The value of a broadcast network is almost universally agreed to be proportional to the
number of users. This rule is called Sarno®’s Law. For general communication networks,
in which users can freely interact with each other, it has become widely accepted that
Metcalfe’s Law applies, and value is proportional to the square of the number of users.
A refutation of Metcalfe’s Law
May 22nd, 2008Building Smart Communities
May 21st, 2008This paper investigates building sustainable communities through improving
their connectivity – internally and externally – using network ties to create
economic opportunities.
Network Coding for Large Scale Content Distribution
May 20th, 2008Network coding is a novel mechanism proposed to improve
the throughput utilization of a given network topology.
The principle behind network coding is to allow intermediate
nodes to encode packets.
Introduction Linux
May 19th, 2008The name of a directory has to comply with the same rules as those applied on regular file names. One of the most important restrictions is that you can’t have two files with the same name in one directory (but keep in mind that Linux is, like UNIX, a case sensitive operating system).