Two stupid ip questions;

[Mark McCoy]

Eugene Leitl wrote:
> 
> Rob Nelson writes:
>  > >> 2)  what's with these ip addresses with no dots?  Is this in an rfc or
>  > >> something? (or is it straight decimal to hex conversion?)  e.g.
>  > >> http://3626046468/ maps to www.angelfire.com (216.33.20.4)
> 
> Any ideas why people decided on a decimal IP address notation
> http://3626046468/
> http://d8211404/
> instead of a much more natural hexadecimal one?
> 
> And won't it be just horrible typing monstrosities like
> http://1.2.4.8.16.32.64.128.1.2.4.8.16.32.64.128/
> in IPv6? Hexadecimal notation would seem definitely more compact here...
> http://d8211404d8211404d8211404d8211404/
> 
> Still, quite difficult to memorize, unless you're an idiot savant,
> that is.
> 
> -- Eugene

Ahh, but that's what DNS is for!!

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