Posted by Richard Crowley on 11/30/07 16:10

"Eeyore" wrote ...
> Richard Crowley wrote:
>> Then we must agree to disagree. I take it you are not
>> a comptuer programmer? I've never before heard the
>> notion that a "data stream" had any temporal implication.
>
> Maybe the streams and rivers in your world run on a stop-start basis
> too ?

As a matter of fact, I live very close to the largest river draining
into the Pacific Ocean. It has 14 dams and is also the largest
hydroelectric power producing river in North America. Are you
going to say that it isn't a river anymore because the flow can
be controlled (or even stopped)?

On a smaller scale, most smaller streams around here are in
constant threat of beavers building dams and blocking the
flow. This presents a problem in urban and suburban areas
because it causes local flooding. AFAIK, none of the streams
have been renamed just because beavers blocked the flow.

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