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To: cynwoody
Biased website? When I go to the original site of the image (http://www.bomford.net/worcestershire/images/DavidJeffreyBomfordBirthCertDoc65.jpg), I get a 404 response. Totally unbiased (except in favor of the ISP's bottom line), although it does fall below average in informativity. When I go to front door (http://www.bomford.net/), it's immediately obvious to anyone with any experience getting websites hosted on the cheap that they exceeded their bandwidth.

And of course, we know why, don't we?

Are you paying attention at all? The link, which was inserted deep in the family tree on one of the site pages and occurred before before the account was suspended, was to the Washington Independent, a biased US website, as referenced in my OP. Once the change had been made, the front door and all doors were still fully functional. Only later was the account suspended.

So again, the ISP managers saw that the obscure site, which had not been updated in 2+ years, was crashing because of increased traffic. They did not shut the site down or contact the site admins but rather modified one obscure portion of one page on the site explaining the situation while linking to a biased US website and leaving the entire site and "front door" fully functional. Later, they suspended the account because it was not a premium account. Is that right? Seriously?

39 posted on 08/04/2009 12:07:43 AM PDT by FTJM
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To: FTJM; Technical Editor
The link, which was inserted deep in the family tree on one of the site pages and occurred before before the account was suspended, was to the Washington Independent, a biased US website, as referenced in my OP.

Didn't see it, even though I fetched the original image a number of times after Technical Editor first found it and thus conclusively debunked the certificate.

In any case, I just took a look at the link you provided in your original post, and it seemed like a straight-forward explanation of the facts available at the time. I didn't look at the rest of the site, so I can't opine if it's "biased".

If the Bomford site really was hacked to link to the Washington Independent, then you'd have hot story. But of course, you'd have to document it. Saying it happened isn't good enough.

43 posted on 08/04/2009 12:28:27 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: FTJM
BTW, here is Bomford's contact info, if you feel like documenting the hack you discovered.

Domain Name.......... bomford.net
  Creation Date........ 2005-02-08
  Registration Date.... 2005-02-08
  Expiry Date.......... 2010-02-08
  Organisation Name.... Richard Bomford
  Organisation Address. 25 Berrigan Crescent
  Organisation Address.
  Organisation Address. OConnor
  Organisation Address. 2602
  Organisation Address. ACT
  Organisation Address. AUSTRALIA

Admin Name........... Richard Bomford
  Admin Address........ 25 Berrigan Crescent
  Admin Address........
  Admin Address........ OConnor
  Admin Address........ 2602
  Admin Address........ ACT
  Admin Address........ AUSTRALIA
  Admin Email.......... web1manager@bomford.net
  Admin Phone.......... +61.262477959
  Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ YahooDomains TechContact
  Tech Address......... 701 First Ave.
  Tech Address.........
  Tech Address......... Sunnyvale
  Tech Address......... 94089
  Tech Address......... CA
  Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
  Tech Email........... domain.tech@yahoo-inc.com
  Tech Phone........... +1.6198813096
  Tech Fax.............
  Name Server.......... ns1.serverlinks.net
  Name Server.......... ns2.serverlinks.net

I leave it to you to come up with a case to make to them why they should investigate how the Washington Independent hacked them. Something about making history, perhaps? You have to realize, they're just trying to have some family memorabilia hosted online. They don't need Obama. They don't need the Birfers. They're down under in OZ! I suspect you'll need to make a case to interest them in helping you.

46 posted on 08/04/2009 12:38:46 AM PDT by cynwoody
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