Re:The Twelve Networking Truths (1996)
by pwaivers on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @05:59PM
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> No matter how hard you push and no matter what the priority, you can't increase the speed of light.
This reminds of one of favorite videos with the famous Grace Hopper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEpsKnWZrJ8. She visualizes the speed of light to aid family, students and generals.
Re:The Twelve Networking Truths (1996)
by pasbesoin on Thursday October 25, 2018 @03:51PM
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Except by e.g. switching from fiber to microwave -- in certain constrained and financially motivated circumstances, such as regional and local transmission for the purpose of electronic trading.
Or so I've read; not my thing.
But it's a reminder not to take anything for granted -- not even "truths".
Re:The Twelve Networking Truths (1996)
by mwcremer on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:26PM
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Fallacies of Distributed Computing
1. The network is reliable.
2. Latency is zero.
3. Bandwidth is infinite.
4. The network is secure.
5. Topology doesn't change.
6. There is one administrator.
7. Transport cost is zero.
8. The network is homogeneous.
This reminds of one of favorite videos with the famous Grace Hopper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEpsKnWZrJ8. She visualizes the speed of light to aid family, students and generals.
Or so I've read; not my thing.
But it's a reminder not to take anything for granted -- not even "truths".
Sounds like all modern JS frameworks :)
Ignored by every technical RFC on L2/3 networking published after this document