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- slinky0
and http://www.x.com is PayPal...
- Heidegger0
Nissan invented the internet.
- slinky0
and http://www.Q.com is Quest Comm.
no other single letter domain is owned?
- slinky0
Martin... you BASTARD... why the F did you put a link to a PDF as your website in your profile!
Hate that
- Warland0
They paid money and bought it.
Like everything else. They are a rather large car company.
- tjk_work0
take a look at nissan.com
they can't get every domain they need
- Warland0
I know of a guy in toronto (i'm going to try to avoid slander but his practice disgusts me, so fuck it) who owns a small web design company.
He purchased to rights to sites like http://www.parties.ca/ (and among others, dj's rennovations, conscruction) etc. When you click the link it takes you to his company. GoPro.
He then extorts business out of you if you want the domain. If you want the domain, not only does he have the right to sell it to you, he will also want to build the site (and all of their work so far as I can tell, is brochure ware)
It's called "parking domains" and was rampant during the boom. I beleive it is now illegal.
- slinky0
I don't believe it is illegal to buy and park a domain. i own several that are doing nothing but parking. I was just wondering about the single letter (and number) domains. the rest of the alphabet are under control of IANA... i just emailed them to see why 3 of them were bought but not the rest.
- Warland0
This is Canadian law remember, it may differ accross the border.
- Heidegger0
Sorry slinky.
is this better?
Check my profile yo!
Fashizzle my nizze.
- ok_static0
more origin domain peeps at http://www.webdomain.com.hk/eweb…
- fusion410
GoPro is hiring.
dont think I’ll apply.
- InVivio0
Rumor is that Network Solutions Inc.(NSI) is hoarding some 3 million domain names for a future auction.
- Warland0
GoPro is always hiring.
Ten dollars an hour. C$.
Plus you had better be a hot european chick and enjoy being yelled at.
- fusion410
sounds like my old company.
- slinky0
ah.. i found a nice bit of info on the issue.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=…
only 3 were bought before IANA decided no one else should own any and theorefor they claimed the rest of them.
seems wrong to me. but who am i anyways.
- unknown0
uh Warland... are you aware that buying and selling domains is how you make money? It's not evil is like real estate.
- unknown0
I once reserved cy.biz when they released the .biz toplevel...
The fuckers told me it was not possible to register only two letter words.....
Well, I sent them a four letter word when I noticed it had been sold later (!!!!) to another company!!!!