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From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Grumpy != grumpy
Summary: We currently have more than 99% accurate data.
Message-ID: <990@l.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 27 Oct 88 13:18:49 GMT
References: <398@ditka.UUCP> <42300005@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> <1016@netxcom.UUCP>
Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department
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In article <1016@netxcom.UUCP>, ewiles@netxcom.UUCP (Edwin Wiles) writes:
> In article <25641@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes:

	[Much omitted; not relevant to this comment.]

> Thus, agressive rerouting is a BAD IDEA!  It will continue to be a BAD IDEA
> as long as 99% accurate map data cannot be guaranteed 100% of the time!

The current data is far more than 99% accurate.  But considering the tens of
thousands of relevant items, that is no good.  Aggressive rerouting is a
bad idea unless the rerouter takes on the obligation to unreroute in the
case of nondelivery.
-- 
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907
Phone: (317)494-6054
hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu (Internet, bitnet, UUCP)