Comments on: Mechanical Analogies To Web Stuff, Part 2.

By: Esteban Kolsky

Esteban Kolsky — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:33:59 +0000

truly amazing post. thanks for writing it. it is great to be able to see things differently once in a while, and this has done that.

By: Rob Fleischmann

Rob Fleischmann — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:41:12 +0000

I drew a comparison to axle load in your prior blog, but I like your race car analogy even better!
it’s much faster …and it better defines automated infrastructure

They’re not there yet, but the Indy and F1 computer hookup *does* give the pit crew the “heads up” [while the car's on the track] for whatever wing/tire/fuel changes are needed on it’s next visit.

By: jay

jay — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:16:57 +0000

That’s a neat analogy! One of the most “ahh ha” moments I remember from college is that mechanical systems and electronic systems can be modeled in the same manner, i.e. resistor == dashpot, etc.

I hadn’t thought about it on a larger scale, so that will be neat. I’m starting to wonder if the equations could be similar as well and possibly used for benchmarking / capacity planning.

Unfortunately I don’t remember my Laplace Transforms well enough!