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Bufferbloat: Dark Buffers In the Internet 124

Posted by timothy from the perfect-for-dark-fiber dept.
Expanding on earlier work from Jim Gettys of Bell Labs with a new article in the ACM Queue, CowboyRobot writes that Gettys "makes the case that the Internet is in danger of collapse due to 'bufferbloat,' 'the existence of excessively large and frequently full buffers inside the network.' Part of the blame is due to overbuffering; in an effort to protect ourselves we make things worse. But the problem runs deeper than that. Gettys' solution is AQM (active queue management) which is not deployed as widely as it should be. 'We are flying on an Internet airplane in which we are constantly swapping the wings, the engines, and the fuselage, with most of the cockpit instruments removed but only a few new instruments reinstalled. It crashed before; will it crash again?'"

Comment I hate to be the one to break it to you. (Score 1) 275

by apparently (#38207682) Attached to: Does Telecommuting Make You Invisible?

WTF? I'm not invisible when I'm on call at 2am. Doesn't even make sense. By that logic when I'm on call I should just shut off the ringer and get a good nights sleep, after all, supposedly that's invisible.

You are only visible to people when they need you. If you're not available when they need you, they assume that you're always unavailable. You think people are thinking about YOU when they're asleep at 2AM? And when they -are- in distress at 2AM and you answer a call, you think the pressing thought in their mind is that you were there, and not the problem they're experiencing that's freaking them the fuck out at 2AfuckingM? Why would they be impressed that you're doing the job that you're being paid to do -- afterall, if they're calling you at 2AM, they're in the middle of doing their own job; you want special kudos? People are self-centered, and Information Technology is thankless; it's not going to change, and you'll be happier if you just accept it, even if it's not fair.

Comment Re:Funny - yes - but true (Score 1) 230

by apparently (#38161924) Attached to: 3-Way Price War On Black Friday: iPad, Nook, and Kindle
How in the fuck were the Apple II or the original Mac "leaps forward" of the competition? You're busting our balls, right? As much as I loved Oregon Trail, the Turtle program, and Odell motherfucking Lake, Apple produced overpriced pieces of shit (and seriously, I only pay a nickel-per-log for regular pieces of shit, and that's when I'm desperate), until they created the iPod.

Comment Buy a dog. (Score 5, Funny) 296

by apparently (#38109374) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive Anti-Theft Vehicle Tracking System?
It is a known fact that burglars skip over houses that have dogs in them in favor of houses without dogs. The same should hold for your scooter. As an added benefit, if you pick the right breed, the coolness of the dog will balance-out the total uncoolness of the scooter and you might still have a chance at getting laid.

Comment I am aware that Timothy doesn't read comments made (Score 1) 96

by apparently (#37709998) Attached to: Vint Cerf: Media Tagging Can Be Disconcerting
to the articles he posts.

I am aware that he doesn't even read the content of the submissions he posts.

I am 100% aware of this.

I am an atheist.

And yet I pray, I pray to the fucking universe, to the space-time continuum, and to faster-than-light neutrons, that Timothy reads this comment and enrolls himself in a goddamned fucking community college Writing 101 course.

coondoggie writes "Cerf says he profoundly feels the advent of cameras everywhere and the ability to post video and photos online can be hugely disconcerting

Who the fuck is "Cerf" Timothy? How can you possibly not realize what a poor summary that is? What exactly does it feel like to fail upward? Does it feel like floating? Is that why you don't give a shit about your one and only job here: goddamned fucking editing?

Comment In theory, yes. In practice, no. (Score 1) 301

by apparently (#37703906) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Is Reverse DNS a Worthy Standard For Fighting Spam?
Reverse DNS makes absolute sense as a means to counter spam, but the reality I've experienced is that there are too many IT admins that don't even know what a PTR record is, and since they don't experience an issue with all of their mail recipients, they assume it's an unnecessary step, even when you try to explain that it with a sock puppet show.

Comment This really isn't hard to parse. (Score 1) 125

by apparently (#37658338) Attached to: B&N Yanks DC Titles After Exclusive Amazon Deal

On the other hand, did the B&N spokesman clarify how removing books from sale helps B&N to fulfill the prose "to make available any book, anywhere, anytime"? Surely its counter productive to that promise?

By definition of the exclusivity deal, B&N can't make the e-book version of the book available, and so if they're literally unable to make that version of the book available, how could they honestly say that they can make the "book available [on the nook], anytime"?

Comment Re:Listen goof: What gave you the idea (Score 1) 373

by apparently (#37645732) Attached to: How Windows Gets Infected With Malware
Apparently you can't answer easy, simple questions. I realize that you're posting as AC, but could you provide me with the state that you live in so that I can direct you to your state's Department of Developmental Services, so that they can help you learn the art of responding to easy questions? With any luck, they can team you up with a second grader who can teach you how to respond to sentences that end with question marks: "?".

Comment Re:Welll (Score 1) 373

by apparently (#37635628) Attached to: How Windows Gets Infected With Malware
Well here's a thought: what's easier, maintaining your own weather information, or tapping into a resource that already provides that information so that you don't have to duplicate the effort? Are you seriously that retarded that this confuses you? Am I talking to a retarded person? If so, congrats on figuring out how to post on slashdot; there's a good chance that you could be an editor in no time.

Comment Uh, fire timothy? (Score 0) 763

by apparently (#37634000) Attached to: Help Shape the Future of Slashdot
Personally, I'm amused by one of the worst of the current crop of slashdot editors asking for input on what the problem with slashdot is; you are, timothy, you absolutely suck as an editor. Slashdot would be better if you were fired: your one and only job is to edit summaries into a form that provides pertinent information that the submitter didn't provide. You constantly fail at your one -- and only -- job. Whether it be this current posting in which you think that providing a link to the topic you're writing about is "(just [...] be[ing] heavy handed) ", or as an example from a submission today, in which you posted: "Indian Mathematician Rohit Gupta (known by the moniker @fadesingh on twitter) has announced an online workshop which he intends to 'conclude by attacking an important problem in front of (the participants), in public view.' The problem is the Riemann Hypothesis, first proposed in 1859." without using the summary to summarize what in the fuck the Riemann Hypothesis is, and why the shit we should care about it.

You have no barometer that tells you when information is relevant, or when more information is necessary. You're a complete failure at this job, you're ineptitude makes the reader have to do more work, so please do us a favor and quit, and if you don't quit, I hope your superiors read this post and understand that you should be fired.
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