865: Nanobots - Revision history

DollarStoreBa'al: cat

2026-03-31T17:04:29Z

cat

Lettherebedarklight: /* Trivia */ add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

2025-12-15T08:57:22Z

‎Trivia: add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

Megan: /* Explanation */ capitalization is important

2023-09-04T18:35:11Z

‎Explanation: capitalization is important

172.70.90.15: the title is there because it features nanobots

2023-08-25T15:24:52Z

the title is there because it features nanobots

Megan: /* Explanation */ fix

2023-08-17T15:45:17Z

‎Explanation: fix

Megan: /* Explanation */ incomplete

2023-08-17T15:44:50Z

‎Explanation: incomplete

Blitzer at 05:51, 20 June 2023

2023-06-20T05:51:47Z

Blitzer at 04:48, 20 June 2023

2023-06-20T04:48:30Z

Migraine: Added an Apostrophe to ‘April Fools’.

2023-04-30T23:15:37Z

Added an Apostrophe to ‘April Fools’.

Migraine: Added an s to ‘April Fool’. Not sure if it needs an apostrophe before it.

2023-04-30T23:00:58Z

Added an s to ‘April Fool’. Not sure if it needs an apostrophe before it.

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 is when the [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2460 IPv6 Specification (RFC 2460)] was published and IETF is the Internet Engineering Task Force.
-Note that an April Fools' joke for [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1606 IPV9] exists and would have guaranteed Earth's doom in this comic's scenario.
+Note that an April Fools' joke for [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1606 IPv9] exists and would have guaranteed Earth's doom in this comic's scenario.
 ==Transcript==

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	==Explanation==		==Explanation==
−	~~{{incomplete\|where's the explanation for the title text?}}~~

	[[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] are in orbit while nanobots are devouring the Earth in a swarm. This is a take on the "{{w\|Grey goo}}" scenario in which self-replicating nanobots destroy the earth while creating more and more of themselves non-stop.		[[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] are in orbit while nanobots are devouring the Earth in a swarm. This is a take on the "{{w\|Grey goo}}" scenario in which self-replicating nanobots destroy the earth while creating more and more of themselves non-stop.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete explanation|where's the explanation for the title text?}}
+{{incomplete|where's the explanation for the title text?}}
 [[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] are in orbit while nanobots are devouring the Earth in a swarm. This is a take on the "{{w|Grey goo}}" scenario in which self-replicating nanobots destroy the earth while creating more and more of themselves non-stop.

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	==Explanation==		==Explanation==
		+	{{incomplete explanation\|where's the explanation for the title text?}}
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	[[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] are in orbit while nanobots are devouring the Earth in a swarm. This is a take on the "{{w\|Grey goo}}" scenario in which self-replicating nanobots destroy the earth while creating more and more of themselves non-stop.		[[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] are in orbit while nanobots are devouring the Earth in a swarm. This is a take on the "{{w\|Grey goo}}" scenario in which self-replicating nanobots destroy the earth while creating more and more of themselves non-stop.

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] are in orbit while nanobots are devouring the earth in a swarm. This is a take on the "{{w|Grey goo}}" scenario in which self-replicating nanobots destroy the earth while creating more and more of themselves non-stop.
+[[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] are in orbit while nanobots are devouring the Earth in a swarm. This is a take on the "{{w|Grey goo}}" scenario in which self-replicating nanobots destroy the earth while creating more and more of themselves non-stop.
-Unusually, however, the nanobots stop after devouring 40% of the planet. This is because they are limited by the number of available {{w|IPv6}} addresses: (40% of the earth's mass) = (# of IPv6 addresses) x (A few cubic microns) x (density of nanobots). Without more IP addresses, the nanobots cannot continue to replicate (assuming that each nanobot must be individually addressable).
+Unusually, however, the nanobots stop after devouring 40% of the planet. This is because each individual nanobot must apparently have a distinct {{w|IPv6}} address, and by running out of possible addresses the nanobots cannot produce any more of themselves. With the tiny size of each nanobot, the total volume they can contain is only 40% of the Earth's mass, and they can no longer continue their consumption of the planet.
-IPv6 supports approximately 3.4×10<sup>38</sup> addresses, while the {{w|Earth|Earth's mass}} is around 5.972×10<sup>24</sup> kg. Assuming "a few cubic microns" is the minimum of 2 µm<sup>3</sup> (according to [[1070: Words for Small Sets]]), the nanobots would have a density of 4 g/cm<sup>3</sup>, a bit less dense than the earth.
+IPv6 supports approximately 3.4×10<sup>38</sup> addresses, while the {{w|Earth|Earth's mass}} is around 5.972×10<sup>24</sup> kg. Assuming "a few cubic microns" is the minimum of 2 µm<sup>3</sup> (according to [[1070: Words for Small Sets]]), the nanobots would have a density of 4 g/cm<sup>3</sup>, a bit less dense than the Earth.
 This is a joke on the shortage of IPv4 addresses. The only difference is that we are on {{w|IPv4}} and the nanobots are on {{w|IPv6}}.
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 is when the [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2460 IPv6 Specification (RFC 2460)] was published and IETF is the Internet Engineering Task Force.
-Note that an April fools’ joke for [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1606 IPV9] exists and would have guaranteed Earth's doom in this comic's scenario.
+Note that an April Fools' joke for [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1606 IPV9] exists and would have guaranteed Earth's doom in this comic's scenario.
 ==Transcript==