Re: [ICANN-EU] more questions: Future of the DNS?

[Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>]

On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 02:05:45PM +0200, Andreas Fügner <Andreas.Fuegner@lizenz.com> wrote:
> Dear Marc:


couldn't you add "Schneiders"? I can see a potential naming conflict here...

> >Random numbers are nonsense, sorry. You cannot remember them at all. It
> >would be much better to use third level domains under memorable second
> >level domains.
> 
> What is wrong with telephone numbers?

Nothing: 0800-dial-me-now ... absolutely no problems ;=> To be less
cynical, phone numbers are difficult to remember, that's why we look
up phone numbers by yellow pages for example (could it be that this is
actually what dns does? woaw ;)

> The whole world works with them and you do get along there too, don't you?

No, I definitely don't get along with numbers. 497217463446 ... nope...
"Parents"... ah, yes, that I can remember ;)

> Actually the telephone system was started with names and later switched to
> numbers when the name system got to complicated to handle.

This was a technical limitation, you can suppose that the telephone
network has become more advanced. Are you in favour of computer dominating
over humans?

> Perhaps we should get rid of domain names and move back to numbers ?

Sure...

# ping 3ffe:b00:c18:1fff:0:0:0:5b

(and that is a comparatively easy-to-remember ip address). Sorry, but it's
a shame to propose going back to numbers. This *is* like throwing away your
phone-book, yellow-pages, dns...

I suppose you were just cynical and nobody noticed it ;)

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