We geeks habitually look for shortcuts in everything. We love the "viral" concept because other people do the hustling for us. But sometimes there's no substi

We geeks habitually look for shortcuts in everything. We love the "viral" concept because other people do the hustling for us. But sometimes there's no substitute for effort. Case in point: Metcalfe/Ethernet: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1418874 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1418874