On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Tim May wrote:
Depends on traffic rates. If fewer than 10 messages per hour, then 5 minutes delay ("latency") is obviously not diffusive enough. If more than 100 messages per hour, then 5 minutes gives a diffusivity or fanout of about 10, which is a useful amount.
Think diffusivity, not latency.
--Tim May
Absolutely correct. I was looking microcosmically, rather than macrocosmically - doh! Just as an aside, I find a 10/hour rate to be pretty unlikely when you consider chaff (which is a great deal of the actual traffic). -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------