The Matrix IQ
"The graphs represent average Internet performance. The dark, bold line represents the Internet as a whole. The lighter ones represent subsets of the Internet - the WWW, and the DNS TLD servers." Note the sharp rise in
packet loss and the corresponding dip in overall
reachability. Jim the Paranoiac
thinks he can explain them.
Richard Stallman : Why We Must Fight UCITA
see also
badsoftware.comBoiled Brains : A Picture of Weblogs
Neat. Why is it, though, that the pattern of squares seems to form an almost perfect
whirligig? (requires java for full effect) via
eatonwebCERT : Results of the Distributed-Systems Intruder Tools Workshop
"In November 1999, experts addressed issues surrounding distributed-systems intruder tools. This paper is one outcome of the DSIT Workshop. In it, workshop participants examine the use of distributed-system intruder tools and provide information about protecting systems from attack by the tools, detecting the use of the tools, and responding to attacks." (pdf)
David Ronfeldt : Social Science at 190MPH on NASCAR's Biggest Superspeedways
"In aerodynamically intense stock-car races like the Daytona 500, the drivers form into multi-car draft lines to gain extra speed. A driver who does not enter a draft line (slipstream) will lose.
Once in a line, a driver must attract a drafting partner in order to break out and try to get further ahead. Thus the effort to win leads to ever-shifting patterns of cooperation and competition
among rivals. This provides a curious laboratory for several social science theories: (1) complexity theory, since the racers self-organize into structures that oscillate between order and chaos; (2) social network analysis, since draft lines are line networks whose organization depends on a driver's social capital as well as his human capital; and (3) game theory, since racers face a "prisoner's dilemma" in seeking drafting partners who will not defect and leave them stranded. Perhaps draft lines and related "bump and run" tactics amount to a little-recognized dynamic of everyday life, including in structures evolving on the Internet."
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