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Re:Algorithm: The Hacker Movie by NSCFType on Monday July 14, 2014 @07:42PM (#8033901)
Well, technically, IP addresses can be represented by a single integer:

2130706433 == 127.0.0.1

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Re:Algorithm: The Hacker Movie by shdon on Monday July 14, 2014 @08:53PM (#8034129)
And the cool thing is, you can just put http://3626153261 in your browser address bar and end up at slashdot.org (news.ycombinator.com is behind CloudFlare, which doesn't allow IP-based access for obvious reasons)
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Re:Algorithm: The Hacker Movie by gweinberg on Monday July 14, 2014 @08:09PM (#8033982)
Technically, anything you can name can be represented by a single integer.
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Re:Algorithm: The Hacker Movie by staz on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @04:53AM (#8035412)
Yeah but technically in the protocol it's just one number, we show it as 4 numbers because it's easier for humans to manipulate
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