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Pentagon Wants IPv6 by 2008
anzha writes "The constant question for 'when' for IPv6 keeps wandering across good ole /. It seems that the Pentagon has decided to put a foot down and put a deadline on their dark and dangerous portion of the net."
thank god someone's finally taking the initiative, even if it is the baby-killers at the pentagon :P
The only problem with this Troll is that I agree, now I hope I'm not modded down for thinking differently, I just have to wonder what they actually DO for us rather than make porn and spam which we can do ourself, I hope someone can respond to this and enlighten me instead of making it a -1, Troll.
Let's see, the meter is defined as...9,129,631,770 oscillations of the 133Cs atom or alternately as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.[1]
:P
[2] http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/meter.html
Its origin dates to a botched measure of the earth's curvature.[2]
Very useful!
Adding to the scientific accuracy, the kilogram is based on the weight of one cubic decimeter of water. Don't worry about the arbitrary nature of this decision - it is scientific!
I'm glad it doesn't have some mundane meaning like "one tea-spoon" or "one table spoon". Also, we all know base-10 is the only natural unit for calculation. What were the Babylonians thinking when they used base 60? Nobody ever needs to divide things into thirds.
250mg is so much easier to say than "quarter pound"! (just count the syllables if you don't believe me) Likewise, 333mm is so much more precise than 4 inches.
At least the metric system is scientific!
[1] http://www.mel.nist.gov/div821/museum/length.htm
Nortel has been supporting ipv6 sence 97 on all router platforms and passport. Course im sure cisco will try and make their own diferent from everyone else. I think i remember the last hold up was microsoft and news on this?