Thanks to a recent update by the powers that be, the internet now has 340 trillion *trillion* TRILLION IP addresses. "There are now enough IP combinations for everyone in the world to have a billion billion IP addresses for every second of their life" (source: http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/06/technology/ipv6/).
I'm glad we won't be running out of IPs before the end of the universe, but this is going to render IP blocking just a bit less useful as a protection against spammers and trolls.
To help me come to grips with this news, I am now going to stare at a picture of my dog looking unreasonably happy on a porch in New Hampshire.
At least, that's what Annie seemed to think when we went to the vet recently for a check up.
When we got into the exam room her hackles went up, she jumped out in front of me and exploded in a fit of barking. I'd never seen that behavior before so I didn't immediately recognize it until the vet said, "She's protecting you."
The last time we were at that vet Annie got spayed, so it stands to reason that she would now think, "These are bad people, protect your privates."
Thanks for the warning Annie - that was a close one!