind that my quality approaches zero."-Dilbert
Wow, just how many popups does that page open? My popup killer nearly asked for a vacation afterwards...