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Peercast: Peer-to-Peer Streaming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the peering-through-the-windows dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "peercast is currently in beta for a new p2p client based on the Gnutella protocol. Seems to be alot easier to use than the current "streamers". Linux/Mac on its way."

3 of 89 comments (clear)

  1. gnutella protocol sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It DOS's itself, last time i tried it i have 4kB of incoming search requests, mostly the same thing over and over again.

    gnutella gives p2p a bad name

  2. A nice way to kill the internet by Krapangor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Flooding the net with crap (oh...high quality content of course) streams.
    The p2p protocols are very suitable for multicasting. These retards doesn't even seems to know that there are a lot of exsting MC protocols out there. End-2-end connections from a central server is definitely not the way to do it.
    Well, why do I rant about it ?
    Theoretically I could just don't care.
    But crappy applications like this on the one hand and illegal apps like Napster are definitely killing the net.
    People here at /. always whine about the commercialization of the net.
    But this is the direct result of such shitty apps.
    If you want the net to remain free, don't support such stuff !

    --
    Owner of a Mensa membership card.
  3. Re:Interesting how slashdot posts this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You, as well as the story submitter, as well as hundreds of other Slashdot geeks continue to engage in treasonous acts of terrorism against the English language.

    "ALOT" IS NOT A FUCKING WORD, YOU STUPID COCKSUCKERS!