IPv6 Adoption Up 300 Percent Over 2 Years 425
Mark.J - ISPreview writes "The Number Resource Organization, which is made up of the five Regional Internet Registries, has revealed that the rate of new entrants into the IPv6 routing system has increased by 300% over the past two years. The news is important because IPv4 addresses (e.g. 123.23.56.98), which are assigned to your computer periodically, are running out. IPv6 addressing (e.g. 2ffe:1800:3525:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf) was invented as a longer and more secure replacement." IPv6 is still gaining ground slowly, particularly in the US.
up 300%? (Score:5, Funny)
you mean it went from 1 person to 3 people?
Re:up 300%? (Score:5, Funny)
No, up by 300% would means there are now 4 users.
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Re:Fun with statistics (Score:5, Funny)
Why is that lying?
Obviously technologically superior (Score:5, Funny)
The news is important because IPv4 addresses (e.g. 123.23.56.98), which are assigned to your computer periodically, are running out. IPv6 addressing (e.g. 2ffe:1800:3525:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf) was invented as a longer and more secure replacement.
Look! IPv4 addresses just have numbers and dots. IPv6 addresses have numbers AND letters . . . and colons (TWO stacked dots)!
No question, which one is better, and tastes better, and lasts longer, and is less filling.
I'd like the IPv6 prefix dead:beef, please and thank, you.
Re:wow (Score:2, Funny)
In other news, every milk drinker in the past 5 centuries have died and Franco is still dead!
Re:IPV4 addresses are NOT running out (Score:5, Funny)
Re:up 300%? (Score:5, Funny)
wow. I mean, like.. wow
Where the heck do you guys get 4 from?
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I can sum it all up in three words: Evolution is a lie.
I guess you worked out "Evolution is a lie" is three words using the same calculation you made above.
Re:up 300%? (Score:4, Funny)
Son of a.... *hangs head, hands over geek card*
no, your numbers are wrong (Score:5, Funny)
1. start with 1 throwaway silly joke
1
2. multiply that by the Humorlessness constant
1 * H
3. add 300% overhead cost of a mediocre informative rating
1 * H * 300%
4. factor by the coefficient of who gives a shit
F(1 * H * 300%)W
and you are left with 3 users of IPv6
so there
Re:up 300%? (Score:3, Funny)
If something increases by 100%, that means it doubles, not stays the same. Induction can take it from here.
So going up 300% means doubling 3 times ?
Technically, IPv6 is running out as well (Score:4, Funny)
It's just there a lot more to go until the end~
Hey, I did say technically.
Re:IPV4 addresses are NOT running out (Score:2, Funny)
Actually, if IPv6 is adopted, we'll see companies (even individuals!) sitting on ~5x10^28 unused IP addresses! Greedy bastards.
Re:no, your numbers are wrong (Score:2, Funny)
3. add 300% overhead cost of a mediocre informative rating
1 * H * 300%
1 * H + (300% * 1)
There, fixed that formula for ya.
Out cruising the IPv6 space one day... (Score:3, Funny)
"Woah, a Duke Nukem Forever server? No way. How long has this been sitting here?!?"