> -----Original Message-----
> From: PMilanese@nypl.org [mailto:PMilanese@nypl.org]
> Sent: Dienstag, 18. Januar 2005 16:32
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: RE: [users@httpd] What defines www2? - getting OT
>
>
> Don't know why I'm getting involved in this one sided argument,
It's not an argument - it's a light-hearted observation, clearly marked as OT. But since you
do choose to get involved:
> but I
> don't see how acronyms are meant to be optimal. They are meant to be
> logical. If this wasn't true, your reference to FQDN should be "full
> address"?
>
> These acronyms are generally dating back to the originating
> RFC (How do you pronounce that one?).
are-eff-sea
>
> BTW, most in the industry use "dub dub dub". It flows, no
> tongue tripping,
> and it is understood.
Not by my granny. We techies are a tiny minority of web-users. How often have you heard radio
and TV announcers come out with "triple-double-you" (what's that - six "you"s?) or some other
silly construct... That's my point. The phrase is ugly, doesn't translate well and is pronounced
inconsistently.
>
> I think the fella actually had a question about vhosts/dns
> and the lot,
> not this.
Of course. I'm just shooting the breeze on a slow day...
Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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> P
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ppod@ispi.net [mailto:ppod@ispi.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:05 AM
> > To: users@httpd.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] What defines www2? - getting OT
> >
> > I think we should have gone with slash.dot.domain.org......
> >
> > Preston Podaril
> > ppod@ispi.net
> > Network Administrator
> > ispi of Lincoln
> >
> >
> > Boyle Owen wrote:
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: JM Fraser [mailto:jmf@cybertrex.co.uk]
> > >>Sent: Montag, 17. Januar 2005 19:22
> > >>To: users@httpd.apache.org
> > >>Subject: [users@httpd] What defines www2?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Perhaps a daft question, but I have Googled and not found an
> > >>answer. Some
> > >>websites start with WWW(?), why is this and where can one
> > >>instigate this
> > >>change and does Apache accept this FQDN as it would any other?
> > >
> > >
> > > It is funny how often in human history, we end up with a de facto
> > > standard which is far from optimal, VHS being the classic
> example. The
> > > use of "www" to signify a web-server is particularly
> egregious - when
> > > you have to say it out loud it is about the clumsiest phrase your
> tongue
> > > will ever have to stumble over. I have two strategies
> which I use when
> I
> > > have to speak it out loud:
> > >
> > > - pronounce in lower case (after all, that's how it's
> written), ie:
> > > wih-wih-wih
> > > - take a lesson from George W. Bush, ie: dubya-dubya-dubya
> > >
> > > We should've used "web" right from the start...
> > >
> > > Rgds,
> > > Owen Boyle
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> > >
> > >
> > >>JM
> > >>
> > >>
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