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Did rubyonrails.org get hijacked?

68 points by fretlessjazz 16y ago

tamersalama 16y ago
It's expired - it happened before. Not sure why they can't renew for more than a year Expiration Date:19-Apr-2011 22:40:29 UTC
- joshfinnie 16y ago
  What's $10 more dollars between the frustration of getting your domain back! I urge everyone to have 1 year registrations on their domains and definitely never use auto-renew!
javery 16y ago
http://www.railsinside.com/news/427-gorgeous-blonde-whos-not-dhh-takes-over-official-ruby-on-rails-site.html http://www.railsinside.com/news/427-gorgeous-blonde-whos-not...
comron 16y ago
http://www.twitter.com/dhh http://www.twitter.com/dhh "Getting fucked over on the Rails domain again this year by buydomains.dk. But shame is on me for not moving it last year :("
- fredoliveira 16y ago
  Buying the domain using a crap registrar and not renewing for more 1 year at a time (this happened last year too) seems strange and naive, particularly when we're talking about Rails, which has a pretty big community which depends on info on that site (mainly for documentation). (and I wish he wasn't as foul-mouthed as he is. it always looks weird from a community "leader" as he is for ROR)
cullenking 16y ago
Rails is my framework of choice, but man, that shatters some of my confidence :)
statenjason 16y ago
She stole my domain last month when my registrar didn't notify me of expiration. The first time I saw that smirk, I wanted to ring her neck. http://jstaten.com http://jstaten.com
- eam 16y ago
  I know that feeling. :(
gojomo 16y ago
If you think a site is temporarily under control of someone other than its usual trusted maintainers ('hijacked'), please don't promote more visits to the site with a link. The site should be visited less, not more, until the question is resolved -- if your theory is true, the 'hijackers' may have both malicious intent and unpatched browser-linked flaws to exploit against visitors.
- moe 16y ago
  Yea, also if you come across a traffic-accident then don't stop and watch. Wonder why that kind of advice never works, not even when printed in italics...
  - gojomo 16y ago
    Properly understood, the advice against visiting hijacked sites is more like, "don't stare into a solar eclipse".
jfarmer 16y ago
It's the parked domain girl! http://yousuckatwebsites.com/web-trends/the-most-infamous-girl-in-the-history-of-the-internet http://yousuckatwebsites.com/web-trends/the-most-infamous-gi... http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&filetypeID=&userID=39198&text=hf7 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&f...
- jasonrojas 16y ago
  She is quietly judging all of us..
there 16y ago
if only dhh had access to some kind of web-based calendar where he could have made a note to renew the domain...
- mey 16y ago
  I would up vote you more, but you're at 37 points right now
orblivion 16y ago
I hope that girl wearing the backpack got paid a lot of money because I see her picture all the damn time.
- SpacemanSpiff 16y ago
  anyone know the origin of that photo? I'm surprised there's not a parody on that one.
  - jordanb 16y ago
    I believe the photographer posted to a thread on reddit or something. IIRC both he and the girl are getting residuals off the stock photo site he uses. It's not a great deal of money though.
    - count 16y ago
      Steller Photography took that shot. It's from iStockPhoto - he (the photog) actually has a whole gallery of shots of her: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&filetypeID=&userID=39198&text=hf7 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&f...
- notphilatall 16y ago
  If you are in the mission district of SF, Adobe books was recently featuring an art exhibit that included an oil rendition of her. It might still be up!
bho 16y ago
the image looks like it could be from UT, but lots of college campuses probably look alike. i've been trying to hit the API all day!
techiferous 16y ago
http://rubyonrails.com/ http://rubyonrails.com/ is working, by the way.
- fredoliveira 16y ago
  API docs (which would be on api.rubyonrails.org, now .com) on the other hand, are not.
mrinterweb 16y ago
while is_question.rhetorical? puts "seems like it" end
bandhunt 16y ago
If you want the api docs you can search them here in the meantime: http://apidock.com/rails/search http://apidock.com/rails/search rubyonrails.com doesn't seem to have the api docs anywhere.
car 16y ago
This is the generic parking page of Enom.com. Buydomains.dk is apparently a reseller, and therefore this page shows up.

