amy cheng joined the forum

[AmyCheng]

hi, all:

newly joined.

i work with avtal.

i usually type in lower case only, sa you may have noticed by now.

i can manage chinese, sopken and written.

wish i had learned about idn earlier.

amy cheng

[idn]

hi, all:

newly joined.

i work with avtal.

i usually type in lower case only, sa you may have noticed by now.

i can manage chinese, sopken and written.

wish i had learned about idn earlier.

amy cheng

I have seen your name recently in whois. I think you have been busy. ;)

[phio]

WELCOME AMY

[Clotho]

Hi Amy!

I think Phio is trying to make up for your lack of capital letters. :)

Welcome to the forum!

[spacey]

yes welcome !

[zaclondon]

Welcome Amy! It's nice seeing more Chinese speakers joining.

If you don't mind me asking, what's your background and how did you get into IDNs?

[IDNer]

Welcome Amy http://idnclub.com/images/smilies/handshake.gif

[mgrohan]

Hi Amy, welcome to IDNF :)

[thefabfive]

Welcome to the forum. Nice to see so many new member joining. And contributing!

[sarcle]

Nice to see so many new member joining. And contributing!

Yes, it is refreshing to get new perspectives rather than just our old stale rehashed ones. So, to all IDN noobs lurking; step up and say hello. :) Welcome to the forums Amy!

[DomainDialect]

Welcome aboard, amy.

[blastfromthepast]

i usually type in lower case only, sa you may have noticed by now.

Are you a bot? ;) Welcome.

[DomainDialect]

She says she works with avtal. Is that Avtal from this forum?

[Avtal]

She says she works with avtal. Is that Avtal from this forum?

Yes.

[MDM]

hi, all:

newly joined.

i work with avtal.

i usually type in lower case only, sa you may have noticed by now.

i can manage chinese, sopken and written.

wish i had learned about idn earlier.

amy cheng

You're a bit late but still early and smart compared to millions of people risking big money in 'investments' expecting 10% return but ending in 50% plus loss. Although the best and most valuable has been exploited, there are still a lot left in this goldrush, welcome.

[AmyCheng]

thanks for the warm welcome!

amy cheng

[sbe18]

welcome amy to IDNF.

you and avtal should add avatars to your profiles.

Steve

[bwhhisc]

Welcome Amy, a pleasure to have you at IDNForums.
Not too late at all to find some nice IDNs, but going fast.

[DomainDialect]

hi, all:

newly joined.

i work with avtal.

i usually type in lower case only, sa you may have noticed by now.

i can manage chinese, sopken and written.

wish i had learned about idn earlier.

amy cheng

I was looking around tonight and came across your name on a couple of Georgian IDNs. Looks like you were active with IDN in 2007. I thought you just now peeked under the rock.:D How many Georgians do you have?

[AmyCheng]

I was looking around tonight and came across your name on a couple of Georgian IDNs. Looks like you were active with IDN in 2007. I thought you just now peeked under the rock.:D How many Georgians do you have?


i don't understand; i only started sometime last year.

isn't that a pretty alphabet, georgian?

i wish i could tell what the words that i have registered mean ;-)

amy cheng

[AmyCheng]

...
you ... should add avatars to your profiles.

Steve

yes, once i find a picture on the internet that fits the image the name "amy cheng" should portray, i shall.

amy cheng

[AmyCheng]

Are you a bot? ;) Welcome.


no, i am a dog.

the dog in the cartoon "on the internet, no one knows you are a dog" is based on me.

amy cheng

[DomainDialect]

Hmmm...I think there's more to this than meets the eye. :yes:

[AmyCheng]

Hmmm...I think there's more to this than meets the eye. :yes:

conspiracy theories are entertaining, but most of the time it is simply plain ignorance or incompetence.

i really don' know why the dates on those domains are so much older than when i actually got them.

now that you pointed it out to me, i just hope no bad things were associated with those sites when they weren't actually registered to me.

amy cheng

[DomainDialect]

Sooo...you're saying I'm ignorant and Dynadot's wrong? :(

[bwhhisc]

no, i am a dog.
the dog in the cartoon "on the internet, no one knows you are a dog" is based on me.
amy cheng

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog

[AmyCheng]

Sooo...you're saying I'm ignorant and Dynadot's wrong? :(

no! no! no!

i am saying i am ignorant and don't know anything intelligent about how these things work and thus cannot offer you an explanation why the dates on the domains are so much older than when i got them.

i did not register anything until last year.

amy cheng

[DomainDialect]

Apologies, Amy. My mistake. Anyone else have a date problem with "whois" in Dynadot? Maybe I am ignorant, but I thought the creation date starts when the domain is first registered and starts over upon new registration. Or does it retain the creation date even if it's been dropped before and re-renewed by a new registrant? :o :confused:

[Avtal]

Apologies, Amy. My mistake. Anyone else have a date problem with "whois" in Dynadot? Maybe I am ignorant, but I thought the creation date starts when the domain is first registered and starts over upon new registration. Or does it retain the creation date even if it's been dropped before and re-renewed by a new registrant? :o :confused:

I think I see what's going on. Some registrars, including Dynadot, allow you to purchase domains that are expiring, before they are dropped. Apparently the purchase is treated as a transfer rather than as a fresh registration, so the original creation date is kept.

But that's based on a limited set of observations. Does anyone have a more solid understanding?

Avtal

[AmyCheng]

... Some registrars, including Dynadot, allow you to purchase domains that are expiring, before they are dropped. Apparently the purchase is treated as a transfer rather than as a fresh registration, so the original creation date is kept.

...

Avtal

thanks for the information.

i wonder if there is a subtlety in the usage of "register" that i was not aware of.

maybe one should say "register a domain" only when the domain is not owned by someone else at the time of the transaction, i.e. the domain has been dropped or has never been registered?

how would one phrase it then, when one, for example, bought it from another person or an agent? "i bought a domain"?

had i said "i don't know why the dates are older than when i bought the domains", could i have avoided confusing others?

amy cheng