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> Subject: RE: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens upPandora's Box of > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:25:38 -0700 > From: "Tomas L. Byrnes" <[email protected]> > To: "Jay R. Ashworth" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > > Shouldn't we take all the ICANNt and DNS Related stuff to > dns-operations? Seems more "on-topic" there... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay R. Ashworth [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens > upPandora's Box of > > 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) > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1528 - Release Date: 7/1/2008 > 7:26 AM > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 9B1 San Jose, CA 95134 I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton |