I was going to say, I read about this at Ars a couple days ago, but then I saw this "article" links to an ABC news "article" - what's more, the "summary" is a direct quote of pretty much the entire ABC piece. But then I saw this "article" also links to the much superior Ars article. So, I say, bravo, Slashdot! Bravo.

Never mind,my reading comprehension is not good right now. Too late.

v4 is 32 bits, v6 is 128 bits (not 15 and 63). v6 is 32 chars in hex, if not dropping zeroes. Otherwise, a good post.

If there is one piece you must include, it is this. Asimov imagined 2014 in 1964, and he wasn't far off with some of his ideas.

I would instead recommend the novel off which that movie is based - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, but Dick's best work is found in his short stories.

"The Electric Ant" is especially pertinent, as is "The Mold of Yancey", "Autofac", and, of course, "Second Variety".

That is true, but you also won't accomplish much if you don't know how to play. Not to mention, you won't find many people to raid with (besides fellow hollow 90s). This isn't aimed at new subscribers. It's to keep the old ones interested.

7.8 million people.

The kung-fu pandas joke is old.

Perhaps it is true that "plenty of scientists take the idea seriously" - but the summary links to a book commissioned by the International Space Elevator Consortium.

Or, you know, use WPA2.

And now CR Best Overall? Tesla's on fire!

*ducks*

These are all excellent points, #1 in particular.

So pick your (radioactive) poison.

I look at it as a VERY short-term investment. If you look at the recent history, after a sharp drop, there has always been a rebound, however temporary. The stuff is up and down like a pogo stick. Don't get me wrong - as a long-term investment, it's far too risky. But I'm certain that in a week, it will have regained much of today's losses.

Now is an excellent time to buy bitcoin.

The NSA would never use shills to alter and/or direct web discussions. Most citizens of the western world misunderstand the intelligence enterprise as it relates to counter-terrorism, which contributes to the NSA's limited ability to develop necessary anticipatory knowledge to mitigate risks, or respond to emerging threats. People who insinuate that there are NSA shills on web forums demonstrate a clear affinity and tendency to support for the cyber-terrorists that infiltrate our webspace.