http://metatalk.metafilter.com/tags/macslash Posts tagged with 'macslash' at MetaTalk. Thu, 03 Feb 2005 05:01:49 -0800 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 05:01:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://metatalk.metafilter.com/8948/Selflinking%2Dcrossposting%2Dsnafu The spectre of self-linking once again rears its ugly head. Allow me to present <a href="http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/02/2326259&mode=thread">Exhibit A</a> - "The clueless reviews the Mac Mini", submitted on MacSlash by <a href="http://stormbear.com/">StormBear</a>. If it may please the court, here also is <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/39249">Exhibit B</a> - "The clueless reviews the Mac Mini", submitted in the blue by <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/3411">user #3411, alias StormBear</a>. Ladies and gentlemen, the prosecution rests. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2005:site.8948 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 05:01:49 -0800 callout crossposting macslash selflinks Smart Dalek http://metatalk.metafilter.com/2251/Domain%2DHijacking%2Dand%2DMetafilter It turns out that MacSlash.com was no more "<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/17487#284100">hijacked</a>" than succaland.com was "<a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/2142#35285">stolen</a>" (despite what it says in the MetaFilter sideblog). Like <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/15733#247077">k10k.com</a> and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/15733">poetrysoc.com</a>, they let their domain expire and it was snapped up. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/16299">Leslie Harpold</a> says that hoopla.com and smug.com hadn't expired, and <a href="http://www.textism.com/article/494/">Verisign</a> has not contradicted her, but true domain hijackings don't seem all that common, do they? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2002:site.2251 Fri, 31 May 2002 13:26:27 -0800 domain hijack hijacking hoopla k10k macslash mefi poetrysoc smug stolen timeistight