Eugen, On 2011-08-11 21:53, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 01:52:10PM +1200, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > >> Well, we know that the human population will stabilise somewhere below >> ten billion by around 2050. The current unicast space provides for about > > How about the machine population? How about self-replicating systems?
I think considering the size of such systems as a function of the size of the human population is quite reasonable, in terms of thinking about natural and economic limits to growth. > How about geography-based address allocation, to go away with global routing > tables? That is a whole discussion in itself, but in any case it surely won't be part of 2000::/3. Additionally, the number of prefixes needed for any reasonable geographic scheme is quite trivial compared to the trillions available. > How about InterPlaNet, such as LEO routers, solar power > satellites, controlling industrial production on the Moon and elsewhere? Probably also trivial numbers compared to 15 trillion /48s, but if not, again, we are not limited to 2000::/3 for ever. EOF for me on this sub-topic. Brian
