On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 2:31 AM, Michael Crapse <mich...@wi-fiber.io> wrote: > And if a medical breakthrough happens within the next 30 years? Nanobots > that process insulin for the diabetic, or take care of cancer, or repair > your cells so you don't age, or whatever, perhaps the inventor things ipv6 > is a good idea for such an endeavour. a nanobot is microns wide, and there > will be billions per person, hopefully not all on the same broadcast > domain.In fact, as you saay, we should treat /64s as a /32 and a /64 for > ptp. So each nanobot gets a /64. 10B nanobots per person times 20B people = > oh, crap, we've exhausted the entirety of ipv6 an order of magnitude ago. > Let alone the fact that actual usable ipv6 /64s is 2 orders of magnitude > below that.
(the time has finally arrived) Obligatory xkcd ref: https://xkcd.com/865/
