{"id":116,"date":"2002-11-25T18:53:53-05:00","date_gmt":"2002-11-26T02:53:53+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/wordpress\/?p=116"},"modified":"2002-11-25T18:53:53-05:00","modified_gmt":"2002-11-26T02:53:53+00:00","slug":"who-owns-the-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2002\/11\/25\/who-owns-the-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"Who owns the digits?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gervase Markham asks Who owns the alphabet?<\/cite><\/a>. Being more of a numbers guy myself, I was curious about digits. Similar disclaimers apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nFirst Hit<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\nComment<\/th>\nHonourable Mentions (top 10)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
0<\/a><\/th>\nThe W3C Validator<\/a><\/td>\nA free service that checks documents like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.<\/td>\n An appropriate start, perhaps due to XHTML 1.0?<\/td>\nNetscape<\/a>, Microsoft<\/a>, Business 2.0<\/a>, an AOL error page<\/a> (!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/a><\/th>\nThe W3C Validator<\/a><\/td>\nA free service that checks documents like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.<\/td>\nHmm. XHTML 1<\/em>.0 and 1<\/em>.1?<\/td>\nVH1<\/a>, Bobby<\/a>, Mozilla.org<\/a>, BBC 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/a><\/th>\nThe W3C Validator<\/a><\/td>\nA free service….<\/td>\nThe W3 again. Weird coincidence? (Top10) Many others have found that having a 2 in your name doubles your fun (and PageRank, apparently).<\/td>\nLearn2.com<\/a>, Internet2<\/a>, Playstation.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/a><\/th>\nThe W3C Validator<\/a><\/td>\nA free service and so forth.<\/td>\nAnd again<\/em> the W3. Conspiracy, anyone?<\/td>\n3Com<\/a>, QuickTime<\/a>, id<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/a><\/th>\nThe W3C Validator<\/a><\/td>\nYadda yadda yadda.<\/td>\n This just isn’t funny any more. What, does the World Wide Web Consortium own Google? (Top10) Finally, some new contenders.<\/td>\nMacromedia<\/a>, Microsoft<\/a>, PHP<\/a>, United States Postal Service<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/a><\/th>\nMacromedia<\/a> <\/td>\nServlet\/JSP engines.<\/td>\n Description from their site. Oh, and a little thing called Flash, too. (Top10) All the old regulars.<\/td>\nMicrosoft<\/a>, Apple<\/a>, Opera<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/a><\/th>\nMacromedia<\/a><\/td>\nServlet\/JSP engines.<\/td>\nDoes anyone else sense a pattern?<\/td>\nNetscape, Microsoft, Motel 6<\/a>, Adobe<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/a><\/th>\nNetscape<\/a><\/td>\nAll NEW Netscape 7.0 – Netscape’s FASTEST browser!<\/td>\n(Top 10) Finally some new sites again.<\/td>\nReal<\/a>, Jasc<\/a>, 7-Eleven<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/a><\/th>\nReal<\/a><\/td>\nOne easy way to play every major media format in one amazing Player.<\/td>\n (Top10) Wow. A Your browser sucks!<\/cite> page. I thought those were dead.<\/td>\nSuper 8 Motels<\/a>, ISC BIND<\/a>, WinZip<\/a>, SPring-8<\/a> (synchrotron), entropy8zuper.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/a><\/th>\nNumber Nine<\/a><\/td>\nNumber Nine Visual Technology has ceased operation.<\/td>\nThe company has been out of business for years and it’s still number one. (Top10) Finally a category not dominated by corporations. Too bad it’s the last.<\/td>\n9-11peace.org<\/a>, The Nine Planets<\/a>, Plan 9 OS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>
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