Posted by Don M. on 03/19/06 14:26

"anthonyberet" wrote in message news:46gdj8Fb0gbfU1@individual.net...
> Don M. wrote:
> > "anthonyberet" wrote in message news:46dennFaiun7U1@individual.net...
> >>anthonyberet wrote:
> >>>fred-bloggs wrote:
> >>>>anthonyberet wrote in news:464ajrF977u2U1@individual.net:
> >>>>
> >>>>>It just isn't so that more primaries is a purely good thing
> >>>>
> >>>>Fine...one less
> >>>>
> >>>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://...recommendation1
> >>>
> >>>This one is a bit more current, and more techie, but it lacks the
> >>>enjoyable polemic of the other:
> >>>
> >
http://...recommendation2
> >
> >>Oh incidentally - I don't mean to seem smug by recommending those books
> >
> > Of course you didn't!!! :)~
> >
> of course I didn't :)
> >
> >>- 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 ;)
> >
> > Nonsense! They are essential for very good pub-conversation: "come over to my place
and
> > check my network topology", "some other time; I'm afraid I've been spreading my files
too
> > thinly", "how about a bit more current?", "I enjoyed this one in good enjoyable
detail",
> > etc, etc.
> > How could you even think otherwise?
> >
> haha - no seriously - as one gets into this in any detail one becomes
> sort of terrible.
> Have you ever tried explaining how Bittorrent works (and why it is good
> that it works) to a non-p2p type of person?
=============

Yes, I have (I also explain why it is bad when it works). Geeks seem to enjoy coming to
the pub to show off their "knowledge" of all things p2p. The smug little critters don't
give it a rest. I wished they'd stay glued to their computers.


Don


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