[OT] 'We'll play nicely' says Microsoft

[Tim Wunder]

Previously, David A. Bandel chose to write:
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:43:36 +0100 (CET)
>
> begin  Zoran <zoki.news at linuxix.2y.net> spewed forth:
> > *** No comment...
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1870000/1870263.stm
>
> [david at tole david]$ dig news.bbc.co.uk
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> news.bbc.co.uk
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 4
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      news.bbc.co.uk, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> news.bbc.co.uk.         3M IN CNAME     newswww.bbc.net.uk.
>
> ;; Total query time: 136 msec
> ;; FROM: tole.pananix.com to SERVER: default -- 206.128.192.214
> ;; WHEN: Wed Mar 13 19:39:09 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 64
>
> and there is no entry for newswww.bbc.net.uk.
>
> Care to try again?
>
> David A. Bandel

Huh?

$ dig newswww.bbc.net.uk

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> newswww.bbc.net.uk
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      newswww.bbc.net.uk, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
newswww.bbc.net.uk.     1m1s IN A       212.58.240.35

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
bbc.net.uk.             2h48m2s IN NS   ns0.thny.bbc.co.uk.
bbc.net.uk.             2h48m2s IN NS   ns0.thdo.bbc.co.uk.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns0.thny.bbc.co.uk.     8m56s IN A      38.160.150.20
ns0.thdo.bbc.co.uk.     8m56s IN A      212.58.224.20

;; Total query time: 12 msec
;; FROM: downstairs.thewunders.org to SERVER: default -- 68.34.76.5
;; WHEN: Wed Mar 13 19:54:05 2002
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 36  rcvd:

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