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ARIN IPv4 Addresses Run Out Tomorrow
jcomeau_ictx provided that teaser of a headline, but writes: Not really. But the countdown at tunnelbroker.net should go to zero sometime tomorrow around noon, considering it's at 45,107 as I write this, it's counting down about one address every two seconds, and there are 86,400 seconds per day. Just happened to notice it today. Might be worth a little celebration at every NOC and IT enterprise tomorrow.
I thought they ran out last year, until I saw the report of them running out last month.
I thought they ran out last month, until I saw the report of them running out last week.
I though they ran out last week, now I see they'll run out tomorrow.
Perhaps someone should start reporting facts rather than what ever you call all these reports.
Xeno's IPv4 Paradox.
(to the tune of "99 bottles of beer on the wall")
4,294,967,290 cows in the field, 4,294,967,290 cows...
Move one aside, add one more cow, 4,294,967,291 cows in the field...
4,294,967,291 cows in the field, 4,294,967,291 cows...
Move one aside, add one more cow, 4,294,967,292 cows in the field...
4,294,967,292 cows in the field, 4,294,967,292 cows...
Move one aside, add one more cow, 4,294,967,293 cows in the field...
4,294,967,293 cows in the field, 4,294,967,293 cows...
Move one aside, add one more cow, 4,294,967,294 cows in the field...
4,294,967,294 cows in the field, 4,294,967,294 cows...
Move one aside, add one more cow, 4,294,967,295 cows in the field...
4,294,967,295 cows in the field, 4,294,967,295 cows...
Move one aside, add one more cow... hey, where did all my cows go?
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For the moment, I think we can limit ourselves to the number of atoms in the solar system. One rough estimate is that there are 10e29 stars in the universe. If the atoms were divided up approximately evenly between these star's systems, then there'd be 10e82/10e29=10e53. So we have one IPv6 address for each cluster of 10e15 atoms.
Except! I've heard it estimated that about half the matter in the solar system is in the sun, and we don't want to use up the sun to build computers, because we need it to power the computers. So, 10e14 atoms per IPv6 left to work with.
So the question before the audience is:can you build a device that implements an IPv6 stack and a minimal radio transmitter that allows it to communicate with other, similar devices, using only 10e14 atoms? If so, or if it can be done in less, then we may have a problem*. Otherwise, I think we should be fine for now.
(To give you a rough estimate of what you're working with:10e14 atoms of silicon would mass about 46 nanograms.)
Submit your solutions to iwannahelpdestroytheworld@weregonnafreakingcreatethesingularity.com :)
* Although the problem may not be manifest until we convert the *entire* Earth, core and all, into these devices, along with all the other planets, and colonize the Oort cloud, and do the same there. :)