The Internet is Full. Please Move On.

#1: It means nothing
The reason the Internet is running out of addresses is because the current format for addresses, IPv4, has simply run out of numbers. A new format called IPv6, which can handle more than twice the number of addresses as IPv4, has long since been developed to deal with this problem. So we'll simply transition over to this new format over the next few months and years, which shouldn't be that big a deal, again unless you're one of those awful people who have to work with computers. Most of the software we already use is capable of supporting IPv6 addresses, and there are similar hardware solutions in place that will allow both addressing systems to work in parallel during this transition period. The Internet, and the cat related image trading that drives it, shall go on.What You Need To Do: Nothing. (Nothing regarding Internet usage that is. You will still need to eat and poop.)Related: Kills 99% Of Germs: 6 Ad Phrases That Mean Literally Nothing
#2: We'll have to learn to share

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#3: Nobody new gets to use the Internet
Another option on how to allocate limited IP addresses is to simply stop letting new people online. This is pretty troubling from an ethical standpoint, as it would mean poor people and Africans would be discriminated against. But also no grandparents. It's what ethicists would call "an OK deal."What You Need To Do: Presumably you're in OK shape, because you're online already, reading this. But what if you're not? What if you're reading this on a printout found in a restroom, while you wait for something interesting to start happening on the other side of that gloryhole (our webstats indicate 1.5 percent of this column's readers are actively using a gloryhole). If that's you, and you don't have Internet access already, then you'd better get on that immediately. Or you could finish up there first. Yeah. You'll be in a bad mood all day if you don't finish up there first.Related: 5 Scientific Ways the Internet is Dividing Us
#4: Cold Turkey
