Comments on webster107: Backwards with a Dot Com

Doing a redirect with any domain name is pretty ea...

2009-11-19T23:36:00.277-05:00

Doing a redirect with any domain name is pretty easy. I don't want to toss the possibilities out there, just use your imagination as to what you could do, considering you can buy a domain name for under ten bucks.

There is no privacy. Each time I power up my GPS, I think, "If this chip knows the precise obscure intersection I might be at in a tiny town, then someone, anyone, can probably figure out where I am."

Just remember that things are seldom what they appear to be. I mean, really, just look at John. Right, John? John? John? John?

Well, Something kooky when I first tried to do th...

2009-11-19T06:46:06.639-05:00

Well,

Something kooky when I first tried to do the look up. There are any number of sites that provide this info. So I found a site, put in the domain, and they usually ask you to enter "the number code" to prevent automated lookups. I tried twice, and despite the fact that I know I put in the right codes, it said I didn't. Then on the 3rd try, I got in, but the info it gave was sparse, almost a nothing reply.

I finally found the info you see on Godaddy.com.

Now to check this guy's address on google maps and make sure it's not a dirt road out to an abandoned mining claim outside of town.

Okay,when I looked at his address, it looks exactly like a "Township Designation" like they taight us in real estate class. That is, I expected to punch this in and see a coordinate in the desert. But not the case. I did the Google search. Here is his house:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1985N+360E,+Provo+Utah&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.435463,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1985+N+360+E,+Provo,+Utah,+84604&ll=40.260382,-111.652374&spn=0.000982,0.001725&t=h&z=19

The streets in Provo have those odd designations. Hmmm...

What this does tell us is there is no privacy anymore, and you better keep your yard clean for when Google does their aerial pictures!

There had to be somebody pullin' our leg here... ...

2009-11-19T06:36:31.266-05:00

There had to be somebody pullin' our leg here...

...unless that's what they WANT us to believe???

John, I did a "WHOIS" lookup for the domain. Her...

2009-11-19T06:23:45.925-05:00

John,

I did a "WHOIS" lookup for the domain.

Here's who owns it:

Fenley, John Pontifier@hotmail.com
1985N 360E
Provo, Utah 84604-1803
United States
8014273274

Public info! There it is!!!

That is very odd.

2009-11-18T22:42:28.800-05:00

That is very odd.