[Gllug] Public IPs - When are they appropriate

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On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, tet at accucard.com stipulated:
> 
>>Not enough to give each living cell its own IP address.
>>
>>(Damn, there go *those* world domination plans...)
> 
> Are you sure about that? I've seen estimates for the number of living
> cells on earth at 10^30, while IPv6 provides 3.4 x 10^38 addresses...

I was sure, but I'd made a stupid maths error. You're right, every cell
has a good few IP addresses (so we have a good ten trillion plus per
person).

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