What an interesting concept... use their own Sitefinder mechanism against themselves. I'm sure that with a little thought, other non-WWW apps could be used to show real-world examples of why playing with the DNS protocol is bad.
Not to nitpick, but I went to a very reputable school for computer science, and we had to learn about all aspects of the computer, including hardware. Now, we didn't dwell on it as much as the computer engineers had to, but we did have to learn information that later on was useful in optimizing program for various chip structures.
Having knowledge on how a computer works down to the AND- OR- and NOT- gates can be helpful. However, I will agree with you that trying to build a library out of current technical specifications is going to be pointless to most people.
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What an interesting concept... use their own Sitefinder mechanism against themselves. I'm sure that with a little thought, other non-WWW apps could be used to show real-world examples of why playing with the DNS protocol is bad.
Not to nitpick, but I went to a very reputable school for computer science, and we had to learn about all aspects of the computer, including hardware. Now, we didn't dwell on it as much as the computer engineers had to, but we did have to learn information that later on was useful in optimizing program for various chip structures.
Having knowledge on how a computer works down to the AND- OR- and NOT- gates can be helpful. However, I will agree with you that trying to build a library out of current technical specifications is going to be pointless to most people.