Subj : IPv6 depletion
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : David Drummond
Date : Thu Jul 30 2015 05:34:36

On 30/07/2015 12:28 AM, 2:280/5555 wrote:
 MvdV> Hello Bj”rn,

 MvdV> On Wednesday July 29 2015 15:54, you wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>>> Bugger! I'd better get mine now...

 BF>>    "You'd better hurry up, tomorrow's Christmas day..."

 MvdV> The counter is a joke anyway. It counts down 2/sec. This is too slow and
 MvdV> too fine, considering that the smallest allocation is a /64.

 MvdV> The figures given for comparision are also just a finger in the air. The
 MvdV> projected time frame for the sun to become a red dwarf won't probably be
 MvdV> off by a factor 2, but the rest.., is just guesswork. The assumed half
 MvdV> time of 10^30 years for the proton is just a minimum. It may be infinite
 MvdV> for all we know.

 MvdV> For all intents and purposed the IPv6 address space is infinite. The
 MvdV> counter is just a joke, enjoy it as such.

I think we realised that - even if there was no canned applause.

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