If History Repeats Itself, Why Don't We Think Ahead?

So...We're running out of IP addresses.

        Before I get started just let me say, I love technology and look forward to every new innovation. (while quietly not-being so innovative)  But, my faith is starting to dwindle. Before I even read half of the above article I was reminded of when we ran out of Phone Numbers. Later in the article they mention that the IP address problem is very similar to when we ran out of phone numbers. Thus, history repeats itself. Why didn't all the brilliant minds of yesterday think about this? It makes me curious. And believe me I don't like to always point out the obvious mistakes in my articles, but they really aren't helping me.
       So, they run out of IP addresses because every device that links to a network has one. They want to add extra digits to IP addresses, but haven't been successful in ten years. I have a layman's  suggestion.Try reusing them  much like a cell phone company  or land line company  recycles numbers. If you dial any one of your old telephone numbers I almost guarantee someone will answer.  Now, I know  it's very  hard to tell with so many devices when someone  breaks or looses one, but we should have had a system in place for these kinds of things. If we continue to rely on technology without  thoroughly checking all possible "doomsday" scenarios we might as well invite the old pen, paper, and stamps into our lives. That's what all the IP addresses are being wasted on anyway, texting, and so called social networking.

With that in mind, maybe pen, paper, and stamps would be a good thing.

Perfect Citizen or Flawed Government

After reading about the "Perfect Citizen" program, I can see how some people may become paranoid and feel the government is going to start watching. Not me. I think they made a mistake. To clarify, for those who haven't read, Perfect Citizen is a program that detects Cyberattacks on Critical U.S. Locations (Nuclear Reactors and the like). So, this program can alert the government if a foreign entity attacks. Now you may say, "We should be scared!" But, what you should be asking is, "Why did my all powerful government put nuclear reactors and power plants on a globally accessible Internet?"

We shouldn't need watchdog programs like Perfect Citizen, because major government intelligence and nuclear reactors shouldn't be on the grid. We set ourselves up for attack. Programs that watch for attacks are not preventing the attacks, they're just watching for them and stopping them after the fact. Why do these places need to be connected to a network that can be hacked into from china? I would be worried about the information the government has out there that can be hacked, not what they are watching me do.

Bottom line, they messed up. You don't need sensitive information online, take it from me government, I know your watching, go back to file cabinets.

Check out the source article here!!!