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Political Ads Reach P2P World

Posted by michael on from the missing-the-point-of-advertising dept.

samuel4242 writes " Some of the Creative Commons folks wrapped a skin around the Internet Archive to create the P2P-Politics site filled with ads about this election. You've heard of this election, right? It's an interesting spin on the notion of P2P because the ads themselves are cached on the Internet Archives big servers, but email forwards links from P to P. Sort of like passing a pointer instead of the data structure. Some of the ads are thoughtful, some include stars, and some are a bit scary. For some reason, there seem to be very few from the Bush supporters and it's anyone's guess why."

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  1. Quicktime? by temojen · · Score: 2, Informative

    They're mpegs.

    I view source, copy out the address, and use wget. That way I also get to keep the file.

  2. US presidential debates 1960-1984 by jamienk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I ripped these older Presidential debates from various websites. It was a pain to get them. Dowload the torrent here or here or here

    • 1960: JFK vs Nixon first TV debate (4 debates, only 1st one in total)

    • 1976: Ford vs Carter (Johnson didn't debate Goldwater in '64, Humphrey didn't debate Nixon in '68, Nixon didn't debate McGovern in '72)

    • 1980: Carter vs Reagan

    • 1984: Reagan vs Mondale

    Low quality Real Video files ripped from streamings from the web.

    If you have other debates, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, Presidential and/or VP, or higher-quality of the above, PLEASE POST!

    1. Re:US presidential debates 1960-1984 by $exyNerdie · · Score: 2, Informative

      If you have other debates, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, Presidential and/or VP, or higher-quality of the above, PLEASE POST!

      Here are 2000 debates:
      2000 three presidential debates and one vice presidential debates

      Here too

  3. HULK is going to be angry there is no HULK ads!!! by Hulkster · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hulk check out Puny Human P2P web site.
    Hulk notice no ads for Hulk.
    Hulk is running for President
    Hulk is getting angry - may SMASH Puny Human P2P site - GRRRRR!!!!!

  4. The facts are biased by antizeus · · Score: 4, Funny
    Actually it was Rob Corddry who said that (or rather, something close to that).

    Corddry: How does one report the facts in an unbiased way when the facts themselves are biased?

    Stewart: Im sorry, Rob, did you say the facts are biased?

    Corddry: Thats right Jon. From the names of our fallen soldiers to the gradual withdrawal of our allies to the growing insurgency, its become all too clear that facts in Iraq have an anti-Bush agenda.

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