Is the Internet Running Out of Space? - Page 3

mjh215 · 03-31-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

Don't panic, but does everyone realize that this would mean no more porn sites? I don't know if I could live with that.

Dr. Cox - "I'm fairly sure if they took porn off the internet, there'd only be one website left, and it'd be called Bring back the porn!"

-MJ

Lanik42 · 03-31-2009, 11:54 AM

I wouldn't worry about running out of IP addresses too much... they thought it would happen back in the 90's (and it could have) but new methods of reducing required numbers came up - If we really wanted to, everyone in the world could be on the internet using IPv4. But of course that would require a lot of networking issues many would like to avoid. But it is possible!

As for the transition, I don't think it will be too bad. The main backbone of of the internet is greatly IPv6 compatible now, and compatibility is phasing in all the time. New computers are all IPv6 compatible, and a lot of new consumer equipment (like routers and switches, etc) is too. And as people, corporations, etc transition to IPv6, that will prevent the continuous expanding of IPv4 usage. Crisis averted!

Fledchen · 04-04-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Blue

What really chaps my hide is that these Wal-ians, Wal-sters, Wal-ites, Wal-ers and Wal-ettes always get mad at ME for not being who they thought they were calling. Sometimes they argue, because how dare I answer WalMart's phone and pretend not to be them, and sometimes they just slam down the receiver as if I was inconveniencing them.

This has happened to me, too (my number has a lot of repeating nines so it's rarely the same wrong number). Why do people think it's my fault when they incorrectly copy down a number?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-04-2009, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

This has happened to me, too (my number has a lot of repeating nines so it's rarely the same wrong number). Why do people think it's my fault when they incorrectly copy down a number?

So far I've had people call me wanting to book a taxi, collect jewellery after it was repaired (that's one case where I would definitely have checked the number!), enquire about various non-existent children's absences from various schools (I did wonder in a couple of cases if the parents had deliberately given a wrong number), plus a lot of personal calls. Most of the time they're OK about it. Sometimes they're not, and assume I'm lying.

The weirdest one was a call my mum got quite a few years back - she must have been on the phone for a good 5-10 minutes chatting apparently about family before she realised it was the wrong number - it turned out that a lot of her elderly relatives had the same names as a lot of the caller's elderly relatives!

HarryT · 04-04-2009, 03:56 PM

When I moved into the village where I still live, 25 years ago or so, we had 4-digit phone numbers within the village. These days our "local" numbers are 6 digits, with a further 5 digits for the "area code". Generally, big places in the UK have long local numbers and short area codes, small places have short local numbers and long area codes.

Sweetpea · 04-04-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Does anyone else remember their first phone number? Mine was

PRospect 7-3497

And, on some older movies, they just ask for "457" or something like that.

Don't all American numbers start with 555? I mean, watch any movie and they all start with that!

Our area codes are three of four numbers, all start with a 0. That has been as long as I can remember. But, somewhere in '95, they added an extra number to the phone number. So, before we had 9 digits, now we have 10. The area code was unchanged. They added either a 3 or a 5. That's how you can now recognize an older (updated) number, the chance that a new number starts with a 3 or a 5 is much, much lower

phenomshel · 04-05-2009, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Does anyone else remember their first phone number? Mine was

PRospect 7-3497

And, on some older movies, they just ask for "457" or something like that.

My grandmother's phone had her number listed on it as: TR8-****

When I was a teenager, you could still just dial 78-**** and still get the number.

I remember an old boyfriend's mother complaining that my phone number had too many "8"s in it. It was 878-2868. Guess she had a point.

Lady Blue · 04-06-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Don't all American numbers start with 555? I mean, watch any movie and they all start with that!

I used to think that the 555 exchange you always here used in American movies was an entirely bogus exchange and that it wasn 't really ever used in "real life."

But it actually is used. There's one number I use all the time (1-800-555-****.) It's a government number used for ELECTRONIC FEDERAL TAX PAYMENT SYSTEM, or EFTPS Voice Response System for short. That's the only place I've ever known it to be used aside from American TV- or movie-land.

pshrynk · 04-06-2009, 10:18 AM

555-1212 gets you directory assistance.

