Oh the Horror

Vengeance · Aug 2, 2003, 04:21 AM

I'm at work right now, So we dont keep any bookmarks on the little PC in the supervisors office.
So I just type in the URL of any place I want to go.
But this time I typed in www.driverheaven.com by mistake

Its some kind of Bible site

Talk about getting the crap scared outta ya!

scobywhru · Aug 2, 2003, 04:24 AM

GAH! and it has Popups.....

What they need near the top is a link to driverheaven.net for those lost souls, and just to be sure people know what site it is put Zardons avatar there

shortstuff · Aug 2, 2003, 04:34 AM

That would get the point across.

Dom · Aug 2, 2003, 04:40 AM

Funny stuff.

JavaFox · Aug 2, 2003, 05:04 AM

That's very frustrating to me. It's one thing when people buy a domain to sell it, it's quite another when they use it even though the name has nothing to do with their site.

mike2h · Aug 2, 2003, 05:29 AM

spam em to hel.. err, heaven, yeh thats it!

Judas · Aug 2, 2003, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JavaFox
That's very frustrating to me. It's one thing when people buy a domain to sell it, it's quite another when they use it even though the name has nothing to do with their site.

i agree..... it's insulting to the communities that are trying to use the name correctly.. (domain)

Zardon · Aug 2, 2003, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JavaFox
That's very frustrating to me. It's one thing when people buy a domain to sell it, it's quite another when they use it even though the name has nothing to do with their site.

a holding agency had that name just after this site opened and became popular and when asked to sell it they asked for $1000, i said I wasnt interested and they dropped their price to $300 (after 4 or 5 emails), by this stage I was totally pissed off with it and told them I wasnt interested on any level as I hated the thought of paying 20x the standard domain name fee.

These guys have just recently bought it from them paying im guessing at least $200-$300 over the standard $15-$20 domain name fee, just because this site gets so many hits....... when really they should have spent the extra money on hiring a designer instead of firing it up in frontpage.

its all a game and a ploy and im sure they will get people just like vengence who accidentally type in the wrong url. blah.

~~HawK~~ · Aug 2, 2003, 10:20 AM

If they are so fond of the bible, why do they not follow those 10 commands?
there is something about do not envy your neighbors, and something about stealing aswell....

JavaFox · Aug 2, 2003, 10:53 AM

Well, Hawk, if you look at registration information, you'll see that driverheaven.com was actually registered long before driverheaven.net was. It would therefore be impossible to prove that they, in bad faith, bought that domain just to capitalize on our popularity -- that would make them mind-readers! However, I think it could be proven that this Bible group purchased and began to USE driverheaven.com in bad faith, inasmuch as their site has nothing to do with their URL. It could be considered cyber-squatting/infringment but Zardon is aware of the situation, as is the rest of the administration team, and we have already decided to just let this problem be for the time being.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Aug 2, 2003, 11:05 AM

its still wrong though

Aug 2, 2003, 04:21 AM	#1
Vengeance DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort Worth TX Posts: 643 Rep Power: 0	Oh the Horror I'm at work right now, So we dont keep any bookmarks on the little PC in the supervisors office. So I just type in the URL of any place I want to go. But this time I typed in www.driverheaven.com by mistake Its some kind of Bible site Talk about getting the crap scared outta ya! __________________ [color=red]Rage3D Super Moderator[/color] [color=red]BFG 6800 GT [/color]

Aug 2, 2003, 04:24 AM	#2
scobywhru DriverHeaven Senile Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Penthouse Basement Posts: 619 Rep Power: 0	GAH! and it has Popups..... What they need near the top is a link to driverheaven.net for those lost souls, and just to be sure people know what site it is put Zardons avatar there __________________

Aug 2, 2003, 04:34 AM	#3
shortstuff Sweetness Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,835 Rep Power: 0	That would get the point across. __________________ [color=Indigo]Joe "Roadee" Dawson R.I.P my friend. You will be missed [/color] If we keep doing what we've always done, we'll keep getting what we've always got.

Aug 2, 2003, 05:29 AM	#6
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	spam em to hel.. err, heaven, yeh thats it! __________________

Aug 2, 2003, 11:05 AM	#11
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	its still wrong though __________________

Aug 2, 2003, 04:40 AM	#4
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Funny stuff.

Aug 2, 2003, 05:04 AM	#5
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	That's very frustrating to me. It's one thing when people buy a domain to sell it, it's quite another when they use it even though the name has nothing to do with their site.

Aug 2, 2003, 10:20 AM	#9
~~HawK~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,092 Rep Power: 0	If they are so fond of the bible, why do they not follow those 10 commands? there is something about do not envy your neighbors, and something about stealing aswell....

Aug 2, 2003, 10:53 AM	#10
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Well, Hawk, if you look at registration information, you'll see that driverheaven.com was actually registered long before driverheaven.net was. It would therefore be impossible to prove that they, in bad faith, bought that domain just to capitalize on our popularity -- that would make them mind-readers! However, I think it could be proven that this Bible group purchased and began to USE driverheaven.com in bad faith, inasmuch as their site has nothing to do with their URL. It could be considered cyber-squatting/infringment but Zardon is aware of the situation, as is the rest of the administration team, and we have already decided to just let this problem be for the time being.