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by Former member

TechRepublic.com is the companies site name and the other ".com" is because it is registered in America, hence the extra ".com".

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
If this information is useful, please mark as helpful. Thanks

by older mycroft

There's 2 COMs at the end because TechRepublic is a company within a company.

It is owned by another company.
* [i]CBS Interactive ? Business [CBS.COM][/i] ;)

< * >

by Former member

Just a thought.
:) :)

by thumbsup2

Here's the post from when it actually happened back in 2003.

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=3&threadID=134309&messageID=1508041

If you want more, I can drag those in too. Especially the ones that explain TR's sister companies, all being .com.com by the way, which fall under the CNET ownership umbrella. They're all subdomains of .com.com, owned and registered by CNET and none of which have anything to do with the fact they were registered in America.

Now, just admit that you didn't, and still don't, have a clue about this topic and you were just posting to raise your post count, as usual.

.

by older mycroft

Corporate ownership is the key factor, not where it is registered.

by Former member

America has nothing to do with it???

If that is the case, how come it is registered in America?.
If TechRepublic is NOT registered in America then why have the .com in the first place?

by thumbsup2

The .com can be registered by anybody, anywhere in the world. It doesn't 'stand' for being registered in America.

by oh smeg

This is how it should appear there is nothing to be concerned about.

Col

by oh smeg

The only known infection that causes you to see double Country Identifiers when you use the Internet. I understand that this is what gave Nvidia the idea for 3D Displays they took this affliction and used it to make a new type of Video Diver for a faulty Display and tamed with Special 3D Glasses this allows you to see in 3 D. :D

Col

by older mycroft

I've been trying to tell him that, but there must be something in the tea in Finland. :^0

[i]"Although .com domains are officially intended to designate commercial entities (others such as government agencies or educational institutions have different top-level domains assigned to them), there has been no restriction on who can register .com domains since the mid-1990s. The opening of the .com registry to the public coincided with the commercialization and popularization of the Internet, and .com quickly became the most common top-level domain for websites. Many companies which flourished in the period between 1997-2001 (the time known as the "dot-com bubble") went so far as to incorporate .com into the company name; these became known as dot-coms or dot-com companies. The introduction of .biz in 2001, which is restricted to businesses, has had little impact on the popularity of .com.

[b][u]Although companies anywhere in the world can register .com domains[/u], many countries have a second-level domain with a similar purpose under their own ccTLD.[/b] Such second-level domains are usually of the form .com.xx or .co.xx, where xx is the ccTLD. Australia (.com.au), Greece (.com.gr), Mexico (.com.mx), Republic of Korea (.co.kr), Jamaica (.com.jm), New Zealand (.co.nz), India (.co.in), Morocco (.co.ma), the People's Republic of China (.com.cn), Pakistan (.com.pk), the United Kingdom (.co.uk), and Canada (.co.ca) are all examples.

[b]Many non-commercial sites, such as those of non-profit organizations or governments (including the Moroccan Consulate in Bordeaux), use .com addresses."[/b][/i]

[u]Excerpt from:[/u]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com

by thumbsup2

Just to add to what OM said, MANY (if not most) companies around the world will register their company name with a .com, .net, .biz and any other extension they can grab that hasn't already been taken, JUST so someone else can't use that particular company's name as a means of gleaning internet traffic that 'thinks' they're visiting the real company web site. It's called protecting your domain name from fakes.

by Former member

See what happens when you post something like this, you do not get a straight answer.
At least i put it simply and as truthful as can be. Not like the other riff raff.
:) :) :) :)

by thumbsup2

If you're inviting a FLAME WAR, we're certainly capable of obliging! :D

Who made you KING? :(

Let the games begin! ]:)

by older mycroft

You take a totally facile standpoint from which to blow your own, ill-educated uninformed trumpet, then you get hoisted by your own petard. Despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, you now set out to ridicule those that would attempt to prevent you misleading the OP, or anyone else who might inadvertently read your drivel. Which one of your mates was it that got it wrong this time, eh? Which of your mates mislead you when you 'phoned a friend' for the answer? I hereby warn you - the gloves are now completely off. If you insist on following this ill-aimed path of supposed righteousness, I will bury you in hard fact each and every time that you put finger to keyboard from now on in. I've watched you of late, jumping into initial posts that you clearly have little or no understanding about, but felt it wiser to allow you your foibles in case it was a symptom of something deeper. But you are NOT getting away with an insult on myself or ThumbsUp2 just because we tried to stop you making a bigger fool of yourself than you already have achieved. [i]I'm with TU2 on this[/i] - [b]FLAME ON !![/b] X-(

The title of this post was edited by Sonja Thompson, because it violated the site's Terms of Use.

by Former member

NT.

by older mycroft

After all, anyone with any sense would now just stop digging. This time, it would appear there is a depth record to be broken!

