If a few years ago you'd taken the trouble to register a few attractive domain names, you'd be worth millions for the few minutes work (and for about a couple hundred dollars).

wallstreet.com just sold for a million.
altavista.com sold for 3.35 million.
linux.com sold for a few millions.

Read more at
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ap/technology/story.html?s=v/ap/19990430/tc/expensive_name_1.html