Re: Piping, redirection and shellscipts: 3/5/2025 7pm Eastern Standard time

Never thought about rent in those terms, seems almost criminal. But how
does domain-squatting get confused with rent-seeking? They're my
domains, my invention, if I quit paying the rent, they become available
to someone else and I lose them forever.

On 3/10/25 16:42, Steve Litt wrote:
> Ron said on Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:05:29 -0700
>
>> Steve Litt wrote on 2025-03-05 14:04:
>>
>>> Domain squatting? Yeah, everyone thinks the other guy either
>>> shouldn't make money or is doing so unethically.
>> My mistake.
>>
>> I didn't realize rent-seeking is totally okay if it's to make money.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
> By your definition the following are rent seekers:
>
> * Salesmen: But just try to move your product without them.
>
> * Stock brokers: But without a market, nothing would sell.
>
> * Ebay: But without it buyers and sellers would never meet.
>
> * Domainers: We provide a market for domains that otherwise would have
>    been taken by some dweeb sitting in mommy's basement.
>
> But Ron, let's hear how *you* make a living, and your tremendous
> contribution to society and the economy.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
>
> http://444domains.com
>
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