Seriously, the whole point of DNS was to provide a name that humans can remember. Ask to me remember "bob" or "elephant" or "pilsner" and I can tell you exactly where that machine is and what it does. I know you're asking about workstations, but here's a printer and its server that I actually use at work (XX denotes the company initials so that I dont get in trouble with the Man) 5C106HPCLJ4650 on XXsny195prt2. I think it would be easier to remember a dotted quad...put the info in a spreadsheet like others have suggested and give the workstations names people can remember and use. Maybe even have a little fun with.

This is misguided. H1Bs arent the problem, and it is specious to suggest that they are. The quota for h1bs at its peak was less that 200,000 per year. This is a tiny drop in the bucket given the size of the IT industry in the US, and so small as to be insignificant with respect to your salary.

In fact, had we *increased* the number of h1b's, we may have limitted the number of jobs being shipped offshore to places like India. In 2000 there was a shortage of good programmers - and a limit on h1bs, so the marketplace found a way. Although there are some exceptions, the vast majority of h1bs here stay here and become permanent residents and often American citizens, either way paying our taxes. A job that moves "offshore" has no such effect.

What causes the decline in enrollment is the hype associated with both of these effects - in large part they are small in comparison to the size of the IT marketplace. And if you are a programmer, be rest assured, good programmers are hard to find no matter what country you look in.