Re: BIND

[David Starner <dvdeug@email.ro>]

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:58:32 -0400, Alexei Polkhanov wrote:

> Why I cannot type "Congress Library" but I
> have to go and type "dsgdsgf.dsfgdsfg.hfdhdf.gov" ? 

Which Congress Library? The Trades Unions Congress Library, or the 
Palau Congress Library? Or do you want the American Library Associations
Congress on Library and Information Services? Or the World Library and
Information Congress?

As a human in context, I would guess you mean the Library of Congress, but
my guesses aren't always right. What should "Steve Jackson" take you to?
Steve Jackson Games? The personal webpage of Steve Jackson (of SJG)?
The Steve Jackson who's a professor of biology at Cambridge? The Steve
Jackson who's a professor of botany at the University of Wyoming? The
page of the Steve Jackson that started Games Workshop?

Secondly, I've see few web address like "dsgdsgf.dsfgdsfg.hfdhdf.gov". The
Library of Congress is www.loc.gov. Most people who need that site more
than once or twice can remember that 11 character, especially as it's www
(terribly common) + loc (Library Of Congress) + gov (since it's a US
government institution.) Likewise www.sjgames.com isn't terribly hard to
remember either. Much easier than a 10 digit phone number. The hard ones
tend to be obscure and transitory, which would be terribly hard to fit
into your system. 

Finally, just like people record the phone numbers important to them,
people can bookmark pages they want to go back to. If you want "Congress
Library" to go to www.loc.gov, you can do so, and no one will complain. If
you want Steve Jackson to link to your grandson's webpage, no problem.