IP address?
This morning my colleague had downloaded a new episode of one of my favorite tv shows, and he asked me if I wanted a copy, so I handed him my iPod (my back hurts, so I left my MacBook Pro at home) and he transferred the data.
Next, he asked me if I wanted some CSI Miami too, for the umpth time, I explained to him that I didn’t watch the show, because I always get highly annoyed with the everything to do with computers. They manage to use regular desktop pc’s to decrypt data in minutes (that should take a sizable cluster a *long* time) *every* time.
They manage to track a hidden camera in a car, that streams perfect video quality over the crappy American mobile networks, to a “server” thousands of kilometers away, and then to a mobile connection in a hotel two blocks from where the murder occurred. (All of this in a matter of minutes after finding said camera)
And then, a couple of hours after that rant, someone sent me a link to this… The special CSI IP address range. Argh!
Just look at this picture!
(Mom, for your information, IP addresses (IPv4 ones anyway) consist of 4 bytes, one byte can be 256 different things, so an IP address will allways be in the range starting at 0 and ending in 255, and that times four, so 0.0.0.0 through 255.255.255.255, give or take some exeptions)
*grin*
4 comments
Permalink1
theeeheeehee :-)
You’re such a geek :-P
(but a cute one ;-)
Permalink2
I was told that they meant to do that, in order not to take an ip address that’s used irl. It’s like the 555-numbers :)
Permalink3
Eeeeuh, it’s tv!!
When you watch Harry Potter, are you also irritated?
Real people can’t fly and can’t perform magic fyi…. LOL
Permalink4
Steffen, Awh, thanks :-) I take that as a very big compliment, coming from you (both those things)
Willow, Ah, I wonder why they don’t take existing but reserved IP addresses though… I dunno, 127.something or something, and I know I would get annoyed by that too, but not half as annoyed as I get with this.
Pien, Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, it’s fiction. But no, if I watch Harry Potter, I only get cranky if the movies contradict the books ;-)