Re: WG next steps

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Andrew Partan wrote:

> > > Oh, Iljitsch, I thought you got lots of feedback - but it was all of the
> > > form "geographic addressing is a waste of time"! :-)

> > That's like objecting to the film Star Wars by objecting "the stars are
> > not at war!" and then refuse to see the flick...

> Do you argue about the potential of perpetual motion machines?

No, I just argue that geo aggregation isn't perpetual motion.

It's very simple. If you use a hierarchical addressing mechanism, you
get to aggregate. If you aggregate, traffic flows become less optimal.
Making the hierarchy geographically relevant gives you the _potential_
to get around the traffic flow problem. That's all. No creative physics.