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A Humorous Introduction To IPv6

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the since-when-are-big-numbers-funny dept.

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.'"

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  1. humor by Silon · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's funny. Laugh.
    It isn't. No.
  2. Re:Fuzzy Math by CastrTroy · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  3. Re:Fuzzy Math by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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