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Re:New algorithm can dramatically streamline solutions to th... by codehero on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @12:43PM (#7018563)
Network routing is directed flow; water flow is undirected, so backflow is possible. The dangers of analogy....
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Re:New algorithm can dramatically streamline solutions to th... by politician on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @06:35PM (#7020782)
There are many queues in the devices along a route which are not unbounded. Back pressure is still an issue.
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Re:New algorithm can dramatically streamline solutions to th... by velis_vel on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @12:30AM (#7021891)
The problem is that you can have backwards flow, not just backwards pressure, because water has to be conserved.
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