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"Random Walkers" may speed P2P networks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sorta-like-a-mall-walker-but-different dept.

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."

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  1. thats a surprize by RealisticWeb.com · · Score: 0, Troll

    Really? I din't think that anyone was allowed to research IMPROVING P2P networks! They are supposed to be illeagal right?

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    Sigs are out of style, so I'm not going to use one...oh wait..
  2. Stupid computer tricks by lhaeh · · Score: 0, Troll
    Beaing to cheep to buy a crimper I found that a stapler does an okay job. The pins on the side are the hardest, you will need a clamp or something to hold it in place as you do it. This method works fine if you just have one or two cable endsthat need to be crimped.

  3. Re:non-real time searching? by guttentag · · Score: 1, Troll

    The network's ability to provide me with a particular file would go up dramatically if everyone else switched to my revolutionary real-time non-searching model.