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Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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lugnet.publish, lugnet.general
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Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:13:56 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.!AvoidSpam!org
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Mike Timm <mtimm@usinternet.com> wrote:
> > Play Well? Visit http://lego.gerf.org/
> Nice idea overall, but bad idea on the domain name.
"Gerf" doesn't sound even remotely connected to LEGO. Their policy states
that you shouldn't use Lego as part of the _domain name_, which it isn't in
this case. "lego" is the _host name_, which is an entirely different thing.
Granted, their policy also talks about "an internet address", but that's an
extremely vague term. But the last sentence of the relevant paragraph
clarifies: it would be misleading to use "lego" in the domain name.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) I wouldn't say that they are entirely different things. A domain name is any old DNS entry. Some DNS entries just happen to point to a particular host machine. From a domain name standpoint, there really is no major difference. [1] Thanks, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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| (...) Hrmmm.... reaching back to my tcp/ip class (back burner stuff since I won't be testing on it for a month at least) - doesn't a fully qualified domain name, by definition, include the host name? (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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| (...) In this case, "lego" is indeed the host name, but it's _also_ part of the domain name: It's part of the 3rd-level domain name. The popular media has been propagating the misperception that "domain name" equals "second level domain name," but (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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| I changed my url at virtualave.net from lego. to bricks. because I did not want Lego to contact me. Later I moved to refraxion and have my url as (URL) ! -- Z. Unger dzz@mindspring.com ICQ: 14375008 ===...=== LEGO Fusion : (URL) Universe : (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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| (...) Nice idea overall, but bad idea on the domain name. (URL) you go to the above link you will find out why. In a nutshell, The LEGO Group does not like the word "LEGO" in the domain of a website or service etc... Its a trademark thing. So you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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