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From: louie@umd5 (Louis Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: Domains: Multiple names OK? (really, decommissioning of nicknames)
Message-ID: <1238@umd5>
Date: Mon, 8-Sep-86 17:25:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: umd5.1238
Posted: Mon Sep  8 17:25:46 1986
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Reply-To: louie@umd5.umd.edu (Louis Mamakos)
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In article <1053@decuac.DEC.COM> avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) writes:
>
>Isn't all this sort of like what must've gone on with the evolution of
>telephone numbers?  It is *much* easier for a person to pick up a
>phone, tap the hook two or three times and say "Get me Mary Jones
>at the Algonquin Hotel."  Well, then there were phone numbers.  No
>problem. 5 numbers.  Then 7.  But, long distance?!  No problem...
>"Hello, long distance?  Get me Cleveland.  Clevland?  I need to speak
>to Mary Jones at the Rocky River Motel."
>
>But... What ho!  Direct Dialing!  You mean I have to remember 10
>numbers for someone?  So it goes.

But Fred, don't forget long distance carrier codes and country/city
codes for international calling.  And you thought seismo.css.gov is
hard to type or remember!
-- 
Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH   University of Maryland, Computer Science Center
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