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Re:Show HN: this URL goes to Google by SEMW on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:57PM (#5764055)
Yeah. An IP address is 32 bits long. It's usually represented as four 8-bit decimals (74.125.227.40), but it's perfectly valid to represent it as a single 32-bit decimal (1249764136).
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Re:Show HN: this URL goes to Google by mosqutip on Friday May 24, 2013 @01:55PM (#5764346)
That's cool. I didn't know browsers could parse it in that manner, but I suppose it makes enough sense.
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Re:Show HN: this URL goes to Google by testing12341234 on Friday May 24, 2013 @02:51PM (#5764646)
The formatting of an IP in this matter is translated at the network level.

The following also works (from the command line):

ping 1249764136

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