At 10:18 AM 7/14/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> >> So far as I know, consumers can edit the fields in their network
control
>> >> settings for most OSs to direct themselves to any DNS server willing to
>> >> resolve names for them.
>> >
>> >Actually it is a bit more complicated than that.
>>
>> I should think so. Fact is, most consumers (Mom, Pop, Granny, etc.)
>> get lost without an icon to click on. It is this mind set among the
>> techie nerds which -- and this may surprise you -- lies at the direct
>> root (no pun intended) of the reason why individual domain name
>> holders cannot be recognized, no matter what they do.
>
>
>You probably can't tune your automobile -- they are far too technical
>nowadays for the average home joe. Yet you can select which
>professional mechanic you go to.
>
>And one can evaluate how good a job that professional does -- if your car
>doesn't run afterwords, overheats, dribbles oil, or the gas mileage drops,
>you knew he/she screwed up and switch to a new mechanic.
>
>Similarly, even if one can't run a DNS server, one can clearly know
>whether when one gets the expected response when one types
>"http://www.freds-barbershop.com/ into one's browser.
>
>And in the case of IP telephony (bet you didn't know that DNS is being
>used to help route calls in IP telephony) even if you don't understand
>H.323, if you call "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and you get Daves Travel
>Agency, then you know that your IP phone company is screwed up and you
>might consider switching.
You got that right! And to think I used to change the rods and pistons
on my Chev!
Bill Lovell
>
> --karl--
>
