More backround: Interesting problem.

[nicolew at icehouse.net]

Gentleman? And the information I was looking for came from a person named Chip.

MISS NICOLE


Quoting Doug Barton <DougB at dougbarton.net>:

> 
> Joseph S D Yao wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:28:48PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> > ...
> > >       This isn't a DNS problem, it's a registrar problem. Your whois
> record
> > > still shows verio nameservers.
> > 
> > WHOIS and DNS are two entirely different protocols
> > 
> > and may be inconsistent, especially in the lack of a concerted effort
> > to keep them consistent.
> > 
> > WHOIS records are irrelevant to DNS
> > except to SUGGEST possible problems.
> 
> 	Which was exactly the point I was making, and was precisely the
> information the poster needed. My first sentence was the controlling
> point,
> and based on the original post I felt that pointing the gentleman in the
> right direction without spelling out every nauseating detail of the
> situation would be sufficient, and guess what, I was right. 
> 
> 	Next time you feel like making a smart-ass comment, 1) Make sure you're
> right, 2) Realize that it still makes you an ass, and 3) Lie down till
> the
> feeling goes away.
> 
> 
> -- 
>     Perhaps the greatest damage the American system of education has
> done
>     to its children is to teach them that their opinions are relevant
>     simply because they are their opinions.
> 
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>