Re: XKCD - Nanobots

Have you considered the possibility that you might be over-analyzing the joke here? On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Michael Richardson wrote: > > > "Bob" == Bob Hinden writes: >>> I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? >>> >>> > >

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

> "Bob" == Bob Hinden writes: >> I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? >> >> Bob> I did a rough calculation and think they would have not run out Bob> of IPv6 addresses :-) Bob> I assumed a nanobot was 1 x 10^-6 M^2 a

RE: XKCD - Nanobots

> I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? > > It appears www.xkcd.com added its on the same day, too. -d ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

At 04:45 AM 2/28/2011, Bob Hinden wrote: >Yoav, > >> Yes, but I think the nanobots are supposed to devour the entire earth, so >> it's volume that counts. The volume is about 1x10^21 m^3. So 40% is 4 x >> 10^20 m^3. > >But they start from the outside and eat down. This causes the surface area

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

Yup. It's posted (right after mine) On Feb 28, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Chris Elliott wrote: > Bob, et al.: > > I took the liberty of informing Randall that he hit the IETF list on his > forum here: > > http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=68893 > > May take a bit for my post to get approved.

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

And I'll point out that this is not the first xkcd cartoon to be referenced by IETF'ers: http://www.ipv6now.com.au/news/TheStandardAug09.pdf The referenced comic is # 195, "Map of the Internet, http://www.xkcd.com/195/ And, as always with xkcd comics, check out the tool tip! Enjoy again! Chris

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

Bob, et al.: I took the liberty of informing Randall that he hit the IETF list on his forum here: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=68893 May take a bit for my post to get approved. And, yes, I did point out that you commented...and were involved with the development of IPv6... ;-)

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

Yoav, > Yes, but I think the nanobots are supposed to devour the entire earth, so > it's volume that counts. The volume is about 1x10^21 m^3. So 40% is 4 x 10^20 > m^3. But they start from the outside and eat down. This causes the surface area to decrease and less nonobots are required. Or

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

On Feb 28, 2011, at 11:16 AM, João Damas wrote: > > On 28 Feb 2011, at 09:40, Bob Hinden wrote: > >> Pete, >> >> On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: >> >>> I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? >>> >>> >> >> I did a rough calcul

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

On 28 Feb 2011, at 09:40, Bob Hinden wrote: > Pete, > > On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: > >> I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? >> >> > > I did a rough calculation and think they would have not run out of IPv6 > addresses

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

On Feb 28, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Bob Hinden wrote: > Pete, > > On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: > >> I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? >> >> > > I did a rough calculation and think they would have not run out of IPv6 > addres

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

Pete, On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: > I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? > > I did a rough calculation and think they would have not run out of IPv6 addresses :-) I assumed a nanobot was 1 x 10^-6 M^2 and the surface of t

XKCD - Nanobots

I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? pr -- Pete Resnick Qualcomm Incorporated - Direct phone: (858)651-4478, Fax: (858)651-1102 ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org