27 Apr
2003
27 Apr
'03
12:20 a.m.
Thus spake "Mike Lloyd" <drmike@routescience.com>
Roughgarden's work generally seems to get reported on backwards. What's a poor journalist to do?
Learn how to present his ideas?
If I might, his model says the best is between 0% and a max of 25% better than the selfish result. Selfish routing may actually get us the best possible Internet, although that is not proven.
Selfish routing is the simplest and cheapest to implement, which are large factors in evaluating the "best" dumb network. S Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking