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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst
From: |
Benja Fallenstein |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst |
Date: |
Sat, 01 Nov 2003 13:33:56 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden> 03/11/01 13:33:56
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
a little different abstract-- let's see whether tjl likes this one too
:)
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.47&tr2=1.48&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.47
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.48
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.47 Sat Nov 1 13:27:37 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Sat Nov 1 13:33:56 2003
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@
Abstract
========
-File sharing systems allow you to download a file from any host
-that has a copy. This saves bandwidth and increases availability.
-It would be nice if the Web worked the same way. However,
-most current P2P systems have no facility
-to allow documents to be updated. The systems that do
+If the Web worked like a file-sharing system, there would be
+no central point of failure for a Web page; it could be downloaded
+from any host that has a copy. This would save bandwidth
+and increase availability. However, if the Web worked like
+a file-sharing system, Web pages could never be updated.
+
+Most current P2P systems have no facility
+for updating documents. The systems that do
(such as Freenet or OceanStore) require state in the network
for remembering what the current version of a document is.
Thus, to keep a version of a Web page available,
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst,
Benja Fallenstein <=
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01