Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-31 Thread Richard_D_Levine


Steve Wampler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/30/2005 03:58:12 PM:

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Mohan, Ross wrote:
 
 VOIP over BitTorrent?
 
 Now *that* I want to see.  Aught to be at least as interesting
 as the TCP/IP over carrier pigeon experiment - and more
 challenging to boot!
 
 
 
  It was very challenging.  I worked on the credit window sizing and
  retransmission timer estimation algorithms.  We took into account
weather
  patterns, size and age of the bird, feeding times, and the average
number
  of times a bird circles before determining magnetic north.
Interestingly,
  packet size had little effect in the final algorithms.
 
  I would love to share them with all of you, but they're classified.

 Ah, but VOIPOBT requires many people all saying the same thing at the
 same time.  The synchronization alone (since you need to distribute
 these people adequately to avoid overloading a trunk line...) is probably
 sufficiently hard to make it interesting.  Then there are the problems of
 different accents, dilects, and languages ;)

Interestingly, we had a follow on contract to investigate routing
optimization using flooding techniques.  Oddly, it was commissioned by a
consortium of local car washes.  Work stopped when the park service sued us
for the cost of cleaning all the statuary, and the company went out of
business.  We were serving cornish game hens at our frequent dinner
parties for months.


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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-31 Thread Stefan Weiss
On 2005-03-31 15:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Now *that* I want to see.  Aught to be at least as interesting
 as the TCP/IP over carrier pigeon experiment - and more
 challenging to boot!
..
 Interestingly, we had a follow on contract to investigate routing
 optimization using flooding techniques.  Oddly, it was commissioned by a
 consortium of local car washes.  Work stopped when the park service sued us
 for the cost of cleaning all the statuary, and the company went out of
 business.  We were serving cornish game hens at our frequent dinner
 parties for months.

This method might have been safer (and it works great with Apaches):
http://eagle.auc.ca/~dreid/

cheers
stefan

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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-31 Thread Steve Wampler
Stefan Weiss wrote:
 On 2005-03-31 15:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
Now *that* I want to see.  Aught to be at least as interesting
as the TCP/IP over carrier pigeon experiment - and more
challenging to boot!
 
 ..
 
Interestingly, we had a follow on contract to investigate routing
optimization using flooding techniques.  Oddly, it was commissioned by a
consortium of local car washes.  Work stopped when the park service sued us
for the cost of cleaning all the statuary, and the company went out of
business.  We were serving cornish game hens at our frequent dinner
parties for months.
 
 
 This method might have been safer (and it works great with Apaches):
 http://eagle.auc.ca/~dreid/

Aha - VOIPOBD as well as VOIPOBT!  What more can one want?

VOIPOCP, I suppose...


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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-31 Thread Richard_D_Levine


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/31/2005 10:48:09 AM:

 Stefan Weiss wrote:
  On 2005-03-31 15:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Now *that* I want to see.  Aught to be at least as interesting
 as the TCP/IP over carrier pigeon experiment - and more
 challenging to boot!
 
  ..
 
 Interestingly, we had a follow on contract to investigate routing
 optimization using flooding techniques.  Oddly, it was commissioned by
a
 consortium of local car washes.  Work stopped when the park service
sued us
 for the cost of cleaning all the statuary, and the company went out of
 business.  We were serving cornish game hens at our frequent dinner
 parties for months.
 
 
  This method might have been safer (and it works great with Apaches):
  http://eagle.auc.ca/~dreid/

 Aha - VOIPOBD as well as VOIPOBT!  What more can one want?

 VOIPOCP, I suppose...

Start collecting recipes for small game birds now.  We ran out pretty
quickly.  Finally came up with Pigeon Helper and sold it to homeless
shelters in New York.  Sales were slow until we added a wine sauce.



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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-30 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 12:07:29PM +0100, Marc Burgauer wrote:
 
 What books or sources are out there that I can buy/download and that I 
 should read to get to grips with the more advanced issues of running 
 PostgreSQL?

See the Power PostgreSQL Performance  Configuration documents:

http://www.powerpostgresql.com/Docs/

 BTW. If you are a SQL/python programmer in (or near) Lanarkshire, 
 Scotland, we have a vacancy. ;-)

Allow telecommute from across the pond and I might be interested :-)

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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-30 Thread Richard_D_Levine


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/30/2005 10:58:21 AM:


 Allow telecommute from across the pond and I might be interested :-)

Please post phone bills to this list.


