A Dismal Guide to Concurrency

Re:A Dismal Guide to Concurrency by aristus on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @12:59AM (#1261196)

You've got a good point, and I'm not satisfied with that section. Can you think of a real-world example of a network partition? Maybe a parade that bisects the city?

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Re:A Dismal Guide to Concurrency by dadkins on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @01:05AM (#1261203)

A washed out bridge.

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Re:A Dismal Guide to Concurrency by aristus on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @01:14AM (#1261220)

I like it. We have a winner. Thank you!

"Think of a parliment that must have more than half of members present in order to hold a vote. If too many can't make it, say because a flood washes out the bridge, a quorum can't be formed and business can't proceed."

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Re:A Dismal Guide to Concurrency by vorador on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @03:35AM (#1261343)

Maybe an irc netsplit ?

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Re:A Dismal Guide to Concurrency by Nwallins on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @12:20PM (#1262461)

I think by real world, he meant meatspace.

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