We're Down To a Billion... (According to Ars Technica)

(Here We Come)

Ars Technica Says: About a week ago we reached the magic number of 2.7 billion IPv4 addresses used, and that leaves about 1 billion IPv4 addresses left.

In other words, unless something unexpected happens, we'll be out of IPv4 addresses at some point in the neighborhood of 2012. So when the next Olympics come around, it's very possible that some of us will have to watch them online over IPv6. (Actually the official website of the 2008 Olympics is already available over IPv6.)

What Is IPv4 and IPv6???
For more Info about the current IP address configuration, and the soon to be here second IP address configuration, check out Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_mapped_address

For all the goodies to the Ars Technica, story go here:

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Wingman O-U-T.

Link to Google Books about Einstein. Very Nice.

Side Note Uno: Just finished Einstein: His Life and Universe. Excellent Book.


Side Note Two: New Facebook-like Site for Sports Fans, the BETA is Here:
http://www.sportsfanlive.com/

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Wingman, really out...now.

World Population Explosion recently?

Filed under NEWS:

Not really, since the growth rate is about half what it was at its peak of 2.2% in 1963.

But still, a milestone was reached yesterday

when the estimated World Population

Passed 6,666,666,666 on Friday.

According to news blurb from slash.dot
it passed 5,555,555,555 about 14 years ago, and
it was only 2 billion people on the planet 80 years ago.

Coincidently, IPv4 internet addresses
will crossed the 666,666,666 mark on friday too.

(If you want to see the world pop. census site

Look Here: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html

Do you have your internet web address? (IPv4)

I have 2, but only 1 is active right now at:

http://mediacircus2.com