Posted on 07/25/2010 6:47:29 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
We're running out of internet addresses
By John D. Sutter, CNN
* We may run out of internet addresses in less than a year
* Internet addresses are assigned to all devices accessing the Web
* Researchers are working on solutions to avoid a new "Y2K"
(CNN) -- Don't panic, but we're running out of internet addresses.
Not domain names -- those website names that you see at the top of this page and which always start with some semblance of "http://" and "www."
We've got plenty of those.
But, according to statements from prominent internet thinkers this week, we may run out of internet protocol -- or IP -- addresses in less than a year.
IP addresses are numbers assigned to all of the devices -- computers, phones, cars, wireless sensors, etc. -- that log on to the internet.
According to the blog ReadWriteWeb, the internet is changing and evolving so quickly -- with so many new types of devices connecting -- that we're running out of numbers to assign to all of these Web-enabled electronics.
"The main reason for the concern? There's an explosion of data about to happen to the Web thanks largely to sensor data, smart grids, RFID and other Internet of Things data," Richard MacManus writes on that site.
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
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If government gets involved, expect the internet to crash.
If capitalist are allowed to manage this, the internet will live on forever.
OMG!!!!! We need a new government program to fix this.
“yawn” This was old news to IT people back when YK2 was “scaring” the masses... NEXT!!!
I just read somewhere that they’ve discovered more IP addresses in a large deposit under farmland in Iowa. I think it’s someplace called TCP/IPv6. Easily recoverable.
Windows 7 comes with new IP addressing:
Here’s min: fe80::2c20:acd4:f59a:6bxd%11
this is much different method. Not sure but I think there is a Squllion possible combinations with this approach
A guy who was there when they were discussing how many addresses the internet would need told me they liberally guessed at about 30-40 — they only had a few actual subscribers. For other reasons, they went with 4 billion possible addresses.
Yes! Let Obama take over the Internet!
Obama proposing ‘ObamaNet’ legislation nationalizing the Internet in 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..
No sale
Sh!t. Now I’m going to have to dial the area code just to chat with my bride across the living room.
I read somewhere recently, (I think the Smithonian Magazine), that at present there is 23 hours of video being added to YouTube every hour.
Yup.
This calls for another $400,000 a year Black male internet address CZAR that reports directly to the president.
Calling Al Gore, you screwed up again.
“OMG!!!!! We need a new government program to fix this.”
Well, if anyone can pull numbers out of their asses, it’s the goobamint.
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