🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1992Aug01.175721.7875@anomaly.sbs.risc.net> kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.risc.net (Michael P. Deignan (KD1HZ)) writes:
>barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
>
>>It's more than just a convention and good manners, it's simply "the way
>>things work."  The NIC is the master server for the .COM zone (as well as
>>all the other non-country domains).
>
>No argument here. But, if a machine with IP addressibility which I establish
>has no intentions of being addressed via a domain name, but only an IP
>address, then I can call the machine whatever you want. I can call it
>"shithead", since, after all, I don't expect to get e-mail address to
>"someone@shithead", nor to I expect people to be able to "telnet shithead"
>or "ftp shithead".
>
     Yet another argument that is not pertinent to the situation that
was being discussed.  Is there some reason you feel it necessary to
sidetrack the discussion with matters that have no bearing on that
discussion?  If not, please quit wasting bandwidth or have the cour-
tesy to start a different thread for your different topic.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
                                  Systems Programming
                                  Computer Center
                                  Northern Illinois University
                                  DeKalb, Illinois 60115
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