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   From: droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com   
      
   In article <0jgBu.144624$Yb6.135123@fx29.iad>,   
    scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:   
      
   > Infiniband is an odd set of protocols.   
      
   Thanks for that description.  It does sound rather unusual.  :-)   
   Networking isn't my strong point, so I can say how much better or worse   
   I like it.  My first impression is that it makes a lot of sense for   
   networks with constantly changing topologies.  I'm not sure how much   
   that applies to human-scale infrastructure, though.   
      
   It also still sounds like the actual travel, once the network is mapped,   
   is on "rails".  I mean, to me, when the idea of a "self-driving packet"   
   is put forward, I imagine a scenario when I can go from one network to   
   another (e.g., my phone switches from my cellular 4G network to my home   
   WiFi network), and there is no loss of connection/packets for any   
   service I'm using.  Something the equivalent to interrupting my   
   self-driving car on the way home when I remember I needed to go get a   
   haircut.   
      
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