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Internet2 Plus P2P Equals...

Bill, I'm lost in cyberspace... writes "News.com has an article up about a Direct Connected P2P network set up at universities which are on Internet2. This is majorly cool! More direct information is available at i2hub.com for those lucky enough to be located at a University with Internet2 access."

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  1. RIAA by scifience · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now the files will move so fast the RIAA won't have time to see them! It's funny, laugh!

    1. Re:RIAA by eclectro · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now the files will move so fast the RIAA won't have time to see them!

      The good: Actually, there will be no more MP3 trading on internet2.

      The good redux: There will be no more MP3 trading on internet2, because why bother with compression when you can send the whole CD! The RIAA really can't do anything about it because they don't have an internet2 connection!

      It's funny, laugh!
      Insert laugh track here.

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  2. Internet2 + P2P2 = by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    RIAA2

  3. Internet2 Plus P2P Equals... by manavendra · · Score: 4, Funny

    mostly a lot of spyware and adware.

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  4. How long until... by darth_MALL · · Score: 1, Funny

    we see goatse2? sorry, it's early.

  5. This could be the solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The US government, MPAA, and RIAA can have the first internet and we'll all move to the new internet 2 club. No Homers!

  6. Now it'll only take 2 seconds... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...to violate Comcast's bandwidth cap.

  7. Rationalization 101 by LostCluster · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the i2hub site...
    We are all from universities, so it's obvious that this service is for educational purposes only.

    Yeah... right. And I'm sure that NCAA sporting events such as College Football and March Madness are for educational rather than commerical gain too. :)

  8. chat at light speed! by jerky42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article:

    the network has drawn thousands of students from universities around the country to trade files and chat at speeds that far exceed what even ordinarily swift campus networks can provide.

    Thank God! I guess Instant Messaging on this network really is instant. No more of those 100 ms delays!

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  9. 2 quotes :) by Janek+Kozicki · · Score: 2, Funny

    quote cut a little, but preserves original meaning. and there is too little context around to say 'it's out of context' ;)

    At the end of 2002, [we] sent 6.7 gigabytes of data across 6,821 miles [...]. That's roughly two full-length DVD-quality movies [...]. That's fast."
    [...] We are all from universities, so it's obvious that this service is for educational purposes only.


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  10. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Anonymous Coward is a known troll!!

  11. Re:Keep it for research... by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Don't ruin it for everyone else like *we* did back in the late 1990s just because you want free music. Instead of fighting with the RIAA by downloading their music shut them off by not listening to it at all. Please support bands that allow the free taping and distribution of their music"

    So I'm confused, based off this statement, do you feel it is ok, or not ok to use Internet2 for the trading of free music from bands that support free taping and distribution?

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  12. Re:MOD PARENT UP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    yes, save the bandwitdth for those of us who are professional researchers of MP3s and porn

  13. i2hub by cpsc2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love how they have a subnet ban on all of Resnet here at Texas A&M.

    What do I care though. At least I know when the RIAA reads slashdot, it won't be anyone I know's ass on the line.

  14. Re:Keep it for research... by Mr.+Neutron · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yes, I think that P2P programs can be considered research and should even be developed on fast networks like this.

    I would like to do research on a P2P app that uses a UDP variant (I call it "PacketBlast Technology") for its underlying transport. This app would be distributed to all students and faculty at all Internet2-connected universities. This would be totally decentralized - every client would also be a "supernode" and would exchange meta-info with "PacketBlast Technology" as well.

    "PacketBlast" would build off of UDP, only with connection management and guaranteed delivery. Unlike TCP, PacketBlast initially begins connections assuming absurdly high bandwidth, then scales down the window size until the dropped-packet rate falls to around 10% - this ensures maximum utilization of the network and an overall positive experience for the end users.

    I think this would be great to test out on Internet2.

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  15. Thank You /. (you insensitive clod) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    thank you....i expect the I2 hub to be shut down within weeks now...

  16. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This has to be the greatest understatement .... ever. Missing a lot are you?

    DO YOU LIVE UNDER A ROCK?

    Share pc and console game isos, DVD isos, mpeg-4 movies and anime, mp3's, lossless audio. Need I go on?

    Piracy man! You just jump on one of those european bittorrent sites and it's all there like an all you can eat media buffet. College students need money to get an "affordable" $2,000 HDTV, eat at overpriced college campus restaurants, and get piss drunk wasted then pay $5 per beer at the bars. You know it costs like $100 to pay someone to mod your console and some chips are over $50 just for the chip! We have expenses that don't have room for $50 per video game, $20 per movie, or $12 per music CD. Fuck man, it costs $1 per DVD to back this shit up. That's $100 per 100 DVDs and that isn't anything. I go through that in less than a semester.

  17. Internet2 + P2P = by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Internet2 + P2P = 2(Internet+P^2).

  18. Re:Keep it for research... by Cruciform · · Score: 2, Funny

    When our link to Internet2 went down last month, everyone noticed it because every campus connection suddenly got MUCH slower.

    Are you sure it wasn't just fallout from the new Paris Hilton video being released?

  19. Re:*we* Didnt ruin anything by LostCluster · · Score: 3, Funny

    We didn't start the fire... it's been always burning since the world's been turning... we didn't start the fire... no, we didn't light it but we tried to fight it...

  20. Re:Keep it for research... by Mr.+Neutron · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm not sure what research purpose this would be.

    /me opens mouth, shows tongue firmly in cheek.

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  21. Re:Keep it for research... by dfj225 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "If you have this great fast connection with restrictions that make it useless to most people, then the beancounters are going to notice that you're paying a hefty sum each month for an effectively unused resource. They're going to start demanding their money back so they can spend it on a bigger football stadium or something."

    Thats why its good to go to Drexel: Internet2, no football team.

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