please prefer base 64 over base 32 (was: Re: [p2p-hackers] Bitzi (was Various identifier choices))

[Zooko]

> : > command shells.  
> : 
> : ... in all that I've never noticed break characters or upper/lowercase to be an
> : issue.  But I *have* had problems with overly long mojoids being mangled by
> : e-mail agents and *really* long ones (> 256 characters) being rejected by MSIE.
> 
> okay.  non-starter.  how about search engines?  

Hm.  Like I might have "ABCDE-FGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXWYZ" on my home page, but you
can't find it through a search engine because when you ask for "A-B" it gives
you "A and not B" or something?

That seems like a good example (although I'm not sure about the details of how
search engines work).

Regards,

Zooko