DNS-misdirection on a grand scale

[Wesley Parish]

Hi

I went to check out
http://beginningruby.org/what-ive-earned-and-learned/

I got directed to
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/don/don_0.asp

I even tried going through 
http://www.google.com/search?q=http%3A//beginningruby.org/what-ive-earned-and-learned/ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8

I found
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/don/don_0.asp
among the list of sites that google considers relevant to the book Beginning 
Ruby.

Has anyone else had this happen to them when looking for an article slashdot 
comments on?

I don't have any malice towards US citizens with cancer - but I would 
appreciate the organizations seeking donations not to spam my web searches.  
Or I might conceivably wind up with a great deal of malice towards them.

Wesley Parish

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tell them what an Ocarina really is: 
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Re: DNS-misdirection on a grand scale

[Jim Cheetham]

I'd guess that the original domain referenced has expired, and that a
domain squatter has purchased it ...

Domain ID:D157250839-LROR
Domain Name:BEGINNINGRUBY.ORG
Created On:02-Oct-2009 18:03:30 UTC
Last Updated On:02-Oct-2009 18:04:47 UTC
Expiration Date:02-Oct-2010 18:03:30 UTC

The current owner of the domain has listed his full contact details
though, which isn't normal. Perhaps you could give him a call and ask
about it :-)

-jim

Re: DNS-misdirection on a grand scale

[Craig Falconer]

Jim Cheetham wrote, On 17/10/09 21:59:

I'd guess that the original domain referenced has expired, and that a
domain squatter has purchased it ...

Domain ID:D157250839-LROR
Domain Name:BEGINNINGRUBY.ORG
Created On:02-Oct-2009 18:03:30 UTC
Last Updated On:02-Oct-2009 18:04:47 UTC
Expiration Date:02-Oct-2010 18:03:30 UTC

The current owner of the domain has listed his full contact details
though, which isn't normal. Perhaps you could give him a call and ask
about it :-)


To misquote...  A domain is for life, not one renewal cycle.


--
Craig Falconer