THE END (was: Re: Internic hosage (fwd))

Mon Mar 23 00:34:11 UTC 1998

Can we put this to rest.

TIA

On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 22, 1998 at 07:10:46PM -0500, Dean Anderson wrote:
> > At 1:22 PM -0500 3/22/98, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > >Round one to Robb, on a TKO.
> > 
> > I concede that I have been outdone by Professor Robb. I am unable to
> > comprehend his logic, and my mail spool isn't large enough to contain his
> > rambling tirades.  I would respond point by insensible point to his mail,
> > but I have limited time.
> > 
> > Dr Robb (aka God) has the amazing ability to detect incorrect host records
> > from his planet by psychic intuition, and doesn't need to go through the
> > tedium of actually checking with people who are authoritative for a domain
> > or IP, like the rest of us, since he is authoritative.  This is not
> > something to be wasted or trifled with.  Indeed, one must demand that
> > Internic immediately delete the offending record, and then notify the
> > contacts.  In retrospect, I can see that simply sending mail to contacts at
> > host.net and youwant.to is a waste of time for someone who is
> > authoritative.  I apologize for not realizing this sooner.
> 
> <sigh>
> 
> Dean, Dean... and I had such high hopes for you.
> 
> His assertion, that the interNIC ought to follow it's own published
> procedures and follow up on reports of bogus data, attempting
> correction, and in extremis, deleting such records, seems to stand on
> it's own.
> 
> It's also apparent from others' comments that they do not, which does
> not surprise me at all, given _my_ past experiences with the InterNIC.
> 
> Have A Nice Day, Dean.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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