Fractal geodesic networks

[Jim Choate]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Tim May wrote:

> Distributed, fractal, peer-to-peer, nonhierarchical, geodesic, silk 
> road, agoric, anarchic, are all terms basically describing the same 
> sort of thing. Which term is whizzier is in the eye of the beholder.
> 
> Personally, I got tired several years ago of hearing everything 
> described as a "fractal geodesic network." I don't know whether the 

'geodesic' means the shortest possible path, with respect to the geometry
of the 'space', between two points.

Fractal simply means non-integer dimension.

Computer networks, at least copper or fiber based, can't be fractal. The
traffic patterns can have fractal patterns (e.g. Foucault Dust
periodicity) but that isn't the same thing at all.

'fractal geodesic network' is spin doctor bullshit.

And the Internet is most certainly NOT(!) geodesic with respect to packet
paths.

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