Actually your totally wrong again on all counts. My wife worked in the
travel industry for 15 years. You can bet your life that people used stolen
credit cards to buy airline tickets. It happens a lot. And then they cash
the ticket back in for a refund from the airline or take the flight and
almost never get caught. If I buy an airline ticket for tomorrow or a few
days from now, chances are very good that the charge won't be disputed
before I get a chance to use the airline ticket. I also happen to know that
people have bought all kinds of things mail-order (computers, laptops,
camera, camcorders, kerosene lamps, etc.) and had them shipped to an
apartment or empty house for sale and then just disappeared. It happens all
the time. If you want to know more about it read the book "Hacker Crackdown"
by Bruce Sterling. I have actually talked with Bruce several times, and gave
him some material to use when he was writing the book and doing research for
it.
Tim Jung
System Admin
Internet Gateway Inc.
tjung@igateway.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony DiPierro" <opensrs@inbox.org>
To: "Coolfred Internet Services" <coolfred@coolfred.org>
Cc: <tjung@igateway.net>; <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: New Ideas for OpenSRS (or wish list) - Reseller Access
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Coolfred Internet Services wrote:
>
> > Never say 100% unless you are willing to bet your life on it!:-)
> >
> > A domain name is not a perishable property such as food or gas. It is a
> considered a company asset (ask your accountant about the difference). So
> your analogy to food and gas is 99.99999% wrong. Additionally, yu are
> again wrong about using false credit cards to travel. I doubt it you will
> be able to fly American Airlines if you used bogus credit crads to buy
> the ticket, at best, instead of an airplane you will have cops waiting
> for you on Gate 1!!! Can you buy a house with fake credit cards and keep
> it? How about a computer? What about a webhosting plan from company
> ABC? You better have answered "NO"! A domain name is not any different
> from a webhosting package, a computer part or a company car.
> >
> please hard wrap your lines at 72 characters.
>
> There _is_ one major difference between a webhosting package, a computer
> part, or a company car verses a domain name. A domain name is
> unique. If you lose a webhosting package, you can easily get another
> one. Same thing with a computer part, or a company car. With a domain
> name, only one person or entity can own a single domain name. This would
> be more akin to allowing a webhosting company to take the copyright on
> your web page if you fail to pay for your webhosting package.
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