We could divide it up into $15,000 shares. And depending on how many shares you own determines your placement in the ship (better quarters) and other things like that.
Put me down for two shares also.
I think that the point the original poster was trying to make is that although it is technically possible to run out of address space, when it comes down to it, it is not likely to happen anytime in the near future. As it stands right now if you were to assign 1 billion IPv6 addresses to EACH person on the planet you would still not remotely approach using the full address space.
Think about it: IPv6 allows for 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768, 211,456 total addresses. Can you think of that many things to assign an address to? I know I can't.
Let's say you were to cover the entire earths surface with people. Each one taking up a square meter of space. You'd have 511,263,971,197,990 people total. Now in order to exhaust the IPv6 address space you would have to assign each person 665,570,793,348,866,943,898,599 individual addresses. That's a hell of a lot of addresses. Possible to run out? Sure. Going to happen? Not bloody likely. Especially considering that by the time it is possible to run out, we'd have moved onto a completely different system.
As far as Hollywood entertainment goes it wasn't too bad. But it had some reality issues I just couldn't get past. For example: Operating a plasma torch using the output from one of the crew members breathing tank in place of an oxygen tank.
It's like claiming that cows are more buoyant than air, and they're only held down by the force of the sun's rays bombarding them.
So does that mean they float at night?
At least wait until the Earth becomes a Class I Civilization, or even approaching a Class II Civilization (If we ever make it that far) before taking on something like this.
Yeah... game and controller new cost me $199, plus $14 for the strategy guide (much needed).
But it was all worth it, I've gotten much more enjoyment out of this one game than all of the other games I own (for Xbox, Gamecube, and PS2) together.
Add to that the fact that Steel Battalion Online and Steel Battalion 2 are going to be shipping soon, I think my PC is going to get a much needed break.
Oh, and then there is my current favorite "Steel Battalion" for xbox.
For those that have never heard of it, it is a mech game that comes with this HUGE 4 part controller. 40 buttons, 2 joysticks, 1 shifter, 3 foot pedals, gidgets and gadgets all over.
It completely immerses you in the game, you control every aspect of it. It has changed my outlook on console gaming
Have you ever played the "They Hunger" mod for half-life? It's sort of a horror/zombie thing. The first time I played it was in a dark room at 2am, and I had just set up my surround sound.
To this day I still don't know how the hell that zombie made it out of my room before I turned around to look at him.
I think this might be a worthwhile investment for me. I have been in search of a simple media center solution for a while now. I was waiting until the Linux-on-Xbox revolution matured a bit, but now I think I can use this instead.
I'm glad that it supports DivX and Xvid, I had naturally assumed it would only play MPEG based content. I am glad I was wrong.
I guess I am just a hopeless internet junkie then. Back in sept. of last year I took a roadtrip from NY to Arkansas, then to New Orleans, LA. I brought along my whole computer (I have no laptop) with me. That's right folks, Full tower case, 19" CRT, keyboard, speakers, etc. I don't think it ever occured to me to not take it.
I think that the computer classes in general are overcrowded with students trying to "hit it big" in the computer industry. Unfortunately a lot of them are just going to end up clogging the job market because although they may have the degree, they lack the experience and more imporantly the innate computer aptitude that "real" computer geeks have.
Like the parent said, hopefully this should act to relieve some of the mad rush to get a CS degree. (Although it still won't resolve the problem with all the "paper tigers" running around)
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We could divide it up into $15,000 shares. And depending on how many shares you own determines your placement in the ship (better quarters) and other things like that. Put me down for two shares also.
I think that the point the original poster was trying to make is that although it is technically possible to run out of address space, when it comes down to it, it is not likely to happen anytime in the near future. As it stands right now if you were to assign 1 billion IPv6 addresses to EACH person on the planet you would still not remotely approach using the full address space.
Think about it: IPv6 allows for 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768, 211,456 total addresses. Can you think of that many things to assign an address to? I know I can't.
Let's say you were to cover the entire earths surface with people. Each one taking up a square meter of space. You'd have 511,263,971,197,990 people total. Now in order to exhaust the IPv6 address space you would have to assign each person 665,570,793,348,866,943,898,599 individual addresses. That's a hell of a lot of addresses. Possible to run out? Sure. Going to happen? Not bloody likely. Especially considering that by the time it is possible to run out, we'd have moved onto a completely different system.
As far as Hollywood entertainment goes it wasn't too bad. But it had some reality issues I just couldn't get past. For example: Operating a plasma torch using the output from one of the crew members breathing tank in place of an oxygen tank.
And the cow jumped over the moon
Yup, that's how they did it.
It's like claiming that cows are more buoyant than air, and they're only held down by the force of the sun's rays bombarding them. So does that mean they float at night?
At least wait until the Earth becomes a Class I Civilization, or even approaching a Class II Civilization (If we ever make it that far) before taking on something like this.
Didn't anyone see The Core?
Yeah... game and controller new cost me $199, plus $14 for the strategy guide (much needed).
But it was all worth it, I've gotten much more enjoyment out of this one game than all of the other games I own (for Xbox, Gamecube, and PS2) together.
Add to that the fact that Steel Battalion Online and Steel Battalion 2 are going to be shipping soon, I think my PC is going to get a much needed break.
Oh, and then there is my current favorite "Steel Battalion" for xbox.
For those that have never heard of it, it is a mech game that comes with this HUGE 4 part controller. 40 buttons, 2 joysticks, 1 shifter, 3 foot pedals, gidgets and gadgets all over.
It completely immerses you in the game, you control every aspect of it. It has changed my outlook on console gaming
Have you ever played the "They Hunger" mod for half-life? It's sort of a horror/zombie thing. The first time I played it was in a dark room at 2am, and I had just set up my surround sound. To this day I still don't know how the hell that zombie made it out of my room before I turned around to look at him.
I think this might be a worthwhile investment for me. I have been in search of a simple media center solution for a while now. I was waiting until the Linux-on-Xbox revolution matured a bit, but now I think I can use this instead. I'm glad that it supports DivX and Xvid, I had naturally assumed it would only play MPEG based content. I am glad I was wrong.
Good idea, I could probably set up the webcam to my laptop and bring it outside with me... ;)
Of two possible uses for such a network:
;)
1) Instant LAN party, without the party. "Hey guys I heard Front ST. is loading up Quake III, want to join in?"
2) High quality video conferencing with the hot redhead two blocks down.
I imagine seeing children in tattered clothing, sitting reading /. complaining about "that damn microsoft"
Besides the common hardware tools, how about format and FDISK utilities. Maybe something like a Knoppix linux CD that you can boot off of.
Since when does TCP/IP overhead have any effect on completely different protocols?
I guess I am just a hopeless internet junkie then. Back in sept. of last year I took a roadtrip from NY to Arkansas, then to New Orleans, LA. I brought along my whole computer (I have no laptop) with me. That's right folks, Full tower case, 19" CRT, keyboard, speakers, etc. I don't think it ever occured to me to not take it.
I use my old harddrives to practice using my dremel tool... Not much use after that..
I think that the computer classes in general are overcrowded with students trying to "hit it big" in the computer industry. Unfortunately a lot of them are just going to end up clogging the job market because although they may have the degree, they lack the experience and more imporantly the innate computer aptitude that "real" computer geeks have. Like the parent said, hopefully this should act to relieve some of the mad rush to get a CS degree. (Although it still won't resolve the problem with all the "paper tigers" running around)
Time to dig up my Tandy TRS-80 Color computer. /me likes BASIC