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0 pointsjemfinch15y ago0 comments

> Do you have numbers on the dial-up users for your server? My understanding is that there's far fewer, so this is bogus. Show evidence of high dial-up penetration first.

He doesn't need to show that it's high, only that it's high enough to cause a significant contingent of ordinary webservers' requests to be lingering slow connections.

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zedshaw15y ago

I agree, but "high enough" is apparently just 60%. The standing question is, what's the actual level in different kinds of servers?

In other words, I've given a metsric, ATR at 60% is the break even point for poll vs. epoll. So far the only responses I've got haven't even tried to give out a metric, let alone say what their actual ATR is but they claim that it's low.

I'm a scientist, so in the same way I don't believe my own research, I don't believe their rhetoric.

jacquesm15y ago

> I'm a scientist

I've never come across a scientist that took criticism of their work the way you do and that responded in the way you do. Shouting down, deriding, insulting and in general being a jerk to those that don't agree with you because 'you're a scientist' is not the way of science.

starkfist15y ago

I dunno, that is how a lot of scientists I know interact with people. :/

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zedshaw15y ago

I'm shouting you down because you're a FUD slinging troll. Very first thing you did was immediately reply to every branch of the comments with your agenda. I actually have no idea what your problem is, since I'm just presenting some information and working on my own software with it, but you've got some weird "epoll religion" you like to spread.

So, consider me the Richard Dawkins of epoll.

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0 pointsjemfinch15y ago0 comments

> Do you have numbers on the dial-up users for your server? My understanding is that there's far fewer, so this is bogus. Show evidence of high dial-up penetration first.

He doesn't need to show that it's high, only that it's high enough to cause a significant contingent of ordinary webservers' requests to be lingering slow connections.

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zedshaw15y ago

I agree, but "high enough" is apparently just 60%. The standing question is, what's the actual level in different kinds of servers?

I'm a scientist, so in the same way I don't believe my own research, I don't believe their rhetoric.

jacquesm15y ago

> I'm a scientist

starkfist15y ago

I dunno, that is how a lot of scientists I know interact with people. :/

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zedshaw15y ago

So, consider me the Richard Dawkins of epoll.

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