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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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