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The Twelve Networking Truths (1996)

39 pointsby tzhenghaoover 6 years ago

6 comments

pwaiversover 6 years ago
&gt; <i>No matter how hard you push and no matter what the priority, you can&#x27;t increase the speed of light.</i><p>This reminds of one of favorite videos with the famous Grace Hopper: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=JEpsKnWZrJ8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=JEpsKnWZrJ8</a>. She visualizes the speed of light to aid family, students and generals.
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pwaiversover 6 years ago
&gt; <i>Every old idea will be proposed again with a different name and a different presentation, regardless of whether it works.</i><p>Sounds like all modern JS frameworks :)
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corndogeover 6 years ago
<i>(5) It is always possible to aglutenate multiple separate problems into a single complex interdependent solution. In most cases this is a bad idea.</i><p>Ignored by every technical RFC on L2&#x2F;3 networking published after this document
mwcremerover 6 years ago
Fallacies of Distributed Computing<p><pre><code> 1. The network is reliable. 2. Latency is zero. 3. Bandwidth is infinite. 4. The network is secure. 5. Topology doesn&#x27;t change. 6. There is one administrator. 7. Transport cost is zero. 8. The network is homogeneous. </code></pre> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fallacies_of_distributed_computing" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fallacies_of_distributed_compu...</a>
arthurcolleover 6 years ago
I learned a great word today - aglutenate
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illiac_1962over 6 years ago
The twelve truths of systems development it seems. All of this applies to software.