IP: I will bet someone on Clinton's panel $1000 that date changes do not affect packet forwarding in any substantial part of the Internet

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:05:33 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
> Subject: I will bet someone on Clinton's panel $1000 that date changes
>   do not affect packet forwarding in any substantial part of the Internet
>
> Dave -  you may post this on IP.  Subject to appropriate terms, I will make
> this bet.  Perhaps you would like to hold the money.
>
> The category error that causes people to equate "noncompliant" (which means
> that a legal review has not occurred) with "will probably fail" is an
> example of the poor (and frequently self serving) logic that passes for.
>
> The idea that there is an substantive analysis AT ALL behind this press
> conference is suspect.
>
> No doubt there will be some failures.  But internet packet forwarding has
> almost nothing to do with dates, and date failures have not been shown to
> lead to computer crashes, though they often affect data.
>
>
> - David
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