But...but...I was hoping this would get picked up by Stephen Colbert! On a serious note, I made the change to remove the usage Matt mentions. No point in allowing even a chance that it would be misinterpreted.
Pádraic Brady http://blog.astrumfutura.com http://www.survivethedeepend.com OpenID Europe Foundation Irish Representative ________________________________ From: Julien Genestoux <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, October 16, 2009 10:30:16 PM Subject: [pubsubhubbub] Re: Article: Pubsubhubbub And PHP - Part 1: Pubsubhubbub Introduction, Contrast With rssCloud, And Simple Publisher Implementation Hey people, let's just chill out :) I think I understand Matt's concern. What is bad in polling is the "multiplicity". Polling once is not bad... polling several times _is_ evil. Let's not play on the words. Comparing spec is endless. Let's trust the market to make the decision for what should be the standard. Julien -- Julien Genestoux, http://twitter.com/julien51 http://superfeedr.com +1 (415) 254 7340 +33 (0)9 70 44 76 29 Sent from Piedmont, CA, United States On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Bob Wyman <[email protected]> wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Matthew Terenzio <[email protected]> wrote: >> rssCloud merely makes a "request" upon being pinged. No ping, no request. > >Polling is "not polling"? > >While we're at it, why don't we clean up some other confusions... Consider: > >Love is hate, peace is war... > >bob wyman >> > > > > >>On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Matthew Terenzio <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> >> >>>>I think it might help the community to stop saying that PubSubHubbub >>>>eliminates the need for polling while rssCloud does not. >> >>>>That just simply isn't true. Polling is what RSS or Atom does when >>>>their is neither PSHB or rssCloud. >> >>>>rssCloud merely makes a "request" upon being pinged. No ping, no request. >> >>>>Please don't come back with more about thundering herds. I fully >>>>understand both specs. >> >>>>I'm not trying to make a statement about whether one spec is better or >>>>not, just addressing the mistaken use of the term polling. I've seen >>>>it more than once and it may confuse the less technical people trying >>>>to understand these things. >> >
