Breaking News - IDN Domains to be cancelled

[idnowner]

April 1, 2006 (NOTE: April Fools Day!)
Breaking News - IDN Domains to be cancelled

Internet authority ITEX Intl. announced today that all IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) under the .com and .net extensions, under Verisign's testbed would be cancelled in preperation of the launch of full IDN domain names, in which the top and second levels (IDN.IDN) will be implemented. Many people who had invested thousands of dollars in registrations of IDN domains were first shocked by this news, until realizing this story was simply an april fools joke.

[gammascalper]

Selling my ENTIRE portfolio.

$1 each.

PM ME. QUICK!

Oh -- phew -- read the last line!

[sarcle]

You Bastard!

[Explorer]

I almost had a heart attack...

[touchring]

Any mod, pls delete this, it's bad for our older forumers. We got friends in their late 40s and 50s here. Thks.

[thegenius1]

I almost had a heart attack...

Me to im still in cardiac arrest , im calling my attorney :mad: lol

[thefabfive]

You owe me some pants!

[g]

nice one .... although I was ready for april fools ...

[Giant]

Actually I thought about this kind of joke yesterday but decided not to hurt people with such cruel method :-)

If nobody is hurt then it's fun. Happy April Fools Day!

[touchring]

Such a trick will only jeopardize all of us - already, there's guy on DNF making such claims.

[OldIDNer]

They are cancelling them again? Dang.

[Drewbert]

I'll buy everything you have at $1 a pop! Heh heh.

[jose]

Thank God I already had some great Portuguese wine at dinner and some drinks after. Saturday Night Fever is on. Rock on! C ya all later. Good prank thought!

[bramiozo]

Any mod, pls delete this, it's bad for our older forumers. We got friends in their late 40s and 50s here. Thks.

No they would expect a thing like this :=) .


How widespread is this phenomonon ??

[John W]

Gaaaaa... had me going for a second, you're lucky you didn't get tarred & feathered for that one! :)

Umm... maybe we could at least get (April Fools!) added to the title? If not today, then tomorrow?

[idnowner]

Gaaaaa... had me going for a second, you're lucky you didn't get tarred & feathered for that one! :)


Well, I will remain in hiding until this one blows over! But, really, I did start it off with the date "April 1, 2006," which should have instantly given it away, and I could have used official names and dragged it out over several paragraphs, and when have you ever heard of "Internet authority ITEX Intl.?"

[John W]

Well, I will remain in hiding until this one blows over!

LOL, wise move! :)

[idnamator]

so yeah I registered just to tell you that was dirtyyyyy and below the belt LOL

:eek:

[touchring]

Dear Olney, pls delete this thread. Ever heard of the self-fulfilling prophecy?

[thegenius1]

Dear Olney, pls delete this thread. Ever heard of the self-fulfilling prophecy?


I SECOND THAT, TIRED OF SEEING IT WHEN I LOG IN

[sunsei21]

brought tears to my eyes :eek:

[dabsi]

Our Portfolio Philosophie:

40% .com Ascii
30%.EU Ascii
30%. IDN

DABSI

[blastfromthepast]

Breaking News - IDN domains are here to stay.

[thegenius1]

Breaking News - IDN domains are here to stay.

Breaking News, My lawyer iwill be serving you for the split second of a Heart Attack ! ;)

[alex]

...My lawyer will be serving you for the split second of a Heart Attack ! ;)

Ditto. :p

[Rubber Duck]

You guys need to be a lot more skeptical. I passed this thread over 3 times before deciding to have a look anyway.