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    * Mikerowesoft.com - Back alive?

    Everybody check out mikerowesoft.com.

    Don't know if everyone remembers but there was almost a lawsuit about that site, and the guy swapped the site for an xbox and some other things.

    Now, it seems like it's back in the hands of Mike Rowe, despite the WHOIS:



    Administrative Contact:
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    Technical Contact:
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    Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
    Record last updated on 07-Jul-2005.
    Record expires on 05-Aug-2006.
    Record created on 05-Aug-2003.

    Domain servers in listed order:
    NS3.MSFT.NET 213.199.144.151
    NS1.MSFT.NET 207.46.245.230
    NS5.MSFT.NET 207.46.138.20
    NS2.MSFT.NET 64.4.25.30
    NS4.MSFT.NET 207.46.66.75
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    lol is he hacked?

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    I'm an adminstrator on Mike Rowe Forums and "Jesus", an adminstrator on the forums has been changing the templates and orginally named it "Kerry Jones Forums".

    I've demoted him and considering to switch to Simple Machine Forums since i'm unable to get in contact with Mike.
    Kerry Jones

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    So, what exactly is happening with the domain?
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    Originally posted by Kerry Jones
    I'm an adminstrator on Mike Rowe Forums and "Jesus", an adminstrator on the forums has been changing the templates and orginally named it "Kerry Jones Forums".

    I've demoted him and considering to switch to Simple Machine Forums since i'm unable to get in contact with Mike.
    Seriously?

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    Is he ever serious?

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    Originally posted by Kerry Jones
    I'm an adminstrator on Mike Rowe Forums and "Jesus", an adminstrator on the forums has been changing the templates and orginally named it "Kerry Jones Forums".

    I've demoted him and considering to switch to Simple Machine Forums since i'm unable to get in contact with Mike.
    It's his avatar on the forums. I'd say its him. Numerous mentions to "Kerry"

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    Switch to Simple Machines from vB?
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    Originally posted by KimmiKat
    Switch to Simple Machines from vB?
    Good question.
    I switched from Simple machines to vB and watched the load drop a little more than half. I wont turn this into a forum war though
    Dave

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    ns[1-5].msft.net all show mikerowesoft.com being a CNAME (alias) for www.mikeroweforums.com .

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    Wow reading through a few of those thread there . . . what a waste of 5 minutes.
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    I'm still not quite sure what's happening though.

    I don't know if any of you actually remember what happened, but Microsoft ceased the domain and, as far as I am aware, began forwarding it to Microsoft.com.

    Could anyone confirm this?
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    Originally posted by iFuseLiam
    I'm still not quite sure what's happening though.

    I don't know if any of you actually remember what happened, but Microsoft ceased the domain and, as far as I am aware, began forwarding it to Microsoft.com.

    Could anyone confirm this?
    I don't think so. As far as I remember, there was an agreement between them to let him continue using the domain as long as it was transferred over to MS. I'm not sure if it's in MS' hands now or not, and really don't care.

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    It was a good deal for the kid that had the domain. He got a decent deal from Microsoft. The kid that was hosting it got hammered by traffic and had his name all over, but seemed to do well. From what I have seen lately, it is just a few kids squablling over the remaining traffic and who is "boss".
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    all i can smell is something working up behind the scene.. maybe someone else is inspired by MSs deal with the kid and is eyeing a xBox 360
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    Mike has probably moved on to bigger better things then dwelling over a has-been domain name and forums. Leaving that to "Jesus" and others to fight over a forum whose 15 minutes have long since expired!

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    I'm not familar with the site, what was on it before?

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    Originally posted by Bingo Tide
    Mike has probably moved on to bigger better things then dwelling over a has-been domain name and forums. Leaving that to "Jesus" and others to fight over a forum whose 15 minutes have long since expired!
    Yeah I get emails from them to this date saying I need to go visit the forum . Though by just looking at it I had to laugh.

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    well as you can see the site is being overran with bots and 'jesus' has made various changes to the template and since i'm unable to contact Mike to renew the $30 upgrade fee for the owned vbulletin license to patch from 3.0.3 to 3.0.7 I feel that may be the only choice to go and fix the website.

    Yeah I get emails from them to this date saying I need to go visit the forum . Though by just looking at it I had to laugh.
    Yes, I believe it was 'jesus' sending out gay emails through "kerry@gaydar.com" with a message about joining.

    my current username is ULA, but i'm considering to change it back to Kerry.
    Kerry Jones

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    Kerry yup that was the email I am talking about. Though I knew something was up since I know how you post and all, and it did not seem like you at all.

    Originally posted by Kerry Jones
    well as you can see the site is being overran with bots and 'jesus' has made various changes to the template and since i'm unable to contact Mike to renew the $30 upgrade fee for the owned vbulletin license to patch from 3.0.3 to 3.0.7 I feel that may be the only choice to go and fix the website.



    Yes, I believe it was 'jesus' sending out gay emails through "kerry@gaydar.com" with a message about joining.

    my current username is ULA, but i'm considering to change it back to Kerry.

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    I cant log into my account there!!!! It keeps dumping me back to the main page (w/o saying anything)


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    lol i guess so.

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    Is the Mike Rowe of Mikerowesoft, the same Mike Rowe that has a new show on TV called dirty jobs?
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    No ... This Mike Rowe is much younger ...
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