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From: Anthony Atkielski [mailto:anthony(_at_)atkielski(_dot_)com]
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 3:44 AM
To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: Sequentially assigned IP addresses--why not?
I wonder how human beings manage to route their cars from one point
to another, given how much more slowly they process things than do
routers.
Trying to dismiss a technical problem with a facile analogy that is
not relevant is not a way to pursuade. Roadways to not change
topology dozens of times per second. Cars do not travel at a large
percentage of the speed of light so calculating the route to your
corner store usually doesn't involve considering routes through
Denver, New York, Dallas, Chicago, San Jose, Washington DC and
Atlanta all at the same time. People don't often mathematically
optimize their routes based on traffic flow patterns that are being
inputed from hundreds of sources per second. I could go on, but what
is the point?
If you want to participate on a mailing list devoted to engineering
of Internet protocols please don't expect to be listened to seriously
unless you are prepared to conduct the discussion on a technical
level.
- ---> Phil
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