x10hosting's name!?

[jtwhite]

Wow, I was doing my Chemistry homework, looking at Avogadro's number (6.022 x10^23)

I noticed the x10!

x10hosting's slogan is "free hosting for the masses."

Well. Most of the time if you're using scientific notation, you have a massive number...

Did x10hosting get its name from scientific notation? (x10^#)?

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

I don't think so, that's 9th grade maths (at least it is here): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation#Powers_of_ten (example 10 * 10^10 = 100000000000)

 

[jtwhite]

Yeah, I'm just saying that would fit the slogan? You could have a massive number like 10 *10^100

 

[memoryz]

Lulz nice find!

I always thought x10 was *10.

Such as 10*hosting

* = Times (x)

 

[alexandgruntz]

IIRC Corey or one of the founders saw an ad for a camera with the model x10, so they used that.

 

[saif7463]

Another theory

Originally, they were going for extendedhosting.com but that was already taken. They then considered x10dedhosting.com, but reasoned that the "ded" in x10dedhosting.com would attract the wrong userbase (ie, zombies and necrophiles). Thus, they dropped the ded, and settled on: x10hosting.com.

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

Another theory

Originally, they were going for extendedhosting.com but that was already taken. They then considered x10dedhosting.com, but reasoned that the "ded" in x10dedhosting.com would attract the wrong userbase (ie, zombies and necrophiles). Thus, they dropped the ded, and settled on: x10hosting.com.

hehehe great theory xD.

 

[Sharky]

Or it's just 10 times better than any other provider.

 

[jtwhite]

Or it's just 10 times better than any other provider.

Haha. I like that one!

 

[arizonapcrepair]

I always thought it was just a name that sounded cool. But the math behind it is cool.

 

[Brandon]

You guys lost me at the first post...your all too smart.