World IPv6 Day: Most-watched Tech Event Since Y2K 243
alphadogg wrote in with a fairly extreme bit of hyperbole saying "The nation's largest telecom carriers, content providers, hardware suppliers and software vendors will be on the edge of their seats today for World IPv6 Day, which is the most-anticipated 24 hours the tech industry has seen since fears of the Y2K bug dominated New Year's Eve in 1999. More than 400 organizations are participating in World IPv6 Day, a large-scale experiment aimed at identifying problems associated with IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol, IPv4. Sponsored by the Internet Society, World IPv6 Day runs from 8 p.m. EST Tuesday until 7:59 p.m. EST Wednesday. The IT departments in the participating organizations have spent the last five months preparing their websites for an anticipated rise in IPv6-based traffic, more tech support calls and possible hacking attacks prompted by this largest-ever trial of IPv6."
Fingers crossed (Score:5, Funny)
I haven't gotten much use my well-stocked bomb shelter since Y2K. Sure, religious types keep predicting the end of the world, and guessing wrong every time. And bad predictions aren't going to justify the money I've put into this goddamn thing. Did you know that a generator's gaskets will dry-rot over time, even if you don't use it? Well guess what, they will--and that shit is expensive to fix too.
Man, if only we could have one nuclear war. Then the neighbors might finally stop laughing at me.
Re:Slashdot has no AAAA address (Score:2, Funny)
I was quite sad that Slashdot didn't take part in the World IPv6 Day.
That's on the list right after getting UNICODE to work.
So whatever happened to IPv5? (Score:3, Funny)
That's my question.
Re:So whatever happened to IPv5? (Score:5, Funny)
Odd numbers are development releases - duh. Only even numbers are for stable releases.
Re:So whatever happened to IPv5? (Score:3, Funny)
IPv5 was originally designed as a streaming protocol, but they abandoned it now that everything is encapsulated in HTTP.
Re:Fingers crossed (Score:4, Funny)
I don't think you appreciate the vast amount of canned peaches I have at my disposal.