[u]Sonja - check the timeline of the posts:[/u]
[i]PT posted for you to step in, 5 minutes after his offensive insult, and 30 minutes [b]BEFORE[/b] ThumbsUp2 had replied.[/i]

PT was therefore the first person to mention any 'flames'.

Stuffed up again PT - you can't even organise a decent conspiracy. :^0

< PECO-GATE! > :^0

by Sonja Thompson

I probably wouldn't have seen this one, but a coworker forwarded me the thread. My son broke his arm at football yesterday and I spent most of the night in the ER. That said, I've had very little sleep, and reading the back and forth rants between people I've grown to like makes me really upset.

PT - your initial answer wasn't correct, but neither was yours, OM. It's OKAY if people answer questions incorrectly (as long as it's not advice that will intentionally destroy someone's possessions or cause personal harm), and it's OKAY if other people correct them.

I encourage everyone to post more answers, even if they are different from another person's answers. Just please take off the boxing gloves and treat each other how you want to be treated. I'm not asking everyone to agree with one other or even make up and all be friend, just please stop the malicious jabs.

by Sonja Thompson

Oh, and Scummy was right. It was back in '02 or '03 when we went from techrepublic.com to techrepublic.com.com. Most of the folks inside TR rolled their eyes when it changed, because we knew people would ask, "WTF?"

I like to think TR is extra special, and so we have not one, but TWO .coms.

by oh smeg

I hope everything is OK now and he's not in too much pain.

If he is anything like my son though it will not slow him down in the slightest. Once he gets used to the plaster he'll be doing everything that he wants to in very short order and at the same time playing on the break for attention.

Col

by jdclyde

Soni, I think they LIKE the abuse.... ;\

As for the break. what an unlucky "break", huh? That is why I did my best to steer my boys away from football, and into something safe like wrestling. Oh, did I mention ThingTwo [b]SNAPPED[/b] his clavicle the [b]FIRST DAY[/b] of wrestling practice last year.... :0

Good luck to the boy.

Oh, find him something OTHER than a pencil to stick in his cast to itch with. Something that won't STAB him would be good.... :D

by james-santabarbara

I originally posted the question and boy was I amazed the flamethrowers immediately fired up. I appreciate all the feedback but some of it was worded as hot as a moth too close to the flame!

One of the respondents requested your presence and from your reply, I can see why.

Level-headed coolness.

Thanks

by Former member

1). Did i mention any names? A. NO.
2). As for the original post, did anybody explain why there are two .com's?. A. NO.
3). Did i explain the original post in easy terms?. A. yes.

Basically until there is a better explanation i will stick and hold to my post.

As for the firing range, all i can say is you are well off target. So keep on firing your un-explainable posts, me i rest easy at night.
Oh do not flame yourselves too much, fire burns. :)

by older mycroft

[i]"1). Did i mention any names? A. NO.[/i]

You were attaching your replies to the previous posts, therefore you were replying to what we had said.

Oh, I'm sorry, were you actually posting in reply to some of your imaginary friends? I didn't realise. I haven't noticed a six-foot rabbit on TR lately!

[i]2). As for the original post, did anybody explain why there are two .com's?. A. NO.[/i]

Well, back here in the land of normal physics, I gave an explanation here:
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-1009-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=276552&messageID=2619984

Then OH SMEG, posted the same here:
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-1009-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=276552&messageID=2620245

[i]3). Did i explain the original post in easy terms?. A. yes.[/i]

Wrong! Firstly, it's not about how easy something is to read. Not when it's completely misleading and wrong!

You posted some bullspit about the other .com being because it was registered in America:
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-1009-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=276552&messageID=2619592

[i]Basically until there is a better explanation i will stick and hold to my post.[/i]

[b]How much better can I possibly put this to you?

Your answer was, and still is, wrong!

If anyone else can explain the concept of being wrong any better, please step up to the plate.[/b]

[i]Is there a psychiatrist in the house?[/i]

by Former member

As for friends that is my choice as it is yours. If i want to phone up people then i will do that.
As for your posts i would have thought you would have answered in a more ADULT manner, but i was WRONG, you post as though a child would when it tries to get its own way. The only WRONG here is your idiotic posts. But then when your a child you post like one.
So as for Psychiatric treatment you might need it also.
So tell me are you always like this when someone posts, always on edge?.
As for the tea over here it is fine thanks. :)
You have your way of thinking (and NO FRIENDS to phone up, what a shame.), i have my way of thinking and many friends at hand of which come very useful. When in business friends come in useful, so i am not going to give that up.

