[ih] principles of the internet

[John Day]

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>Why not? Alohanet (pure Aloha) capacity was at 1/(2e), and downlink data
>was not even acknowledged (for performance reasons). Ethernet capacity
>has been at some 98 percent right away, and packets hardly ever got lost
>(safe in screwed up installations). Best effort certainly doesn's mean
>no effort (as in Alohanet), but has probably always meant "reasonable",
>"sane" effort. (But that's just my two cents, Richard was gonna
>enlighten us us to the three meanings of best effort.)

Am I missing something here?  To my mind, 
Alohanet and Ethernet make the same "effort." 
The difference is the theoretical limit of the 
media.  Ethernet is higher because the aether has 
been replaced by coax.  Not because Ethernet made 
more effort than Alohanet.

I think I am seconding David's comment.

>Matthias
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>Matthias Bärwolff
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