Web needs more numbers
Thu, 2008-09-25 08:50
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ElizaQ
Web needs more numbers
Thu, 2008-09-25 08:50
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ElizaQ
[url=http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4819803... is running out of addresses[/url]
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The world is about to run out of the internet addresses that allow computers to identify each other and communicate, the man who invented the system has told The Times.Vint Cerf, the “father of the internet” and one of the world’s leading computer scientists, said that businesses and consumers needed to act now to switch to the next generation of net addresses. Unless preparations were made now, he said, some computers might not be able to go online and the connectivity of the internet might be damaged.
Mr Cerf said that internet service providers in particular needed to prepare and that time was running out for a smooth transition.
Every computer and online device is assigned a unique IP address, but the pool of unallocated numbers is about to dry up.
“This is like the internet running out of telephone numbers and with no new numbers, you can’t have more subscribers,” he said
Thu, 2008-09-25 08:52
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Scott Piatkowski
Don't tell me I'm going to have to include my area code when surfing the net! [img]wink.gif" border="0[/img]
Thu, 2008-09-25 16:11
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Why not invent a counting system with an infinite amount of numbers?
Thu, 2008-09-25 19:53
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We should be able to manage with 340 trillion, trillion, trillion different IP addresses for a little while. [img]eek.gif" border="0[/img]
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I think we can expect things like home appliances to be addressable by IPv6 over the internet at some point. Your dishwasher, for example, might someday display a message on LCD sreen telling you it needs a new bilge pump, or whatever. And then the machine might do its own web search for the nearest available part and maybe even order it to arrive on the same day as the repair guy, or something.
Fri, 2008-09-26 04:34
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I think we can expect things like home appliances to be addressable by IPv6 over the internet at some point. Your dishwasher, for example, might someday display a message on LCD sreen telling you it needs a new bilge pump, or whatever. And then the machine might do its own web search for the nearest available part and maybe even order it to arrive on the same day as the repair guy, or something.
If any of my appliances start making their own spending decisions they better find their own sources of income too!
Sat, 2008-09-27 00:19
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Originally posted by It's Me D:
[b]If any of my appliances start making their own spending decisions they better find their own sources of income too![/b]
I'm thinkin the machine would prolly leave you hung out to dry after the warranty expires, or sometime after the statistically pre-determined lifespan of all the most expensive parts lapse.
Sat, 2008-09-27 05:24
#8
Well, the chips in the automobiles aren't readable by independant mechanics for a few years after the cars are made. Keeps you going to the dealership.
I would think appliances that had web addresses would be used in the same manner.
And patched into the FBI and CSIS, and the RCMP.
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Sat, 2008-09-27 13:15
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Originally posted by Tommy_Paine:
[b]Well, the chips in the automobiles aren't readable by independant mechanics for a few years after the cars are made. Keeps you going to the dealership.[/b]
[url=http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/open-source-code-geared-for-atom-x86-cpu.h... Linux Platform For Car Electronics From Intel And Wind River Systems[/url]
It sounds like an interface platform for a vehicles subsystems, stereos and the like. "Embedded systems" sounds interesting. I know WindRiver VXWorks and psOS are OS and API platforms used by Canada's telecom switch manufacturers. It's not Windows for sure and a lot more reliable, or at least as reliable as you want it to be.
[url=http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com/archives/2008/02/free-to-be-comm.html]"Freeconomics" as Market Communism[/url] I think a company in Israel is supposed to be giving away electric cars for free with a few strings attached, of course.
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[b]I would think appliances that had web addresses would be used in the same manner.And patched into the FBI and CSIS, and the RCMP.
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Absolutely. Those guys are guaranteed backdoor hacks to just about anything connected to the web, especially if it's routed through the U.S. A large percentage of the world's internet traffic is.