On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:01:03 PDT, Brian Lloyd said:
> threshing process. I see entirely too little threshing going on in the
> IETF these days. I think we worry to much that people will get their
> little feelers hurt.
Send them my way. I'm renowned for my ability to tell almost anybody,
in excruciating detail, exactly why their idea is dumber than a box
of rocks. ;)
> So let 'em build their protocol, whatever it is, and bring it to the
> IETF. The problems with a really bad protocol can be extremely educational
> and entertaining. The elegance of a really good protocol can be extremely
> educational and entertaining. I don't see how we can lose.
Actually, a Really Bad Protocol is usually dreadfully excruciatingly
painful, unless somebody performs an MST on it. For those not
familiar with it, see http://www.scifi.com/mst3000/ for the TV show,
or http://brie.bmsc.washington.edu/people/merritt/books/Eye_of_Argon.html
for an example of the concept.
Now, maybe if we had more protocol reviews like that... ;)
/Valdis
