I wrote to customer support at register.com and this is what they had to say about the "hidden fees" claims.
Thank you for your e-mail.
The rumors that you've heard are not true. There are no hidden fees after you've registered your name, we offer free dns transfer and you can get free parking on our servers as long as we are your registrar.
Thank you for using register.com, the first step on the web.
Customer Support register.com, inc. http://www.register.com
So, it seems that you were misinformed, and they do offer the services as advertised.
What is the proper etiquette for registering your family name with a TLD?
That is, say my name is John Doe. I could register doe.org, and then my email could be john@doe.org. However, what if someone I don't know at all wants to be jane@doe.org? Why should she be denied that priviledge? Is it alright if I let anyone who shares my last name to get email forwarding for free? Or should I leave it alone and become jd@john-doe.org?
Related to this, are there any efforts out there to start a web directory for doing this sort of family-name-registration forwarding-for-free type of activity?
Do you know if Google respects the http headers for cache-control and expiration? If they serve pages past their expiration, or serve non-public or dynamic pages, I can understand your concern. However, if they respect the protocols, then how are they doing anything different than a publicly-accessable cache (squid, etc..)? If they respect the caching protocols, then why don't you just configure your server to your preference?
Here's the actual article from RollCall (congressional newsletter).
Text of the actual mail:"IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO LOSE WEIGHT PERMANENTLY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO SEEE AN EXPERT HERE'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY. MY FRIEND LOSS 40 LBS. READ THIS! [sic]"
SGI grants permission to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense and/or sell copies of the Original Software in both source code and executable form...
Yes, but you have to put it into perspective. You're CMU, and I'm MIT, and I'll bet a notable number of other people reading here are in touch with some of the the better CS schools.
However, the MS-like deals target more than just the CS-elite. Maybe a mid-sized liberal-arts school will be able to handle NT on the backend, and will be able to put NT on every client desktop. Knowing only the MS philosophy on systems is detrimental for the above-average computer user. Maybe someone who used NT all through college is put into a decision-making position for their employer, and their skewed philosophy doesn't let them think outside the MS bounds. They lose, we lose.
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The PR says that the entire book can be found online at www.cybernautsawake.net For me that site redirects until I get to here.
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Dude, I'm not going to check your math, but either you just made that up or you're got way too much time on your hands...
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A micron is a 1,000th of a meter
Last I checked we called that a millimeter. Can you even image a chip done in 0.18mm?
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2*0=1*0; 2=1?
Give it up -- it's not all that cute, man...
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I wrote to customer support at register.com and this is what they had to say about the "hidden fees" claims.
Thank you for your e-mail.
The rumors that you've heard are not true. There are no hidden fees after you've registered your name, we offer free dns transfer and you can get free parking on our servers as long as we are your registrar.
Thank you for using register.com, the first step on the web.
Customer Support
register.com, inc.
http://www.register.com
So, it seems that you were misinformed, and they do offer the services as advertised.
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I have a question which I'd like yer opinion on:
What is the proper etiquette for registering your family name with a TLD?
That is, say my name is John Doe. I could register doe.org, and then my email could be john@doe.org. However, what if someone I don't know at all wants to be jane@doe.org? Why should she be denied that priviledge? Is it alright if I let anyone who shares my last name to get email forwarding for free? Or should I leave it alone and become jd@john-doe.org?
Related to this, are there any efforts out there to start a web directory for doing this sort of family-name-registration forwarding-for-free type of activity?
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Do you know if Google respects the http headers for cache-control and expiration? If they serve pages past their expiration, or serve non-public or dynamic pages, I can understand your concern. However, if they respect the protocols, then how are they doing anything different than a publicly-accessable cache (squid, etc..)? If they respect the caching protocols, then why don't you just configure your server to your preference?
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Gawd.. this thing is friggin funny!
Just look at the list of "recent questions" or whatever they are..
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Here's some amusing quotes from the article in RollCall.
Wanna bet they're using Micro$oft?
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Here's the actual article from RollCall (congressional newsletter).
Text of the actual mail:"IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO LOSE WEIGHT PERMANENTLY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO SEEE AN EXPERT HERE'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY. MY FRIEND LOSS 40 LBS. READ THIS! [sic]"
Yeah, uh, real important stuff...
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Does anyone know what systems they run for their email? For curiousity's sake...
Any insiders out there reading /.?
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1) The obligatory licencing quip:
Isn't in violation of the GPL to release Red Hat's distro, with changes, under this new license?
2) The obligatory cluster comment:
Man, those would make a fine Beowolf cluster
Amen
NASA Chief Calls For Space Commercialization_ commerce_3.html
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990925/sc/space
A bit of the license opening material (trimmed):
From the website(s):
Not yet listed at amazon.com or bn.com, but you will find the lowest price with PriceSCAN
(1) Go read the webmaster's mail: http://mail.dotcomnow .com/signup/poll/webmaster?dlang=default then choose "click here".
(2) Funny AD I saw during #1: http://imageserv1.imgis. com/images/Ad94426St1Sz1Sq3Id3.gif to wit, "mail.com...Free Secure, and Private"
Yes, but you have to put it into perspective. You're CMU, and I'm MIT, and I'll bet a notable number of other people reading here are in touch with some of the the better CS schools.
However, the MS-like deals target more than just the CS-elite. Maybe a mid-sized liberal-arts school will be able to handle NT on the backend, and will be able to put NT on every client desktop. Knowing only the MS philosophy on systems is detrimental for the above-average computer user. Maybe someone who used NT all through college is put into a decision-making position for their employer, and their skewed philosophy doesn't let them think outside the MS bounds. They lose, we lose.
Bork Bork Bork!
http://www.citu.gov.uk/2000/p ress_rel/fco/003-99.html