"Elwyn" == Elwyn Davies <elwynd(_at_)dial(_dot_)pipex(_dot_)com> writes:
>>> That is nice, since I believe that doing so would create a
>>> "black hole packet" that would attract and collapse the whole
>>> Internet. On the plus side, we would not need to worry anymore
>>> about IPv6...
>> There's your RFC for next April.
Elwyn> Of course some theorists believe that all communication links
Elwyn> carry a continual traffic of Null Packets resulting from the
Elwyn> scalar TOS Field that pervades the Internet and occasionally
Elwyn> quantum fluctuations result in pairs of virtual packets (such
Elwyn> as ICMP Echo and Echo Responses) being created and traveling
Elwyn> off in opposite directions. Normally most of these virtual
Elwyn> packets recombine without being observed, but occasionally
Elwyn> they result in unexpected congestion when an encounter with a
Elwyn> router collapses the superposition of protocol states in
Elwyn> which these virtual packets normally exist.
What's the real take home for this?
If funding for big-physics projects (like SCC) had been higher in the
1980s and 1990s, we wouldn't have had so many smart geeks looking for
something to do, and the Internet would be much behind where it is now.
(my BSc.Physics 1996 was delayed three years by startup.com)
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