At 04:57 AM 8/11/00 +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
I have an idea: Let's merge IP addresses with telephone numbers. A person
will have one IP address for each telephone number he owns, and vice versa,
and the two numbers will be the same.
great idea. When I build a telephone out of an IP dialler attached to
someone's waist, a modulator on their necklace, and an earphone attached to
their earring, all connected by IP on BlueTooth, what addresses do I put on
the different components of the telephone?
But we're still mixing addresses and numbers. An address gives you
topological location; a name translates to an address. All the games you
want to play with expanding and extending the telephone number are games
with the name. We still need an address.