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(Baltimore Sun)   Registering the domain "pizza.com" in 1994: $20. Auctioning that same domain name off in 2008: pricele... well actually about $3M   (baltimoresun.com) divider line
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eqtworld
2008-04-03 1:10:45 PM  
Good for him.

That is not squatting or being at all shady.
 
toejam
2008-04-03 2:06:52 PM  
What about whitehouse.com? (for god's sake NSFW!!!)


/yes, multiple !'s necessary.
 
Anaesthetized Cephalopod
2008-04-03 2:07:47 PM  
Nice.
 
ScaliaDissenting
2008-04-03 2:07:48 PM  
Vodak.com?
 
Compulsive Liar 1986
2008-04-03 2:07:57 PM  
anybody interested in MyPissBurns.com? i make a good price, just for you...
 
reverendfitty
2008-04-03 2:08:02 PM  
toejam: What about whitehouse.com? (for god's sake NSFW!!!)


/yes, multiple !'s necessary.

I thought the government finally bought this off that pron site
 
Chaim Witz
2008-04-03 2:08:06 PM  
Yeah, try looking up men.com.

rugbyjockTM approved!
 
Colonel_Debugger
2008-04-03 2:08:38 PM  
He says he lives in North Potomac? Maybe now he'll be able to move out of Rockville to the real Potomac, MD.
 
moops
2008-04-03 2:08:42 PM  
I've been sitting on grannyamputeescatporn.com since 1994; I should be able to rake in at least a million
 
ShereKhan
2008-04-03 2:09:25 PM  
I am still waiting for someone to pay me big money for www.steveforbes4president.com
 
GhettoWinter
2008-04-03 2:09:47 PM  
I thought cyber squatting was illegal or does it just pertain to names?
 
pezzor
2008-04-03 2:10:32 PM  
clownpenis.fart
 
Seacop
2008-04-03 2:11:55 PM  
GhettoWinter: I thought cyber squatting was illegal or does it just pertain to names?

Exactly, I think it only pertains to trade marked names like Hasbro, Chevrolet, etc...
 
Wired203
2008-04-03 2:12:14 PM  
Cyber squatting referrs to someone registering a trademarked name and holding it hostage, say nike.com etc. But generic names are perfectly fine to squat on, like business.com
 
Korangulation
2008-04-03 2:13:26 PM  
I'm glad nintendo finally bought out zelda.com
 
musicgeek420
2008-04-03 2:13:32 PM  
A small, yet fantastic example of how far the internet has come.. And how far out of whack our economy is.
 
Dome
2008-04-03 2:14:18 PM  
mikerowesoft?
 
biobot
2008-04-03 2:15:07 PM  
hotteens.org
 
NotSubby
2008-04-03 2:15:23 PM  
toejam: What about whitehouse.com? (for god's sake NSFW!!!)


/yes, multiple !'s necessary.

Holy crap. In the early days of the intertubes, I tried to show a coworker that even the government was easily accessed by the web.

Of course, being I am just used to typing in .com...

At least she had a sense of humor.
 
Seacop
2008-04-03 2:15:45 PM  
Dome: mikerowesoft?

I don't even want to think about what that internet site would show.
 
GhettoWinter
2008-04-03 2:16:11 PM  
Seacop: GhettoWinter: I thought cyber squatting was illegal or does it just pertain to names?

Exactly, I think it only pertains to trade marked names like Hasbro, Chevrolet, etc...

I remember something about a guy who had something like Madonna.com and wasn't allowed to sell it.
 
hugram [TotalFark]
2008-04-03 2:16:28 PM  
fark.net
 
BBRModitha
2008-04-03 2:16:30 PM  
DownsSyndromeTeenCumDumpsters.com is open
 
Begoggle
2008-04-03 2:16:38 PM  
In 1994 I thought it cost a lot more than $20.

Some people/companies have way too much money to throw away on stupid crap like this, though. The inequity between rich and poor is absurd.
 
HealingAmerica
2008-04-03 2:16:41 PM  
GhettoWinter: I thought cyber squatting was illegal or does it just pertain to names?


I think it would have been illegal if he would have registered pizzahut.com and then tried selling it. If you register something that is common name, like water.com and not the company name like aquafina.com you should be ok.
 
justanotherfarkinfarker
2008-04-03 2:16:50 PM  
farking shiat mother farker. I was thinking of that shiat back in 94/95. Never did. God I'm a slacker.
 
ckirchen1
2008-04-03 2:17:14 PM  
www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts
 
Death by Misadventure
2008-04-03 2:17:15 PM  
He lives in North Potomac? That means nothing to me because apparently North Potomac is considered a 3rd of Montgomery County now. That's like saying Rockville, MD is North Bethesda.
 
