[Mac_crypto] Re: Popbitch: AppleUniversal.com was registered by Apple five days ago.

[R. A. Hettinga]

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To: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
From: Cory Doctorow <doctorow@craphound.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 07:54:40 -0700
Subject: Re: Popbitch: AppleUniversal.com was registered by Apple five days ago.

Apparently you missed this part:

> Hahahah!!! Tricked You!!!
>    April Fools
>    Tricked You!, HA HA HA HAHAHA
>    US



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Hahahah!!! Tricked You!!!
    April Fools
    Tricked You!, HA HA HA HAHAHA
    US

    Domain Name: APPLEUNIVERSAL.COM

    Administrative Contact:
         NOC Apple Apple-NOC@APPLE.COM
         Apple Computer, Inc.
         1 Infinite Loop
         Cupertino, CA 95014
         US
         Phone: 4089961010
         Fax:
    Technical Contact:
         NOC Apple Apple-NOC@APPLE.COM
         Apple Computer, Inc.
         1 Infinite Loop
         Cupertino, CA 95014
         US
         Phone: 4089961010
         Fax:

    Record updated on 2003-04-11 17:26:29
    Record created on 2003-04-11
    Record expires on 2004-04-11
    Database last updated on 2003-04-17 10:53:49 EST

Error: no response!


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On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 07:49  AM, R. A. Hettinga wrote:

> Of course, registrations don't mean *that* much...
>
> Cheers,
> RAH
>
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>
>
> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:07:16 +0100
> To: rah@shipwright.com
> From: Somebody
> Subject: from Popbitch.com - take2
>
> At 10:51 PM +0100 4/16/03, Popbitch wrote:
>>    AppleUniversal.com was registered by Apple five
>>    days ago.
>
> % whois appleuniversal.com
>
> Whois Server Version 1.3
>
> Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
> with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
> for detailed information.
>
>    Domain Name: APPLEUNIVERSAL.COM
>    Registrar: BULKREGISTER.COM, INC.
>    Whois Server: whois.bulkregister.com
>    Referral URL: http://www.bulkregister.com
>    Name Server: NSERVER2.APPLE.COM
>    Name Server: NSERVER.APPLE.COM
>    Status: ACTIVE
>    Updated Date: 11-apr-2003
>    Creation Date: 11-apr-2003
>    Expiration Date: 11-apr-2004
>
>
>>>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:09:34 EDT <<<
>
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> R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
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> "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
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> experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'