Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 21:10:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: hm@kts.org Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCVT's death Message-ID: <199806242110.OAA15856@usr04.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <m0yos5i-000020C@bert.kts.org> from "Hellmuth Michaelis" at Jun 24, 98 06:08:10 pm
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> 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
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