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There Is No Plan B, the Ugly Transition To IPv6
An anonymous reader writes "The Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses — not at some point in the future, but right now. But the only solution to the problem, IPv6, is just now really starting to be deployed. That's why we're all in for some tough times ahead."
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Why can't we have a -1, Rambling Offtopic mod?
>>>Umm, NO. Thin slices of the same spectrum are being used by digital TVs
Okay. Here's a list of every channel in my region (mid-atlantic) that is assigned to DTV, protected by the FCC, and therefore NOT available for use by TV Band/whitespace devices. Now tell me. Honestly. Do you see any open channels?
VHF-LO - 2,3,4,5,6
VHF-HU - 6,7,8,10,11,12,13
UHF - 14,15,16,17,18,19,20
21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30
31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38
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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
>>>If JPGs could be compressed another 90% (which they can't be!)
Actually you can compress JPG further, and my Dialup ISP does it (converts a 50K jpeg to 5K). Just as I squeeze MPG episodes of Penn&Teller down to 10 megabyte size for emailing friends. It's all relative to how much quality you are willing to sacrifice.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Anonymous Coward said: ..... You know what? I hope they do take away your fucking TV. I hope you turn it on one day, and nothing is there. I hope you sit there and stare at a blank screen (not even snow to look at - they took that from you too already, didn't they?). I smile as I think of your simple whimpering as you paw in futility at the TV. Your only friend...gone...gone... Gone.
Why not just link to the 45 other places you've posted the list?
Ignoring the little teeny-bopper temper tantrum, and going back to the first question:
Why? Is slashdot experiencing a shortage of bits, such that I can't *retype from scratch* the same list that I posted two weeks ago? NO. There are probably a lot of people who never saw the original list, so I posted it for THEIR benefit, not yours.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall