BigHook2002: Decisions that Shape Networks
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, September 4-6, 2002
an production


SessionLogs for:

Wednesday September 4, 4:00 to 5:30 PM,
Session 1b: Bottom Fishing, or Can a Sinker Swim? - Googin, Horan, Prytula, Stansberry


[12:31:00]<Elin>Test posting...
[12:31:06]<Elin>Test posting 2
[12:31:13]<Elin>Test posting 3
[12:34:12]<Elin>wireless is up!
[12:34:56]<Clark>posting, posting, posting
[12:35:13]<Clark>here´s judi posting /greencard/ /redcard/
[12:35:26]<Clark>more posting /graycard/
[12:35:32]<Clark> /yellowcard/
[12:35:46]<Elin>slkflkj
[12:35:55]<Elin> Testing.
[12:36:16]<Elin>Testing.
[12:36:25]<Clark>1, 2, 3...
[12:36:33]<Clark> /yellowcard/ wait a minute
[12:36:40]<Isenberg>posting test message
[12:36:44]<Isenberg>Anotehr post.
[12:36:44]<Clark>here´s more info than you´ll ever need!
[12:36:46]<Isenberg>Another
[12:36:48]<Isenberg>Here we go
[12:36:50]<Clark>whoo hoo
[12:36:54]<Isenberg>We aren´t getting two posintg.
[12:36:59]<Clark>good salass
[12:37:02]<Clark>oops
[12:37:04]<Clark>good salad
[12:37:09]<Clark>nice hook
[12:37:26]<Clark>keep at it for a second
[12:37:36]<Clark>here´s another post
[12:37:39]<Elin>zny doubles here?
[12:37:44]<Elin>Nope. Looking good
[12:37:46]<Isenberg>here we go
[12:37:47]<Elin>Here we go.
[12:37:50]<Elin> /yellowcard/
[12:37:55]<Elin>Testing.
[12:37:58]<Elin>Coupldjlksd
[12:37:58]<Isenberg>annie isw posting
[12:37:59]<Clark> /graycard/ /graycard/ /graycard/
[12:38:01]<Elin>more.
[12:38:06]<Elin> /redcard/
[12:38:09]<Elin> ksdjflkj
[12:38:13]<Elin>Special instrucitons
[12:38:14]<Clark> /greencard/ yeah, one post
[12:38:18]<Elin>one post.
[12:38:38]<Isenberg>even though she can´t type too good with
[12:38:48]<Clark>wqho cares
[12:38:49]<Isenberg>these long nails
[12:38:53]<Isenberg>bye
[12:42:08]<Freeburg>hi
[12:58:12]<Isenberg>this is a test again /greencard/
[13:11:09]<Weinberger>I forget how to whisper...
[13:11:31]<Weinberger>You just click on the name on the right to whisper
[13:12:58]<Elin>Testing.
[13:14:22]<Cukier>this is also a test...
[13:16:48]<Michalski>anyone have a current e for Linda Stone? a friend is looking for her
[13:24:51]<Shirky>Jerry, do we know that Linda dropped the MSN address?
[13:25:22]<Shirky>Emotion is the best tool we have for traversing large search spaces.
[13:25:25]<Michalski>i know her msft address is gone
[13:25:29]<Michalski>what was the msn one?
[13:25:43]<Michalski>fear helps me traverse...
[13:26:21]<Robles>test /greet/
[13:26:32]<Shirky>Fear is good. So is panic.
[13:29:08]<Gritton>fear overcome is good as is paranoia
[13:29:18]<Isenberg>hello world /greencard/
[13:32:38]<Michalski>hey, Anders is here now!
[13:33:41]<Comstedt>Isnīt this just great, Greg?
[13:33:58]<Michalski>for laptop stands, visit http://www.instand.com (no commission to me, damn it)
[13:34:37]<oristano>I´m glad we´re doing this... I thought I was going to have to talk to people!
[13:34:45]<Berry>Has anyone figured out the email (sending) problem? My ISP won´t let me send outgoing mail through them, only receive...
[13:35:10]<oristano>Your outgoing SMTP server needs to be changed... I don´t know what to
[13:35:34]<Michalski>mine is sending fine, with my own smtp, not the outgoing server´s smtp
[13:40:33]<Elin>Who is Oristano, please?
[13:44:36]<Freeburg>Hello bighook!
[13:46:32]<Clark> /yellowcard/
[13:48:03]<Robles>Mine is working too.
[13:49:19]<Isenberg>Has everybody logged onto the chat yet?
[13:49:49]<Clark>isen, you can see who´s here: list on the right
[13:49:52]<Robles>Nope.
[13:50:41]<Robles>Where is Pete? /rudolph/
[13:50:59]<Clark>Haven´t seen him yet
[13:52:39]<sob>is this working?
[13:53:43]<Freeburg>anyone who has a viao, you need to rename your computer NOW!
[13:54:00]<Clark>won´t we have too many nows now?
[13:56:15]<izumi>just testing
[13:57:49]<Petrovic>Petrovic/lynx
[13:58:13]<Weinberger>For SMTP, do I need a username and pwd?
[14:04:20]<Oristano>We´re back live...
[14:06:29]<Clark>are there any bad guys here?
[14:07:35]<Comstedt>Is this better Frank?
[14:07:43]<Robles>Yes sir.
[14:08:32]<Comstedt>Is this David playing?
[14:10:41]<Weinberger>Yeah!
[14:11:04]<Weinberger>Yeah us!
[14:12:03]<Shirky>anybody here? the plasma screen seems to be dead
[14:12:11]<Shirky>user black!
[14:12:37]<Weinberger>I´m here, Clay. Together we´ll get through this.
[14:12:40]<Shirky>sorry i missed you in boston -- ended up coming through providence
[14:12:46]<Weinberger>Otherwise, the terrorists will have won.
[14:12:52]<Shirky>oops, last was to jane
[14:13:43]<Weinberger>Our first network indiscretion! Cool! But next time try to make it more embarrassing.
[14:16:05]<Robles>test
[14:16:18]<Clark>ah, telecommunications experiments...
[14:16:23]<Comstedt>with you Frank
[14:16:24]<Shapiro>it works!
[14:17:11]<Robles>:-]
[14:17:54]<bradner>david is threatening me - help
[14:18:15]<Shirky>Dave...
[14:18:23]<Robles> /greencard/
[14:18:32]<pgod>hello
[14:18:40]<Shirky>Daisee daisee, giiiveee mmmmeeeee yooourur
[14:19:04]<Gillmor>Thanks, Tom...
[14:19:42]<Weinberger>Free the Fish!
[14:20:01]<Comstedt>eat it David
[14:20:15]<Weinberger>Cruel comment to make to a vegetarian
[14:21:29]<Comstedt>somehow I guessed that
[14:28:05]<Clark>back online!
[14:29:59]<Clark>slow exposure to reality
[14:31:47]<Clark> /greencard/
[14:32:31]<Comstedt> /greencard/
[14:35:50]<Elin>I think so.
[14:35:55]<pgod>fine
[14:52:43]<Elin>We are back online.
[14:53:35]<Freeburg>If you have a VPN, DON´T! PLEASE!
[14:55:37]<Michalski>Etymology: Late Latin imbricatus, past participle of imbricare to cover with pantiles, from Latin imbric-, imbrex pantile, from imbr-, imber rain; akin to Greek ombros rain
[14:55:47]<Michalski>: lying lapped over each other in regular order
[15:01:29]<bradner> /greencard/
[15:02:04]<Shirky> /greencard/
[15:02:04]<Isenberg> /greencard/
[15:02:22]<Isenberg> /greencard/ /greencard/ /greencard/ /greencard/
[15:03:00]<Clark> /greencard/ careful what you wish for, eh?
[15:11:30]<bradner>public vs ...?
[15:12:15]<Stout>or what they really need
[15:12:16]<Clark>commoditized?
[15:15:49]<bradner>DMCA - is an attack on people
[15:18:29]<Isenberg>At some point I´d like to do a poll on "how many people in the room do you already know *independently* of BigHook?"
[15:19:19]<bradner>10ish
[15:19:37]<Isenberg> /yellowcard/ /yellowcard/ /yellowcard/
[15:19:43]<Thatcher>6
[15:19:48]<Lucky>Half a dozen, but that´s what´s good about Big Hook
[15:20:07]<Gritton>a couple
[15:20:26]<Thatcher> /graycard/ What is grey?
[15:21:59]<Stout>4
[15:48:27]<bradner>i.e. - execution in the morning focuses the mind
[16:51:42]<Shapiro> is this when we get the great stock tips?
[16:52:00]<Robles>It was last time.
[16:55:32]<Robles>The bottom will be found in the next one or two years.
[16:55:54]<Robles> /yellowcard/ I am not sure I agree.
[17:00:02]<Clark>what happens when the govt favors a different direction than the market´s needs? /yellowcard/
[17:00:35]<Clark>and which market should we be listening to?
[17:02:25]<Robles>So is the bottom of the telecom industry coincident with their break up?
[17:06:03]<Evslin>The bottom is past but th dead won´r revive
[17:12:28]<Berry>So the fortune cookie makers go out of business too.
[17:13:14]<Shapiro>that assumes no competition
[17:14:35]<Petrovic>Did Roxane say "Microsoft"?
