What's with the naming conventions around here ?

November 22, 2002 9:42 PM

sorry , but i just gotta ask . . .
in my referer logs is : http://assclown.metafilter.com

whats with the naming conventions around here ?
posted by mishaco to MetaFilter-Related at 9:42 PM (13 comments total)

I can't explain it, but you better get used to it.
posted by yhbc at 10:03 PM on November 22, 2002

Another item for the FAQ, if it's not in there already.

Matt's got things set up so that anything.metafilter.com resolves to the site.

An example....

Also : met4filter.org and http://anything.notalentassclown.org do the same. It's magic!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:15 PM on November 22, 2002

So... this means that Matt owns the internet?
posted by Hammerikaner at 12:26 AM on November 23, 2002

yes.
posted by rhyax at 1:00 AM on November 23, 2002

When I first saw "notalentassclown," I read "not a lent ass clown," ha ha.
posted by elvissinatra at 6:02 AM on November 23, 2002

I asked the same thing back in August...

frykitty should definitely add it....
posted by amberglow at 7:57 AM on November 23, 2002

How DNS works. Ctrl-F for 'subdomain'.
posted by dhartung at 7:57 AM on November 23, 2002

i know how dns , subdomains , etc work .

what i'm asking is why 'assclown' as opposed to computer1.metafilter.com or retlifatem.metafilter.com ?

what is the significance of being an assclown , eh ?
posted by mishaco at 11:23 AM on November 23, 2002

It's from the movie Office Space. Singer Michael Bolton is the no talent ass clown. There's a clip here.

I guess Matt likes Office Space. Or doesn't like Michael Bolton. I've wondered why he hasn't registered www.jumptoconclusionsmatt.com.

Tom Smykowski: It's a "Jump to Conclusions Mat"! You see, you have this mat, with different CONCLUSIONS written on it that you could JUMP TO!
Michael Bolton: That is the worst idea I've ever heard!
Samir: Yes, this is horrible, this idea!
posted by iconomy at 11:50 AM on November 23, 2002

Thanks, iconomy - I ♥ Office Space!
posted by Lynsey at 12:23 PM on November 23, 2002

Or doesn't like Michael Bolton.
Talk about shooting fish in a barrel.
Which is better--I ? Michael Bolton or I ? Michael Bolton?
There really should be an appropriate [I] hate symbol.

Hi, iconomy!
posted by y2karl at 1:50 PM on November 23, 2002

D'oh! That was...


Which is better--I ♥ Michael Bolton or I ♠ Michael Bolton?
posted by y2karl at 7:23 PM on November 23, 2002

mishaco : anyone can read MeFi at the URL of their choosing, is the point, which I think you're missing here. It's totally arbitrary.

You can use MeFi at mishaco.metafilter.com if you want, just as I could use stavrosthewonderchicken.metafilter.com or cheesemakesmynipplessing.metafilter.com or anything I want.

Of course, if you then follow any links from mishaco.metafilter.com, the referrer will be 'mishaco.metafilter.com'. One or more of our thousands of fellow MeFites was using assclown.metafilter.com, and must have clicked through from your profile, I guess. That's it.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:25 PM on November 23, 2002