p2p == philadendron to philadendron?
Black and Decker has launched plantsense, bringing an IP address to geraniums everywhere. Its this kind of thing that is going to drive IPv6, the need to directly connect to sensor-nets within the home. As to whether I need to be able to ping my potted plant, i dunno just yet.
the internet’s asymptote and shannon
does shannons information theorem suggest there is a limit to the bandwidth needed for a person?
Everybody drop your pencils at 10am
When I was in grade 5 we had this supply teacher one day. Our regular teacher was a strict bible-thumper beat you with a stick type, so we had high hopes for good hijinx. Somehow through that adolescent shared vision model, we all agreed to drop our pencils precisely at 10am
The speed of light and human (great) expectations
Users have certain expectations of products and services. If these are not met by some in the class, but are met by others, competitive forces reward the top-performers. If the entire class cannot meet expectations, it dies. So to it is with communications services. Users have an expectation that web pages load within a certain […]