Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 01:25:04 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd <freebsd@hub.org> To: Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106@columbia.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there? Message-ID: <20060803011653.G6529@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <87wt9qzh2i.fsf@photon.homelinux.org> References: <20060728164526.E27679@ganymede.hub.org> <17615.30414.314802.792740@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <ef10de9a0608011037w3609b5a6k1709aea61d43ed0f@mail.gmail.com> <20060801223754.U27679@ganymede.hub.org> <ef10de9a0608011859q45bdd636o757fb4aba2d3404d@mail.gmail.com> <20060801230301.Q27679@ganymede.hub.org> <df9ac37c0608012122q196a6434jf849cc7bd8c1156@mail.gmail.com> <44D09F46.6020300@dial.pipex.com> <ef10de9a0608021047u553a812fpbcf09c8c26df09b6@mail.gmail.com> <44D0F2FE.9020507@dial.pipex.com> <ef10de9a0608021216u455099a9yf66ea2d1698f4d19@mail.gmail.com> <20060802203604.A6529@ganymede.hub.org> <44D153D0.9000304@webanoide.org> <87wt9qzh2i.fsf@photon.homelinux.org>
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On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: > Let me say it again. There are three problems we are trying to > solve. > > a. Bandwidth. Bandwidth, IMHO, isn't that big of an issue ... the ramp up time for this, IMHO, will be slow, so the bandwidth usage will be a gradual increase ... > b. Duplicates. Ted seems to have this covered with the CPU ID thing ... > c. Fakery. IMHO, not a *really* big issue ... I could see someone bothering to do it once or twice, but seems to be "alot of work for little gain" ... The main problem that I see is finding a method of doing this that a majority of ppl can agree with ... and then convincing Core of the merits, a group that hasn't even voiced an opinion in this conversation yet ... :( Without Core endorsement, this whole thing is a still birth, unfortunately ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664
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