This isn't specific to Cocoa apps. I used to test this as an exploit to get around CyberNanny and similar software that blocked sites by name and x.x.x.x IP. They almost never blocked the denary IP. My method was a little different. I would turn each segment into binary, concatenate them, then convert that large string into a single denary number.

207.44.210.206

207 = 11001111
44   = 00101100 (note the "padding zeros")
210 = 11010010
206 = 11001110

207.44.210.206 --> 11001111001011001101001011001110
which converts to 3475821262.

Your way is easier. For those of you that get bent out of shape by these types of things:

denary
adj 1: containing ten or ten parts [syn: tenfold]
2: numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten;
  "the decimal system" [syn: decimal]

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You should have used 'who': "For those of you who get bent out of shape..." ;)

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Lol!

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