Jose628
2008-04-03 2:17:29 PM  
Registering the domain "www.pi.zza" in 1994 in one of those applets that offered "domains with extended name": $20.

Auctioning that same domain name off in 2008: priceless. I mean, as in zero.
 
justanotherfarkinfarker
2008-04-03 2:18:41 PM  
Begoggle: In 1994 I thought it cost a lot more than $20.

Some people/companies have way too much money to throw away on stupid crap like this, though. The inequity between rich and poor is absurd.

It was 2year min reg and it cost $70. I think there was only one co to reg though.
 
robisfunky
2008-04-03 2:18:44 PM  
toejam: What about whitehouse.com? (for god's sake NSFW!!!)


/yes, multiple !'s necessary.

Have you actually gone there lately?
/check your work, kiddies
 
sycocowz
2008-04-03 2:19:04 PM  
whitehouse.org is great
 
moops
2008-04-03 2:19:40 PM  
hugram: fark.net

Does drew have www.fark.edu?
 
CarlofET
2008-04-03 2:20:12 PM  
Death by Misadventure: He lives in North Potomac? That means nothing to me because apparently North Potomac is considered a 3rd of Montgomery County now. That's like saying Rockville, MD is North Bethesda.

Yeah, it's so true, and so many people care.
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2008-04-03 2:20:21 PM  
Lately, I've been in the habit of going to the .coms of everyday words and short phrases.

I'll tell you what's disturbing, the ads on poop.com.
 
pentomino
2008-04-03 2:20:32 PM  
I used to work at the company that hosted pizza.com. I think it was 1999 and we handled some kind of software where you'd fill our a web form, and we'd print it out and fax it to whoever was really delivering the pizza. I wasn't involved, and I don't even think I ever got pizza.com to work.
 
toejam
2008-04-03 2:20:52 PM  
robisfunky: toejam: What about whitehouse.com? (for god's sake NSFW!!!)


/yes, multiple !'s necessary.

Have you actually gone there lately?
/check your work, kiddies

No. [shrugs and kicks feed timidly] Sorry.
 
dl1137
2008-04-03 2:21:43 PM  
pezzor: clownpenis.fart

Beat me by a mile...
 
robisfunky
2008-04-03 2:22:22 PM  
Fireproof: Lately, I've been in the habit of going to the .coms of everyday words and short phrases.

I'll tell you what's disturbing, the ads on poop.com.

try ratemypoo.com - not that it's NSFW it's NSFA (not safe for anyplace)
/remember: what has been seen cannot be unseen
 
vernonFL
2008-04-03 2:23:32 PM  
zombo.com
 
toejam
2008-04-03 2:24:07 PM  
The Nissan (pops) case is interesting. I just checked it out (I done good robisfunky?) and apparently the brew-ha-ha-ha is still going on.
 
theologian
2008-04-03 2:24:11 PM  
pentomino,

are you getting a kick out of these replies?
 
moops
2008-04-03 2:24:16 PM  
robisfunky: try ratemypoo.com - not that it's NSFW it's NSFA (not safe for anyplace)

For the absolute worst, go to poopsex.com. It's worse than lemonparty.
 
loupismcw
2008-04-03 2:24:26 PM  
I've been going about this whole Internet thing all wrong. All wrong, I tell you!
 
Seacop
2008-04-03 2:24:26 PM  
vernonFL: zombo.com

Holy crap, is that place still active?
 
stockbroker2003
2008-04-03 2:25:01 PM  
I have been holding on the Fark you in the ass with a poptart.com since this morning ? any takers?
 
WarEagle8
2008-04-03 2:25:17 PM  
FTFA
That's because the domain names often match keywords used to search, said Catherine Pancake, director of account services at Web Ad.vantage Inc., an Internet marketing firm based in Havre de Grace.

That's because the domain names often match keywords used to search, said Catherine Pancake, director of account services at Web Ad.vantage Inc., an Internet marketing firm based in Havre de Grace.
Pancake.com?
 
moops
2008-04-03 2:25:24 PM  
vernonFL: zombo.com

I registered that in 1995; as a result, I have full access to everything there is to do at zombocom.
 
DulceEtDecorumEst
2008-04-03 2:25:30 PM  
Of course, you could squat on NIke.com. All you would have to do is put up a bunch of pictures of the Greek god nike, and show that the site was a gathering point for people interested in ancient greek culture and conservation. As long as there is a legitimate use, Nike couldnt do shiat, and would have to pay whatever you wanted.

timelessmyths.comView Full Size
 
statsman
2008-04-03 2:25:32 PM  
pissguzzlinggrannies.edu (new window)
 
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