Re: A little silly for IPv6

2014-03-26 Thread rw...@ropeguru.com
On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:28:04 -0500 Larry Sheldon larryshel...@cox.net wrote: According to the Ace of Spades HQ blog: IPv6 would allow every atom on the surface of the earth to have its own IP address, with enough spare to do Earth 100+ times. -- Requiescas in pace o email Two

Re: A little silly for IPv6

2014-03-26 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:55 PM, rw...@ropeguru.com rw...@ropeguru.com wrote: . I want to see HIS source of hpow many atoms are actually on the earth. Somehow, I do not think anyone knows that answer. So his comparision is a joke. Obligatory xkcd ref: https://xkcd.com/865/

Re: A little silly for IPv6

2014-03-26 Thread Paul S.
Of course it is, you don't even need to think about logic to answer that one. On 3/26/2014 午後 09:55, rw...@ropeguru.com wrote: On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:28:04 -0500 Larry Sheldon larryshel...@cox.net wrote: According to the Ace of Spades HQ blog: IPv6 would allow every atom on the surface of

Re: A little silly for IPv6

2014-03-26 Thread rw...@ropeguru.com
I would support THIS as a better reference than some of the other email responses I have gotten. Again comparing something like factual numbers of IPv6 addresses the the very fuzzy math of guessing how many atoms there are is very silly indeed. On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:06:15 + Gary

Re: A little silly for IPv6

2014-03-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:19:14 -0400, rw...@ropeguru.com said: Again comparing something like factual numbers of IPv6 addresses the the very fuzzy math of guessing how many atoms there are is very silly indeed. A bit of thought will show that you can probably compute this based on our

Re: A little silly for IPv6

2014-03-26 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Wed, 26 Mar 2014, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:19:14 -0400, rw...@ropeguru.com said: Again comparing something like factual numbers of IPv6 addresses the the very fuzzy math of guessing how many atoms there are is very silly indeed. A bit of thought will show

A little silly for IPv6

2014-03-25 Thread Larry Sheldon
According to the Ace of Spades HQ blog: IPv6 would allow every atom on the surface of the earth to have its own IP address, with enough spare to do Earth 100+ times. -- Requiescas in pace o email Two identifying characteristics of System

Re: A little silly for IPv6

2014-03-25 Thread Jeff Kell
On 3/26/2014 12:28 AM, Larry Sheldon wrote: According to the Ace of Spades HQ blog: IPv6 would allow every atom on the surface of the earth to have its own IP address, with enough spare to do Earth 100+ times. Not with a /64 minimum allocation per customer :) Jeff