[debian-knoppix] Re: knopper.com
at any rate, long live Klaus Knopper!
Tom Arnall
Information Technology Specialist
Redwood Sciences Laboratory
USDA Forest Service
Arcata, CA
USA
>Message: 10
>Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:00:12 +0200
>From: Achim Unger <Achim.Unger@Ing-Buero-Unger.de>
>To: debian-knoppix@linuxtag.org
>Subject: Re: [debian-knoppix] knopper.com
>Reply-To: Achim.Unger@web.de
>Organization: Ingenieurbüro Achim Unger
>
>Hallo ,
>
>knopper.com has nothing to do with KNOPPIX, there are probably more
>people out there named knopper! (ever tried whitehouse.com? Another
>"misuse" of an already existing address:-)
>
>To me it looks like another portal. I can not see any hints to
>knoppix/gnu/linux. The reason it is for sale makes it quite unlikely
>that it is Bill's idea. He would NOT sell it, I guess.
>
>I like to point out that this is my personal opinon I got from just
>going to that address.
>
>regards
>
>Achim
>
>
>
>> I tried 'knopper.com' from i'net explorer a bit ago (don't like to use
>> ms, but the us gov' is in bed with the trash). To me, the following
>> details are interesting:
>>
>> 1. The resulting page locked me into a loop that begins with a
>> request to make the page my home page. The only way I could get out
>> of the loop was to end the browser task from the task list.
>>
>> 2. The registrar for the site is in Redmond, WA, i.e., the site of
>> microsoft's headquarters.
>>
>> 3. At the top of the list of url tags is 'For Sale - Contact Us'.
>> Presumably, it's the url that's for sale.
>>
>> Another one of crazy bill's pranks?
>>
>
>
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