$ whois apostrophree.comThat's as close as you can get to proof, I'd bet.
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.
No match for "APOSTROPHREE.COM".
Did you mean to attach something to this email?It will stem the tide of emails every one of us gets every day that start with "Sorry - forgot the attachment" as well as the countervailing flood of replies saying "Hey, there was no attachment!".
Do you ever forget to include an attachment on your emails? It happens to me all the time. By the time I get done writing my email, I forget that I needed to attach something to it before hitting Send. This Mail.app plugin helps avoid that problem. When you send a message, it checks if there’s an attachment. If there isn’t, and it looks like you’ve referred to an attachment in the body of your mail (by using a word like attach, attaching, attachment, etc), it gives you a warning. Most of the time, you should never notice that this plugin is running, but in those cases when you do need it….posted by designbot at 2:01 PM on August 12, 2008 [2 favorites]
THE REC.MUSIC.MAKERS.GUITAR NEWSREADER
This is the formal announcement of the RMMG NEWSREADER, a development long needed.
Produced in close consultation with dear Judith Martin and a committee of Canadians, its
powerful within-text search-and-destroy capabilities can render the vilest, most
psychopathic Usenet flamefest as genteel as a vanilla ice cream suit and a glass of pink
lemonade.
Here's a very small sample of the RMMG NEWSREADER's remarkable abilities:
Original: What you see:
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low grade idiot Thanks for your views!
imbecile My opinion differs, but I might well be mistaken.
freaking moron Let's agree to disagree, shall we?
utter fool Perhaps we should both check our facts and
continue our discussion later.
shove a rabid mongoose up your *ss I do apologize if I inadvertantly gave any offense.
*ssh*le, sh*th*ed, c*cks*cker, :-)
f*ck you, etc. etc.
Pretty amazing, isn't it? And long overdue! The RMMG NEWSREADER, presently in beta, is
fully capable of doing for the most abominable hellhole of a newsgroup almost precisely
what Wyatt Earp did for Dodge City. (Marshall Earp, one recalls, participated in nearly two
hundred firefights in his career, and died in his bed of old age.)
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Now, the acid test: real posts from real users whose reputations as RMMG flamers are lofty
and secure. Marvel at the power of this revolutionary software!
EXAMPLE ONE:
Subject: Re: Carl
From: **...@primary.net (e*** t***®)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
MIME-Version: 1.0
Organization: MOFO Inc.
Thanks for your views, C***g****r. My opinion differs, but I
might well be mistaken. Perhaps we should both check our facts
and continue our discussion later. I do apologize if I inadvert-
antly gave any offense. Let's agree to disagree, shall we?
EXAMPLE TWO:
Subject: CrackQueen
From: c***g****r...@aol.com (C***g****r)
Message-ID: 1998071301001700.VAA18...@ladder03.news.aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
X-Admin: n...@aol.com
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That's it, folks. The programmer rises to accept the applause of the crowd. (So *that's* the sound of one hand clapping....)
- Stevie Jim
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Gosh, I wonder if any of these people read MetaFilter.
posted by oddman at 12:09 PM on August 12, 2008 [6 favorites]