Comments on: Civic Information Systems http://www.vurb.eu/2009/07/29/city-modeling/ >> the city is becoming >> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Hopkins http://www.vurb.eu/2009/07/29/city-modeling/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Don Hopkins Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:13:28 +0000 http://www.vurb.eu/?p=17#comment-26 How about applying Hans Monderman's road traffic design model to network protocol and packet switching hardware design? Remove regulatory traffic control features such as RSVP, ICMP, ARP, BGP, DCCP, SCTP, etc. Network centers would be "shared spaces" where packets slow down, look each other in the eyes, and negotiate their movements directly with each other, to safely and efficiently reach their goals. How about applying Hans Monderman’s road traffic design model to network protocol and packet switching hardware design?

Remove regulatory traffic control features such as RSVP, ICMP, ARP, BGP, DCCP, SCTP, etc.
Network centers would be “shared spaces” where packets slow down, look each other in the eyes, and negotiate their movements directly with each other, to safely and efficiently reach their goals.

]]> By: The Mobile City » Blog Archive » Picnic 09 Report 2: The City as an Interaction Platform http://www.vurb.eu/2009/07/29/city-modeling/comment-page-1/#comment-7 The Mobile City » Blog Archive » Picnic 09 Report 2: The City as an Interaction Platform Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:02:05 +0000 http://www.vurb.eu/?p=17#comment-7 [...] Systems Literacy & Civic Information Systems – can data visualization of complex interactions in the city lead citizens to get a better grasp [...] [...] Systems Literacy & Civic Information Systems – can data visualization of complex interactions in the city lead citizens to get a better grasp [...]

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