Re: ARIN Policy on IP-based Web Hosting

[Andrew Brown <twofsonet () graffiti com>]

> > > > the mime type is made up, usually based on the file's extension, which
> > > > is, of course, passed along with the contents of the file when you
> > > > transfer it.  it's no extra information in this context.
> > >
> > > What's a file extension?
> >
> > it's the last alphanumeric token in a string delimited by dots.
>
> And it doesn't exist anywhere except Windows.

...which is, of course, why every web server under the sun uses them.
:)

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