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"Random Walkers" may speed P2P networks
sean23007 writes "New Scientist posts an article about an innovative new method of controlling P2P traffic to maximize speed over a very large network. The idea, thought up by researchers at Princeton, Berkeley, AT&T, and Cisco, involves sending random "walkers" around the network, looking for a particular file, which would theoretically yield much better search speed than such other networks as Gnutella. They claim this could result in a network very capable of facilitating a massive distributed supercomputer."
to know the path you must walk the path
four-oh-four
Q: Can we use it to predict the weather?
A: Yes.
Q: Well, that's not bad. Can it model the behavior of biological molecules?
A: You betcha.
Q: Still, that's rather pedestrian. Can it find large prime numbers?
A: Numbers so big we can't even say them.
Q: Hmm.. almost there. Can it evaluate complex object-relational predicates to get me EXACTLY the porn I want?
A: Er..... Yes.
Q: Excellent! Now we're talking. From the output, can we say conclusively that all of the porn which I want has been found?
A: Please go away.
Q: What about porn that I don't want - gay porn, scatalogical stuff. Can you guarantee I won't get that?
A: Fine, yes. It predicts what you want from your past behavior and is always right. Happy?
Q: Isn't that an invasion of my privacy?
A: Arghhh!
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
I'm not sure if I would trust her paper given that she's got a 2MB .au file embedded in her homepage. That's no way to ease the load on the net.
Withdrawal before climax is very ineffective and those who try this are usually called "parents."
I can picture it now, playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein, with Gnutella running in the background...
Suddenly, my framerate grinds to a halt.
"F%#!!@ Gnutella findfast"