Any Ape

Windowpane Observatory was one of the original name a star registration services. Our name a galaxy service has been active for fifteen years to raise money for astronomy research. Lately, though, there’s been fierce competition from a free name a galaxy web site, which appeared on the internet a couple of years ago. The free name a galaxy web site owner is openly critical of the fee that we ask for. For our fee, the name a galaxy registrant receives in the mail a full color certificate, a personal signed letter from an astronomer, a star chart showing where the galaxy is located in the night sky and a scientific profile of the galaxy.

What does one get for free at the free name a galaxy web site? Nothing more than an automatic computer program that automatically creates a certificate that must be printed at one’s own expense. But, as with virtually anything that’s free, there’s a catch. The name a galaxy web site demands that a person provide a name and email address, despite the fact that all that is ever sent to the registrant is a code that is needless to the sign up process. Why is this? One may presume that the free name a galaxy website is wrought by a spammer who is assembling e-mail addresses that are then resold to a third party.

The operator of this no-charge name a galaxy site announces that he has no intention of selling email addresses. But what is his intention, then? Why would he steal our name a galaxy idea and create a free galaxy naming web site? If he’s not amassing e-mail addresses for spammers, then perhaps he’s just mean. Our customer service number is proudly publicised on our web site, but his is not. So this renders it unfeasible to call him up and ask him what he is up to.