Comments on: Odlyzko on the Fallacy of Streaming http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2008/08/21/odlyzko-on-the-fallacy-of-streaming/ Casual Dismissals from Danny O'Brien Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Cabalamat http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2008/08/21/odlyzko-on-the-fallacy-of-streaming/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Cabalamat Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:27:39 +0000 http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/?p=1059#comment-277 This is essentially a rehash of the circuit switching v. packet switching debate. it seems the IT industry is continually rehashing the same debates as technology moves on, with the younger practitioners not being aware of the debate that's gone before. For example, in client-server systems, do we try to do most of the work on the client or on the server? Traditional websites asre essentially thin clients, but when you have Javascript, Ajax, Flash, etc, it becomes more of a fat client. Or, when compiling, do we compile to machine code, or to some intermediate code (such as the JVM, or Pascal p-code) This is essentially a rehash of the circuit switching v. packet switching debate. it seems the IT industry is continually rehashing the same debates as technology moves on, with the younger practitioners not being aware of the debate that’s gone before.

For example, in client-server systems, do we try to do most of the work on the client or on the server? Traditional websites asre essentially thin clients, but when you have Javascript, Ajax, Flash, etc, it becomes more of a fat client.

Or, when compiling, do we compile to machine code, or to some intermediate code (such as the JVM, or Pascal p-code)

]]> By: Net neutrality, packet switching and curcuit switching « Amused Cynicism http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2008/08/21/odlyzko-on-the-fallacy-of-streaming/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Net neutrality, packet switching and curcuit switching « Amused Cynicism Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:21:24 +0000 http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/?p=1059#comment-276 [...] O’Brien points out that this isn’t true, because you can use buffering: It turns out it’s because [opponents of net neutrality] think that real-time streaming means [...] [...] O’Brien points out that this isn’t true, because you can use buffering: It turns out it’s because [opponents of net neutrality] think that real-time streaming means [...]

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