Post #2363967 · Elektrine

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us This naming scheme for DNS actually comes from the fact that DNS Records are written in these said batteries and these batteries are then placed into the nameservers. right?

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@kubefred@techhub.social 2024-12-27 12:44

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAAA - Arthur Fonzarelli

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@ranvel@hachyderm.io 2024-12-27 12:53

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAA - uncommonly used battery and dns record

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@cuu508@toot.lv 2024-12-27 13:02

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us now the logical question – AAAAA: DNS record or battery?

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@cynicalsecurity@bsd.network 2024-12-27 13:29

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us D - battery to be thrown at non-working DNS. /cc @jpmens@mastodon.social

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@melroy@mastodon.melroy.org 2024-12-27 14:09

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us so AA and AAA batteries are therefor two and three times respectively the size of a single ipv4 address size (32 bits). This makes so much sense, thanks!

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@tschaefer@ipv6.social 2024-12-27 14:12

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us Don't forget: AAA Prime (Triple A) by rating agencies.

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@neilo@mastodon.online 2024-12-27 15:10

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us Aren’t they all dry cleaning or automobile towing businesses in the local Yellow Pages directory?

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@cyclophora@mastodon.social 2024-12-27 15:31

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAA is also a battery you uneducated A

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@danjones000@microwords.goodevilgenius.org 2024-12-27 15:50

The first two are also bra sizes @kevin@mastodon.km6g.us

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@duncan_blues@norden.social 2024-12-27 15:57

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us and AAAAAAAA is @scream@bots.robots.rodeo

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@Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com 2024-12-27 16:00

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us The address is 4 times as many bits, so it clearly needs 4x A.

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@zhenboli@fediscience.org 2024-12-27 16:01

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us @sesivany@social.vivaldi.net AAAA: A DNS record, server powered by AAA battery

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@roytam1@miniwa.moe 2024-12-27 16:04

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAA battery exists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAAA_battery

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@Brokar@mastodon.social 2024-12-27 16:10

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAA..... The sound you hear when somebody jumps off the roof because he cannot distinguish between DNS record and battery.

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@deadvey@mastodon.tuxcord.net 2024-12-27 16:31

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us A - 10 AA - 170 AAA - 2730 AAAA - 43690 AAAAA - 699050 AAAAAA - 11184810

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@lfourrier@tooter.social 2024-12-27 16:35

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAAA : Association amicale des amateurs d'andouillette authentique (Friendly Association of Lovers of Authentic Andouillette)

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@schmitzel76@mstdn.social 2024-12-27 16:38

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us all four of them are actually batteries.

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@sbdyelse@mastodon.top 2024-12-27 17:42

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAAA - Andouillette (France) https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_amicale_des_amateurs_d%27andouillette_authentique

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@miguel@capivarinha.club 2024-12-27 17:52

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAAA - Scream

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@KekunPlazas@mamot.fr 2024-12-27 18:30

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us Batteries and DNS records not included.

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@Dartagnan_C@mastodon.world 2024-12-27 18:43

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us @bituur_esztreym@pouet.chapril.org AAAAA- Andouilette

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@swope@mstdn.plus 2024-12-27 18:52

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us I accidentally ordered AAAA batteries once. I still have them. Never seen thing that takes them.

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@skro@social.zocradio.info 2024-12-27 19:03

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAAA - Sausage Appreciation Society (Association amicale des amateurs d'andouillette authentique - in French, obviously)

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@sean@scoat.es 2024-12-27 19:21

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us @olivier@pouchi.ca MX - DNS record .mx - TLD for Mexico ⅯⅩ - 1010

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@WiteWulf@cyberplace.social 2024-12-27 19:41

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us *ahem* cells, not batteries 😉

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@ben_zen@social.sdf.org 2024-12-27 20:10

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us Confusion is discovering that there was an era of stylus tech that used AAAA batteries.

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@BillJelavich@hachyderm.io 2024-12-27 20:19

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us These are also all Minor League Baseball leagues

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@ktneely@infosec.exchange 2024-12-27 20:46

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us my Surface pen takes AAAA batteries. I didn't know they existed until it died and needed a replacement.

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@bedast@beige.party 2024-12-27 20:50

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us I had a Bamboo Ink stylus pen, which uses AAAA batteries. Apparently there's an A size as well though. TIL

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@synec@messydesk.social 2024-12-27 20:50

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAAA_battery

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@mart_brooks@mastod.no 2024-12-27 20:50

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us AAAA is also a battery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAAA_battery

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@gcolpart@mastodon.evolix.org 2024-12-27 20:58

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us @beaufils@mastodon.social AAAAA - Andouillette See https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andouillette and https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_amicale_des_amateurs_d%27andouillette_authentique

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@Xjs@chaos.social 2024-12-27 21:12

@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us @danb@chaos.social I remember A batteries for my childhood cassette recorder, and AAAA batteries for my MP3 player. (About at the same time as the latter I also learned about AAAA DNS records.) Am I old or are you young?

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