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Ping whois over and over if you need proof... seems like an odd thing to assume they'd lie about.
WHOIS on stackoverflow right now shows its still with GoDaddy. I am not calling them liars but I do want to actually see them make the switch.
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Why do people equate registrars with DNS? Wherever you're hosting your site is where you should be handling DNS.
That is not particularly rational. It makes moving hosting providers harder and many provide very different dns services. You might want an api or support for different record types that otherwise good hosting services dont provide. I use zerigo just for dns because they are really goid at it...
I cannot believe how many people are using the worst domain registrar in existence, even if you don't consider SOPA support. Out of all of the domain registrars, why GoDaddy?
Inertia. GoDaddy was great back when the other main option was Network Solutions. If you registered for multiple years, or simply forgot to transfer before the renewal period, it was easy to stay.
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The only time I ever had a fraudulent transaction on my card, it wasn't stopped until they'd wiped out my account by gambling £1,900 of my money on Littlewoods Online. The bank never stopped my account, the criminals only stopped taking money when they'd emptied the account and run up an overdraft, at which point my card started declining. I only found out when I tried to buy a train ticket home and got 'card decline…
The overseas thing used to happen to me regularly too. I was traveling to San Francisco regularly for work, and after the first few trips I always made sure I had at least enough in USD on me to get to the hotel, and would always try my card first thing at the airport to get them to block it as soon as possible so I could call and get it unblocked right away. It's gotten better - now they (Barclays) have an option in…
I'm not sure what the laws are in your home country, but in the US, banks have incentive to block first and ask questions later because they're legally on the hook for any fraudulent charges under federal law. Quite simply, they'd rather mildly irritate you than potentially lose money to a lost or stolen card.
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That is not particularly rational. It makes moving hosting providers harder and many provide very different dns services. You might want an api or support for different record types that otherwise good hosting services dont provide. I use zerigo just for dns because they are really goid at it...
Managing DNS completely separately is fine, too. I just don't think it's a particularly good idea to use your registrar as your DNS provider unless you're also using it for hosting. I'd much rather point my registrar at my host's DNS than to have to update DNS records every time something changes on the host.
On the other hand, you might want to be able to do that rather than not be able to.
I'm thinking of the situation where your host goes down. If it is host-wide, your (their) DNS servers might be down too.
I intentionally use a different company for DNS than hosting, so if the host goes down I can point my DNS to somewhere else.
Actually, what surprises me is that SO would be registered with them in the first place.
It is registered way back in 2003. may be not many popular alternatives then.
see: http://jcooney.net/post/2010/08/26/Back-in-the-day-preferred...
I cannot believe how many people are using the worst domain registrar in existence, even if you don't consider SOPA support. Out of all of the domain registrars, why GoDaddy?
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It is registered way back in 2003. may be not many popular alternatives then.
really? I'm the guy that suggested the name 'stackoverflow.com' to Jeff, and at the time I suggested it it was NOT registered. see: http://jcooney.net/post/2010/08/26/Back-in-the-day-preferred...
Though its possible that it was registered in 03, someone let it expire, and then it was up for grabs again. Im not 100% certain how the 'Created on' value works