On Oct 15, 2010, at 6:33 AM, John Curran wrote: >> P.S. This thread makes me realize that I can't even remember >> nic.near.net's IP address anymore :) > > 192.68.71.4 Oops; actually 192.52.71.4! Apparently some gray matter has moved from my brain to my beard over the years... It proves the point that we're much better off using names in any case. /John