New episode facts about Mars University.

S02E02 Mars UniversityliveOct 3, 1999, 9:11 PM ETminutes before it aired4 posts by 2 posters
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Rick Carlson
The line about the 20th Century having no clue that Mars had a University is an inside joke to the Internet community at large. Mars University has it's own internet address domain reserved. Click on the following link to get the full story:
Rick Carlson↩ Rick Carlson

Also here: gopher://gopher-chem.ucdavis.edu/00/Index/Internet_aw/Intro_the_Internet/int ro.to.ip/07_Internet_addresses%09%09%2B

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Dale G. Abersold↩ Rick Carlson

That sounds like a bit of a stretch.

Besides, the 20th century does know about the University of Mars. That's where Otis Sistrunk went! (According to Alex Karras).

Dale G. Abersold [email]
Rick Carlson↩ Dale G. Abersold

Well, I've been on the 'Net' for years, being a Unix programmer for almost 17 years now. I was expecting a reference, and I was not disappointed.

One of the sources is: "Details about Internet addresses: subnets and broadcasting" Copyright (C) 1987, Charles L. Hedrick. Anyone may reproduce this document, in whole or in part, provided that: (1) any copy or republication of the entire document must show Rutgers University as the source, and must include this notice; and (2) any other use of this material must reference this manual and Rutgers University, and the fact that the material is copyright by Charles Hedrick and is used by permission. Here is the URL (again, for those who missed the first post): http://oac3.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/staff/snewton/tcp-tutorial/sec7.html:

Because 0 and 255 are used for unknown and broadcast addresses, normal hosts should never be given addresses containing 0 or 255. Addresses should never begin with 0, 127, or any number above 223. Addresses violating these rules are sometimes referred to as "Martians", because of rumors that the Central University of Mars is using network 225.

Dale G. Abersold wrote in message ...

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