[e2e] Discrete IP - retake

[Pars Mutaf]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Jon Crowcroft
<Jon.Crowcroft at cl.cam.ac.uk>wrote:

> this is what we used to talk about as the
> "my problem is too hard even for you" poser syndrome
>
> basically, whenever you offer a workable solution,
> the poser (of the problem) changes the
> problem (or the assumptions)
>

No I didn't change the problem:

What do we want for the Internet? Did we really ask this question?

Take MANET for example, they did not ask themselves what it is used for.
They cannot explain.

I would start a new thread "What do we want for the Internet"  but I am not
sure if I should do this.

Cheers,
Pars


>
> one of the nice things about IP (and the E2E argument(s))
> is that it is really hard to change the problem it solves
> in a way it still doesn't solve, whichever version you choose
> (well, ok, maybe not IPv5:)
>
> In missive <50589DCC.2030808 at dcrocker.net>, Dave Crocker typed:
>
>  >>
>  >>On 9/18/2012 3:35 AM, Jon Crowcroft wrote:
>  >>> In missive <
> CACQuiebE-sXDZD-xxaeC2iWfM58iDwO+V2XV1tFcP5PgT+Vq2A at mail.gmail.com>, Par
>  >>> s Mutaf typed:
>  >>>
>  >>>   >>> I encourage you to read the relevant prior work (many pointers
> were given)
>  >>>   >>Only 1 pointer was given (by Jon Crowcroft), it is not relevant.
>  >>>
>  >>> it is exactly relevant.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>in the broader sense of whether this thread has been, or has any hope of
>  >>being, constructive, it was not relevant...
>  >>
>  >>d/
>  >>
>  >>--
>  >>  Dave Crocker
>  >>  Brandenburg InternetWorking
>  >>  bbiw.net
>
>  cheers
>
>    jon
>
>


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