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From: Adrian on 22 May 2010 09:30 real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Come on, what brought it on? What justification could you possibly have > for the particularly vile insult you wrote above? What "particularly vile insult"? You clearly have some kind of bipolar condition, going by the content of your posts. I assume you take medication for it. Since when was assuming that somebody is taking medication for an illness a "particularly vile insult"? I don't regard an illness such as a bipolar condition as an "insult", any more than an illness such as an arthritic knee would be. Do you?
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 22 May 2010 09:48 On Sat, 22 May 2010 14:18:33 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: >Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >> In article <1jiwa2z.gtc68mdoxa4xN%jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>, >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >> >I'm pretty sure that most routers simply won't route those ranges >> >anyway. Or at least I'd like to think that they won't. >> >> It might be entirely reasonable to route them within a large >> private network. > >Good point. Aye - my company has four geographic sites and a bunch of us out on our own, and routes a number of 192.168.x.x and 10.x.x.x networks around and about. None of them go outside the company, of course. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Every Little Thing She Does Is Sufficiently Advanced Technology"
From: Mark Bestley on 22 May 2010 09:56 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Yes, okay, but what does "192.168/16 block" mean? > > > > The range of IP addresses from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 > > How might one remember this rather obscure fact? Where does it come > from? > > What is it about "192.168/16 block" which causes it to mean "The range > of IP addresses from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255"? Because it says so in the specification <http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918.txt> -- Mark
From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 May 2010 09:58 Mark Bestley <news{@bestley.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, okay, but what does "192.168/16 block" mean? > > > > > > The range of IP addresses from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 > > > > How might one remember this rather obscure fact? Where does it come > > from? > > > > What is it about "192.168/16 block" which causes it to mean "The range > > of IP addresses from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255"? > > Because it says so in the specification > <http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918.txt> Yes, I'm sure it does. Unfortuately, I need the version written in English before I can understand it. That's why I asked the question, having explained that I don't seem able to follow the available on-line documentation. Given that, it seems to me that you're just trying to be annoying by pointing me at the available on-line documentation. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Mark Bestley on 22 May 2010 12:51
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Mark Bestley <news{@bestley.co.uk> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, okay, but what does "192.168/16 block" mean? > > > > > > > > The range of IP addresses from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 > > > > > > How might one remember this rather obscure fact? Where does it come > > > from? > > > > > > What is it about "192.168/16 block" which causes it to mean "The range > > > of IP addresses from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255"? > > > > Because it says so in the specification > > <http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918.txt> > > Yes, I'm sure it does. > > Unfortuately, I need the version written in English before I can > understand it. That's why I asked the question, having explained that I > don't seem able to follow the available on-line documentation. > > Given that, it seems to me that you're just trying to be annoying by > pointing me at the available on-line documentation. > in your message you say How might one remember this rather obscure fact? Where does it come from? and I answered that. -- Mark |