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A reader wrote to us with the word that Cap'n Bry has designed a Web-based GNUtella search/download form for those who want to leech from GNUtella servers without using the GNUtella software or sharing their files.
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Let me get this straight. This is a way to take files without sharing them back?!?
How much of a cheap bastard can you be? You've stolen the mp3, but you don't want someone to steal it from you?!?
I'm sure that someone's going to complain about being a low bandwidth host, but napster (and I assume gnutella) pretty much self-regulate--if you're on a low bandwidth connection, nobody wants to use you. If you have a popular file, pretty soon lots of people have that popular file.
But to use a technology just to leech--that puts you in cheap bastard land.
It was alledgedly taking too much network bandwidth.
I know on a lot of universities it is taking between some 20%-40%. It IS a problem, but a better solution is to set bandwidth limits on subnets (or even IP's) to prevent them from sucking all the bandwidth.
It works just like the REAL Gnutella:
Could not connect to 192.168.100.100:22674
(113) No route to host
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No. Slashdot is into spreading the word about new distribution technologies for digital content. The underlying assumption (presumption?) behind this question could just as well ask, "Is Goodyear soliciting bank robberies?" (since, after all, auto tires can be used in getaway vehicles).
Well, what about a gun maker that advertises "resistant to finger prints" or markets in a way to ensure arrival of guns to minors? I know we are talking about different levels of morality (theft != guns) but the point remains that manufacturers bear some responsibility to their products, especially when the use is obviously illegal.
How long will it take for people to realize this is not an issue of copyright v. theft, or bandwidth v. theft of services? As Cosmo said in Sneakers, "It's about who controls the information -- what we see and hear, how we work, what we think -- It's all about the information."
That's bullshit and we all know it. Napster, Gnutella, DivX, anything new that comes along: they are all used primarily for entertainment, plain and simple. We ain't talking about political news or relious freedoms or anything serious. We're talking about people stealing South Park and Britney Spears for their own fucking pleasure, just to save a buck or two. It's that plain, as much as you all hate to admit it!
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right on! people who use IE suck! Real men use NETSC._..#&*@>@&)#&_^............(crash)
What's really fun with Gnutella is when you snag some nasty .jpg of a guy taking a crap off of stileproject.com, and rename it britney_spears_nude.jpg. Then, watch your upload log window fill up!
Another gnutella web interface is up at phreedom.net.
gnutella protocol, reverse engineered for your hacking pleasure =)
There are quite a few gnutella clones popping up. Unfortunately, this one was written in pascal of all things. There are a couple extremely promising C based gnutella clones, including this one for which the source hasn't yet (but will be) released. Enjoy! =)
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Now, I think it would be GOOD to buy FIVE or SIX STUDEBAKERS
and CRUISE for ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING!!
How long will it take for people to realize this is not an issue of copyright v. theft, or bandwidth v. theft of services? As Cosmo said in Sneakers, "It's about who controls the information -- what we see and hear, how we work, what we think -- It's all about the information."
The Mongrel Dogs Who Teach
To heck with Gnetella, Napster, et al. Sneaker net is the only way to go. Here's the general outline:
There's a guy. He has sneakers. Actually, there are lots of guys with sneakers. When you want to transfer something, all you have to do is use sntp to get it. To initial that transfer, use the init signal: "Hey bitch! Get over here!" and the sneaker bitch comes to answer your request. Then you say, I want this mp3.
(This can be abberviated nstp://bitch.newmp3.mp3
Sneaker bitch then runs off to the sneaker bitch hub where he passes the message off to the next sneaker bitch. After the message reaches the target machine, it is recorded on magnetic media and returns via the same path.
Inefficient you say? Never underestimate the bandwidth of a pickup truck full of floppies.
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(note: I am not the progenetor of this idea, but we talked about it at supper last night, and it sound like fun to me. Think of the mp3's you could fit in a pickup!)