tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post114262818746131613..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: John Howard's official site?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1142643015612618692006-03-18T11:50:00.000+11:002006-03-18T11:50:00.000+11:00Sam, Can you recall the two left-wing sites that w...Sam, Can you recall the two left-wing sites that were fooled? I mean these remarks are so away from John Howard's style - he would put such 'in house' remarks on his own official website? I agree they should not have mimicked that website's layout but the content I thought was gritty, grim satire. And they are fair comment on some of the misleading information we have been fed about the war.hchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799594181016858701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1142639696197373412006-03-18T10:54:00.000+11:002006-03-18T10:54:00.000+11:00I have to disagree Harry.1) The satire was not obv...I have to disagree Harry.<BR/><BR/>1) The satire was not obvious at all, it fooled at least 2 left-wing sites that I know of, and probably more.<BR/><BR/>2) The design of the site was directly copied from the PM's own site, which is clear copyright infringement.<BR/><BR/>There are plenty of satirical websites like The Chaser who do this sort of thing on a daily basis, but they do NOT attempt to make their site look like the official government site. <BR/><BR/>That is what they did wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1142631199510958712006-03-18T08:33:00.000+11:002006-03-18T08:33:00.000+11:00His problem was that he registered the domain name...His problem was that he registered the domain name with Melbourne IT.<BR/><BR/>I don’t know why anyone would register his or her domain name with Melbourne IT.<BR/><BR/>Compared with various other domain name companies, Melbourne IT is both incompetent and not customer friendly. <BR/><BR/>The best-known example of their incompetence is the transfer of the panix.com domain name <BR/>(see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/19/panix_hijack_more/) without authorization. The site was offline for a number of days because Melbourne IT is closed on weekends.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn’t trust my most obscure domain name to Melbourne IT. <BR/><BR/>If you are thinking of buying Melbourne IT services, then you should first read this gem:<BR/>http://icann-news.blogspot.com/2006/02/melbourne-it-accused-of-facilitating.html<BR/><BR/>I expect a domain name registrar to fight tooth and nail before blocking my domain name because some government official complained.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com