discovermagazine.com — He and his colleagues have created a theory that has revealed some simple yet powerful ways to accelerate the flow of information. Vastly accelerate the flow: Doyle and his colleagues can now blast the entire text of all the books in the library of Congress across the United States in 15 minutes.
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drakethegreatOct 30, 2007
Read 3 pages on control theory to figure out that he just wants another feedback loop... Its not like this guy has the all telling solution to the internet's most fragile center. If he can solve this problem then I guess evolution truly does lose to human ingenuity but I think there is a reason he hasn't...
paraswarmOct 30, 2007
A truck? You think you can just stick a bunch of crap on it? It's a series of tubes.
riddarOct 30, 2007
It's a really bad one. First, that is an analogy, not a simile. Second, an LoC would theoretically be a unit of storage space, which is not a rate. An HP is a rate: power over time. Third, a horsepower is a clearly defined and accepted unit of measure.
melveOct 30, 2007
LoC per second
duncan3Oct 30, 2007
Correct, I've been using multi-stream stuff personally for 15 years now. But thats how the press works.
brenbartOct 30, 2007
Um, my understanding of the article made it seem like the title was to grab the kneejerk reaction and make you read the article. Would you have been as interested if it was titled "Man proposes new TCP protocol"?
atdakoreOct 30, 2007
17 Gigabits per second!!!! That is serious speed