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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."

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  1. Interesting how slashdot posts this by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Interesting how slashdot posts this when they didn't post the story of Gene Kan, one of the original gnutella coders, being found dead.

    I guesse the priorities are getting new software and not paying respect to coder who's contributions help us fight the good fight.

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    1. Re:Interesting how slashdot posts this by Thenomain · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      An actual link to the story about late Gene Kan might have nicer than just mentioning how no one has mentioned it. It took literally five seconds with Google and wasn't even vitrol-powered.

      I don't think this is terribly off-topic, as Gnutella is one of the reasons we're at this story, after all.

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    2. Re:Interesting how slashdot posts this by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      well Gene kan wrote software that was very important to alot of slashdot users, wether he died by his own hand or not slashdot is not being a proper 'geek' news source by not mentioning what happened to an important figure.

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    3. Re:Interesting how slashdot posts this by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      "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."

      I had no idea Lisa Simpson was posting on Slashdot!! She's gotten crabby in her later years!

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  2. Re:Users armed with a web server. by Mattygfunk · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Oh geez, here come the spelling trolls.

    AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

  3. Attention Moderators by Knoxvill3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If anyone of you have happened upon a couple of comments of mine, you'll realize I'm no ModWhore, but when someone mentions something that is related to the story at hand, I don't think that deserves a moderation of 'Offtopic'.

    The story refered to GNUtella in a comparison, and I've seen people get 'Interestings' when talking about Lemons when the topic is about Oranges.

    And I'll admit, like it or not, I too am a bit lost as to why Slashdot didn't feel the Suicide of Gene wasn't note worthy enough to place a story on the front page. Is it to say that the new motto around here is going to be 'News for Nerds. Stuff that matters, except in some cases'? And it really can't be said that it wasn't something that us, the readers, wouldn't have cared to read about, I mean I've seen more than a few posts from different people making reference to the same story as this post and the one it is in reply to all over the different story forums.

    Anyways, my offical take on Peercast is that I'm gonna wait for the beta to end. Novel idea, but I don't think the software is par for the course yet.

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