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typingcat
Type www.mozillasucks.com and you will see Internet Explore homepage. I
don't know who registered this domain. Microsoft did?
don't know who registered this domain. Microsoft did?
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
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typingcat
After posing this, I tried www.iesucks.com, and I get the Firefox
homepage? Is this a joke or something?
homepage? Is this a joke or something?
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N. Miller
Type www.mozillasucks.com and you will see Internet Explore homepage. I
don't know who registered this domain. Microsoft did?
The domain, "mozillasucks.com", is:
| 10/18/05 12:40:32 whois (e-mail address removed)
|
| whois -h whois.geektools.com mozillasucks.com ...
| GeekTools Whois Proxy v5.0.4 Ready.
| Checking access for 71.132.1.186... ok.
|
| Checking server [whois.crsnic.net]
|
| Checking server [whois.wildwestdomains.com]
| Results:
| The data contained in this Registrar's Whois database,
| while believed by the company to be reliable, is provided "as is"
| with no guarantee or warranties regarding its accuracy. This information
| is provided for the sole purpose of assisting you in obtaining
| information about domain name registration records. Any use of
| this data for any other purpose is expressly forbidden without
| the prior written permission of the Registrar. By submitting an
| inquiry, you agree to these terms of usage and limitations of warranty.
| In particular, you agree not to use this data to allow, enable, or
| otherwise make possible, dissemination or collection of this data, in
| part or in its entirety, for any purpose, such as the transmission of
| unsolicited advertising and solicitations of any kind, including spam.
| You further agree not to use this data to enable high volume, automated
| or robotic electronic processes designed to collect or compile this data
| for any purpose, including mining this data for your own personal or
| commercial purposes.
|
| Please note: the owner of the domain name is specified in the "registrant" field.
| In most cases, the Registrar is not the owner of domain names listed in this database.
|
|
| Registrant:
| Domains by Proxy, Inc.
| DomainsByProxy.com
| 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
| Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
| United States
|
| Registered through: SilverAge Studios.net
| Domain Name: MOZILLASUCKS.COM
| Created on: 10-Apr-05
| Expires on: 10-Apr-06
| Last Updated on: 10-Apr-05
So, no; Microsoft likely is not the registered owner. Somebody who doesn't
want flak from people has registered with SilverAge Studios.net, and is
using Domains by Proxy, Inc. to keep their personal information private.
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N. Miller
After posing this, I tried www.iesucks.com, and I get the Firefox
homepage? Is this a joke or something?
Something like that. I see:
| 10/18/05 12:40:45 whois (e-mail address removed)
|
| whois -h whois.geektools.com iesucks.com ...
| GeekTools Whois Proxy v5.0.4 Ready.
| Checking access for 71.132.1.186... ok.
|
| Checking server [whois.crsnic.net]
|
| Checking server [whois.directnic.com]
| Results:
| Registration and WHOIS Service Provided By: directNIC.com
|
| Intercosmos Media Group, Inc. provides the data in the directNIC.com
| Registrar WHOIS database for informational purposes only. The information
| may only be used to assist in obtaining information about a domain name's
| registration record.
|
| directNIC makes this information available "as is," and does not guarantee
| its accuracy.
|
| Registrant: ...
It is a matter of public record, but I will leave it as an exercise for you
to complete to find out more. You could use:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/
....to find out stuff.
Both sites are probably run by people who hate the competing product. Each
site uses HTML code which sends you to the competing site.