[BNomic-Public] Re: [Bnomic-private] The Daily Recognizer(Wednesday evening)

[Baron von Skippy baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx]

> >>>>> When you make spoon-business a public forum, is that because you 
>think
> >>>> Joel
> >>>>> will be back shortly, or because you just don't like using
> >>>> bnomic-private?
> >>>>> What I mean is, is Joel coming back soon?
> >>>>
> >>>> Joel's already back, in a sense.
> >>>>
> >>>> His computer is back online, and if you connect to its IP address, 
>you
> >> can
> >>>> get the nomic.net Web site, and all that other good stuff. It's just 
>a
> >>>> matter of waiting for the DNS to get caught up.
> >>>>
> >>>> ...dave
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> -[[Well, some things are back, and some aren't... spoon-discuss and
> >>> spoon-business are not working as far as I can tell.]]
> >>
> >> Isn't that what Dave means by 'waiting for the DNS to get caught up'? 
>The
> >> thing doesn't know where Joel is yet.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Wonko
> >>
> > -*blank stare* Maybe. What's a DNS?-
> >
>
>I don't remember what the acronym stands for - something Network Server or
>something like that. But as I understand it, when you ask for, say,
>cornell.edu, the DNS is the thingy that knows what to connect you to, that
>is, knows where the actual cornell.edu sever is. If it doesn't know where
>your server is, it looks around, querying other servers, etc. This is what
>happens during that long pause between when you hit enter and when explorer
>tells you that it can't find nomic.net. If neither the DNS nor any of its
>buddies can find the server, it tells you that it can't be found.
>
>Or at least, that's how I understand it. I'm not an expert in this field, 
>so
>anybody that actually knows what I'm talking about, please correct me if
>I've said something really stupid.
>
>--
>Wonko
>
-*blank stare* *scratches head* *goes cross-eyed* *thud*-

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