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Re:$ whois facebook.com by codewright on Monday December 10, 2012 @06:49PM (#4902321)
Could someone share what we're supposed to be seeing? I find it really irritating when people post potentially time-sensitive stuff that can disappear without caching/inlining the expected result.
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Re:$ whois facebook.com by sheraz on Monday December 10, 2012 @07:31PM (#4902439)
ok, I'll bite. This is the output from my MacBook pro on the command line:

  $ whois facebook.com

  Whois Server Version 2.0

  Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
  with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
  for detailed information.

  FACEBOOK.COM.ZZZZZ.GET.LAID.AT.WWW.SWINGINGCOMMUNITY.COM
  FACEBOOK.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
  FACEBOOK.COM.LOVED.BY.WWW.SHQIPHOST.COM
  FACEBOOK.COM.KNOWS.THAT.THE.BEST.WEB.HOSTING.IS.NASHHOST.NET
  FACEBOOK.COM.GET.ONE.MILLION.DOLLARS.AT.WWW.UNIMUNDI.COM
  FACEBOOK.COM

  ...generic legal mumbo-jumbo....
looks like someone is having fun with whois entry hacking/cracking
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Re:$ whois facebook.com by codewright on Monday December 10, 2012 @07:34PM (#4902450)
Something is proxying my whois queries, I don't see any of this and instead get Facebook's Markmonitor result.
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