All of this up or down discussion doesn't make much sense to me.
Network diagrams are either completely abstract with no up or down, or
they relate to real-world topographies as seen from above, usually
with the top being North.
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Chris Jefferies <chris@freeranger.com> wrote:
> That would be a simple top to bottom flip of the image, right?
>
> Another way to imagine it would be that the home (the individual) is at the
> top. Each individual personal connection is at the top and below it is all
> the infrastructure.
>
> The node near my house is in the sky, but as soon as it connects to the
> internet it's going underground in fiber tubes buried next to the highways
> that criss-cross the nation and the world.
>
> I suppose that in a pure wifi-mesh system, unconnected to the internet, it
> could be considered an air only, connected from above, system.
>
> However we look at it, I think it is important that we find a way to impart
> a meaningful, shared conceptual model of what we're building. Only with a
> model that people can understand quickly and at a high level will it get
> traction. We don't want to mislead or pander only to the lowest common
> denominator but we want it to be right sized, if you will, to our goal of
> educating the public.
>
> I think, that when we are looking for the balance of high level abstractions
> to low level technical details, that we should ere a bit on the side of
> technical. I know I get frustrated with descriptions of technology that use
> a false abstraction in an attempt to make a challenging idea accessible to
> those who are unfamiliar with those ideas.
>
> My 4c... ;)
>
>
>
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>
>
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > In my mind see the Mesh Network come from ground up, from the home's
>> > walls and roofs showering the streets and then taking off to the sky.
>> >
>> > Well, that is how my mind sees the Mesh. :)
>> >
>>
>> <3 Gotta concur with somebody, here :)
>> from the bottom up!
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>> Jenny
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