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In an alternate timeline, using four 16-bit numbers instead of octets could very well have been a solution to the IPv4 shortage. :)
by kijin 6y ago
In an alternate timeline, using four 16-bit numbers instead of octets could very well have been a solution to the IPv4 shortage. :)
- DonHopkins 6y agoOr in the future, CHAOS-2 could use one 1024 bit decimal number, making IPV6 obsolete, and disrupting the page layout of HN threads! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaosnet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaosnet All hail the second coming of Chaosnet, the return of the Tzeentch Control Protocol! https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Chaos_God https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Chaos_God >Major Chaos Gods >Tzeentch: The Architect of Fate, who uses powerful sorceries to alter the future. He was once the greatest of the Chaos Gods and is potentially the most powerful. He's the God of Change, who endlessly plots and schemes, in a cosmic-wide game of subterfuge and manipulation. He became fully sentient in the 2nd millenium, due to mankind during Earth's medieval period. Tzeentch listens to the hopes of all mortals, feeding on their need and desire for change.