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Comment: Meme Theory Simplified (Score 1) 186

by broward (#28673759) Attached to: Traditional News Media Lead Blogs By 2.5 Hours

I posted my first Meme Graph and reference here on Slashdot back in 2006.
What comes next?
We go from measurement to manipulation.

http://www.realmeme.com/roller/page/realmeme?entry=meme_theory

Diffraction is my term for measuring how well a new meme captures more bandwdith. In a Quality-Of-Service network, bandwidth always has contention and grabbing more bandwidth is difficult. If you understand how to grab bandwidth through meme patterns, you can propagate your information ahead of others.

Comment: Flex Versus Silverlight Meme (Score 1) 388

by broward (#27500113) Attached to: Major League Baseball Dumps Silverlight For Flash

Flex versus Silverlight meme from three months ago, although I first ran this graph one year ago for a client deciding on technology direction...

http://www.realmeme.com/roller/page/realmeme/?entry=flex_vs_silverlight

Rate-of-growth for Flex and Silverlight is almost the same and Flex maintains a comfortable lead.

Comment: Speciation Of The Internet (Score 1) 194

by broward (#27427213) Attached to: New Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity

"a government gone feral"

I argue that it's an inevitable outcome of ecological diversification of information and the Internet. It's not just occurring in the United States. The internet is "speciating", evolving differentiation in order to limit infectious memes.

http://www.realmeme.com/roller/page/realmeme?entry=global_differentiation

Is our government nuts?
Well, yes.
But that's a separate issue.

Networking

IPv6 - Finally Ripe Enough To Eat->

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Broward Horne
Broward Horne writes "IPv6, the IETF next-generation protocol for the Internet, has languished in the shadow of IPv4 for over a decade. Every so often a burst of IPv6 enthusiasm would sweep the Net, only to quickly fade away. After awhile, the "Dawn of IPv6" became a joke. According to Wiki, as of Dec, 2008, IPv6 is running less than 1% of Internet traffic. I've tracked the IPv6 meme for several years, waiting for its true emergence and I believe that it finally began last year. I suspect that part of IPv6's breakout is related to the global slowdown and cost of deployment, and possibly to Internet censorship movements which are surfacing in several countries. The odds are good that it's time to invest in IPv6 for your career. http://www.realmeme.com/roller/page/realmeme?entry=ipv6_revisited"
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Comment: Meme Theory 101 (Score 4, Interesting) 219

by broward (#26826695) Attached to: A Quantitative Study of How Memes Spread

You guys are finally catching up to me.

http://www.realmeme.com/Main/theory101/index.jsp

Here's the mechanism for Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine"....

http://www.realmeme.com/Main/theory101/diffraction.jsp

You can determine patient zero entry points, periods of susceptibility, etc, through simple keyword counts and some semantic analysis.

Comment: He's Still Dead, Jim! (Score 1) 570

by broward (#26747265) Attached to: The Case For Supporting and Using Mono

I originally redicted Mono's demise in Dec, 2005 (reconfirmed in Jan, 2006), well before Neil McAllister and received quite a bit of jeering and obnoxious commentary -

http://www.realmeme.com/roller/page/realmeme?entry=mono_meme_update_mono_still

However, as we all know now, it has indeed been dead for the past 2 1/2 years and it will stay dead. Check out the relative trend strength for Mono versus Silverlight or Ruby.

http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=linux+mono,+silverlight,+ruby&l=

He's still dead, Jim.

Prepare for tomorrow -- get ready. -- Edith Keeler, "The City On the Edge of Forever", stardate unknown