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No one remembers domain names either for a number of reasons: people use Google (aka, the telephone operator). If tomorrow all hostname were replaced by IP addr
by saurik 6y ago
No one remembers domain names either for a number of reasons: people use Google (aka, the telephone operator). If tomorrow all hostname were replaced by IP addresses, most people wouldn't even notice.
- dTal 6y agoBut... that's the point. Now Google is the operator. You still need the service somewhere in the chain! You can never obsolete the need to map the word "smithsonian" to some number or address - you can only move it around.