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What are you listening to at the moment?

Been bombarding my ears with Tool ever since they came aboard streaming services. Those unaware this is Tool:
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- Post #3,101
- Sep 4, 2019
- Section: The Break Room
WARNING: SEVERAL STOLEN NAMES, MUST READ!

This is something I considered making some time ago but like many projects never finished. I certainly think that itis a good idea.
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- Post #24
- Sep 14, 2016
- Section: Advisories
fun Funny 404 pages

A 404 page can be used to retain traffic or direct people to where you think they may have intended to go too. Others use it as a search page. For example if you tried to go too site.com/information.php instead of getting the default 404 page you may get a page with search results for your site...
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- Post #6
- Mar 28, 2016
- Section: The Break Room
news The End Of .COM

Are you seriously suggesting that smart tv's etc haven't killed domains and the browser market :P God damn it people were so sure.
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- Post #70
- Aug 22, 2015
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
Google's Penguin - Consequences for Domainers

Why is this change such a surprise to people? For years Google have been releasing articles and videos advising that content is King. They have made it abundantly clear that they don’t with to promote sites they do not believe are beneficial to an end user. A domain with keywords can still...
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- Post #69
- May 1, 2012
- Section: General Domain Discussion
.info Info giveaway

Hey guys Just came across this a moment ago: http://www.facebook.com/pages/123-reg/117020951500?sk=app_10531514314 123-reg are going to be giving away 100 info registrations on friday (1 to each 100 winners) to people who like their facebook page. Looks like you need to visit the page...
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- Post #1
- Mar 22, 2011
- Section: gTLD Discussion
I will sell my kidney for 100NP$

the bar has clearly been set at 100NP$ now.
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- Post #11
- Sep 16, 2015
- Section: The Break Room
Want your site to rank #1 in Google? Inside Information!

Matt Cutts is quite a well known Google employee, His blog used to have a lot of posts about SEO etc but it started to get taken over more for personal posts (https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/). When Google first came to backlinks were the only real way to rank they contributed towards your PR...
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- Post #12
- Jul 29, 2015
- Section: The Break Room
Domain offer spam from [email protected]

Just received the spam below. Appears to be a new 1 going about. Carried out a quick search on google and only 4 or 5 responses for the email address. Anyway be vigilant. From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: domain.com (modified but this will match your...
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- Post #1
- Sep 1, 2012
- Section: Advisories
Welcome to the private Insiders Lounge...

hmm i checked the door, it seems the lock has been tampered with.
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- Post #549
- Aug 14, 2012
- Section: Insiders Lounge
information Securing Your Domain Name From Theft

INTRODUCTION Recently I have been dealing with a domain theft. Trying to locate information and warning the original user. One thing this process has brought to light is the little people know about securing domain names. The following are my thoughts on how to best secure your domain names...
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- Post #1
- May 21, 2009
- Section: NamePros Blog
STOLEN DOMAINS ALERT cool.org AND coolstudios.com

Yesterday a new user signed up here at namepros attempting to sell the domain cool.org. This domain has been stolen. The events that led upto this are as follows:- Jenny Cool (the original owner of the domain) posts on her twitter account that she is locked out of her Gmail account (the...
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- Post #1
- Jan 25, 2009
- Section: Advisories
Tips for preventing domain theft

About 10 years ago I wrote an article that covered some of this and a few more steps, still worth a read but could use an update. http://blog.petermcdonald.co.uk/2010/12/27/securing-your-domain-name/
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- Post #13
- Sep 19, 2017
- Section: Advisories
Did Michael Jackson get his moves from Bob Fosse?

And here is someone called Bill Bailey doing the moonwalk well before either:
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- Post #4
- Mar 27, 2016
- Section: The Break Room
Help NamePros Decide on Community-Driven Moderation

Here are my thoughts on these options: If it is set to a hard figure this will be open to abuse. There are many occasions when a lot of people dislike a post. This does not mean the post is not valid. I personally would avoid this as a sole method. Not sure I understand fully. Would you have a...
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- Post #30
- Jan 17, 2016
- Section: NamePros Community Help
Are people faking BrandBucket accepted names here to auction?

Having a screen shot that shows the site and domain is not really proof to be honest. It is extremely trivial to modify the HTML to display the correct domain or appraised value. Ideally screen shots should contain the address bar which should help demonstrate it is genuinely the site however it...
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- Post #67
- Sep 16, 2015
- Section: NamePros Community Help
question Will You Pay For Available Domain RESULT?

I have not really browsed Nameoros a lot for a while however a few years back it used to be regular for certain members to post interesting available names. To provide it as a service I think you would need to provide some taster lists free to show the quality of the domains you find. After all...
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- Post #2
- Aug 3, 2015
- Section: The Break Room
Congratz to Sabre on his 8th Star

Jeez I didnt rewalise how many old people are on this forum. Including me :( Anyway congrate :)
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- Post #22
- Aug 30, 2012
- Section: The Break Room
PHP Security

Developing your own encryption is not the best option. Proper encryption requires a very good understanding of mathematics and prime numbers. You need to ensure that you minimise the potential for example of collisions. Use a currently accepted encryption algorithm and ensure you use salt...
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- Post #9
- Jun 16, 2012
- Section: Software Development Discussion
Using Photos ??

The celebrity might like exposure but the photographer (who is the copyright holder) won't like his work being ripped off.
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- Post #11
- May 9, 2012
- Section: Private Legal Discussion