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

[Domas Mituzas]

Hi!

> 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.

Well, it is theoretically possible. All you need is just breaking  
speed of light. It has been long announced in various wikimedia  
development places, volunteers needed.

> 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.

Once you're logged in, there's more than just article state - there's  
also session state, etc.
Syncing it all up gets somewhat more complicated, and either conflict  
resolution has to be done, or multiple checks, which become far less  
efficient than standalone request.

> 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?

Yes.

> If you want to hire me, feel free to send me a private email.  I'm
> available pretty cheap but I'm not free.

I'm not in position to hire anyone. Actually, I'm absolutely cheap  
and free. *cry*

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Domas Mituzas -- http://dammit.lt/ -- [[user:midom]]