But just how many subs are there?

August 1, 2001 2:25 AM

I thought I was special, but we all are. But just how many subs are there? What am I missing?
posted by john to MetaFilter-Related at 2:25 AM (13 comments total)

I'm pretty sure you can put whatever you want.
posted by gramcracker at 5:20 AM on August 1, 2001

The DNS entry is set up to route anything followed by ".metafilter.com" to Matt's server. In turn, Matt's server is set up to point "metatalk.metafilter.com" to this special site and by default any other requests return what's found at "www.metafilter.com".
posted by daveadams at 6:51 AM on August 1, 2001

Wacky. I came accross a couple of these during a google session and curiosity got to me.
posted by john at 10:35 AM on August 1, 2001

How'd they end up in Google...? These are disturbing search results...
posted by rschram at 11:41 AM on August 1, 2001

How about all.your.bases.are.belong.to.us.metafilter.com? I found that one on google and have been usig it for a while :)
posted by Hackworth at 11:45 AM on August 1, 2001

How about all.your.bases.are.belong.to.us.metafilter.com? I found that one on google and have been usig it for a while :)
posted by Hackworth at 11:45 AM on August 1, 2001

opps
posted by Hackworth at 11:45 AM on August 1, 2001

It's a simple DNS hack to point *.domain-name.com at a single IP address.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:48 AM on August 1, 2001

My favourite.
posted by Neale at 12:07 AM on August 2, 2001

Your favorite is a mostly blank page with a few links that don't do anything? Oookay...
posted by kindall at 2:07 AM on August 2, 2001

You probably have a browser with poor CSS support, kindall.
posted by Avogadro at 6:22 AM on August 2, 2001

I'm using Internet Explorer on the Mac, and its CSS is generally pretty good.

I turned on scripting error alerts (usually leave them turned off) and got an "invalid procedure call or argument" alert in line 409. Looks like the menu scripts don't like IE/Mac or vice versa.
posted by kindall at 9:25 AM on August 2, 2001

Could someone explain this thread to those who do not want to be clueless--but are?
posted by ParisParamus at 3:19 PM on August 3, 2001