[Foundation-l] [Internal-l] Relocation Announcement

[Anthony]

On 9/25/07, Domas Mituzas <midom.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > In theory you should be able to use the vast majority of Wikipedia
> > from a read-only copy even while logged in.
> ...
> >  I guess that hasn't been implemented?
>
> In theory everything can be done.

That's not at all true.  Lots of things are theoretically impossible.
I even gave one.  Updating an article in less time than it takes light
to travel halfway around the globe and getting a guarantee within that
short amount of time that no one else has made a conflicting edit.
That's theoretically impossible.  Hitting Amsterdam to read while
logged in and checking in with Tampa when you actually hit "submit" on
an article, on the other hand, isn't.

> Please, don't assume that this has not been considered (and by
> bringing up these topics to foundation-l you probably think you're
> doing something new).

I'm not assuming anything.  I don't even know what's been implemented,
but from the discussion it sounds like whenever you're logged in you
use Tampa's servers.  Is this correct?

> If you have any practical applications and evaluations done, feel
> free to post to wikitech-l, or join #wikimedia-tech channel for
> discussion.
>
If you want to hire me, feel free to send me a private email.  I'm
available pretty cheap but I'm not free.