As for your posting Old Mycroft it would be nice if you can stick to the topic, and not fall of your highchair this time, can you do this?. Most probably not. As for reading my posts on other subjects that is up to you why should i hold that against you. I do not comment on your posts, but here you are FLAGGING it on here. Is there something wrong with you or what?. Are you trying to draw attention to your believes and make sure other people follow with the OR ELSE rule method?.
All i can say is, keep taking the pills because, boy oh boy, you need them. :)

Goodness me it is hot in here. :) :)

by Former member

I do not need to, I am already there. But you are getting quite close. What do you mean by "Overall that's 3 to 1, so far"?. Is that how many falls you had off your highchair?. I can believe that. As for my Post i am sticking to it. I will see you in? :) :) Oh you can keep the box. You do not need it down here, it is too hot. :)

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by older mycroft

Keep on digging, give my regards to the Earth's core. :^0

'Nuff said.

by boxfiddler

has friends he can call up if he wants to. I would be one of those.

by w2ktechman

just call me GOD (Gone Off the Deep-end) and I'll settle the score :D

by older mycroft

[u]Circa Monday, April 9, 2001:[/u]

The breaking news was [b]CNET acquires TechRepublic for $23 million[/b]
[i]San Francisco Business Times[/i]

http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2001/04/09/daily5.html

Then...

[u]Circa Thursday, May 15, 2008:[/u]

The breaking news was [b]CBS to buy TechRepublic parent Cnet for $1.8 billion; no local changes expected[/b]
[i]Business First of Louisville[/i]

http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2008/05/12/daily52.html

[i]"CBS Corp. has agreed to buy Cnet Networks Inc., parent of Louisville-based TechRepublic, for about $1.8 billion..

..Tech Republic's operations are at 1630 Lyndon Farm Court off North Hurstbourne Parkway. In addition to the Web site, [u]www.techrepublic.com[/u], local employees also work on Cnet's www.bnet.com, www.cnet.com and www.zdnet.com and www.gamespot.com."[/i]

NOW, - unless you are ocularly challenged, I'm sure you will notice that as at May 15, 2008 - TechRepublic only had one (that's [b]ONE![/b]) '.com' after its name. The second '.com' appeared after this date, after the takeover by CBS.

However, if we are to believe your emphatic insistence of the reason for the 2nd '.com', perhaps on Thursday 15 May, 2008 TechRepublic (and for that matter Louisville, Kentucky) were not actually part of the United States!

If that were the case, I'd have thought that story would have made the headlines instead! :^0

by w2ktechman

"The second '.com' appeared after this date, after the takeover by CBS."

This is incorrect. The .com.com has been around for quite some time. I believe it was in '02 or '03 when it was added.

Edited: If memory serves me, it was part of a site upgrade/change.

by older mycroft

Dear God, why wasn't I told??? ;)

[i](Perhaps as a result of the CNET takeover, then)[/i]

by older mycroft

Who, I hope was invited outside for a cool beer, lined up against a brick wall, and summarily shot!

I've got no time for people who make mistakes! :D

by Former member

But it goes a bit far back then that (Techrepublic .com). As far back as the year 2000, when Techrepublic .com was bought for $80 million. OF which just goes to show MY FIRST POST WAS CORRECT YOU MORON. It is just like you Old Mycroft, lot of words but with no clarity. You still get it WRONG. Oh, how is your COFFIN now?. :) :)? :) :) :)

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by older mycroft

And I enjoy a good lexicographical fisticuffs just as much as the next bloke, but the coffin joke has become slightly tedious for this particular contestant.

So, if you wish the fisticuffs to continue, I suggest you remove the .GIFs forthwith or I'll stop reading your drivel altogether, thereby bringing full closure to a thread that I was quite enjoying being part of.

OK?

Other than that, you are still on a hiding to nothing, mainly because there is something hanging over your head that you've completely missed.

I'll let someone else point it out to you. ;)

by thumbsup2

[i]I'll let someone else point it out to you.[/i]

Naaaaa... I'll let him stew about it for a while. :D

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by ic-it

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by ontheropes

I get the Halloween avatar, if that's your intent, but the numbers? Those I don't get, not that it's my job to 'get' anything. They just make you look like someone else who came, stayed for awhile and then left in the same way, with a string of numbers behind their name.

by older mycroft

Good GRILL. ;)

Let's leave it until he looks like a piece of well-braised steak! :D

by jdclyde

Soni is using harsh language over hear.....

