[FADCA] Fwd: X.121 address

[Chuck Hast]

On 11/24/05, Bill Sinbine <n4xeo at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >Free and the Group. This is a continuation of the discussion regarding adding
> >the X.121 address to the web page display of the data base.
> >
> >Free asked where the X.121 address is in the data base. I am on the road and
> >don't have access to the data base at home but I looked on the Coordination
> >Application on line and found the field.
> >
> >The X.121 or ROSE address is in the field that says "Node Alias" in the data
> >base and on the coordinatio on-line application it is call "ROSE Address or
> >Node Alias"
> >

Perhaps the lable should be changed in order to reflect the true nature of
the beast. To get a better handle on this perhaps
Your name = callsign, your name and your callsign move around
Your Address = X.121 address, your address (as in home) stays fixed so
there is a common location where to find you or leave you things...

When you take the lid off of names and addresses, you will find that most
things have a fixed address, but we do not as a rule handle numerical
addresses as well as names and lables, but numerical addresses tend to
be much more  precise. And machines can handle numerical addresses
with much greater ease. So we end up with name servers and other mapping
devices that allow us to use names and labes but those are mapped to
addresses.

So in the end Names are a good Thing, but Addresses are also a good
Thing. We need them both in order to make life a bit easier.



--
Chuck Hast
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."