On 3/19/02 9:32 PM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 3/19/02 2:50 PM, Christian M. M. Brady at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Until the resource is "max'd out" and completely leveled, there can >> only be "Wasting the resource" through lack of use, not through use. > > Unfortunately, comparing airlines to Internet "bandwidth" is not a good > comparison. The problem with "bandwidth" is that it isn't one big collective > good. Not everyone has the same access to it, and it isn't constant 24 hours > a day. So you can't say "we have more bandwidth than we can use." That's > like saying the world produces enough food each year to feed every human > adequately -- while overall it's an accurate statement, tell it to people > who are starving because they don't have access to the surplus that exists > elsewhere. Anyone who has ever seen the speed of their 'net connection go > down at peak hours will grasp this concept immediately ;) Actually the food analogy is precisely accurate. Even the airline isn't too bad (remember this was my bro's argument, but I tend to agree) since not everyone has access, can afford it, etc. I don't quite see the problem in the analogy. After all, there are a lot more seats on the Wed night red-eye than the Monday morning commuter. Cb cbrady @ tulane.edu -- (Below is a quote that was randomly generated by Entourage.) "Why can't you make another word using all the letters in 'anagram'?" - George Carlin -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
