On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:04:06 -0400, Bill Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 01:29:36PM +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: >> * Tony Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > All-numeric domains are popular in China because they are easier for >> > people to deal with than alphabetic domains. For example, 263.com is >> > China's second-largest ISP. You can't just assume that an all-numeric >> > domain is necessarily abusive, any more so than Yahoo or Fastmail. >> >> Is there any meaning to "263" in Chinese? > >It's either the average annual wage of a Wal-Mart supplier, or the >number of years that Mao predicted it would take the Revolution to >destroy the Great Satan[tm]. > >YMMV. > >William > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/263 A few options there... - though it could as easily be their building address...
