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Robert Koberg <rob@k...> asks: > > Rick Marshall wrote: > > > Robert Koberg wrote: > > > >> Rick Marshall wrote: > >> > >>> hierarchies fail, > >> > >> > >> > >> hmmm... isn't the internet a hierarchy? has that failed? > > > > > > the internet addressing is, the www isn't - it's a large associative > > memory and i'd be willing to argue that's exactly why it works. > > > > the internet works because you find machines by following routers, > > often > > going up and down hierarchies to get to them. but routers can put > > non-hierarchical links into the system. there's often more > than one way > > to get between machines. > > so? its still a hierarchy, right? > I'd say no. If anything it's a lattice or a general graph, but it's not a hierarchy; there are too many interconnections, even at the DNS and IP assignment levels...
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