From ab19fe74b49db7533900ffe7d718cf1a42856e08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: martinsumner Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 16:28:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Correct file references --- docs/WHY.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/WHY.md b/docs/WHY.md index 791326a..945786f 100644 --- a/docs/WHY.md +++ b/docs/WHY.md @@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ Yes why, why do I have to do this? The names used in the Actor model are loosely correlated with names used for on-course bookmakers (e.g. Bookie, Clerk, Penciller). -![](pics/ascot_bookies.png "Bookies") +![](pics/ascot_bookies.jpg "Bookies") -There is no specific reason for drawing this specific link, other than the generic sense that this group represents a tight-nit group of workers passing messages from a front-man (the bookie) to keep a local view of state (a book) for a queue of clients, and where normally these groups are working in a loosely-coupled orchestration with a number of other bookmakers to form a betting market that is converging towards an eventually consistent price. +There is no strong reason for drawing this specific link, other than the generic sense that this group represents a tight-nit group of workers passing messages from a front-man (the bookie) to keep a local view of state (a book) for a queue of clients, and where normally these groups are working in a loosely-coupled orchestration with a number of other bookmakers to form a betting market that is converging towards an eventually consistent price. -![](pics/betting_market.png "Betting Market") +![](pics/betting_market.jpg "Betting Market") There were some broad parallels between bookmakers in a market and vnodes in a Riak database, and using the actor names just stuck, even though the analogy is imperfect. \ No newline at end of file