A minor irritant: using "the DNS" rather than merely "DNS" (but NOT in the title!). I find that somewhat distracting. Examples: " It's hard to observe the DNS.

A minor irritant: using "the DNS" rather than merely "DNS" (but NOT in the title!). I find that somewhat distracting. Examples: " It's hard to observe the DNS..." "Using the DNS is often compared to..." When should "the DNS" ("the domain name system") become "DNS"? Should it? I'm currently reading: Steven Pinker's "The Stuff of Thought". My apologies for unshouldering this heavy linguistic burden.