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On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 12:34:56PM -0700, Michael Dillon wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > > > How does providing different top level domains for different categories > > of organizations "violate the laws of physics", Michael? > > It tries to confine objects to a single state whereas physics teaches that > the universe cannot be so neatly sliced and diced. Taxonomy isn't a physical science, is it? > Of course, I could have simply asked the question that needs to be asked, > namely: why would anyone want a name to include a category anyway? Because people in different categories want "the same name". It's a convenient divisor. DNS names are actually _addresses_, and can't be expected to map one to one with names in the large; this is an attempt to soften the impact of that problem. But you already knew that, no? > Your name, Jay Ashworth, gives no clue as to your education, your > training, your profession, your age, your race, your height. Why should an > Internet domain name be any different? The DNS needs to be hierarchical so > that a query can trace a path from the root of the DNS to find the IP > address belonging to a name. But why should the branches in the hierarchy > mean anything in particular in any given human language? Because that's the way people _think_? If I'm looking for the Coca Cola Drinkers Club, it's obvious to someone who knows what the tags _are_ that that will be at cocacola.org, not cocacola.com, Coke's lawyers notwithstanding. > Some people would > like to restrict .com to COMMON usage, .org to ORGASMIC providers and .net > to CLEAN content (net is French for clean), but I personally don't give a > damn and prefer a more diverse and chaotic system of naming. I know you made those up out of thin air, but still.. If you want a real answer as to how this should be done, ask a librarian. And the fact that that's my recommendation should say something all by itself. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com
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