** Reply to message from Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:48:53 -0700
> You know, I love this. Everybody talks about the "loose coupling" of > the internet. > > It is--in places. > > Unfortunately, everybody forgets that TCP/IP is two state machines on > different computers that are in *absolute lockstep* with one another. > > Not exactly loose coupling ... that's the difference with looking at it from a macro and micro perspective. email sends stuff out and leaves it there for something else to handle. Web pages sit there waiting to be asked for and then they are taken down locally and in many cases, noting about the connection remains. But the underlying tech is very connection and state oriented unless UDP is used. Also, there are many examples of the connection remaining like VOIP, IRC(IIRC) and torrents though less than ftp and the likes. it depends on how you look at it. You're just the geek who knows too much about the low level stuff so you see what most others don't. -- KPLUG-LPSG@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
