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Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by SkyMarshal »

randallsquared wrote: post #116
adrianwaj wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could have an automated site extracting whitehouse photos from here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse and allow users to customize. edit: "The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House." maybe not.

That's what hosting in The Netherlands is for.

Bad idea. Since Obama's not only a Muslim but the second coming of the prophet Abraham, peace be upon him, he'll murder anyone who blasphemes his picture.

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by jimmyjim »

run4yourlives wrote: post #221
EGF wrote: post #212

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any suggestions on the best scripts to set something like this up? I have a similar "ornot" site that I would love to get off the ground but not sure which platform to choose

Scripts? It's a database table with images with scores that are randomly accessed and presented to the user. When the user clicks on a photo, + to score, and reload the page with new photos. All the rest is just candy, really. Point being either it is trival to create this yourself, or you could google it. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hot+or+not+scripts

In the face of the current economic conditions (i.e., US is at a terrible consuming/producing imbalance, and, well.. the only future in light of this is grim), these quick-buck strategies that seem to appeal only to the lowest common denominator start to seem alluring, indeed, only for the quick bucks. Wouldn't it be a better idea to allocate your time and resources elsewhere? Perhaps at something that may prove to be fruitful in the long term?

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by dave_au »

run4yourlives wrote: post #221
EGF wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

any suggestions on the best scripts to set something like this up? I have a similar "ornot" site that I would love to get off the ground but not sure which platform to choose

Scripts? It's a database table with images with scores that are randomly accessed and presented to the user. When the user clicks on a photo, + to score, and reload the page with new photos. All the rest is just candy, really. Point being either it is trival to create this yourself, or you could google it. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hot+or+not+scripts

I assumed it was an identify-the-cute-pig-picture captcha service.

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by kls »

there wrote: post #228
jncraton wrote: post #215

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How long have you been holding on to that first one?

since at least 2003. i ran a site at 1.8t.org for a number of years but now i'm just hanging on to it because it's a 2-letter domain.

you could do a retro 80's (music, memorabilia, whatever) site with that one.
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