:D

[i]ha haa ha haaa ha. I told on youuuuuuuuu! ;\

by Sonja Thompson

I'll forgive your short term memory, because I suffer the same ailment from time to time (but I can't remember the last time it happened...). However, I DO remember the recent Guidelines thread. You can say "WTF was Microsoft thinking?" or even "The new PC I bought is a piece of sh!t." -- but please refrain from personal attacks. You can disagree, but let's not go for the jugular.

by jdclyde

Now that just isn't fair! I have been properly bad and DESERVE all the spankings I can get....

A little pain never hurt anybody!


by Sonja Thompson

He has a splint for the next week, and hopefully he won't bump the bone back out of place between now and then, when he goes back in for x-rays and the sturdy cast. If that happens, surgery and pins are the dim forecast. I'm remaining optimistic! If you've survived a car sitting on your chest, then this is kid's stuff. ;)

by oh smeg

Of [b]SWMBO[/b] son getting a plaster on his arm and then 2 hours latter going for a swim at th beach. That was years go before they used the Fiberglass casts so the Plaster of Paris didn't react well to the water at all. The quack who set it a few hours previously was also blaming me for allowing him in the water and I didn't know anything about it till he returned back home. See living on the beach is a Health Hazard. :D

Anyway the good news is that if the bolt it together he can use it straight away after wards. I have a few bits of steal in my leg where I put 17 breaks in it on one occasion and it was great I actually almost walked out of the Hospital after than & I did ride a Motorcycle home. Now if they just had of cast it I would have had to refrain somewhat but with the half Cast held on with bandages I could forget all about the breaks. Didn't make the Orthopedic guy real happy but I was fine with it. :D

Besides the car business was good as now when [b]SWMBO[/b] jumps up & down screaming that she wants such & such fixed I can just say I'm too scared to get under the car. Works every time when I don't want to do any work. and she's way to scared to say anything when I do get under a car in case I freak out and walk away from it. ;)

But it's amassing that 5 little word can have such an effect when I'm not overly interested in doing any work. [b]Are you sure it's safe?[/b] ]:)

Sonja Broken Arms/Legs are the easy thing broken ribs are just plain painful. ;)

They are also great for sympathy as well but when you break ribs no one gives you any sympathy at all. :(

Just keep a watch on the Half Cast as the swelling goes down the cast gets loose that is when more damage is likely to happen.

Col

by older mycroft

There's no outward sign of any damage you see, that's the problem. I stumbled out of A&E with my arms cradling my ribs, getting odd looks from folk. They don't even bind 'em up so you can't flash any bandages at folk, as you desperately seek sympathy.

I wasn't worth a primate's proverbial for at least a fortnight. The fortnight's morphine experience was quite enjoyable though. :^0

by Sonja Thompson

He took the year off of tackle football, thank goodness, and instead broke his arm playing flag football! :D

He's already complaining about the itch, and it hasn't even been two full days yet. I'll be sure to pass on your advice. Thanks!

by gadgetgirl

either a knitting needle or a crotchet hook.

Whichever works for him, depending on where the itch is.

After a total of 21 limb breaks and 2 toe breaks, I'm a master of conquering itches.

(I didn't want to say mistress of conquering itches, Scummy would have had a field day :) )

Once he's out of the cast, get him to use a cream/lotion to help the SKIN recover, as well as the break. Anything remotely lubricant will do, it doesn't have to be anything special. You're just trying to rehydrate the skin.

Tell him from me to get well soon!

GG

by the scummy one

drink some Aloe Vera to aid.

The Aloe should still make it to the skin to help keep it moisturized and more or less itch free.
Along with helping in other ways...

And yes, before you say something, I do drink A. vera.

Edited because my keyboard isnt making the letters appear sometimes when I type...

by Sonja Thompson

Do you have any home remedies for the horrid smell coming
from the splint?

by bizzo

Anyway, it looks like CNET bought the domain name com.com (not two extensions, the company name is called com) in 1995 and techrepublic is now a subdomain. The same as the site windowsupdate.microsoft.com, it is a subdomain of microsoft.com.

See here for the whois entry:
http://who.is/whois-com/ip-address/com.com/

Edit: Looks like he beat me to it https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=276552&messageID=2621336
I was only a day late!

by boxfiddler

something exciting about a good flame war now and again.
I think I must be a not nice person.
Whatever. :D

by computercookie

make a lot more sense than some of the
previous answers to this question. I never
thought to look up WhoIs as I believed the
previous answers "because it was a sub-domain
of CNET".

However this session is way out of control
and shows that a lot of long term members
either haven't bothered to read the previous discussions on this topic or have a memory
problem.

by oh smeg

Too much Methanol. :D

Really makes your eyes water too when you are on the start line behind a engine running on that stuff. :0

Col

by oh smeg

Metho down the inside of the cast stops the need to itch.

