[plug] [OT] idea for a 'new? domain naming concept

[Chris Caston]

Interesting that it is now the 20th anniversary of DNS.
(http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59348,00.html)

regards,
Chris

On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 23:58, Chris Caston wrote:
> This would be kind of like palm graffiti where each "shape", that you
> draw in the silkscreen, is registered as a character.
> 
> You would have a little panel like a "silkscreen" in the navigation bar
> on your web browser.
> 
> To get to a particular website you would only need  a input device to
> draw symbol on the "silkscreen". If you wanted to go to the website for
> Target (http://www.target.com.au/) you just draw a picture of a circle
> with a solid dot in the middle. To get to the main website for the
> Debian project (http://www.debian.org/) you draw the Debian Swirl
> (http://www.debian.org/logos/openlogo-nd-50.png)
> 
> Get this. There is a DNS-like naming system for these and there are
> central registries.
> 
> When you want to use a particular "shape" for your IP you must register
> just like you would a domain name.
> 
> You could also use this in corporate LANs' where users could use a input
> device to draw a character on the silkscreen when they needed to access
> a particular machine. This could speed-up and and simplify choosing
> which domain to log into if they need to choose from a significant
> number of them. 
> 
> The advantages for this as "domain name like" usage are ten fold when
> you consider globalisation, continued international technical
> development and last but not least the introduction of IPv6.
> 
> People all around the world, regardless of language, will be able to
> access a website by just drawing its symbol.Businesses will love this
> and race to register their logos and trademarks.
> 
> I do not recommend allowing people to define their own symbols or even
> have them predefined by local software as I have seen already.
> (http://www.sensiva.com/symbolcommander/)
> 
> This will ensure that you can go to any computer and draw the same
> symbol to access the same website.
> 
> Please tell me if this exists already!
> 
> regards,
> 
> Chris Caston
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