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> Expert Sex Change You may want to edit... Edit: Well; that explains why the service didn't take off

by wand3r 9y ago

throwanem 9y ago
And I may not. That was the constant nickname back in the day, occasioned by the fact that their original domain was "expertsexchange.com". They later moved to one with a hyphen, but by then the damage was done. (Edit to your edit: It did take off! It was the best we had for years. That best was just very, very bad.)
- ryanmarsh 9y ago
  Remember joking with colleagues back then about sourceexchange.com and how that sounded out loud.
  - jaredsohn 9y ago
    penisland was another famous site from the time with this property. Edit: It was a site that sold pens; I think the alternative pronunciation of their domain name was unintentional. Edit 2: I think I was wrong. Snopes says they did sell pens but they chose the name intentionally: http://www.snopes.com/business/names/domains.asp http://www.snopes.com/business/names/domains.asp. Some other such names from that link: powergenitalia.com, molestationnursery.com, and whorepresents.com.
    - wand3r 9y ago
      Pen island? What was it supposed to be?
      - throwanem 9y ago
        A joke - a "domain hack" avant la lettre.
      - eriknstr 9y ago
        penis land
    - throwanem 9y ago
      Did it ever actually sell pens? I always understood it to be a joke; if it's been anything else, I'd love to know more.
    - andlrc 9y ago
      And http://www.bigbustycoons.com http://www.bigbustycoons.com
    - throwanem 9y ago
      Snopes talks about penisland.net, which is still up now and clearly a joke - a rather disappointing effort, in fact, with a few rather broad double entendres and nothing further to offer. I was curious about the (presumably) original .com, which is now squatted, and about which there seems no historical information easily to be found.
    - doug1001 9y ago
      don't know about the website, but "Pen Island" is/was a small shop on Regents Street in London (not far from Picadilly Circus tube station) that sold high end fountain pens, mechanical pencils, etc. Don't know if it's still there, but it was list time i was in the UK (2007)
- Jugurtha 9y ago
  Here's Peter Norvig explaining this stuff: https://youtu.be/yvDCzhbjYWs?t=24m37s https://youtu.be/yvDCzhbjYWs?t=24m37s
- pacificleo11 9y ago
  true . Other such nameswere therapistfinder -> The Rapist Finder Whorepresent -> Whore Present

> Expert Sex Change You may want to edit... Edit: Well; that explains why the service didn't take off

by wand3r 9y ago

> Expert Sex Change You may want to edit... Edit: Well; that explains why the service didn't take off

And I may not. That was the constant nickname back in the day, occasioned by the fact that their original domain was "expertsexchange.com". They later moved to one with a hyphen, but by then the damage was done. (Edit to your edit: It did take off! It was the best we had for years. That best was just very, very bad.)

ryanmarsh 9y ago
Remember joking with colleagues back then about sourceexchange.com and how that sounded out loud.
- jaredsohn 9y ago
  penisland was another famous site from the time with this property. Edit: It was a site that sold pens; I think the alternative pronunciation of their domain name was unintentional. Edit 2: I think I was wrong. Snopes says they did sell pens but they chose the name intentionally: http://www.snopes.com/business/names/domains.asp http://www.snopes.com/business/names/domains.asp. Some other such names from that link: powergenitalia.com, molestationnursery.com, and whorepresents.com.
  - wand3r 9y ago
    Pen island? What was it supposed to be?
    - throwanem 9y ago
      A joke - a "domain hack" avant la lettre.
    - eriknstr 9y ago
      penis land
  - throwanem 9y ago
    Did it ever actually sell pens? I always understood it to be a joke; if it's been anything else, I'd love to know more.
  - andlrc 9y ago
    And http://www.bigbustycoons.com http://www.bigbustycoons.com
  - throwanem 9y ago
    Snopes talks about penisland.net, which is still up now and clearly a joke - a rather disappointing effort, in fact, with a few rather broad double entendres and nothing further to offer. I was curious about the (presumably) original .com, which is now squatted, and about which there seems no historical information easily to be found.
  - doug1001 9y ago
    don't know about the website, but "Pen Island" is/was a small shop on Regents Street in London (not far from Picadilly Circus tube station) that sold high end fountain pens, mechanical pencils, etc. Don't know if it's still there, but it was list time i was in the UK (2007)
Jugurtha 9y ago
Here's Peter Norvig explaining this stuff: https://youtu.be/yvDCzhbjYWs?t=24m37s https://youtu.be/yvDCzhbjYWs?t=24m37s
pacificleo11 9y ago
true . Other such nameswere therapistfinder -> The Rapist Finder Whorepresent -> Whore Present