I'm sure you, like me, are hyperactive with excitment over the announcement of a new Pope.
Maybe not.
There's one man who is, though: Floridian Rogers Cadenhead, who recently bought the domain name www.benedictxvi.com. Wired News has more:
In an interview shortly after Ratzinger's announcement Tuesday, Cadenhead said the purchase of the domain name was more of an educated guess than divine guidance.
Newly elected popes often take the names of previous popes in honor of them. So when media reports last month revealed that Pope John Paul II was in his final hours, Cadenhead worked out the possible names that the new pope might select and set out to buy those domains. He ended up buying six in all -- including ClementXV.com, InnocentXIV.com, LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com and PiusXII.com. Some domains, like JohnPaulIII.com and JohnXXIV.com, already were taken.
Cadenhead, a technical writer who was raised Catholic, said he bought the domains as a game -- not as a way to make money by cybersquatting. Besides, he added, "If I didn't do it, someone less reputable would."
Quite why it's a game to buy six domains is beyond me, but fair play to him it's his moment in the sun.
