[tt] New Scientist: Internet to run out of addresses 'within 3 years'

[Torsten Nahm]

Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 03:06:48PM -0400, Premise Checker wrote:
>> Internet to run out of addresses 'within 3 years'
>> http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826576.700-internet-to-run-out-of-addresses-within-3-years.html
>> [Some of the comments added.]
> 
> The (nasty) workaround is NAT at provider level. Real static
> IPs would be only dished out to those who actually need them,
> and paid premium.
> 
> If not for NAT, we'd exhaust IPv4 address space a long time ago.

Which of course is also a wonderful example of human and technological 
adaptation to resource scarcity. I have been reading these "death of the 
Internet imminent" articles since 1995.

If however, you feel Julian Simon, Bjørn Lomborg and all those 
transhumanists are just hopeless optimists, here is a doomsday generator 
for your personal pleasure:

#! /bin/bash
for X in oil water food "ip addresses"; do
for Y in 2009 2011 2020 2030 2040; do
echo "We will run out of $X by $Y." 'Repent!'
done
done

Cheers,
Torsten