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I know you're joking but I'm not sure if it wouldn't be better to only have a 'dns' that maps anonymous 10 digit numbers to ip numbers. You could then use your own 'local' address book (much like your cell phone address book) to map those numbers (that are portable) to your own descriptions.

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I'm half-joking. Obviously, there are benefits to domain names; however, I'm not sure how we can return to the egalitarian nature of web addresses, what with most normal domain names taken. We'll go through a few more years of Socialisrs, Ooookies, StupidCombos, and ReallyReallyLongDomainNames, but then what? Domain names that cost tens of thousands of dollars on average? I'm not looking forward to that future.

AKA Pet names: http://www.skyhunter.com/marcs/petnames/IntroPetNames.html

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