This is, by far, the geekiest bit of network infrastructure I've ever seen.

Just a quick post. I stumbled upon this a few months ago, and it by far has to be the geekiest DNS setup I’ve ever seen.

ian@server:~$ traceroute 216.81.59.173 -m 100 traceroute to 216.81.59.173 (216.81.59.173), 100 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 dsldevice.lan (192.168.1.254) 25.478 ms 25.369 ms 25.234 ms 2 lo0-central10.pcl-ag05.plus.net (195.166.128.186) 98.957 ms 95.574 ms 99.329 ms 3 link-b-central10.pcl-gw02.plus.net (212.159.2.178) 154.121 ms 150.782 ms 154.937 ms 4 xe-1-2-0.pcl-cr02.plus.net (212.159.0.210) 77.822 ms 78.773 ms 82.996 ms 5 ae1.ptw-cr02.plus.net (195.166.129.2) 97.983 ms 88.873 ms 86.637 ms 6 10gigabitethernet5-1.core1.lon1.he.net (5.57.80.128) 92.773 ms 68.207 ms 80.961 ms 7 * * 10ge3-1.core1.lon2.he.net (72.52.92.222) 62.038 ms 8 100ge5-1.core1.par2.he.net (184.105.223.254) 71.027 ms 68.870 ms 69.646 ms 9 10ge15-1.core1.ash1.he.net (184.105.213.93) 140.854 ms 146.098 ms 174.164 ms 10 10ge1-2.core1.atl1.he.net (184.105.213.110) 161.818 ms 155.338 ms 159.855 ms 11 216.66.0.26 (216.66.0.26) 156.983 ms 160.855 ms 164.775 ms 12 * * * 13 Episode.IV (206.214.251.1) 209.741 ms 210.948 ms 214.620 ms 14 A.NEW.HOPE (206.214.251.6) 214.897 ms 219.711 ms 220.069 ms 15 It.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9) 224.655 ms 192.108 ms 191.170 ms 16 Rebel.spaceships (206.214.251.14) 194.368 ms 191.427 ms 192.117 ms 17 striking.from.a.hidden.base (206.214.251.17) 195.824 ms 197.050 ms 199.971 ms 18 have.won.their.first.victory (206.214.251.22) 195.999 ms 196.576 ms 195.820 ms 19 against.the.evil.Galactic.Empire (206.214.251.25) 192.870 ms 194.236 ms 192.921 ms 20 During.the.battle (206.214.251.30) 194.577 ms 191.927 ms 191.906 ms 21 Rebel.spies.managed (206.214.251.33) 191.865 ms 192.601 ms 194.952 ms 22 to.steal.secret.plans (206.214.251.38) 194.356 ms 195.116 ms 193.096 ms 23 to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41) 191.779 ms 192.784 ms 196.072 ms 24 the.DEATH.STAR (206.214.251.46) 192.920 ms 192.923 ms 193.175 ms 25 an.armored.space.station (206.214.251.49) 193.470 ms 192.867 ms 196.511 ms 26 with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54) 195.085 ms 194.511 ms 193.861 ms 27 destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57) 192.904 ms 194.419 ms 192.791 ms 28 Pursued.by.the.Empires (206.214.251.62) 198.809 ms 194.134 ms 193.606 ms 29 sinister.agents (206.214.251.65) 192.943 ms 194.054 ms 192.867 ms 30 Princess.Leia.races.home (206.214.251.70) 193.442 ms 196.165 ms 197.842 ms 31 aboard.her.starship (206.214.251.73) 192.570 ms 193.395 ms 196.535 ms 32 custodian.of.the.stolen.plans (206.214.251.78) 200.669 ms 198.132 ms 196.170 ms 33 that.can.save.her (206.214.251.81) 192.895 ms 193.113 ms 192.717 ms 34 people.and.restore (206.214.251.86) 192.533 ms 195.051 ms 194.128 ms 35 freedom.to.the.galaxy (206.214.251.89) 194.522 ms 192.823 ms 195.105 ms 36 0-----I-------I-----0 (206.214.251.94) 199.128 ms 200.058 ms 199.334 ms 37 0------------------0 (206.214.251.97) 197.119 ms 194.278 ms 193.406 ms 38 0-----------------0 (206.214.251.102) 198.545 ms 197.325 ms 194.414 ms 39 0----------------0 (206.214.251.105) 233.807 ms 231.159 ms 226.983 ms 40 0---------------0 (206.214.251.110) 195.224 ms 195.511 ms 198.760 ms 41 0--------------0 (206.214.251.113) 193.415 ms 194.545 ms 196.328 ms 42 0-------------0 (206.214.251.118) 197.570 ms 194.235 ms 194.551 ms 43 0------------0 (206.214.251.121) 197.348 ms 196.721 ms 193.793 ms 44 0-----------0 (206.214.251.126) 193.748 ms 194.450 ms 194.837 ms 45 0----------0 (206.214.251.129) 194.073 ms 193.801 ms 195.760 ms 46 0---------0 (206.214.251.134) 193.365 ms 193.812 ms 194.591 ms 47 0--------0 (206.214.251.137) 197.146 ms 194.097 ms 195.824 ms 48 0-------0 (206.214.251.142) 195.444 ms 194.997 ms 193.845 ms 49 0------0 (206.214.251.145) 201.979 ms 200.730 ms 196.849 ms 50 0-----0 (206.214.251.150) 193.827 ms 195.055 ms 193.812 ms 51 0----0 (206.214.251.153) 204.991 ms 201.331 ms 200.920 ms 52 0---0 (206.214.251.158) 195.109 ms 194.881 ms 195.128 ms 53 0--0 (206.214.251.161) 195.125 ms 194.840 ms 196.073 ms 54 0-0 (206.214.251.166) 194.087 ms 194.802 ms 195.076 ms 55 00 (206.214.251.169) 197.727 ms 199.515 ms 198.375 ms 56 I (206.214.251.174) 199.259 ms 195.060 ms 195.065 ms 57 By.Ryan.Werber (206.214.251.177) 195.326 ms 194.829 ms 196.108 ms 58 Blizzards.Breed.CCIE.Creativity (206.214.251.182) 194.419 ms 195.825 ms 195.118 ms 59 Please.Try.Again.Tracerote.to.obiwan.scrye.net (206.214.251.185) 196.056 ms 195.533 ms 195.820 ms 60 read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net (206.214.251.190) 198.785 ms * *