Re:Better use IP addresses as phone numbers instea (Score 1)

I already do this! For my semi-private website, Since I have not registered a domain name yet, I simply give out the IP. Now, here's the kicker, WHen people look at me funny, all I have to do is invoke the 'phone number' analogy. "Just think of it as my internet, or international phone number" Reasons why this works 1. It looks like it could be an international phone number 2. It is already grouped in a memonic format (small groups of memorizable sets) 3. It is unique 4. 'Phone numbers' are not scary or intimidating to the uninitiated (My Mother n Law figured it out) Future expansion When IPv6 comes around, if a letter gets added to the phone number, well, people already understand that you can 'dial' a letter. The only new concept is that the 'letter' won't be equal to a number I'm not saying that DNS is bad, go ahead and register names, but the underlaying system is still very appropriate. All that is required is the proper 'spin' on what they are. I fully expect to someday have a domain name registered which will lead one to my public site and contact channels, however I also fully expect to keep an unlisted 'number only' contact channel that is for semiprivate use. In this case, I will be simply handing out my 'internet phone number' in the form of the IP of my direct communications server. Thanks for reading Backpack