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  1. #1
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    Question

    Hello,
    I received a junk mail, a spam advertising for Human Growth Hormone. The URL it referred to was http://3633247159/SlimAWeigh.htm

    What sort of URL is this? Just a number? How does it work? I dont understand. Somebody please clarify.

    Thanks,
    Wing.

    P.S.:
    And remember, hGH is a pituitary hormone that can have profound adverse effects on the body if abused, affecting multiple organ systems. Just run a search on "acromegaly" or "gigantism" on google if you wanna know more.

    Dont buy that unless you already have hGH hormone deficiency- it's all I can tell you. That too, only under the prescription of your endocrinologist.

    I just posted the URL for reference.

  2. #2
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    Hi, it resolve as http://216.142.243.183/

    That's what we call a dedimal address. For example, WHT in decimal address is http://3628760958

    To find out more, go here http://packetderm.cotse.com/cgi-bin/lookuptools enter the IP, domain or decimal address, check the NetBios radio button and "Do it!"
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  3. #3
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    It would seem to be an obfuscated URL, one of many tricks used by spammers to hide where their sites are so that most people can't compalin to their hosts and have them shut down. of course, it does no good for those like HostAB.com who know how to see through their subterfuge.

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    Thank ya

    Thanks Duster and HostAB,
    I think that IP address lies in the super nu pyramid. I know the 216.150.*.* lies there. So that is quite possible. My dial up access is too slow today. I'll dig that address some other time.

    Also, can someone tell me how to convert the normal IP address to and from decimal form?

    Can we also try octal, binary or hex? Will it work? How is it done?

    Thanks,
    Wing.

  5. #5
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    You know, that one almost fooled me.

    I thought is might be part of *this* new protocol:

    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt

    Incidentally, that should probably be required reading. I've worked with it, myself, and haven't got enough good things to say about it.

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    lol@etLux, that made me laugh.
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    Originally posted by KDAWebServices
    lol@etLux, that made me laugh.
    This is no laughing matter! It's a serious new technology that may influence how all of us experience information transfer in the very near future!

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    I suspect many of you are already experiencing it...

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    You know, that one almost fooled me.

    HAA! HAA! (wipes nose...) heeheehee! (kleenex dab to the eye) HehHehHeh! (various snorts...) Classic...
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  10. #10
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    Originally posted by thewitt
    I suspect many of you are already experiencing it...
    This may be so. Rumor has it that AOL is now running over half their network services entirely on this new technology.

    @Home is said to have begun quietly using it, exclusively, for their mail servers -- which may well be responsible for recent improvements over prior perfromance.

  11. #11
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    Oh hell, I still can't get into my @home mail, of course they are the ones that can't keep any server up.....

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    A bag of peanuts might help.

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