tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post112005649985901312..comments2023-05-29T08:58:13.381-04:00Comments on Recycled Knowledge: Absolute and relative namesJohn Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-1120539276221612702005-07-05T00:54:00.000-04:002005-07-05T00:54:00.000-04:00I'll ask for relative addresses when DNS dies. Gi...I'll ask for relative addresses when DNS dies. Given how random the International Conspiracy to Assign Network Names is, who can tell when that will be?<BR/><BR/>The other scenario is cybernetic natural disaster. Think ham radio operators.<BR/><BR/>Some of my first posts to usenet had some truly bizarre mail-to-news gateways in them. Like "From: @foovax1.bitnet:me%nic.foo. ..@cunyvm.cuny.edu". That's according to google groups. I remember much more flailing around with DECnet "::" addressing. The dots are a pain. I'm happy Google is dutifully keeping my 15 year old <B><I>BITNET</I></B> addresses free from spam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-1120214274338274312005-07-01T06:37:00.000-04:002005-07-01T06:37:00.000-04:00Wait... who's asking for relative addresses again?...Wait... who's asking for relative addresses again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-1120198545151039032005-07-01T02:15:00.000-04:002005-07-01T02:15:00.000-04:00Yes, and then during the transition, programs woul...Yes, and then during the transition, programs would get confused whether foo!bar!baz@qux.com really meant (foo!bar!baz)@qux.com (i.e. baz%bar%foo@qux.com) or foo!bar!(baz@qux.com) ...<BR/><BR/>Here is an article (in german) I filed during that time about <A HREF="http://groups.google.de/group/de.alt.folklore.computer/browse_thread/thread/f6ad72e43804bf79/2405b9986556cc4e" REL="nofollow">a mail delivery gone wild.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com