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- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!linley
- From: linley@netcom.com (Bruce James Robrert Linley)
- Subject: Re: Get a clue! (Was: Re: Where is Madonna?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.082727.20808@netcom.com>
- Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, UCLA
- References: <1992Dec21.172239.20885@news2.cis.umn.edu> <17052@time-warner.com> <1992Dec27.211301.17655@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 08:27:27 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In a previous article cc4507@u.cc.utah.edu (Chucki Carpinello) spake...
- >/usr1/usr/cc4507 : whois -h nic.ddn.mil time-warner.com
- > No matches found "TIMER-WARNER.COM"
- >
- >Faked article madonna honey?
-
- The good ol' whois database at nic.ddn.mil isn't always up to par on
- everything (and I don't just mean obscure UUCP sites). Case in point:
-
- {netcom} 33> telnet nic.ddn.mil
- NIC, SunOS Release 4.1.1 (NIC) #1:
- Cmdinter Ver 1.2 Mon Dec 28 03:13:08 1992 EST
- @ whois melvyl.ucop.edu
- Connecting to id Database . . . . . .
- Connected to id Database
- No match for "MELVYL.UCOP.EDU".
- Enter a handle, name, mailbox, or other field, optionally preceded
- by a keyword, like "host diis". Type "?" for short, 2-page
- details, "HELP" for full documentation, or hit RETURN to exit.
- ---> Do ^E to show search progress, ^G to abort a search or output <---
- Whois: exit
- Connection closed by foreign host.
- But...
- {netcom} 34> nslookup melvyl.ucop.edu
- Non-authoritative answer:
- Name: melvyl.ucop.edu
- Address: 192.35.222.222
-
- Besides, though I doubt Madonna even knows what USENET is, I'd kinda like to
- think that if she did post, she wouldn't be dumb enough to give a real address
- as an obvious mailstorm would result.
-
- Just a dreamer.
- --
- Bruce James Robert Linley | "Well, I tried shoving a weiner in the warp drive,
- Comp Sci & Engr, UCLA | but it didn't do a bit o' good."
- <linley@netcom.com> | - Star Dreck, c/o Dr. Demento
- <linley@seas.ucla.edu> |
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