[167329] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Caps (was Re: AT&T UVERSE Native IPv6, a HOWTO)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Mon Dec 9 00:48:24 2013
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 00:48:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <52A5565B.2060409@dcrocker.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Crocker" <dhc2@dcrocker.net>
> I seem to recall an early bit of research on interactive computing
> (maybe by Sackman) that showed user preference for a /worse/ average
> response time that was more predictable (narrower range of variance)
> than a better average time that was more erratic.
Very specifically:
A 3270 that took 5 seconds of delay and then *snapped* the entire screen
up at once was perceived as "faster" than a 9600 tty that painted the same
entire screen in about a second and a half or so. Don't remember who it
was either, but likely Bell Labs.
Cheers,
-- jra
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