[ot] Tortoise fables (was: Re: [plug] dlink dsl-300)

[Cameron Patrick]

On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:54:57PM +0800, James Devenish wrote:
| In message <20031204064940.GH1551 at erdos.home>
| on Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:49:40PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
| > Ewwww!  I think I'll stick to having two network cards in my gateway,
| > thank you :-)  Amongst other things I wouldn't want to count on my
| > much-abused gateway being able to "win" anything when it's doing other
| > stuff at the same time.
| 
| Recommended reading: The Hare and the Tortoise
| See also: proverbs, slow and steady
| ;-)

*grin*  I think I prefer Zeno's Tortoise and Achilles paradox.

(For those who havne't heard of it:  Achilles and the Tortoise have a
race; Achilles gives the Tortoise a short head-start 'cos he's so much
slower than Achilles.  In the time it takes Achilles to reach the
Tortoise's old position, the Tortoise is always slightly further on.  So
no matter how much faster Achilles may be, he can never catch up to the
Tortoise.)

Cameron.