/em shrug I can't help it if you don't like real world data. On Mar 3, 2015 2:25 PM, "Barry Shein" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Ok, then I no longer have any confidence that I understand what you > were asserting. > > From: Scott Helms <[email protected]> > >Odd how the graphing for the top 1000 Usenet servers showed exactly the > >pattern I predicted. > >On Mar 2, 2015 3:46 PM, "Barry Shein" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> > Anything based on NNTP would be extremely asymmetric without > significant > >> > changes to the protocol or human behavior. > >> > > >> > We ran significant Usenet servers with binaries for nearly 20 years > and > >> > without for another 5 and the servers' traffic was heavily > asymmetric. > >> > On Mar 1, 2015 9:11 AM, "Miles Fidelman" <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > >> With all due respect it's like people act purposely obtuse just to > >> argue. > >> > >> If you're a Usenet server (and most likely client) then it'll be > >> somewhat symmetric. > >> > >> Depending on how many nodes you serve the bias could easily be towards > >> upload bandwidth as msgs come in once (ideally) but you flood them to > >> all the other servers you serve once per server, the entire traffic > >> goes out multiple times, plus or minus various optimizations like > >> "already have that msg" oh for the love of all that is good and holy > >> do I have to type the entire NNTP protocol spec in here just to make > >> sure there isn't some microscopic crack of light someone can use to > >> misinterpret and/or pick nits about??? > >> > >> What was the original question because I think this has degenerated > >> into just argumentativeness, we're on the verge of spelling and > >> grammar error flames. > >> > >> I don't know how anyone who claims to have run Usenet servers couldn't > >> know all this, is it just trolling? > >> > >> -- > >> -Barry Shein > >> > >> The World | [email protected] | > >> http://www.TheWorld.com > >> Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, > >> Canada > >> Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 > *oo* > > -- > -Barry Shein > > The World | [email protected] | > http://www.TheWorld.com > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, > Canada > Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo* >
