[41101] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roeland Meyer)
Wed Aug 29 15:55:39 2001
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From: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: "'alex@yuriev.com'" <alex@yuriev.com>,
Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: 'Alex Bligh' <alex@alex.org.uk>,
'Leo Bicknell' <bicknell@ufp.org>, nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:57:49 -0700
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|> From: alex@yuriev.com [mailto:alex@yuriev.com]
|> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:40 AM
|>
|> > |> > To boost this point, exponential growth, approaching
|> > |> infinity, becomes
|> > |> > asymptotic.
|> > |>
|> > |> The only asymptote of an exponential curve is it's
|> asymptote towards
|> > |> the X axis, for as X approaches negative infinity.
|> >
|> > The point remains that it is nonsensical, given a finite
|> universe. The curve
|> > doesn't fit observable reality.
|>
|> This is math. Observable reality is irrelevant.
ROTFLMAO!
However, let me re-state that the curve doesn't even fit probable reality.
