Not that the Guinness Book is terribly accurate -- they have categories for "biggest shopping mall on the Internet" (which 404s when you try to use the URL) and "most popular domain name" (".com" -- snicker)
For example, if you read this article, one guy grabbed "e-.com", "e-.org", and "e-.net" for his e-commerce site. Hello, there's something wrong here:.org sites are supposed to be for non-profit organizations, not a commerce site.
I agree with you (since I remember when.com,.org, and.net meant something), but I think it's a lost cause at this point. Try registering blanketyblank.com with NSI and they'll always say "why not get blanketyblank.net and blanketyblank.org, too?" Curse their oily hides!
So, does anyone else get mildly irritated when they see URLs like anygivensunday.net advertised, or am I turning into a net old fogey?:)
-jon ("'Any Given Sunday' isn't a networking company! oh, there go my cataracts!)
think if the owner of slashdot.com suddenly told Malda he had to hand over the.org
Now that might be interesting
http://slashdot.org has gotta be worth a lot. Malda alone got (IIRC) 1.5 million from Andover. Wow.
Since BSI (and now Andover) has been actively using the trademark "Slashdot," it's much more likely that Andover would tell the owner of slashdot.com to hand it over. slashdot.com doesn't have superiority over slashdot.org.
Besides, Andover paid for more than just the name.
How are people keeping up with the latest and greatest filming techniques?
I'm just a movie/FX geek and not actually in the industry, but I'm particularly fond of Cinefex magazine (20th anniversary issue on sale now!) and the VFX Pro news site. And, yes, Cinefex is expensive for a magazine, but sooo worth it.
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's nifty online database, some of AOL's registered trademarks are: My Place, Buddy List, FullDisclosure, My Home Page, E-VIL, You've Got Mail, "the spoken words 'you've got mail,'" You Have Mail, and (my favorite) War Dialer. -jon
Slashdot Mirror
-j
-jon (look, mommy! it's Microsoft Heroes 2000!)
I agree with you (since I remember when .com, .org, and .net meant something), but I think it's a lost cause at this point. Try registering blanketyblank.com with NSI and they'll always say "why not get blanketyblank.net and blanketyblank.org, too?" Curse their oily hides!
So, does anyone else get mildly irritated when they see URLs like anygivensunday.net advertised, or am I turning into a net old fogey? :)
-jon ("'Any Given Sunday' isn't a networking company! oh, there go my cataracts!)
Now that might be interesting
http://slashdot.org has gotta be worth a lot. Malda alone got (IIRC) 1.5 million from Andover. Wow.
Since BSI (and now Andover) has been actively using the trademark "Slashdot," it's much more likely that Andover would tell the owner of slashdot.com to hand it over. slashdot.com doesn't have superiority over slashdot.org.
Besides, Andover paid for more than just the name.
-j
I'm just a movie/FX geek and not actually in the industry, but I'm particularly fond of Cinefex magazine (20th anniversary issue on sale now!) and the VFX Pro news site. And, yes, Cinefex is expensive for a magazine, but sooo worth it.
-j
Shouldn't that be The Hemos Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence?
-j
-jon
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's nifty online database, some of AOL's registered trademarks are: My Place, Buddy List, FullDisclosure, My Home Page, E-VIL, You've Got Mail, "the spoken words 'you've got mail,'" You Have Mail, and (my favorite) War Dialer. -jon