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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by rick_2047 on Friday February 04, 2011 @09:24AM (#2179467)
Why 42. Most of the early would be hackers and geeks and a prime number would seem way better.
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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by edanm on Friday February 04, 2011 @09:30AM (#2179487)
42 is probably the most famous "geek-number", from Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)

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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by JonnieCache on Friday February 04, 2011 @02:28PM (#2180770)
Why 42?

β€œThe answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do'. I typed it out. End of story.”

Adams described his choice as 'a completely ordinary number, a number not just divisible by two but also six and seven. In fact it's the sort of number that you could without any fear introduce to your parents'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhikers_Gu...

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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by lukev on Friday February 04, 2011 @03:50PM (#2181155)
Of course, he would say that.
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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by dlib on Friday February 04, 2011 @09:30AM (#2179486)
Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide comes to mind. 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. I guess many hackers will get the reference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhikers_Gu...

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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by bellaire on Friday February 04, 2011 @09:47AM (#2179559)
Agreed, and as above, 42 is in the valid range for the 'D' part of an A.B.C.D ipv4 address. If the number were larger than 255, there would be no issue.

How about 420? ... Okay, okay. 421 is prime.

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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by jtbigwoo on Friday February 04, 2011 @12:57PM (#2180376)
I bet 420 would quickly pass .coop and .aero...
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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by andrewmwatson on Friday February 04, 2011 @09:25AM (#2179470)
hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy? dur.
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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by rick_2047 on Friday February 04, 2011 @09:26AM (#2179473)
O fish, I totally missed that(I am not geek enough I guess). They should include that in the FAQ.
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Re:.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain by mooism2 on Friday February 04, 2011 @09:45AM (#2179549)
It's in the faq.
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