What would the Internet look like if rather than using the domain system, it used the Dewey Decimal System? That would assign a unique name for every webpage. the heirarchy tree would be a lot different, too. Where things are currently arranged under top level domains (say Yahoo or Google) under the Dewey Decimal Network Name System (DDNNS --> d2n2) the functions and information would be broken up. Google Search would be under one number, Google News would be under another, and Blogger under yet another; we would face the Internet in novel and intreasting ways. By changeing the trailing digit, one could step through all the search engines on the Net for instance...

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