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>]

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>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
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>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.
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>The idea that there is an substantive analysis AT ALL behind this press
>conference is suspect.
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>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.
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>- David
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