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tay120n64
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tay120n64 Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:19 am Post subject: |
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Wow. That is bored. _________________
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eFlare
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eFlare Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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Well, buy and use 'em
I still own www.thecakeisalie.nl (rest was already taken by the time I thought of it) - don't use it at all, it's just for kicks _________________ ... "If you doubt, you question. If you question, you understand. If you understand, you know. If you know, you want to know more. And if you want to know more... you are alive." |
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Jason Tandro
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Yet One More Idiot Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Jason Tandro wrote: | Soon URLs will be more precious than oil. |
Yes, but you'll never find a way to refine a barrel of Crude Url. (OK, that was truly terrible, I apologise.... )
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Side story:
Back in the sixth-form, I heard that one of the guys in my year had created a fully functioning porn site, which used a very similar domain to the school/college's own official website (except the college's site ended in *.org.uk, his site ended in *.co.uk). It even featured several students at the college (some underage), a bastardised version of the college's motto and logo design on the front page, and some of the girl's posing IN THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM (she was hot, btw, and went on to be a porn actress, or so I heard). Way to fly under the radar there, mate....
He got suspended for a week and had to tear down his site under threat of being sued by the school (and running a porn site while being under 18 years, featuring models also under 18 years...). He also had to give the web domain over to the school for free. Unfortunately, I didn't hear about the damn site until after it had gone. Ah well. *Shrug* _________________
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Jason Tandro
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Jason Tandro Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:20 am Post subject: |
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Yomi's Evil Twin Intern wrote: | Unfortunately, I didn't hear about the damn site until after it had gone. Ah well. *Shrug* |
Uh... do you lust to see underage girls in school uniforms?
Well, remove the "underage" part, and I do too. I don't know why every guy is down with the schoolgirl thing. That's a question for the ages... _________________ Support me on Patreon!
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SoulBlazerFan Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:38 am Post subject: |
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eFlare wrote: | Well, buy and use 'em
I still own www.thecakeisalie.nl (rest was already taken by the time I thought of it) - don't use it at all, it's just for kicks |
How would I go about purchasing a domain name? There's a specific one I want, and it asks me to join DomainBrokers. Is that a legitimate way of purchasing one, or is it a fraud? Do tell
EDIT: Btw, how much does one cost? _________________ "...at first it's fine and you think you have a dark side – it's exciting – and then you realise the dark side wins every time if you decide to indulge in it. It's also a completely different way of living when you know that...a different species of person." - Lana Del Rey
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eFlare
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eFlare Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:56 am Post subject: |
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SoulBlazerFan wrote: | eFlare wrote: | Well, buy and use 'em
I still own www.thecakeisalie.nl (rest was already taken by the time I thought of it) - don't use it at all, it's just for kicks |
How would I go about purchasing a domain name? There's a specific one I want, and it asks me to join DomainBrokers. Is that a legitimate way of purchasing one, or is it a fraud? Do tell
EDIT: Btw, how much does one cost? |
The costs differ greatly. If it's already taken, then the costs are up to who ever owns it. If it hasn't been taken yet, then depending on what company you go with, a domain will set you back between 3 and 20 USD (one time fee).
If you visit a domain, and you see a screen/website like DomainBrokers, or "This domain is for sale", that means it's actually already taken by someone, but, they're trying to get some money out of it by reselling, they're not using it themselves. They usually bought it themselves when it was still unregistered.
A proper unregistered domain should return a browser error ("Server not found", or "Could not establish connection", that sort of stuff) when you try to visit it. Like this one does.
Every TLD (.com, .net, .co.uk) is governed by a specific company, and they grant the sale rights of domain names with that specific TLD to other companies. The last mentioned companies are called registars. (yes, with star)
The most famous .com registar is GoDaddy. How ever, there are a million hosting companies out there, that can register the domain name for you, when you buy hosting off them. After all, for a website, you don't -just- need a domain, you also need hosting. Hosting is always contract, so monthly/yearly payments are to follow.
TerraEarth uses a company called Hosting ASAP for hosting and domain names. They offer you hosting, starting from 3.99USD/month, with a domain name thrown in for free. _________________ ... "If you doubt, you question. If you question, you understand. If you understand, you know. If you know, you want to know more. And if you want to know more... you are alive." |
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inferiare Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:36 am Post subject: |
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...you know, I think you just answered a good question of mine for hosting for a site. You win, eFlare. I don't know what you win, but you do.
Edit: Glancing around and I saw this:
It made me giggle. _________________
Presia firle anw faura,
van futare parge iem...
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psychokind
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psychokind Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:24 am Post subject: |
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hooray for boxxleman
ah man, I should have registered some sites back in the 90's... business.com sold for about 5 million $ _________________
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NoZKeY Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Oh thanks for the interesting info eFlare
Quote: | http://www.thereisnowaythisdomainnamehasbeenregisteredbecauseitistoofreakingrediculousandnotusefulatallwhothehellwouldrememberthisawayay.com/ |
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Yet One More Idiot
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Yet One More Idiot Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:09 am Post subject: |
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NoZKeY wrote: | Oh thanks for the interesting info eFlare
Quote: | http://www.thereisnowaythisdomainnamehasbeenregisteredbecauseitistoofreakingrediculousandnotusefulatallwhothehellwouldrememberthisawayay.com/ |
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*Prepares to register this domain....as soon as he gets some monies in his account again*
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SoulBlazerFan Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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eFlare wrote: | SoulBlazerFan wrote: | eFlare wrote: | Well, buy and use 'em
I still own www.thecakeisalie.nl (rest was already taken by the time I thought of it) - don't use it at all, it's just for kicks |
How would I go about purchasing a domain name? There's a specific one I want, and it asks me to join DomainBrokers. Is that a legitimate way of purchasing one, or is it a fraud? Do tell
EDIT: Btw, how much does one cost? |
The costs differ greatly. If it's already taken, then the costs are up to who ever owns it. If it hasn't been taken yet, then depending on what company you go with, a domain will set you back between 3 and 20 USD (one time fee).
If you visit a domain, and you see a screen/website like DomainBrokers, or "This domain is for sale", that means it's actually already taken by someone, but, they're trying to get some money out of it by reselling, they're not using it themselves. They usually bought it themselves when it was still unregistered.
A proper unregistered domain should return a browser error ("Server not found", or "Could not establish connection", that sort of stuff) when you try to visit it. Like this one does.
Every TLD (.com, .net, .co.uk) is governed by a specific company, and they grant the sale rights of domain names with that specific TLD to other companies. The last mentioned companies are called registars. (yes, with star)
The most famous .com registar is GoDaddy. How ever, there are a million hosting companies out there, that can register the domain name for you, when you buy hosting off them. After all, for a website, you don't -just- need a domain, you also need hosting. Hosting is always contract, so monthly/yearly payments are to follow.
TerraEarth uses a company called Hosting ASAP for hosting and domain names. They offer you hosting, starting from 3.99USD/month, with a domain name thrown in for free. |
So I'm looking at over a grand or so then, huh? _________________ "...at first it's fine and you think you have a dark side – it's exciting – and then you realise the dark side wins every time if you decide to indulge in it. It's also a completely different way of living when you know that...a different species of person." - Lana Del Rey
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Yet One More Idiot Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:01 am Post subject: |
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psychokind wrote: | www.Terranigma-the-Movie.com |
O. MY. YES!
Also, SoulBlazerFan, where did you get "over a grand" from eFlare's post? He said that hosting on this host starts from $4/month + free domain.
Unless I seriously misread something there. Which I shan't rule out just yet. _________________
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