There is too much junk on my key ring already. I want mine implanted in the palm of my hand - with, of course, an on/off switch. While I'm dreaming: it should also a dna sensor so that it regularly checks for my red blood cells with oxygen, thus ensuring that if my hand is cut off, the implant won't work for more than a few minutes.
A good idea, but, unfortunately a blood sample won't do it. The brain is bathed in cerebrospinal fluid, which is separate from blood. Sampling it is expensive, risky ( infections at the site are easily lethal ), and painful.
Peering is an iterative prisoner's dilemma. The first company to overuse the other's bandwidth - ie to defect - shows a profit for having done so.
As Robert Axelrod ( 'Evolution of Cooperation', 1984 ) and others have demonstrated, the best strategy in such a situation is a tit-for-tat, that is: I defect only after you do, but cooperate otherwise.
Cogent defected, and then Level 3 defected. It will cost them both, but the lesson will not be lost on others.
If most companies adopt TFT, those who defect prematurely will be culled out, and the the result will be a pool of better behaved companies. The resulting evolution is better for all of us.
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There is too much junk on my key ring already. I want mine implanted in the palm of my hand - with, of course, an on/off switch. While I'm dreaming: it should also a dna sensor so that it regularly checks for my red blood cells with oxygen, thus ensuring that if my hand is cut off, the implant won't work for more than a few minutes.
A good idea, but, unfortunately a blood sample won't do it. The brain is bathed in cerebrospinal fluid, which is separate from blood. Sampling it is expensive, risky ( infections at the site are easily lethal ), and painful.
Peering is an iterative prisoner's dilemma. The first company to overuse the other's bandwidth - ie to defect - shows a profit for having done so. As Robert Axelrod ( 'Evolution of Cooperation', 1984 ) and others have demonstrated, the best strategy in such a situation is a tit-for-tat, that is: I defect only after you do, but cooperate otherwise. Cogent defected, and then Level 3 defected. It will cost them both, but the lesson will not be lost on others. If most companies adopt TFT, those who defect prematurely will be culled out, and the the result will be a pool of better behaved companies. The resulting evolution is better for all of us.