Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries
On 2017-09-18, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:38:05AM +0000, Curt wrote:
>> On 2017-09-18, x9p <debian-user@x9pneu.com> wrote:
>> > My chosen machine name was "localhost", problem partially lies here.
>>
>> Yeah, man.
>>
>> My uncle Harry had a similar problem when it occurred to him that--for
>> reasons of simplicity and because of a failing memory--he might christen
>> two recently-purchased kittens with identical names. Whenever he called
>> one of them there would be a considerable delay (each of them assuming
>> he was calling the other).
>>
>> Of course cats never come when you call them anyway (which is a clue
>> the story may be apocryphal).
>
> The story makes more sense in this context if your uncle names his
> kitten "Me".
You're right.
Your skit reminds me a little of "Who's on first?"
> Uncle Harry: "Have you seen Me?"
> Aunt Berta: "You're standing right there."
> Harry: "Not me. Me."
> Berta; "Have you been drinking the rubbing alcohol again?"
>
--
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." Groucho
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