Dean and all, One flaw with your counter argument Dean. That being that "RFC's" are "Requests for comments" not laws or necessarily standards... They (RFC's) are therefore a "Work in progress"... Dean Robb wrote: > At 11:00 AM 6/20/99 -0700, Ed Gerck wrote: > >Ellen Rony wrote: > > > >> ...[snip] > >> In the latter case, NSI began encouraging the blurring of the distinctions > >> by reminding registrants that they could have their desired name in all > >> three TLDs. I am very glad to see that NSI recently removed that > >> solicitation from its home page. > > >Ellen and all: > > > >So, by calling for NSI (or anyone else) to distinguish between the > >different meanings *you* or any organization quite arbitrarily assign to > >a particular byte combination such as .ORG and .COM, you are essentially > >repeating the very same mistake of those that you get upset with and > >ask them to go buy your book -- who are also merely saying that to them, > >obviously, the byte combination VW can only mean "that", in the same way > >and right when you are saying that the byte combination ".ORG" can also > >and obviously only mean "that". But, both attitudes are intersubjective > >and can never claim to be "that" ;-) > > An interesting viewpoint. One flaw, though...and that is that > .com/.net/.org/et alia are defined by RFC. Calling this arbitrary is > rather like calling the definition of "telephone" in the Oxford English > Dictionary arbitrary. Somewhere there MUST be a definitive definition, an > ultimate authority to say "this is what that means". In this case, the > RFCs are the ultimate authority for definitions of TLDs and their purpsoses. > > When the OED defines "VW" as being only Volkswagen, then I'll concede Mr. > Gerck's point. > > "Let there be light!"...and God invented Thomas Edison. > > Dean Robb > Owner, PC-EASY > (757) 495-EASY [3279] > On-site computer repair, upgrades and consultations > Lead SimOps columnist/reviewer on http://WWW.TheGamers.Net Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
