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Re: Did *bufferbloat* cause the 2010 flashcrash?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Morrow)
Thu Aug 6 12:58:53 2015

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 12:58:50 -0400
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
To: John Kristoff <jtk@cymru.com>
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:51 PM, John Kristoff <jtk@cymru.com> wrote:
> It would seem surprising that delays in general due to long queues
> would not have been noticed before, since or would have caused other
> more far reaching problems.

bufferbloat is the boogieman... of late. I think that's foolish :(
I think this comment from jtk is really on point though! 'why only
then?' that sure seems convenient, eh?

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