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On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 12:04:57PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote: > In article <[email protected]>, Jay R. Ashworth > <[email protected]> writes > >The Domain Name System is not now, and never has been, away to *find* > >things, anymore than 123 Elm St, Worcester MA is a way to *find* a > >house. > > What about "1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA" ? Or 1 Tech Data Drive, Largo, or 1 Infinite Loop; yeah, there are lots of good examples of why addresses are random and shouldn't be used to *locate* things... except as keys into directories. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Joseph Stalin)
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