There is an SSL equivalent for conversations. Actually, it works more like a VPN. It's called 'go into a private room'.

"Now for those who don’t know, a domain name isn’t tied to a server and nothing would need to be moved from a server that he would then be “giving” to us as there is no server involved."

I would need a lot more than $150 to suffer through transferring nameservers from GoDaddy again.

Haha, if he would have said that we might have accepted, the other BS not so much.

I know Dan and George Turkette. This behavior doesn't really surprise me.

Amusingly enough, they offer a "Reputation Defense Program":

http://www.turkette.com/reputation-defense/

$2000 to $8000? Sounds pretty sketchy.

Eavesdropping is as old as the hills. One thing that was emphasized to me in my first job out of college with a big consulting firm: NEVER discuss a client or details of a project in public. Ever. You never know who's listening.

Wasn't it Cringely who used to get a good chunk of his inside information and gossip by just sitting on the shuttle flights in and out of San Jose? There was enough loose talk and opened Powerpoints to last him weeks at a time.

After having been in the local IT and software business in small-town Texas, I can assure you that this sort of stuff is alarmingly common amongst a lot of local IT shops. Now, giving credit where it's due, someone's at least gone to the hassle of putting up a thin veneer of respectability on this Turkette guy's website, but the "blog" page (http://www.turkette.com/blogs/ ... check out that awesome graphic) taken in concert with the Reputation Defense service pretty much shows that, if nothing else, Turkette is somewhat disingenuous in selling what he's incapable of delivering.

I don't know why this article is on the front page. There is nothing interesting or informative about it. It's just a smear campaign against a couple no-accounts.

The author is not even in communication with this kid any more, yet he feels the need to go publicize his version of a sour business deal with an unscrupulous cybersquatter. This article is petty and vengeful in a way that is IMHO every bit as shameful as the scumbaggery the Turkette kid engaged in.

Thanks, the site traffic is under control now because of Cloudflare. My next post will be my love for them. :)

Site is down and that entry is not in the google cache, anyone who saw it want to summarize?

Wow, trying to get back up right now, hit publish and drove home to get a call from partner that site is down. :( Next time I'll make sure to pay attention.

Cybersquatting is bad, but publishing this about not only the person who did it, but also his father and his business isn't much better.

Naming and shaming can be a pretty powerful deterrant.

Exactly, and from the emails and comments I have been getting it seems that this is a recurring pattern of behavior.

Okay think it's back up now, hopefully didn't lose to much of it's momentum cause it's a pretty shady thing the guy did.

yet another reason why I laugh at the 'ideas are worthless' mentality: blab about your idea and someone might register the best domain, even if they don't intend to implement

A domain is not an idea. The fact that somebody might beat you to registering a domain that you intend to point to an implementation of an idea doesn't mean the idea itself is particularly valuable.

True but the idea is worthless philosophy is usually brought up in regards to keeping your ideas secret

...and the site's already down. Can someone c/p the text?

The claim is that the author's partner checked a few domains for a website client, went to the client for sign-off, and attempted to register the domain a few hours later. Shock: the client's domain is already registered, the registrant is a college kid who wants $150. The kid claims about a school project and work invested are debunked. The post seems to mostly exist to publish the student's name and the name of his dad, as a stab at retribution.