On Feb 11, 2013, at 18:52 , "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patr...@ianai.net> wrote: > On Feb 11, 2013, at 14:11 , Stephen Sprunk <step...@sprunk.org> wrote:
>> Multicast _is_ useful for filling the millions of DVRs out there with >> broadcast programs and for live events (eg. sports). A smart VOD system >> would have my DVR download the entire program from a local cache--and >> then play it locally as with anything else I watch. Those caches could >> be populated by multicast as well, at least for popular content. The >> long tail would still require some level of unicast distribution, but >> that is _by definition_ a tiny fraction of total demand. > > One of us has a different dictionary than everyone else. > > Assume I have 10 million movies in my library, and 10 million active users. > Further assume there are 10 movies being watched by 100K users each, and > 9,999,990 movies which are being watched by 1 user each. Obvious typo, supposed to be 8,999,990. Or you can say I have 11 million users. Whichever floats your boat. Hopefully the point is still clear, even in a crowd as pedantic as this. -- TTFN, patrick > Which has more total demand, the 10 popular movies or the long tail? > > This doesn't mean Netflix or Hulu or iTunes or whatever has the > aforementioned demand curve. But it does mean my "definition" & yours do not > match. > > Either way, I challenge you to prove the long tail on one of the serious > streaming services is a "tiny fraction" of total demand. > > -- > TTFN, > patrick >
