Interesting DNS results

Most of you have probably heard of Wikipedia. If not, where you been? Under a rock? I saw a demo the other day of something rather interesting that they were doing. Aparently, you can look up quick references from WikiPedia by using DNS tools such as NSLOOKUP and DIG. All you need to do is specify what you want to look up followed by .wp.dg.cx. Here are a few examples with their output:

With DIG (looking up dogs):

dig txt dogs.wp.dg.cx

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;dogs.wp.dg.cx.            IN    TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:
dogs.wp.dg.cx.        86400    IN    TXT    "The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated subspecies of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The domestic dog has been one of the most widely kept working and com" "panion animals in human history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog"

With NSLOOKUP (looking up Cats):

nslookup -querytype=txt cats.wp.dg.cx

Non-authoritative answer:
cats.wp.dg.cx   text =

        "The cat (Felis catus), also known as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from other felines and felids, is a small predatory carnivorous species of crepuscular mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and its ability to hunt vermi" "n, snakes, scorpions, and other unwanted household pests. It has been associated with humans for at least 9,500 years... http://a.vu/w:Cat"

I'm not sure how they are doing it yet, but it's a geeky little feature that I thought I would share :). You do need to specify that you want TXT records only. You do that by specifying txt in your DIG command or -querytype=txt in your NSLOOKUP command if you are typing it all on one line. If you use interactive NSLOOKUP you should use set type=txt.