Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-03-15 Thread Michael Richardson
Bob == Bob Hinden bob.hin...@gmail.com writes: I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? http://xkcd.com/865/ Bob I did a rough calculation and think they would have not run out Bob of IPv6 addresses :-) Bob I assumed a nanobot was 1 x 10^-6

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-03-15 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
Have you considered the possibility that you might be over-analyzing the joke here? On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Michael Richardson m...@sandelman.cawrote: Bob == Bob Hinden bob.hin...@gmail.com writes: I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list?

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread Bob Hinden
Pete, On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? http://xkcd.com/865/ I did a rough calculation and think they would have not run out of IPv6 addresses :-) I assumed a nanobot was 1 x 10^-6 M^2 and the surface of the

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread Yoav Nir
On Feb 28, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Bob Hinden wrote: Pete, On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? http://xkcd.com/865/ I did a rough calculation and think they would have not run out of IPv6 addresses :-) I

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread João Damas
On 28 Feb 2011, at 09:40, Bob Hinden wrote: Pete, On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? http://xkcd.com/865/ I did a rough calculation and think they would have not run out of IPv6 addresses :-) I

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread Bob Hinden
On Feb 28, 2011, at 11:16 AM, João Damas wrote: On 28 Feb 2011, at 09:40, Bob Hinden wrote: Pete, On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? http://xkcd.com/865/ I did a rough calculation and think they

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread Bob Hinden
Yoav, Yes, but I think the nanobots are supposed to devour the entire earth, so it's volume that counts. The volume is about 1x10^21 m^3. So 40% is 4 x 10^20 m^3. But they start from the outside and eat down. This causes the surface area to decrease and less nonobots are required. Or

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread Chris Elliott
Bob, et al.: I took the liberty of informing Randall that he hit the IETF list on his forum here: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7t=68893 May take a bit for my post to get approved. And, yes, I did point out that you commented...and were involved with the development of IPv6... ;-)

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread Chris Elliott
And I'll point out that this is not the first xkcd cartoon to be referenced by IETF'ers: http://www.ipv6now.com.au/news/TheStandardAug09.pdf The referenced comic is # 195, Map of the Internet, http://www.xkcd.com/195/ And, as always with xkcd comics, check out the tool tip! Enjoy again!

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread Yoav Nir
Yup. It's posted (right after mine) On Feb 28, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Chris Elliott wrote: Bob, et al.: I took the liberty of informing Randall that he hit the IETF list on his forum here: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7t=68893 May take a bit for my post to get approved. And,

Re: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread Michael StJohns
At 04:45 AM 2/28/2011, Bob Hinden wrote: Yoav, Yes, but I think the nanobots are supposed to devour the entire earth, so it's volume that counts. The volume is about 1x10^21 m^3. So 40% is 4 x 10^20 m^3. But they start from the outside and eat down. This causes the surface area to

RE: XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-28 Thread Dan Wing
I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? http://xkcd.com/865/ It appears www.xkcd.com added its on the same day, too. -d ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

XKCD - Nanobots

2011-02-27 Thread Pete Resnick
I'm sorry, but how could this *not* be posted to the IETF list? http://xkcd.com/865/ pr -- Pete Resnickhttp://www.qualcomm.com/~presnick/ Qualcomm Incorporated - Direct phone: (858)651-4478, Fax: (858)651-1102 ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org