On 2014-09-12 00:01, Matthew Lohbihler wrote:
> I think this would be a very interesting problem to work on. But it seems to > me to implement what the article is talking about would require changes to > the internet protocol, which of course would be a long and tortuous process. Improving/replacing the internet protocol is the end game I guess, yes. But before this ends up happening, you can run any protocol on your own private networks or layer them on top of/tunnel through IP. That's how evolution normally happens. > And without knowing what changes to IP will be approved, we can't know what > data NuPIC would have available for analysis. Other than in North Korea, inventions don't have to be 'approved', they win on merit, right? See above. IP itself was layered on top of circuit-switching networks for a long time and that didn't stop anyone. When the legacy circuit-switching network was pulled out from underneath IP it was a complete non-event and no one even noticed (e.g. in the cellular space only now with the UMTS->LTE transition). So no excuses here. > It's a chicken and egg problem. You have to iterate through a process of IP > and routing software changes in order to test improvement proposals. And at > the end of your iterations, you have both the necessary IP changes as well as > the routing software. Through a process of 'some protocol' and routing software changes. > NuPIC could be used within the iterations i suppose, but there's still a lot > of old-fashioned hard work to do. I don't dare make predictions about the nature of the work required other than that it seems like a challenge. And challenges are what everyone here is in it for, or so I assume. Are you? :) Cheers Rik
