Federal Reserve Risks Collapse Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows

Is this selective argumentation? I agree that the proper assumptions
need to be made for research. This is the whole reason I started
posting here in the first place, and the request I made at the end of
the post - help making sure assumptions are correct.

What you decided to attack on the post was the defense of another
researchers options of data and how current that data was. He used
what was available to him at the time, end of statement.

If you could you use your expertise and creativity to help the
research community produce better research instead of shooting
everything down after the fact, something postitive might actually
come from the effort.

"But misunderstanding the risks and vulnerabilities is worse because
it diverts resources away from the real ones."

Perhaps giving contructive advice would be away to avoid such a
pitfall. Nahhhhh - it is much more fun to flame.

What you decided to attack on the post was the defense of another
researchers options of data and how current that data was. He used
what was available to him at the time, end of statement.

As long-time readers (or anyone with access to Google) know, Boardwatch's
ISP Directory as a data source has a long history of problems going back
to the mid 1990's. It has been extensively discussed on this and many,
many other ISP mailing lists in the past.

When you have limited or poor quality data, you need to be even more
careful about what conclusions you make.

If you could you use your expertise and creativity to help the
research community produce better research instead of shooting
everything down after the fact, something postitive might actually
come from the effort.

I have.

If researchers are going to use Boardwatch's ISP Directory as a data
source, treat it like any other advertising directory (e.g. the Yellow
Pages). It is a poor source for engineering technical data. Its
a great source for comparing advertising budgets, marketing campaigns,
finding sales departments.