Clarify that the top level TLD is '.' (#283)

* Updating the quickstart to making it more idiot-proof after my stumbling journey * - updated FIFSRegistrar to the right abi based on the current .sol contract note: the older abi had expiryTimes in it which let you call the function and it returned 0 making you think the domain wasn't registered when in reality the interface doesn't implement it. * Revert "- updated FIFSRegistrar to the right abi based on the current .sol contract" This reverts commit 2a1ae54. * clarifying note about the top level TLD which helped me a lot in understanding how ENS works * updated the language per Nick's suggestion
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@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ Note the use of `web3.sha3()` instead of `namehash()` when specifying the subdom
 
 The owner of a name can reassign ownership of subdomains at any time, even if they're owned by someone else.
 
+**Note:** When you first create your registry, the only domain is '.' (the root domain) and the root domain creates subdomains like the 'test' and 'eth' top-level domains.
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 Resolving Names
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