Subj : Fun facts
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Mar 16 2014 10:44:28

Hello Bj”rn,

On Saturday March 15 2014 19:49, you wrote to All:

 BF>    If every single star in the known universe has one planet with the
 BF> same number of people as our own, then every person in the universe
 BF> can have one million addresses.

Give or take an order of magnitude to account for the uncertainties, that sounds about right.

However... I already have over a quadrillion (10^24) addresses assigned. Of which I use less than 10. With such an overkill, I fear some people in the universe will have to make do with less than a million... ;-)

 BF>    Oh, I think IPv6 will be enough for a foreseeable future... 8-)

I think so too. To expand the Internet beyond our solar system, we need faster than light communication and I do not think we ever will. But if I am wrong and some day we will, the world will be so different from now, that shortage of IPv6 addresses will be as irrelevant as shortage of carrier pigeons.


Cheers, Michiel

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