Truly, a classic post!
Geoff > On 8 May 2024, at 4:36 PM, John Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: [email protected] > Newsgroups: aus.jokes > Subject: The Holy DNS Commandments > Date: 22 Aug 1995 06:13:04 GMT > > And behold, there were great thunder and lightnings, and the mighty prophet > Gehofrey came down from the temple of Munnari and told Children of AU that > the Lord God Kre had vouchedsafe unto them these Holy Commandments, graven > upon stone tablets:- > > 1. Thou SHALT NOT send DNS information to the Lord God Kre's personal > mailbox, lest the Wrath of the Lord Kre be kindled and wax hot against thee. > > 2. Thou shalt format thy request in a mysterious format known unto none save > the holiest priesthood of the order of DNS, that thy days may be long in the > domain that the Lord Kre hath given thee. > > 3. If thy requests be incorrectly seconded or ill formatted, thou shalt NOT > be added to the root AU domain but shalt be forever cast out of the named > boot into the outer darkness where there is great weeping and wailing and > gnashing of teeth. > > 4. Thine entries must be DNS walkable, or naught shall be delegated. > > 5. Thou shalt wait in vain for a reply. Ever. > > 6. If the Lord deigneth to reply at all, it is because thou art incredibly > stupid, dullwitted, blind and slow of understanding, and comprehendeth not > such simple DNS concepts; therefore shall He quote thee large inscriptions of > the Holy DNS Bible, so that thy mailbox runneth over. > > 7. If not large inscriptions of the Holy DNS Bible, then large inscriptions > of the sacred RFC tomes. > > 8. Thou shalt not complain about the Lord's ineffable doings or Commandments > in news; "My Ways are not your ways, neither are My Thoughts your thoughts" > saith the Lord Kre, and He shall pour out the vials of His scorn upon thine > head from on High in the sight of all the multitudes. > _______________________________________________ AusNOG mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
