[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/11/10 05:01:35

Modified files:
        pointers       : article.rst 

Log message:
        address oceanstore

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.204&tr2=1.205&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.204 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.205
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.204      Mon Nov 10 04:51:06 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Mon Nov 10 05:01:34 2003
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@
 Off-line capability 
        The ability to 
        download version(s) and use them off-line without 
-       a change in the user interface or functionality, 
+       a change in the user interface or functionality
+       (clicking on a link should "just work" when off-line,
+       as long as the target is available locally)
        and to use a neighbouring computer's cache
        if the LAN is disconnected from the internet 
 
@@ -171,10 +173,6 @@
        (e.g. anonymity, efficiency); c) more people can use this
        (network effect)
 
-..  XXX something that requires keeping info in one place
-    in one network will never be agreeable upon between
-    all networks
-
 Distributed archivability
        The ability to
        keep a version originally published by 
@@ -321,10 +319,13 @@
 presented to the user. Therefore, even in OceanStore,
 a user cannot simply download a version of a file 
 and an associated heartbeat and store them on their
-harddisk to keep the version "alive." Of course, the 
-very idea of Oceanstore is to make this unnecessary 
-by reliably archiving *everything*, but whether this
-will succeed remains to be seen. 
+harddisk (off-line capability) or distribute them 
+through different P2P networks (heterogeneity).
+
+.. to keep the version "alive." Of course, the 
+   very idea of Oceanstore is to make this unnecessary 
+   by reliably archiving *everything*, but whether this
+   will succeed remains to be seen. 
 
 .. [#consistencytime] Many applications
    are believed to be able to cope with looser consistency
@@ -405,6 +406,11 @@
 could be originally edited in OceanStore, then published
 in Gnutella or a DHT-based system, using an anonymized system
 like Achord [hazel02achord]_ if it contains controversial content.
+
+..  XXX something that requires keeping info in one place
+    in one network will never be agreeable upon between
+    all networks? -- probably not due to space constraints
+
 
 
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