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I remember a Slashdot article back in the 90s about a guy who renewed hotmail.com for Microsoft when they accidentally let it expire. The guy needed to get to
by chrissnell 11y ago
I remember a Slashdot article back in the 90s about a guy who renewed hotmail.com for Microsoft when they accidentally let it expire. The guy needed to get to his email but couldn't and he quickly discovered the problem and fixed it for them.
- fletchowns 11y agoYou mean the incident they mention in the article that was linked? http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/297690717/why-doesnt-america-read-anymore http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/297690717/why-doesnt-america-r...
- jbellis 11y agoNope. The details don't match not because GP has a bad memory but because it was a separate incident. Don't be a dick.
- fletchowns 11y agoAh, maybe it was the passport.com incident that was mentioned in another comment. Fair enough!
- chrissnell 11y agoIt was the same. http://www.doublewide.net/ http://www.doublewide.net/