Works a treat as well. Though you do get some strange looks if you have to go out. ;)

Just avoid naked flames and there isn't a problem. You can also get High on the smell of the Metho as well so it's not all a total loss.

Col

by computercookie

you'd conquered you're the petrol sniffing
addiction you find a new one Col!

by oh smeg

On hot days. :(

And I don't even like the smell of Methylated Spirits but if it was the much cheaper Methanol that would be a different story. ;)

Col

by oh smeg

Breath, Laugh, Cry well do anything at all actually. :(

I broke my leg in 17 places and it didn't hurt anywhere near as much when I broke just 1 rib. Mind you breaking them all is a very unique sensation in pain that I don't care to repeat. ;)

Col

by older mycroft

Military Manoeuvres for me! ;)

I had to take a loooong time thinking about one of those moves, steeling myself for the amazing level of pain that I knew for certain was going to wreak havoc through my nerve-endings.

After the fortnight on Morphine, I then had three months on Co-Codamol 30/500 thingies - they were like Alkaseltzers - pop a couple into a glass of water, swig 'em down and the pain just drifted away... [b]and so did I![/b] [i]Almost as much fun as the Morphine.[/i] When the pain was really bad, in between the 6-hourly doses of Co-Codamol I also had Diclofenac (and Tramadol) but they were only to be used if and when I felt the need to [u]MOVE[/u] halfway through the other drug cycles.

Nah, broken ribs ~especially when 5 are fractured at the one time~ are a bloody nightmare. It was over eighteen months before I could sleep all night without pain if I rolled onto my side.

On a lighter note - the two titanium rods in my knees are superbly comfortable. :^0

by Sonja Thompson

At the ER, Andrew had a shot of morphine, and the next day, when I ran to the store for some essential groceries, he asked me if I could try to find some more of that!

by oh smeg

Maybe because I've had way too many Opiates over the years but I've found that 100 MG of Tramadol IV works just as well as the Morphine but without the side effects of constantly wanting more.

Removes the pain quite nicely and I don't feel the need to see strange things. :D

Doesn't affect your drinking time either. Personally I'm on the 200 MG Tramadol twice a day so I'm 2/3 of the way to the Max Safe Limit before I even do anything to hurt myself like work. Whoops I hope that Tammy doesn't see me using such language. :0

But 100 MG IV just removes the pain after about 10 - 15 minutes and it's not addictive. Now all I have to do is overcome my severs dislike of Needles. Most normal people have their Gall Bladder removed to stop the pain I didn't have any pain before I had mine removed and it's hurt ever since. So much so that I now have to give myself IM Needles. :(

Not Fair I tell you it's just [b]Not Fair.[/b] I'm allergic to needles. :_|

Col

by oh smeg

How to run an engine on Crystals. :p

But I'm open to suggestions. :^0

Col

by Sonja Thompson

I'm only sorry that such a neutral question turned into a sparring match.

I hope that this experience doesn't deter you from asking more questions or participating in more discussions on the site.

Best regards,

Sonja

by the scummy one

maybe a bit green for ya today?

Or just turning into a Wussy??? :0 :0

by older mycroft

I know that Jam can 'turn' but Lemon Curd is going a bit far!! :D

by jiminpa

Just trying to revive an old Norm MacDonald joke... I don't even remember what the commercial was for but he was with the guy from Sun and dang it I can't remember his name but all his jokes were .com this and .com that... cracked me up :D

by oh smeg

And don't let him back in till the smell is all gone.

You may be surprised just how fast it disappears. :D

Col

by jasonhiner

TechRepublic was bought by CNET Networks in early 2001. Since CNET was an Internet pioneer it bought up tons of domain names early on, including a lot of basic names like search.com, mp3.com, and tv.com.

One of the domains it bought was com.com. Late in 2001 the CNET business and engineering teams came up with the idea of uniting all of its sites under a single domain. So you had cnet.com.com, news.com.com, zdnet.com.com, techrepublic.com.com, etc.

There were a number of reasons why this seemed like a good idea then. None of them panned out and one by one all of the sites went back to just one .com -- except TechRepublic.

Why? Because TechRepublic has so much evergreen content and so many search engines and other sites that link to our pages, if we changed the URL a lot of them would automatically break the links (despite any redirects), especially the search engines. That would lead to a bad user experience and we'd lose a ton of traffic.

So we're pretty much stuck with the two coms for now.

by ansugisalas

I.e. is there a specific reason why it'd be nicer to switch to simply .com ?

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