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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 7: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Juvenile Delinquency - Root

"By 1983 the size of HOSTS.TXT and especially its update frequency were near the limit of manageability."

This is the hard technical need behind the rebellion metaphor - Mockapetris explicitly says the table’s size and update frequency were nearing the limit of manageability.

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Source title RFC 882: Domain names: Concepts and facilities
Source authors P. Mockapetris
Source year 1983
Confidence high
Importance high
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