First off - Lem is one of the greatest science-fiction authors in our time. I often refer to his works as "serious science-fiction", the reason being that most of his novels come absolutely realistic. (I am not talking about Pirx here...:-)
MFiaB however was the first of Lem's books I didn't finish - and I have read nearly all of them. The unlogical behavior of the characters sometimes made me scream - "How could ANYONE be so STUUPID?!?"
But anyways - if your looking for decent science-fiction (far away from Star Trek and sorts that is) - read Lem. And Lem. And Lem.
"Fiasko" might be a little hard at first, but boy, just too incredible...
Not to be rude... but you obviously don't know anything about the motivation one could have to use Token Ring.
If you are in need of a network which guarantees you a certain minimum bandwidth even when the load increases significantly, Token Ring is the way to go.
Ethernet + switches + load balancers are fine if you're don't wanna spend that much money. From the technological point of view, the Ethernet protocol is "cheaper". But because it is, it is successful. That's the way. (See M$!:)
Aynways... I do prefer Ethernet, too. Plug' em in and go! Yes!
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I can't believe he changed his point of view. Must be about the benjamins.
First off - Lem is one of the greatest science-fiction authors in our time. I often refer to his works as "serious science-fiction", the reason being that most of his novels come absolutely realistic. (I am not talking about Pirx here ... :-)
...
MFiaB however was the first of Lem's books I didn't finish - and I have read nearly all of them. The unlogical behavior of the characters sometimes made me scream - "How could ANYONE be so STUUPID?!?"
But anyways - if your looking for decent science-fiction (far away from Star Trek and sorts that is) - read Lem. And Lem. And Lem.
"Fiasko" might be a little hard at first, but boy, just too incredible
... considering that THG just had that infamous test like "what happens when the cooler dies?"
And AMD's processors literally went up in smoke!
No doubt you should have a fire extinguisher near!
:-)
Not to be rude ... but you obviously don't know anything about the motivation one could have to use Token Ring.
:)
... I do prefer Ethernet, too. Plug' em in and go! Yes!
If you are in need of a network which guarantees you a certain minimum bandwidth even when the load increases significantly, Token Ring is the way to go.
Ethernet + switches + load balancers are fine if you're don't wanna spend that much money. From the technological point of view, the Ethernet protocol is "cheaper". But because it is, it is successful. That's the way. (See M$!
Aynways