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From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
Subject: Re: IP Number management
Message-ID: <1991May22.201938.6749@news.larc.nasa.gov>
Date: 22 May 91 20:19:38 GMT
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In article <1991May22.171817.21820@ariel.unm.edu> pkrause@triton.unm.edu (Paul Krause CIRT) writes:
>When people change offices they usually take their equipment with them.  I find
>that a name is often very usefull in finding a particular machine.  Hard drives
>get invloved when John Doe accidently erases his and asks Jane Doe if he can
>copy the files from hers.  Now they both have the same number.  However, Jane
>doesn't use hers much so they never happen to conflict.  Jane gets a job in
>another department of the university where they buy her a new pc and she gets
>another IP number.  Harry is hired to replace Jane, he likes his pc so now
>we get a call from John that he is having conflict problems. 
>
>Paul

   Oh my god.   This is a joke, right?
--scott