68 points by fretlessjazz 16y ago

It's expired - it happened before. Not sure why they can't renew for more than a year Expiration Date:19-Apr-2011 22:40:29 UTC

joshfinnie 16y ago
What's $10 more dollars between the frustration of getting your domain back! I urge everyone to have 1 year registrations on their domains and definitely never use auto-renew!

javery 16y ago

http://www.railsinside.com/news/427-gorgeous-blonde-whos-not-dhh-takes-over-official-ruby-on-rails-site.html http://www.railsinside.com/news/427-gorgeous-blonde-whos-not...

comron 16y ago

http://www.twitter.com/dhh http://www.twitter.com/dhh "Getting fucked over on the Rails domain again this year by buydomains.dk. But shame is on me for not moving it last year :("

fredoliveira 16y ago
Buying the domain using a crap registrar and not renewing for more 1 year at a time (this happened last year too) seems strange and naive, particularly when we're talking about Rails, which has a pretty big community which depends on info on that site (mainly for documentation). (and I wish he wasn't as foul-mouthed as he is. it always looks weird from a community "leader" as he is for ROR)

cullenking 16y ago

Rails is my framework of choice, but man, that shatters some of my confidence :)

statenjason 16y ago

She stole my domain last month when my registrar didn't notify me of expiration. The first time I saw that smirk, I wanted to ring her neck. http://jstaten.com http://jstaten.com

eam 16y ago
I know that feeling. :(

gojomo 16y ago

If you think a site is temporarily under control of someone other than its usual trusted maintainers ('hijacked'), please don't promote more visits to the site with a link. The site should be visited less, not more, until the question is resolved -- if your theory is true, the 'hijackers' may have both malicious intent and unpatched browser-linked flaws to exploit against visitors.

moe 16y ago
Yea, also if you come across a traffic-accident then don't stop and watch. Wonder why that kind of advice never works, not even when printed in italics...
- gojomo 16y ago
  Properly understood, the advice against visiting hijacked sites is more like, "don't stare into a solar eclipse".

jfarmer 16y ago

It's the parked domain girl! http://yousuckatwebsites.com/web-trends/the-most-infamous-girl-in-the-history-of-the-internet http://yousuckatwebsites.com/web-trends/the-most-infamous-gi... http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&filetypeID=&userID=39198&text=hf7 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&f...

jasonrojas 16y ago
She is quietly judging all of us..

there 16y ago

if only dhh had access to some kind of web-based calendar where he could have made a note to renew the domain...

mey 16y ago
I would up vote you more, but you're at 37 points right now

orblivion 16y ago

I hope that girl wearing the backpack got paid a lot of money because I see her picture all the damn time.

SpacemanSpiff 16y ago
anyone know the origin of that photo? I'm surprised there's not a parody on that one.
- jordanb 16y ago
  I believe the photographer posted to a thread on reddit or something. IIRC both he and the girl are getting residuals off the stock photo site he uses. It's not a great deal of money though.
  - count 16y ago
    Steller Photography took that shot. It's from iStockPhoto - he (the photog) actually has a whole gallery of shots of her: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&filetypeID=&userID=39198&text=hf7 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&f...
notphilatall 16y ago
If you are in the mission district of SF, Adobe books was recently featuring an art exhibit that included an oil rendition of her. It might still be up!

bho 16y ago

the image looks like it could be from UT, but lots of college campuses probably look alike. i've been trying to hit the API all day!

techiferous 16y ago

http://rubyonrails.com/ http://rubyonrails.com/ is working, by the way.

fredoliveira 16y ago
API docs (which would be on api.rubyonrails.org, now .com) on the other hand, are not.

mrinterweb 16y ago

while is_question.rhetorical? puts "seems like it" end

bandhunt 16y ago

If you want the api docs you can search them here in the meantime: http://apidock.com/rails/search http://apidock.com/rails/search rubyonrails.com doesn't seem to have the api docs anywhere.

car 16y ago

This is the generic parking page of Enom.com. Buydomains.dk is apparently a reseller, and therefore this page shows up.