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Great story. So in the end the tickets got dropped? Also, why get an entire domain to host a short blog post? Based on the copyright of 2004 and a .com tld reg

Great story. So in the end the tickets got dropped? Also, why get an entire domain to host a short blog post? Based on the copyright of 2004 and a .com tld registration of $10 per year someone has spent $190 to put this story out there.

tysam_and 3y ago
It's a good story Brent
grogenaut 3y ago
it wasn't $10/year from 04 on, it was actually more initally then lower and now that. also where would you put the blog post? Facebook? Tumblr? Myspace? Medium? Geocities? Blogspot? Which of those would have kept this blog around that long? and reachable?
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  Let's see how this fares: https://archive.ph/FbYQs https://archive.ph/FbYQs (Someone already archived it 4 years ago!) and multiple archive.org references: https://web.archive.org/web/20230422095738/http://100parkingtickets.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230422095738/http://100parking...
  - tysam_and 3y ago
    I think I read this a while back, maybe even on hacker news lol, it's a classic. Just like the 500 mile email story on the front page, though that one is _far_ more popular, hahahaha. :'))))
- cm2012 3y ago
  Not to mention for most Americans, $200 over 20 years amounts to exactly jack.
- jstanley 3y ago
  > where would you put the blog post? On a blog. Each post normally gets its own page but not its own domain name.
cm2012 3y ago
I'm sure you have spent much more than $200 on something over 20 years that brings you much less joy.
- psd1 3y ago
  E.g. other people's parking tickets.
I_am_uncreative 3y ago
Plus, where is it hosted? Looks like somewhere called inmotionhosting. I wonder how much it costs to host this static page there..
- tyingq 3y ago
  $2.99/month shared hosting plan. https://www.inmotionhosting.com/home-b https://www.inmotionhosting.com/home-b It does allow for 2 websites, so perhaps this one is riding free on something else the owner does.

tysam_and 3y ago

It's a good story Brent

grogenaut 3y ago

it wasn't $10/year from 04 on, it was actually more initally then lower and now that. also where would you put the blog post? Facebook? Tumblr? Myspace? Medium? Geocities? Blogspot? Which of those would have kept this blog around that long? and reachable?

Scoundreller 3y ago
Let's see how this fares: https://archive.ph/FbYQs https://archive.ph/FbYQs (Someone already archived it 4 years ago!) and multiple archive.org references: https://web.archive.org/web/20230422095738/http://100parkingtickets.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230422095738/http://100parking...
- tysam_and 3y ago
  I think I read this a while back, maybe even on hacker news lol, it's a classic. Just like the 500 mile email story on the front page, though that one is _far_ more popular, hahahaha. :'))))
cm2012 3y ago
Not to mention for most Americans, $200 over 20 years amounts to exactly jack.
jstanley 3y ago
> where would you put the blog post? On a blog. Each post normally gets its own page but not its own domain name.

cm2012 3y ago

I'm sure you have spent much more than $200 on something over 20 years that brings you much less joy.

psd1 3y ago
E.g. other people's parking tickets.

I_am_uncreative 3y ago

Plus, where is it hosted? Looks like somewhere called inmotionhosting. I wonder how much it costs to host this static page there..

tyingq 3y ago
$2.99/month shared hosting plan. https://www.inmotionhosting.com/home-b https://www.inmotionhosting.com/home-b It does allow for 2 websites, so perhaps this one is riding free on something else the owner does.