Sorry, I left something out. The authors mention earlier in the lecture that

> [The algorithm (Consistent Hashing)] has real applications [and] gave birth to Akamai, which to this day is a major player in the Internet. [...] (Quantitatively, Akamai serves 10-30% of all internet traffic, and has a market cap ≈ $19B.)

This makes the rejection notice so funny.

The rejection notice is funny now, but to researchers whose careers depend on publications, such unfounded rejections are anything but.

Consistent hashing is needed for cashing/CDN.