On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Michael J Smith wrote:
> ARK (Ark is Really Kool) is basically an inter-process communication
> wrapper. Basically, it encases the MAMMALS (Multiple Attribute Mini
> Message Alternate Language Symbols) in couplettes enroute to the other
> process. The ARK wrapper Looks for the appropriate entry in the
> LAND(Logical Alternative Number Directory) for the process that is
> trying to reach and then tries to connect with a DOVE(Does Other Voice
> Exist) signal to that process. Each ARK lasts for approximately 40
> cycles before timing out.
Mike, you forgot to mention that ARK is always triggered by a FLOOD
(Filesystem Link Object Overwrite Dependency) condition. [This is
something that causes quite a bit of confusion among IT workers since ARKs
*always* precede FLOODs, but suffice to say that ARK being observed to
precede FLOOD therefore caused FLOOD would be, of course, to stoop to
post-hockery (post hoc, ergo propter hoc -- after the fact, therefore
because of the fact). But that is another subject entirely.]
-Chris
