Semi-relevant (aka slighly off-topic) article:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1705008/simple-proof-that-guid-is-not-unique
The comments are golden.
Jerry Wilborn
jerrywilborn@gmail.com
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:31 PM, -ray <ray@ops.selu.edu> wrote:
>
> That's 340 undecillion, 282 decillion, 366 nonillion, 920 octillion, 938
> septillion, 463 sextillion, 463 quintillion, 374 quadrillion, 607 trillion,
> 431 billion, 768 million, 211 thousand and 456.
>
> I read it's enough to assign an IP to every particle in the solar system. I
> won't be greedy... I just want enough for every particle in my body :)
>
> ray
>
>
>
> On Sun, 30 May 2010, Dustin Hinton wrote:
>
> Ipv4= *2^32* (*4,294,967,296*) unique IPv4 adresses available.
>>
>> Vs.
>>
>> ipv6=2^128 (*340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456) *unique
>> IPv6 adresses available.
>>
>> Wow.. That's a big upgrade..
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Dustin Hinton
>> I.T. Sales Associate
>>
>> F1 Communications, L.L.C.
>> 1512 Edwards Ave. Suite 3
>> New Orleans, LA. 70123
>> Office: 504.455.5552
>> Cell: 985.640.4024
>> O-Fax: 504.304.7898
>> E-Fax: 866.316.3593
>> Dustin@f1solutions.net
>>
>> On May 30, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Joey Kelly <> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat May 29 2010 5:48 pm, Charles Jouglard wrote:
>>
>> Depending on which online IPV4 depletion calculator you look at there is a
>>
>> Y2K type push for action. Several online depletion calculators show we
>> are
>>
>> right at less then two years before all of the IPV4 IPs will be depleted.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Charles
>>
>>
>> First you tell us that the world is going to end, then you say "cheers"?
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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