[dns-operations] What are the data? [was: After Google Mail, Google Docs, Google Wave... Google DNS]

[Niall O'Reilly]

Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> What are the _data_?  While name calling on mailing lists is easy and fun, it is not data.
> 
> If the real-world, objective, empirical data show a performance or other gain, then the
> algorithm is not "silly", and no number of posts from anyone no matter how famous will matter.

	For example ...

http://bark.no8.be/smokeping/smokeping.cgi?target=World.Resolver-DNS

	All this shows is that my ISP can still offer me a better
	service than both Google's new thingy and my old and
	over-committed domestic boxen, for a particular query
	which returns NXDOMAIN.

	Data from a real experiment would be interesting ...

	/Niall