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I recall attending a pro-marajuana legalization rally once. They detailed the California Highway Patrol's profile of a person driving under the influence of grass: - Obeys speedlimit - Comes to complete stops - Courteous
Of course this is a horrible simplification from memory, but you get the point. Perfectly legal and (and otherwise sociable) behaviour becomes reason to harrass and annoy, as is driving while [black|latino] in certain neighborhoods.
This strikes me as a "COTS" approach to law enforcement, although the more paranoid side of me tends to think this is just a way for "the man" to bring more people under control of "the system".
(Incidentally, I think I may have fat-fingered and accidentally posted an incomplete version of this post.. My bad... I'll go moderate it out...)
Thinking of 5000 names could get a bit tiresome! However, I was wondering if you had perhaps investigated the possibility of using HINFO records within DNS?
Having the machine type and OS revs in a table like that is invaluable for network management, though I don't know if there are any network-management systems that even *use* the HINFO record. Could be a neat feature.
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Any chance of getting a link or post of the text of the profile?
I recall attending a pro-marajuana legalization rally once. They detailed the California Highway Patrol's profile of a person driving under the influence of grass:
- Obeys speedlimit
- Comes to complete stops
- Courteous
Of course this is a horrible simplification from memory, but you get the point. Perfectly legal and (and otherwise sociable) behaviour becomes reason to harrass and annoy, as is driving while [black|latino] in certain neighborhoods.
This strikes me as a "COTS" approach to law enforcement, although the more paranoid side of me tends to think this is just a way for "the man" to bring more people under control of "the system".
(Incidentally, I think I may have fat-fingered and accidentally posted an incomplete version of this post.. My bad... I'll go moderate it out...)
Thinking of 5000 names could get a bit tiresome! However, I was wondering if you had perhaps investigated the possibility of using HINFO records within DNS?
Having the machine type and OS revs in a table like that is invaluable for network management, though I don't know if there are any network-management systems that even *use* the HINFO record. Could be a neat feature.
ObFavoriteNamingScheme: gizmo, widget, thingy, cog, sprocket, gadget and other "miscellaneous" descriptors.
--Mike