Re: Diacritical application in the DNS

[hardie]

Henning wrote:
> And they would insist that something like
> 
> 180.035.069.037
> 
> would spell 1-800-Flowers and try to reserve an IP address based on that
> name.
> -- 

Believe it or not, the SRI NIC did get at least one request for a vanity
IP address around 1988-89.  As your example notes, they wanted it to
spell out the name of the organization.

It's awfully hard to parody marketing, isn't it?
                                regards,
                                        Ted Hardie