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Can someone tell me exactly how BIND handles queries for CNAME that are foreign to the DNS server. In other words, CLIENT requests address for WWW.DOMAIN.COM which is a CNAME record pointing to WWW.OTHERDOMAIN.COM where OTHERDOMAIN's authoritative servers are maintained by a third party.

I have heard the term "reward systems" many times in my reading and once I have read them referred to as "modules". But I can't find anything difinitive. What, if any, is the collective term recognized in the field for these system that reward or punish behavior.

Since the advent of DNA analysis and other molecular techniques, have there been any examples where convergent evolution mislead earlier biologists in regards to species identification? If so what animal and what was the convergent trait.

I understand the Mohammed said that there should be no monk-hood within Islam. Did he say this because some people had started to err in this way? Or was this statement unsolicited. What are current teachings regarding a life of meditation removed form the world vs. a life as a house-holder involved with the world in Islam.

In understand the Nietzsche wanted to find a "cure" for the inevitable nihilism of our age but was this in response to Schopenhauer's pessimism. Are they the same thing?

If you used to be a Republican but switched to some other party, which party and why?

Should we encourage Iraq to split up, It seems to work for the India and Pakistan?

I understand that the Turkish government really doesn't like the idea because they don't want to encourage Turkish Kurds who want an independet state.Is this correct?

What is the feeling of Turkey's general population?

What would be Turkey's response if this happened?

I would be particularly interested in responses from Iraqis, Turks and Kurds.

Marx, Schopenhauer, Heidegger and others spoke of Alienation. What does this mean in today's society? What are some actual examples?

Has any one has the experience with their Chihuahuas having seizures? Are they prone to seizures? Are there any known treatments?

Is there a mathematical formula, algorithm, or other theorem that no degree of computational power could process any faster.

In other words, is there a mathematical problem that, while solvable, can not be solved any faster by a faster computer.

Is there a food or drink that is only found in your part of the country; something that you especially miss when you are away?

I'll start, When I'm away from New York, I crave White Castle's and I also miss the Mamey Shakes that I have only found in Miami.

Freud lists Aggresion and Sex as the only two basic impulses. It seem to me that even lower animals, which I presume share these urges, bahave in a manner that reveals a broader range of basic impulses then listed above. For instance, animals often display a form of compassion toward thier offspring. What, if any, are the other schools of thought conserning basic impulses, or had Freud's theory in this reguard been vindicated?

Like any other commodity, the commodity of labor is negotiated by the "invisible hand" of capitalism. Since it is understood that it is the availability of a particular good that determines its worth, it follows that the availability of workers determines their value. So, if there were an abundance of workers of a particular skill, the wage for that skill would drop. My question is this: It seems to me that the reverse is also true, and that the economy has adjusted itself in so far that it would take the average worker a full 40 year career to reach the state know as the "American Dream" (House, Car, 2.5 kids, etc). Is this just a coincidence or has the market (i.e. the cost of same listed above) adjusted itself in accord with a typical worker's total expected labor output over a life time?