Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU!fair From: fair@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Erik E. Fair) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: What domain do private machines belong in? Message-ID: <16795@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 19:12:11 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.16795 Posted: Thu Jan 8 19:12:11 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Jan-87 00:47:43 EST References: <2847@ista.UUCP> <405@dhw68k.UUCP> <979@sigma.UUCP> <196@bigtex.uucp> <16744@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <116@uw-apl.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 19 In article <116@uw-apl.UUCP> srg@uw-apl.UUCP (Spencer Garrett) writes: > >Your domain would change if you changed jobs or even machines. The only >changes the domain scheme hides are changes in connectivity. I personally >think that geographical domains make a great deal of sense. I've changed jobs three times in the last two years. My address hasn't changed once. I'm still ucbvax!fair and. However, the topic at hand was private machines. Let's suppose that I buy a Symmetric s/375 tomorrow. I register it as "tzone.org" so my address would be . Tell me how my name or address changes when I move? I am certainly going to take my new computer with me when I move, whether that be across the street or across the country. The only thing that changes is the routing (and not even that if my current connected neighbors are still willing to call me after I move). Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu