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A Humorous Introduction To IPv6
zollman writes "Jonathan Richards, in the London times, explains how the introduction of IPv6 will change the Internet. From the article: 'As use [of the Internet] grew, it became clear that the old protocol, IPv4, wasn't big enough, so a new one was created using 32-bit numbers. That increased the number of available addresses to 340 undecillion, 282 decillion, 366 nonillion, 920 octillion, 938 septillion -- enough for the foreseeable future.'"
While the article points out the benefits of using these new '32-bit numbers', it does ignore the obvious drawbacks -- namely, they will be twice as fast to clog up the tubes that make the Internet work.
Does IPv6 change the internets tubes into dump trucks though?
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
Actually, he did get the number of addresses wrong, there's actually, 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,45 6. Not 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0 as he said. This means he is actually off by 463463374607431768211456. Which Means that he forgot about 107908475819842 IPV4 Internets.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
Which Means that he forgot about 107908475819842 IPV4 Internets
you should remove 2 from that figure as i recieved 2 internets from my mother earlier today
Did she attach them in emails. I have lots of problems with my mother attaching giant files in Emails too.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
Sorry for being so harsh, but I hate it when nerds belittle non-nerds to make themselves feel better. Yes, this guy is a bad journalist - should it really be on the front page of slashdot though?
You must be new here.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Whenever my staff sends me an Internet around 10 AM, and it's delivering slowly, they just try sending it through different tubes until a fast one is found. Maybe your mother can try the same thing with delivering her giant e-mail attachments.
- sm
Totally! Why don't all newspapers use hyperlinks?