The End of the Internet

[Xue Sheng]

Waiting for the internet meltdown

 

[terryl965]

Well lets go ahead and close up shop and go back to the Ice age.

 

[jkembry]

The reference to IPv6 kind of interested me. While working at a U.S. govt agency a little over 3 years ago, we implemented IPv6 at a branch facility as a pilot for the govt. mandate that IPv6 be implemented by a particular date (I think it is July of next year). It did cost money...but we were able to have IPv6 and IPv4 run in parallel with one another with a few exceptions. I would have thought that would have become more compatible with one another by now...but I guess I am wrong.

 

[MA-Caver]

Well I'm outta here then.

 

[shesulsa]

It's ... it's ... like Y2K all over again ....

 

[Archangel M]

It's ... it's ... like Y2K all over again ....

Yes remember what a disaster THAT was?

 

[Andrew Green]

Yes remember what a disaster THAT was?

Well, the thing is, a lot of time and money went into making sure it wasn't a disaster.

But it was a different kind of problem, then it was "I need my systems fixed or my systems could die", now it is "we need to fix the system or someone else might not be able to get online, I already am though so its their problem, not mine"

 

[Archangel M]

Bah! Y2K was overhyped and oversold.

Im with THIS guy.

 

[MBuzzy]

An exchange we just had here at work: I won't tell you which one I am.

"Wow, this is like the Y2K of our generation."
"Wasn't Y2K the Y2K of our generation?"
"Oh yeah, I guess it was....so this is like....ummm....Y2K2!"
"Shut up."

 

[MA-Caver]

An exchange we just had here at work: I won't tell you which one I am.

"Wow, this is like the Y2K of our generation."
"Wasn't Y2K the Y2K of our generation?"
"Oh yeah, I guess it was....so this is like....ummm....Y2K2!"
"Shut up."

But we must prepare our children's children's children for the threat of ....(cue dramatic music here)

Y3K
​

 

[Andrew Green]

But we must prepare our children's children's children for the threat of ....(cue dramatic music here)

Y3K
​

Actually the next big computer date issue will be a lot sooner then that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_Problem

This one might even beat out Y2K, but because it's not as round of a number it won't get any where near the amount of press and doomsday predictions.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Well I just figured we would will all head off to California to find us some internet.

 

[jkembry]

Just like panning for gold! :uhyeah:

 

[MA-Caver]

Actually the next big computer date issue will be a lot sooner then that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_Problem

This one might even beat out Y2K, but because it's not as round of a number it won't get any where near the amount of press and doomsday predictions.

Yeah well if I live that long.