Riddle...

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 08 Sep 2006, 15:19

In abbreviations as follows:-

United States = us
Great Britain = gb
European Union = eu
Germany = de
Switzerland = ch
??????? = ip

Can anyone fill in the missing name?

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 08 Sep 2006, 15:26

Hi Peter,

In what context do you mean? Given you have used "GB", I presume you dont mean an internet Top Level Domain (TLD)?

Toby

Post by **Garry Russell** » 08 Sep 2006, 15:29

Surely another country....... :think:

But there isn't one (ip)

And if this is not about classic no british aircraft its the wrong section,,,.or is it?

Garry

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 08 Sep 2006, 15:36

The full title for Pakistan is "The Islamic Repubic of Pakistan", so if the "USA" can lose the "A", its possible perhaps :think: Then again of course, its possible this comes from another language, like "CH" (Confoederatio Helvetica) for Switzerland, or even a translation from another alphabet. Then again, Peter is a smart chap and this could be clever riddle to catch us out

Quixoticish · Post by **Quixoticish** » 08 Sep 2006, 16:53

I think it's a cunning riddle designed to catch us out, I'm not aware of any countries that use IP as a code.

Post by **TSR2** » 08 Sep 2006, 17:32

just for info, gb isn't the iso country code, its UK for United Kingdom.

http://www.nsrc.org/codes/bymap/notes.html#ukgb

The whole country code list is available here...
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-service ... index.html

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 08 Sep 2006, 17:43

No, I don't know the answer to this riddle...Nor does the stats provider for my website:-

I just though that one of you knowledgeable chaps might provide the answer :think:

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 08 Sep 2006, 17:51

It might actually just be "IP" as in IP address... sometimes it cannot be determined where a particular visitor is browsing from. I get a certain amount of unresolved or "network" users on my stats too.

Post by **TSR2** » 08 Sep 2006, 19:47

Thats exactly what it is toby. Where the site has been acessed via IP address rather than the DNS name.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 08 Sep 2006, 20:47

I thought it was a genuine riddle and spent a long time with pencil and paper trying to crack the logic sequence

If I'd known it was a question I would have twigged it straight away

Garry