What we really need is a new method of sending data. The fact that I will never be able to send something from Maine to California in less than 15 ms is not acceptable.
The speed of light is such a drag. On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Tei <[email protected]> wrote: > I am php/javascript programmer. > > The web used to be request/reply. With the request small (but not > small enough), and the reply long. > But the time for permanent connections is comming. Links from clients > to server that are permanent. Or look like that in the application > layer. > > On one sense, this is a optimization, no more pooling the server "do > you have something for me?" every n seconds. But I imagine mostly > make things like caching and proxies pointless. > > At some point, users will start getting unhappy with web pages replies > slower than 100 ms. ATM my webpages takes longer to start Jquery > that all the server-client interactions. Most obvious optimization is > never reload the page, and run everything trough ajax calls. > > I am not dumb, I know turning webpages into applications make > webpages to fragile. But I am scared of javascripts. Javascript is > just too dawmn usefull now, browsers too broken (mostly IE), and > Javascript is like a superhero that fix all. The web is going to > change in a few years, from a "request" "reply" interchange network, > to something more like a computer "bus". I don't know how the > "wires" will react to this. > > > > On 30 December 2011 10:58, Vitkovsky, Adam <[email protected]> wrote: >> Actually an a Cisco presentation on Nexus 7k I asked whether it's possible >> to transport the FCoE over let's say EoMPLS or VPLS and did not get a >> straight answer though that was half a year ago >> -but it would be really cool to connect hard-drives directly over continents >> >> >> adam >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tom Hill [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 8:58 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: next-best-transport! down with ethernet! >> >> On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 10:06 -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote: >>> yes, let's get something with say fixed sized packets, ability to have >>> predictable jitter and also, for fun, no more STP! >>> Ethernet is too complex, maybe something simpler? I hear there's this >>> new tech 'ATM'? it seems to fit the bill! >> >> Pfft. Everyone knows that Fibre Channel's going to replace everything... >> The minute we get those 128Gbit/sec transmission characteristics, >> Ethernet's gonna be as good as RS-485. >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > -- > ℱin del ℳensaje. > -- Ray Soucy Epic Communications Specialist Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526 Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System http://www.networkmaine.net/