Wetdogeared · 04-06-2009, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

555-1212 gets you directory assistance.

***-555-1212 gets you directory assistance in area code ***

WDE.

Lady Blue · 04-06-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

555-1212 gets you directory assistance.

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

***-555-1212 gets you directory assistance in area code ***

WDE.

Forgot about that.

pking36330 · 04-06-2009, 01:37 PM

OMG! I'm so glad you pointed me to this article about the possibility of the Internet running out of addresses. I don't know what I'd do if the Internet weren't available, so just to make sure I'll always have it, I downloaded a local copy. You can too, just click "Download the Internet". Make sure and give it a minute or two and that you have enough space!

[Wish I'd noticed this thread on April Fools Day!]

zelda_pinwheel · 04-07-2009, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pking36330

OMG! I'm so glad you pointed me to this article about the possibility of the Internet running out of addresses. I don't know what I'd do if the Internet weren't available, so just to make sure I'll always have it, I downloaded a local copy. You can too, just click "Download the Internet". Make sure and give it a minute or two and that you have enough space!

[Wish I'd noticed this thread on April Fools Day!]

Alphapheemail · 04-07-2009, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by pking36330

OMG! I'm so glad you pointed me to this article about the possibility of the Internet running out of addresses. I don't know what I'd do if the Internet weren't available, so just to make sure I'll always have it, I downloaded a local copy. You can too, just click "Download the Internet". Make sure and give it a minute or two and that you have enough space!

[Wish I'd noticed this thread on April Fools Day!]

Heeelaaaryous! I need to send that to alot of people and have them freak out at me for having them click on it!

Bee tee double you... what will happen when we run out of earth? Stuffs pretty bad in china and such, and I think its slowling creeping up on us here on the west... What do you think we should do? build some apartment complexes in the bottom of the ocean and convince some trolls that this is the latest place to live? Perhaps moon shipments?

zelda_pinwheel · 04-07-2009, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphapheemail

Heeelaaaryous! I need to send that to alot of people and have them freak out at me for having them click on it!

Bee tee double you... what will happen when we run out of earth? Stuffs pretty bad in china and such, and I think its slowling creeping up on us here on the west... What do you think we should do? build some apartment complexes in the bottom of the ocean and convince some trolls that this is the latest place to live? Perhaps moon shipments?

i volunteer all the shums in a 100km radius around me to test out these new possibilities.

04-06-2009, 01:37 PM	#42
pking36330 FT Parent PT Reader Posts: 322 Karma: 187838 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Alabama Device: Shocked by how much I've read on an iPod Touch received as a gift!	Download the Internet in case it runs out OMG! I'm so glad you pointed me to this article about the possibility of the Internet running out of addresses. I don't know what I'd do if the Internet weren't available, so just to make sure I'll always have it, I downloaded a local copy. You can too, just click "Download the Internet". Make sure and give it a minute or two and that you have enough space! [Wish I'd noticed this thread on April Fools Day!]

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03-31-2009, 11:54 AM	#32
Lanik42 Follower of Muad'Dib Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: PRS-505 on the way!	I wouldn't worry about running out of IP addresses too much... they thought it would happen back in the 90's (and it could have) but new methods of reducing required numbers came up - If we really wanted to, everyone in the world could be on the internet using IPv4. But of course that would require a lot of networking issues many would like to avoid. But it is possible! As for the transition, I don't think it will be too bad. The main backbone of of the internet is greatly IPv6 compatible now, and compatibility is phasing in all the time. New computers are all IPv6 compatible, and a lot of new consumer equipment (like routers and switches, etc) is too. And as people, corporations, etc transition to IPv6, that will prevent the continuous expanding of IPv4 usage. Crisis averted!

04-04-2009, 03:56 PM	#35
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	When I moved into the village where I still live, 25 years ago or so, we had 4-digit phone numbers within the village. These days our "local" numbers are 6 digits, with a further 5 digits for the "area code". Generally, big places in the UK have long local numbers and short area codes, small places have short local numbers and long area codes.

04-06-2009, 10:18 AM	#39
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	555-1212 gets you directory assistance.