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I find the author's fogginess about DNS infuriating. I think if he's going to cover something this important in such a suggestive manner he does have a duty to
by scandox 10y ago
I find the author's fogginess about DNS infuriating. I think if he's going to cover something this important in such a suggestive manner he does have a duty to get to grips with what it is and roughly how it works and make that plain to a lay audience.
He makes DNS sound intrinsically sinister.
- grzm 10y agoYour comment prompted me to read the article in question. I did so with an eye out for the descriptions of DNS. I didn't get the impression of DNS being sinister. Writing about a technical topic like DNS for a largely lay audience (slate.com) can be challenging, but nothing stood out as particularly grievous to me. I'm admittedly not an expert. What about the article did you take to be foggy or sinister?
- scandox 10y agoYou know what I've just re-read the article and I have to climb down on this. You're right, he really doesn't do a bad job of describing DNS - or at least he doesn't mis-describe it. Also he doesn't make it sound intrinsically sinister. I'm not sure what gave me this impression on first reading - except perhaps the feeling that the word "lookup" seemed charged with an evidential meaningfulness that bothers me. Perhaps it was just the general feeling of vagueness hanging over what could be concluded from what he wrote. But overall, you're right. I'm wrong on this. I'll blame a very bad hangover.
- grzm 10y agoCool. Thanks for taking the time to review it! I appreciate it and your willingness to reassess and share your take. It helps me learn to evaluate what I read. Good stuff :)