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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.0&return_msg=30633.2"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.11">11–18</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=30633.2">Domain squating</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="30633_2_18_10"> <a name="a30633_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Rowan<span class="message_time">14 Sep 2006 23:32</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Sep 2006 09:04"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.2">30633.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.1">30633.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Oh. Bugger that. Just let it lapse, if we still have .co.uk, I say. I suppose we might lose one or two people who don't know the .co.uk URL, but, well, they can't be worth $200, can they? </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.2&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30633_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">14 Sep 2006 23:37</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Sep 2006 09:04"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.3">30633.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.1">30633.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Bastards.<br /> <br /> Hmmm....<div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b>Wikipedia</div><div class="quote">eNom is one of the most spam tolerant registrars and are considered by many in the anti-spam community to be the blackest of the blackhats.</div><br /> Double-bastards.<br /> <br /> <br /> So I guess we have to update all the sourceforge links to the co.uk one?<br /> <br /> <br /> Heh, look what I just found:<br /> <a href="http://www.aboutus.org/Tehforum.co.uk">http://www.aboutus.org/Tehforum.co.uk</a><br /> WTF is that? </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.3&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30633_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Radio<span class="message_time">15 Sep 2006 09:08</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Sep 2006 09:20"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.4">30633.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.1">30633.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>Put a sticky at the top of the general folder to get everyone to change to .co.uk and then let it lapse?</p> <p> </p> <p>I've been using .co.uk for ages, so never would have noticed, I expect a lot of people are the same.</p> <p> </p> <p>Might be worth sticking a thread in the backup forum as well, as that's where people are most likely to go if they think the forum has been taken over by some evil spam-loving company.</p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.4&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30633_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: milko<span class="message_time">15 Sep 2006 09:25</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Radio <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Sep 2006 10:02"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.5">30633.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.2#a30633_4" target="_self">30633.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah, I've been on .co.uk ever since .net spent about six months pointing at the wrong hosting. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.5&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30633_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Matt<span class="message_time">15 Sep 2006 09:33</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">6 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.6">30633.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>My concern is that the Beehive documentation has references to tehforum.co.uk only. I'm changing all references on beehiveforum.net and in CVS as I write this so new releases will be okay but I can't as easily go about changing all the previous releases.</p> <p> </p> <p>Which is annoying.</p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.6&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30633_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">15 Sep 2006 10:45</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Sep 2006 10:52"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.7">30633.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.2#a30633_6" target="_self">30633.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Maybe also put a big blinking marquee news release type thing on beehiveforum.net then?<br /> <br /> (I assume that bf.net is also contained within the documentation?) </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.7&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30633_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Rowan<span class="message_time">15 Sep 2006 13:33</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Sep 2006 13:35"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.8">30633.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.2#a30633_7" target="_self">30633.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's linked at the bottom of every thread. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.8&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30633_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">15 Sep 2006 13:40</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Rowan <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Sep 2006 14:42"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.9">30633.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.2#a30633_8" target="_self">30633.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> ...of an installed forum.<br /> <br /> What I meant was the readme.txt and similar. Which has it right at the top. So hopefully anyone who goes to tehforum.co.uk because of the docs will also goto beehiveforum.net and see a message saying "evil people stole our .net, goto .co.uk" and all will be well. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.9&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30633_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: paul<span class="message_time">15 Sep 2006 14:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Sep 2006 14:32"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.10">30633.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.1">30633.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>Motherfuckingsnotgobblingshitsuckingarseholescunts!</p> <p> </p> <p> <span class="emoticon e_angry" title=":@"><span class="e__">:@</span></span> </p> <p> </p> <p>Thats not nice.</p> <p> </p> <p>Though I suppose it is complimentary that our domain was thought worth nicking.</p> <p> </p> <p>Still cunts though.</p> <p> </p> <p> <span class="emoticon e_sad" title=":-("><span class="e__">:-(</span></span></p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.10&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30633_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_30633_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: milko<span class="message_time">15 Sep 2006 14:43</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: paul <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Sep 2006 14:53"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 18</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.11">30633.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30633.2#a30633_10" target="_self">30633.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Heh. If domain used once then free, squat! Is about as far as the thinking goes. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30633.11&return_msg=30633.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30633.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="30633.12" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>