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- From: John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>
- To: xml-dev@ic.ac.uk
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:29:32 -0400 (EDT)
David Megginson scripsit:
> Actually, it was intended to be strictly relevant, although the Hulk,
> or Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde would have been better examples. The
> question was how we determine serial identity -- if person P is
> Dr. Jekyl, Mr. Hyde, then Dr. Jekyl again, are Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde
> identical?
Yes, because they are both person P.
> If so, then if IP address 111.222.333.444 is foo.com, then
> bar.com, then foo.com again, are foo.com and bar.com identical?
No, because more than one machine can have a given IP address
(side issue: that address is impossible) at different times.
An IP address is not an essential property of a given computer.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
e'osai ko sarji la lojban.
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