Re: [ga] Domain names as observed

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

The domain name system is totaly independent from any technical frame work. 
It is a pure naming convention equivalent to your disk directory system, to 
the family name system and to many other naming existing systems. Nothing 
new under the sun.

On 18:06 30/07/01, Kent Crispin said:
>The point is, the domain name system is embedded in a technical
>framework, with associated terms, and some familiarity with that
>environment is required before one is qualified to make policy
>concerning domain names.

What is the necessary familiarity you require? I know that "songbird" is 
your domain name and that you registered it with the .com registry. May be 
you also registered it for your car plate, and may be your registered it 
for you home address. You seem to have gegistered it as a TradeMark to name 
products or  services without someone else using "songbird" in the same 
class and confuse the public.

>At some point, technical issues take absolute
>priority: no matter how hard you try, you can't legislate that
>automobiles will henceforth use water for fuel; just like you can't
>legislatively decide that pi=3.  I know that Mr Lovell will shout that
>I am being an elitist technocrat for saying things like this...

True, but there is a difference between wanting to rebuild the universe 
(changing pi into 3) and having a few (real, moving and virtual) places in 
the world named "songbird".
Jefsey

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