Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:19:24 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: hm@kts.org, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCVT's death Message-ID: <21676.898726764@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jun 1998 21:10:27 -0000." <199806242110.OAA15856@usr04.primenet.com>
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Terry, you're the only guy I know who could cite references while
arbitrating a nude arm-wrestling contest in a pit of lime jello.
I remove my cap, sir! :-)
In the meantime, could everyone else kindly just shut up about this
one already? Yeesh! One war a month is enough, you know? There has
been enough core team upheavel already this quarter and anyone else
staging a walk-out will have to wait until Autumn at the very
minimum. :)
- Jordan
> > Have you ever heard of c-o-o-p-e-r-a-t-i-o-n ? Thats a behaviour which is
> > fundamentally different to dictate.
>
> I disagree.
>
> Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, and Social Science
> Joshua M. Epstein
> Sante Fe Studies in the Sciences of Complexity
> Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
> ISBN: 0-201-41988-2
>
> Specifically, chapter 3:
>
> Imperfect Collective Security and Arms Race Dynamics: Why
> a Little Cooperation Can Make a Big Difference.
>
> In the discussions:
>
> (1) High Connectivity With Low Strength
>
> vs.
>
> (2) Low Connectivity With Higher (But Still Very Low) Strength
>
> vs.
>
> (3) GLOBOCOP
>
> Even in the face of the existance of a core team ("GLOBOCOP"), it is
> possible to achieve a high degree of net good, even if the GLOBOCOP
> actors fail to back down from their initial defense level as a result
> of a percieved external threat ("we fear change").
>
> Even though the ideal in this case is (1), and less so, (2), instead of
> the (3) FreeBSD implements (as the relaxation to the base defense level
> takes longer through non-participation, there is a tendency for the
> actors to fragment into smaller defensive groups, cv. the *BSD splits and
> non-mergers), it's still possible to achieve a large amount of net good
> simply by radical inaction.
>
> "Never substitute activity for action"
> -- Seneca, Letters From a Stoic, 4 AD - 65 AD
>
>
> My advice:
>
> 1) Leave PCVT alone until absolutely necessary
>
> 2) Confer on the absoluteness of teh necessity before acting
>
> 3) Act on consensus, if possible, on reason, if not.
>
>
> Terry Lambert
> terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
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