Internet will run out of addresses in two years.

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Originally Posted by Kovich

And then eventually that, too, will run out and we'll have to devise another solution.

We constantly seek short-term solutions. Instead of finding something that will be suitable for now, we should find something that will always be suitable.

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With IPv6 there's 1000 IP addresses for each person in the world, so I don't expect any problems for more than 1000 years. :D

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Originally Posted by Shenron

With IPv6 there's 1000 IP addresses for each person in the world, so I don't expect any problems for more than 1000 years. :D

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Sounds like a pretty long-term solution to me :D

That's what they said the first time. :P

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Originally Posted by Kovich

That's what they said the first time. :P

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Not really, IPV4 doesn't even cover the current World's population, on the other hand IPV6 covers the entire population * 1000 (actually a lot more than that).

Basically this means that, on average, you can have an IP address for each of your own properties (from pencils to shoes :p).

could someone explain in simple terms what this IPV6 IP address thing has to do with stopping domain name combinations from running out in 2 years?

1,000 IPs x 6,795,253,544 People = 6.79525354 × 10^12

4.4 humans born per second. 264 per minute.

(6.79525354 × (10^12)) / 264 = 2.57395967 × 10^10

Therefore, we can see that it will be 2.57395967 × 10^10 minutes until all of those are used up. Assuming we're not countering the number with deaths or altering the rate of birth.

Let's counter the number with deaths:
1.8 die every second. 108 each minute.

264 minus 108 = 156. (6.79525354 × (10^12)) / 156 = 4.35593176 × 10^10

My conclusion:
Come and see me in 4.35593176 × 10^10 minutes, Shenron. (Approximately 82,875.414 years.)

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Originally Posted by Kovich

1,000 IPs x 6,795,253,544 People = 6.79525354 × 10^12

4.4 humans born per second. 264 per minute.

(6.79525354 × (10^12)) / 264 = 2.57395967 × 10^10

Therefore, we can see that it will be 2.57395967 × 10^10 minutes until all of those are used up. Assuming we're not countering the number with deaths or altering the rate of birth.

Let's counter the number with deaths:
1.8 die every second. 108 each minute.

264 minus 108 = 156. (6.79525354 × (10^12)) / 156 = 4.35593176 × 10^10

My conclusion:
Come and see me in 4.35593176 × 10^10 minutes, Shenron. (Approximately 82,875.414 years.)

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gotta say, that was ubergeek!! :o

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Originally Posted by Kovich

1,000 IPs x 6,795,253,544 People = 6.79525354 × 10^12

4.4 humans born per second. 264 per minute.

(6.79525354 × (10^12)) / 264 = 2.57395967 × 10^10

Therefore, we can see that it will be 2.57395967 × 10^10 minutes until all of those are used up. Assuming we're not countering the number with deaths or altering the rate of birth.

Let's counter the number with deaths:
1.8 die every second. 108 each minute.

264 minus 108 = 156. (6.79525354 × (10^12)) / 156 = 4.35593176 × 10^10

My conclusion:
Come and see me in 4.35593176 × 10^10 minutes, Shenron. (Approximately 82,875.414 years.)

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LOL, great post!
It looks like I might assign an IP address to each of my fishes. :D

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Originally Posted by Kovich

1,000 IPs x 6,795,253,544 People = 6.79525354 × 10^12

4.4 humans born per second. 264 per minute.

(6.79525354 × (10^12)) / 264 = 2.57395967 × 10^10

Therefore, we can see that it will be 2.57395967 × 10^10 minutes until all of those are used up. Assuming we're not countering the number with deaths or altering the rate of birth.

Let's counter the number with deaths:
1.8 die every second. 108 each minute.

264 minus 108 = 156. (6.79525354 × (10^12)) / 156 = 4.35593176 × 10^10

My conclusion:
Come and see me in 4.35593176 × 10^10 minutes, Shenron. (Approximately 82,875.414 years.)

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Cool stuff

atleast we know one thing..IPv8 has no chance till the next 82k years..:p

Right. But my point was - why not just implement something like IPv8 now?

I mean, why do we intentionally limit ourselves?