How can we steal fork.com ?

I Find Karma (adam@cs.caltech.edu)
Thu, 5 Sep 96 17:26:10 PDT


Wondering if in fact there is a fork.com ...

> explorer:[/homee/jfdobb] whois fork.com
> Fork (A Jay Allen company) (FORK-DOM)
> 6815 N.E. Cleveland
> Portland, OR 97211
>
> Domain Name: FORK.COM
>
> Administrative Contact:
> Allen, Jay (JA290) jdallen@BCBSO.COM
> (503)225-5254
> Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
> Bush, Randy (RB366) randy@PSG.COM
> 1 503 227-5665 (FAX) 1-503-297-9078
>
> Record last updated on 28-Feb-96.
> Record created on 01-May-95.
>
> DNS.FORK.COM 204.119.8.43
> DNS.EDT.COM 198.107.46.129

Makes you wonder if he's willing to sell the domain name.
Let's check out http://fork.com/ ...

Well, first off, the logo looks like it was written by a
serial killer using blood and an unsteady hand.

Looks like he's into cryptography. Hmmm. Rohit, are you
Jay Allen?

Apparently not. Even you would have spelled "references" right. :)

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> The logo for Fork Company, is derived from a traditional
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What about that Logo? "If you don't make money, we don't"?
I'm torn as to whether this is Rohit or not. But if it isn't
Rohit, how can we persuade him to relinquish the domain name?

:) Adam

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