[OFB Cafe] Year End Thoughts and Discoveries

[Fred A. Miller]

Donald Spoon wrote:
> First of all, Happy New Year to all on the list!  I know that some have
> already had their celebrations, but I will lift a Root Beer in a toast
> to you at midnight anyway!

Here will be soda or coffee. Same to you all!

> I made a discovery today!  That goes to prove that you can always learn
> something new...  It is probably old knowledge to most of you on this
> list, but your "punishment" for not telling me about it sooner is to sit
> through my impressions!  It is something called CDN or Content Delivery
> Networks.  It all started with one of the blogs I read that is run by 3
> lawyers up in Minnesota.  They are fine exemplars of the intelligent but
> technically unsophisticated people that seem to gather our attention. 
> Here is a link to their story and how they became aware of CDNs:
> 
> http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/12/022435.php
> 
> This is really neat tech, and it looks like their web hosts are pretty
> sharp!  What an amazing defense against the DOS attacks while improving
> content delivery to the end user.  I looked at the Wikipedia entry for
> CDNs and noticed that BitTorrent is a P2P version of the CDN concepts.  
> For the record, I just used BitTorrent for the first time last week...
> 
> Don't forget to eat some Ham Hocks, Black-eyed Peas, and Collard Greens
> tomorrow!  That will insure "good luck:" in the new year.

Yeah right. ;)

Fred

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