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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-30 Thread Mohan, Ross
VOIP over BitTorrent?  

;-)


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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/30/2005 10:58:21 AM:


 Allow telecommute from across the pond and I might be interested :-)

Please post phone bills to this list.


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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-30 Thread Steve Wampler
Mohan, Ross wrote:
 VOIP over BitTorrent?  

Now *that* I want to see.  Aught to be at least as interesting
as the TCP/IP over carrier pigeon experiment - and more
challenging to boot!


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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-30 Thread Mohan, Ross
Yea, the upside is that you get better than the 1 byte/hour rate for 
pigeon-net. 

Downside is that simply because you use BiTorrent, the RIAA accuses you of 
everything from CD piracy to shipping pr*n to cyberterrorism, and you spend 
the next four years in Gitmo, comparing notes with your cellmates in Camp 
X-Ray, 
and watching pigeons fly overhead. 


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To: Mohan, Ross
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Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations


Mohan, Ross wrote:
 VOIP over BitTorrent?

Now *that* I want to see.  Aught to be at least as interesting as the TCP/IP 
over carrier pigeon experiment - and more challenging to boot!


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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-30 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 16:39:47 -,
  Mohan, Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 VOIP over BitTorrent?  

Plain VOIP shouldn't be a problem. And if you want to do tricky things
you can use Asterisk on both ends. Asterisk is open source (GPL, duel
licensed from Digium) and runs on low powered linux boxes. A card that
talks to your existing analog phones and your existing phone line
costs $200. You don't need special cards if you have IP phones or a headset
connected to your computer and don't use your local phone company for
the calls.

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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-30 Thread Richard_D_Levine
It was very challenging.  I worked on the credit window sizing and
retransmission timer estimation algorithms.  We took into account weather
patterns, size and age of the bird, feeding times, and the average number
of times a bird circles before determining magnetic north.  Interestingly,
packet size had little effect in the final algorithms.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/30/2005 11:52:13 AM:

 Mohan, Ross wrote:
  VOIP over BitTorrent?

 Now *that* I want to see.  Aught to be at least as interesting
 as the TCP/IP over carrier pigeon experiment - and more
 challenging to boot!


It was very challenging.  I worked on the credit window sizing and
retransmission timer estimation algorithms.  We took into account weather
patterns, size and age of the bird, feeding times, and the average number
of times a bird circles before determining magnetic north.  Interestingly,
packet size had little effect in the final algorithms.

I would love to share them with all of you, but they're classified.


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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-30 Thread Steve Wampler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Mohan, Ross wrote:

VOIP over BitTorrent?

Now *that* I want to see.  Aught to be at least as interesting
as the TCP/IP over carrier pigeon experiment - and more
challenging to boot!

 
 
 It was very challenging.  I worked on the credit window sizing and
 retransmission timer estimation algorithms.  We took into account weather
 patterns, size and age of the bird, feeding times, and the average number
 of times a bird circles before determining magnetic north.  Interestingly,
 packet size had little effect in the final algorithms.
 
 I would love to share them with all of you, but they're classified.

Ah, but VOIPOBT requires many people all saying the same thing at the
same time.  The synchronization alone (since you need to distribute
these people adequately to avoid overloading a trunk line...) is probably
sufficiently hard to make it interesting.  Then there are the problems of
different accents, dilects, and languages ;)

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Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations

2005-03-30 Thread Mohan, Ross
I can see that PG'ers have a wicked sense of humor. 

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Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Reading recommendations


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Mohan, Ross wrote:

VOIP over BitTorrent?

Now *that* I want to see.  Aught to be at least as interesting as the 
TCP/IP over carrier pigeon experiment - and more challenging to 
boot!

 
 
 It was very challenging.  I worked on the credit window sizing and 
 retransmission timer estimation algorithms.  We took into account 
 weather patterns, size and age of the bird, feeding times, and the 
 average number of times a bird circles before determining magnetic 
 north.  Interestingly, packet size had little effect in the final 
 algorithms.
 
 I would love to share them with all of you, but they're classified.

Ah, but VOIPOBT requires many people all saying the same thing at the same 
time.  The synchronization alone (since you need to distribute these people 
adequately to avoid overloading a trunk line...) is probably sufficiently hard 
to make it interesting.  Then there are the problems of different accents, 
dilects, and languages ;)

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