- Say you want to text your friend to meet up at the movies at 8 pm. If you are not sure that your texts are being delivered, you can never both be sure that each other knows about this, no matter how many texts you send. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/two_generals'_problem 8 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- Jepsen: RabbitMQ http://aphyr.com/posts/315-call-me-maybe-rabbitmq 95 comments
- How Blitzkrieg (Sort Of) Explains Killer Robots - Defense One http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/05/how-blitzkrieg-sort-explains-killer-robots/112222/ 1 comment
- Bitcoin by analogy http://www.ybrikman.com/writing/2014/04/24/bitcoin-by-analogy/ 0 comments