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"Clayton, The Email She-Male" |
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16 May 2005 01:51:29 AM |
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Man Wants Pope's Hat In Exchange For Domain Name |
http://pokernewswire.blogspot.com/2005/04/benedictxvicom-owner-promises-no-porn.html
Thursday, April 21, 2005
BenedictXVI.com Owner Promises No Porn or Gambling
By Claudia Parsons
ROME (Reuters) - An American who registered the Internet name
BenedictXVI.com before the new Pope was chosen said on Wednesday he had not
worked out what to do with it but was pretty sure it would be a sin to sell
it to a pornographer.
Florida resident Rogers Cadenhead, who describes himself as the author of
several technology books, said that he registered six domain names earlier
this month based on names he thought the new pope might pick.
"I think I was the second-most excited person on the planet when they
announced the name," he told Reuters, adding that the euphoria quickly faded
as his Web server started to buckle under the weight of an estimated 1,000
hits a minute.
As well as Benedict XVI -- the name chosen by German Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger on his election on Tuesday -- Cadenhead registered for a nominal
fee ClementXV.com, InnocentXIV.com, LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com and
PiusXIII.com.
An attempt to visit BenedictXVI.com redirects the reader to Cadenhead's own
Web site, on which he rejects the suggestion that he might be planning to
cash in by selling the site to pornographers since they would be willing to
pay most for it.
"Whatever I decide, it's going to be guided by a desire not to anger 1.1
billion Catholics," said Cadenhead, who says he has already rejected an
offer from a gambling site. "Even though I'm a lapsed Catholic, I'm not
lapsed that far."
He added he was considering his options for the site but if the Pope's
people were to approach him to discuss taking over the site, he might make
some requests.
"I'd like one of those big papal hats, and maybe three days/two nights at
the Vatican hotel they built for the conclave," he said.
Cadenhead said he has already recouped his modest $72 investment in the six
papal domain names with $77 in advertising revenue over the last 24 hours.
The Vatican has its own Web site at www.vatican.va and the address
BenedictXVI.va does not exist, but a number of other variations of the new
Pope's name have been snapped up.
--
Clayton The Lord Of The Eternally Changing Name
AA# 1861
EAC Executive Officer In Charge Of Squandering And Wasting Valuable
Resources
"Religion is like horse laxative....if you swallow it, you'll be left
feeling empty and have a huge pile of ***** to deal with!" - Clayton
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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| Title: Re: Man Wants Pope's Hat In Exchange For Domain Name |
16 May 2005 08:45:58 AM |
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Clayton, The Email She-Male wrote in alt.atheism
http://pokernewswire.blogspot.com/2005/04/benedictxvicom-owner-promises-no-porn.html
Thursday, April 21, 2005
BenedictXVI.com Owner Promises No Porn or Gambling
By Claudia Parsons
ROME (Reuters) - An American who registered the Internet name
BenedictXVI.com before the new Pope was chosen said on Wednesday he had not
worked out what to do with it but was pretty sure it would be a sin to sell
it to a pornographer.
He could threaten to, to drive the price up!
Florida resident Rogers Cadenhead, who describes himself as the author of
several technology books, said that he registered six domain names earlier
this month based on names he thought the new pope might pick.
"I think I was the second-most excited person on the planet when they
announced the name," he told Reuters, adding that the euphoria quickly faded
as his Web server started to buckle under the weight of an estimated 1,000
hits a minute.
As well as Benedict XVI -- the name chosen by German Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger on his election on Tuesday -- Cadenhead registered for a nominal
fee ClementXV.com, InnocentXIV.com, LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com and
PiusXIII.com.
How many possibilities were there, I wonder?
--
Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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| User: "chibiabos" |
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| Title: Re: Man Wants Pope's Hat In Exchange For Domain Name |
17 May 2005 08:26:50 AM |
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In article <et8h81lg4a24t0o52q4j7n7fskh56apo20@4ax.com>, Elroy Willis
<elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:
Clayton, The Email She-Male wrote in alt.atheism
http://pokernewswire.blogspot.com/2005/04/benedictxvicom-owner-promises-no-p
orn.html
Thursday, April 21, 2005
BenedictXVI.com Owner Promises No Porn or Gambling
By Claudia Parsons
ROME (Reuters) - An American who registered the Internet name
BenedictXVI.com before the new Pope was chosen said on Wednesday he had not
worked out what to do with it but was pretty sure it would be a sin to sell
it to a pornographer.
He could threaten to, to drive the price up!
Florida resident Rogers Cadenhead, who describes himself as the author of
several technology books, said that he registered six domain names earlier
this month based on names he thought the new pope might pick.
"I think I was the second-most excited person on the planet when they
announced the name," he told Reuters, adding that the euphoria quickly faded
as his Web server started to buckle under the weight of an estimated 1,000
hits a minute.
As well as Benedict XVI -- the name chosen by German Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger on his election on Tuesday -- Cadenhead registered for a nominal
fee ClementXV.com, InnocentXIV.com, LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com and
PiusXIII.com.
How many possibilities were there, I wonder?
Dunno.
I registered ralph.com just in case, and in the hopes whoever they
picked would be somewhat original.
-chib
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Member of S.M.A.S.H.
Sarcastic Middle-aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Man Wants Pope's Hat In Exchange For Domain Name |
16 May 2005 10:08:04 PM |
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Clayton, The Email She-Male wrote:
http://pokernewswire.blogspot.com/2005/04/benedictxvicom-owner-promises-no-porn.html
Thursday, April 21, 2005
BenedictXVI.com Owner Promises No Porn or Gambling
By Claudia Parsons
ROME (Reuters) - An American who registered the Internet name
BenedictXVI.com before the new Pope was chosen said on Wednesday he
had not
worked out what to do with it but was pretty sure it would be a sin
to sell
it to a pornographer.
Wouldn't profiting on it also be a sin? He paid $5, I'll
offer him $5. Fair's fair. Were I to buy it, I'd use it to
expose Nazinger's past.
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
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"You won't find any opposition to the idea of evolution among
sophisticated, educated theologians. It comes from an
exceedingly retarded, primitive version of religion, which
unfortunately is at present undergoing an epidemic in the
United States."
- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Man Wants Pope's Hat In Exchange For Domain Name |
17 May 2005 09:21:48 AM |
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wrote:
<snip>
Were I to buy it, I'd use it to
expose Nazinger's past.
You mean you'd quote his own books? This will show them!
I can realy see it:
"He's German. And he was alive before 1945! Nazi! Nazi!"
j.m.
#1491
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