Here's some enlightenment: "I developed Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."
AND
"I seeded Godwin's Law in any newsgroup or topic where I saw a gratuitous Nazi reference."
INANE (Uh..I'mNotANetworkExpert) so caveat lector..
1) Was the analysis that "there was, indeed, a lot of unnecessary packets of traffic flying around the network." something you agreed was a problem affecting network performance ?
2) Did the analysis provide any ballpark figures at least on how minimizing this would boost performance ?
It seems to me that there may have been *some truth* to what prompted the analysis. If yes, then there's usually something that can be done to improve things (maybe a VLAN to limit multicast requests or predefine network devices for users)
As it stands, I just see two extreme positions reading the post with no room for improvement/budge:
1) "Their solution?
"Eliminate the Appletalk networking protocol."
to the tremendous hype that was built around it.
There was one good fallout from all the hype though. People started to think of alternatives.
That I believe is the true value of the Segway
and now the "MegWay"
Don't know if this is possible with the calibre
of the microscope you can build @ home, but carbon nanotubes are a VERY interesting topic
(at least for me).
I'm a layman in this field so my understanding is probably garbled at best, but another one of the really fascinating things I had read of was
of a logic circuit they built with C02 molecules. Granted this worked only once (after it works, it's all toppled over, but think if they could somehow get it to re-arrange in a magnetic field)
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Incorrectly put --> " No it doesn't, the Godwin Point is only reached when comparing to nazis ... your oponents in a discussion."
/. you didn't even read Godwin's law nor Mike Godwin's discussion on his own law did you http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_ pr.html/
In the tradition of
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Here's some enlightenment:
"I developed Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."
AND
"I seeded Godwin's Law in any newsgroup or topic where I saw a gratuitous Nazi reference."
Hiel Herr!
INANE (Uh..I'mNotANetworkExpert) so caveat lector..
:
1) Was the analysis that "there was, indeed, a lot of unnecessary packets of traffic flying around the network." something you agreed
was a problem affecting network performance ?
2) Did the analysis provide any ballpark figures at least on how minimizing this would boost performance ?
It seems to me that there may have been *some truth* to what prompted the analysis. If yes, then there's usually something that can be done to improve things (maybe a VLAN to limit multicast requests or predefine network devices for users)
As it stands, I just see two extreme positions reading the post with no room for improvement/budge
1) "Their solution?
"Eliminate the Appletalk networking protocol."
2) "Uh, yeah. Thanks guys, here's your $2,500."
Peace.
Read this: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/pivots.htm
to the tremendous hype that was built around it. There was one good fallout from all the hype though. People started to think of alternatives. That I believe is the true value of the Segway and now the "MegWay"
Don't know if this is possible with the calibre of the microscope you can build @ home, but carbon nanotubes are a VERY interesting topic (at least for me). I'm a layman in this field so my understanding is probably garbled at best, but another one of the really fascinating things I had read of was of a logic circuit they built with C02 molecules. Granted this worked only once (after it works, it's all toppled over, but think if they could somehow get it to re-arrange in a magnetic field)