[17:16:02]<Comstedt>Right David, who are the stakeholders willing to bet?
[17:18:02]<Forster>Tournament theory?
[17:19:48]<Forster>Traditionally Enterprise/SMB gear is much cheaper than Service Provider Gear
[17:20:01]<Forster>Now, the two technologies are quite similar
[17:20:06]<Shapiro>intermodal competition will keep costs ow
[17:22:04]<kaminski>King Rat links: (scroll to bottom),
[17:22:49]<Michalski>bottom where, Peter?
[17:22:54]<kaminski>(try again) King Rat links: http://www.epinions.com/book_mu-2229844 (scroll to bottom), http://www.jamesclavell.net/king_rat.htm
[17:22:57]<Forster>Much lower opex can only come with different people in the service provider companies
[17:23:53]<Michalski>ah, thanks
[17:24:25]<Forster>Internet traffic growth: we see 100%/year
[17:25:54]<Clark>cutting costs b y 90% next year, then 90% the next, who can/will grant this savings?
[17:27:15]<Cook>Test message
[17:27:45]<Shirky>Odlyzko´s home page is at http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/
[17:28:35]<Cook>Test...
[17:28:37]<Evslin>We have just proved the bottom. No one is investing so the expected return on investment is at a peak
[17:28:38]<Shirky>The paper "Internet growth: myth, reality, use and abuse is at http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/internet.growth.myth2.pdf
[17:29:46]<Shapiro>wanted to say hello later and reintroduce myself
[17:29:53]<Cook>Test
[17:30:20]<bradner>hi gordon
[17:31:17]<Cook>hi scott, does this go in everyones browser? i guess?
[17:32:10]<nanda>Yes it does.
[17:32:34]<Clark>gordon, your comments (as everyone others) are also displayed on the big screen (to your left)
[17:32:50]<Gillmor>No business model? Who pays for infrastructure?
[17:32:56]<Gillmor>Goverment.
[17:33:09]<Michalski>that´d be... us?
[17:33:12]<Gillmor>That is, taxpayers.
[17:33:26]<Clark>and, uh, widows and orphans that are the investors
[17:33:50]<Gillmor>We paid for the interstate highways. Same issue.
[17:34:50]<Michalski>This is a nicer way to say the third restaurant isn´t a restaurant
[17:34:57]<Michalski>(what Scott just said)
[17:35:25]<Michalski>Goooo-gin! Gooo-gin!
[17:35:36]<Michalski>(crowd roars)
[17:36:34]<Michalski>note also the Paradox of the Best Network (http://netparadox.com/)
[17:36:34]<Freeburg>So is that a problem? The business model itself is old --
[17:36:50]<Forster>The other place infrastructure funding can come from..
[17:37:07]<Forster>is the users -- organizations, large enterprises, etc.
[17:38:14]<Michalski> /greencard/
[17:38:42]<Michalski>The magnitude of the backlash is evidence of the degree of change
[17:40:19]<Clark> /greencard/ hard to get rid of the old stuff
[17:41:25]<bradner>question - how much of the telephone revenue is taxes?
[17:41:42]<Clark>about 30% of my home bill
[17:44:32]<Weinberger>There are no ethics in capitalism, only rules.
[17:44:36]<Michalski>it´s not fixing itself
[17:44:46]<Weinberger>(The above was an overstatement in the interest of being aphoristic.)
[17:45:04]<Clark>capitalism rules?
[17:47:18]<Michalski>like paving over light rail systems across the US
[17:47:43]<Clark>Amtrak Internet Services?
[17:47:46]<Michalski> /greencard/
[17:48:51]<Clark>Internet potholes
[17:49:11]<Michalski>Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
[17:49:41]<Weinberger> /greencard/
[17:50:02]<Weinberger>(I could swear I only hit Enter once. There´s a lot of doubling going on here.)
[17:52:50]<kaminski>another experience which led Eisenhower to push the highway system: http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/dl/1919Convoy/1919documents.html (see memo from Eisenhower to Chief, Motor Transport), http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/1919ike.html
[17:53:15]<Berry>Isn´t the real issue the VALUE of the assets? It can go to virtually zero overnight.
[17:54:54]<bradner>big screen dead?
[17:55:09]<Freeburg>The value didn´t go to zero overnight - it went down over a long time, and was recognized overnight.
[17:57:03]<Beckemeyer>LBL?
[17:57:22]<bradner>mayme leveraged buy out? lbo
[17:57:27]<kaminski>yeah, LBO
[17:57:49]<Weinberger>Great link. Thanks Peter. (i.e., http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/dl/1919Convoy/1919documents.html )
[17:58:34]<kaminski>I´ve got a million of them :)
[17:58:42]<Michalski>yes, thanks!