the CS354 people might understand the context better; everyone else, just move along...nothing to see here...unless you read it...)
mwoenker says (03:41):
What I don't get about coalescing is, when do you stop?
NTSN says (03:41):
NEVER!!!!!!!!!!
NTSN says (03:41):
buhahahahaha
mwoenker says (03:41):
I mean, if all your nodes are consecutive, does it absorb them all into one giant SuperNode™
NTSN says (03:41):
yep...and then it keeps going until in consumes the memory of EVERY computer in the world!!!!
NTSN says (03:42):
Then it becomes self-aware.
NTSN says (03:42):
And then it starts to kill us all.
mwoenker says (03:42):
Huh.
mwoenker says (03:42):
Well that'll be interesting, at least.
mwoenker says (03:43):
I thought only the nuclear engineers got to destroy the world. This kicks ass!