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Posted by anthonyberet on 02/26/06 10:22
anthonyberet wrote:
> fred-bloggs wrote:
>
>> anthonyberet <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in news:464ajrF977u2U1
>> @individual.net:
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>>> It just isn't so that more primaries is a purely good thing
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>> Fine...one less
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> Yes - one less.
> I recommend reading up on network topology - there are a few excellent
> books about p2p history which discuss the problems encountered by
> networks which spread their file listings too thinly.
> I enjoyed this one, although some of the systems described have gone to
> the wall, it does explain the technical hurdles in good detail:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059600110X/sr=8-3/qid=1140949572/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-3258483-7148669?%5Fencoding=UTF8
>
>
> This one is a bit more current, and more techie, but it lacks the
> enjoyable polemic of the other:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1852338695/ref=pd_sim_b_2/103-3258483-7148669?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155
>
Oh incidentally - I don't mean to seem smug by recommending those books
- they are genuinely enjoyable and useful and you are obviously
interested in the subject so I think you will appreciate them.
- Be aware that they don't make for very good pub-conversation though ;)
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