Spark 127

Huffduffed by adactio on November 12th, 2010

On this episode of Spark: William Gibson, Lumberjack Chic, and The Last IP Address.

Way back in the early days of the internet, engineers had to come up with a number for how many IP addresses we would need. It was more or less a case of one IP address for every computer, so they picked a number they thought was big enough. Well, that number is about to run out. With so many digital devices these days, any one person could need 3 or 4 or more IP addresses. So they’re disappearing. Fast. So what does that mean for us? Spark producer Dan Misener goes deep into the bowels of the internet to find out.

From http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2010/11/spark-127-–november-14-17-2010/

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