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Orgazmo · 04-01-2004, 03:00 AM

I've got some pretty bad news.

Unfortunately, I dropped the ball (again) with reregistering the Nubblies domain name.

For those of you who weren't here...or those of you who have blocked out the traumatic experience, this exact thing happened about a year ago. The company the domain was registered with sent numerous emails to the email address; however, it's an account "@nubblies.net," one that I never check...so I didn't get the notices. In that instance, a spambastard of a company swooped in to collect the domain name (which can now be viewed here).

For the sake of not having to tell a long story, basically the same thing has happened this time.

You may ask the question, "Well, if you lost the .net domain...how am I still able to access it?"

To that I answer: The domain actually ran up officially on the 28th (as in...3 days ago). Because of the way domain registration works, the domain still appears valid for 5-7 days on the net...even though it's not. It has to do with the servers updating their dns registry and what not...a whole bunch of technical stuff that doesn't matter. What does matter is that the "Nubblies.net" domain name is officially owned by a different person now (it's actually a different spam company...not the same one that stole Nubblies.com). Starting probably Friday...and continuing through Sunday, at an unpredictible rate, Nubblies.net will stop directing traffic to this website and start directing traffic to their spam site. The rate will be different for each person (each network actually...all the people at IU will have it happen at the same time...all the people who use Insight at the same time, etc), but, by probably Sunday...MAYBE Monday, it will be pretty much universally "stolen."

What can we do? Not too damn much. Our only real option is to select a different domain. I, of course, vote that we stay with Nubblies...and simply change the suffix from ".net" to ".org" or something. I don't really care too much.

It's going to suck for a few weeks...like .net did...but eventually we'll come around and we'll end up liking it more than we did .net anyway. Just trust me.

Anyway, we need to get this sorted out QUICKLY before the servers start updating their registry. Does anyone have a better suggestion than:

Nubblies.org

?

If so, let me know. If not, I'll register that domain on Saturday (provided there have been no better suggestions).

I'm really sorry I let this happen again, guys. It's completely my fault. Sorry...

*Update...kinda: Upon looking at the "Nubblies.com" link, it looks like their registration recently ran up too. Maybe with a little luck we'll end up back with that!

[ April 01, 2004, 12:01 AM: Message edited by: Orgazmo ]

04-01-2004, 03:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,733 Internets: 311447	I've got some pretty bad news. Unfortunately, I dropped the ball (again) with reregistering the Nubblies domain name. For those of you who weren't here...or those of you who have blocked out the traumatic experience, this exact thing happened about a year ago. The company the domain was registered with sent numerous emails to the email address; however, it's an account "@nubblies.net," one that I never check...so I didn't get the notices. In that instance, a spambastard of a company swooped in to collect the domain name (which can now be viewed here). For the sake of not having to tell a long story, basically the same thing has happened this time. You may ask the question, "Well, if you lost the .net domain...how am I still able to access it?" To that I answer: The domain actually ran up officially on the 28th (as in...3 days ago). Because of the way domain registration works, the domain still appears valid for 5-7 days on the net...even though it's not. It has to do with the servers updating their dns registry and what not...a whole bunch of technical stuff that doesn't matter. What does matter is that the "Nubblies.net" domain name is officially owned by a different person now (it's actually a different spam company...not the same one that stole Nubblies.com). Starting probably Friday...and continuing through Sunday, at an unpredictible rate, Nubblies.net will stop directing traffic to this website and start directing traffic to their spam site. The rate will be different for each person (each network actually...all the people at IU will have it happen at the same time...all the people who use Insight at the same time, etc), but, by probably Sunday...MAYBE Monday, it will be pretty much universally "stolen." What can we do? Not too damn much. Our only real option is to select a different domain. I, of course, vote that we stay with Nubblies...and simply change the suffix from ".net" to ".org" or something. I don't really care too much. It's going to suck for a few weeks...like .net did...but eventually we'll come around and we'll end up liking it more than we did .net anyway. Just trust me. Anyway, we need to get this sorted out QUICKLY before the servers start updating their registry. Does anyone have a better suggestion than: Nubblies.org ? If so, let me know. If not, I'll register that domain on Saturday (provided there have been no better suggestions). I'm really sorry I let this happen again, guys. It's completely my fault. Sorry... *Update...kinda: Upon looking at the "Nubblies.com" link, it looks like their registration recently ran up too. Maybe with a little luck we'll end up back with that! [ April 01, 2004, 12:01 AM: Message edited by: Orgazmo ]