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According to stat-intensive comScore, the internets are home to 713 million users. As part of the national breakdown, the US - which has the most - has about 153 million users and is followed by China, at around 78 million.

This relates to a recent article from CIO magazine regarding the development and deployment of IPv6 networks across the world, and China in particular.

Remember how I mentioned the resolution for the new Ultra High Definition standard had been created (at 7680 x 4320)?

To give you some perspective, the highest resolution you find in a typical HD TV is 1920 x 1080. That is approximately 2 megapixels worth of imagery.

The WQXGA standard (2560×1600) weighs in at just over 4 megapixels and can be currently found in two consumer products: the 30″ Apple Cinema Display, and the 30″ 3007FPW from Dell.

And development has begun on bigger toys. For instance, the WQUXGA (Wide Quad Ultra Extended Graphics Array) standard beefs up the resolution to 3840 x 2400, which is roughly 9.2 megapixels. And the WHUXGA (Wide Hexadecatuple Ultra Extended Graphics Array) reaches a mammoth 7680 x 4800, or nearly 37 megapixels — and slightly larger than Ultra HDTV.

But can your eye really tell the difference?

Well, based on some everyday calculations it turns out that our itty bitty eyes are capable of resolving at least 576 megapixels.

Here’s to holding your breath.

See also: FLOPS, MIPS, Watts and the Human Brain.