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Evolving Swarms with Swarmstreaming

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the the-next-logical-step dept.

Orasis writes "Applications like Bittorrent have broadly validated swarming technology in the real-world. Now, the inventor of swarming has released a new technology called swarmstreaming that allows smooth progressive playback of content, skipping ahead, and random access without downloading the entire file. It's an HTTP proxy, so browsers, podcasting, and RSS apps should be able to use it transparently. "

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  1. Forget about browsers and RSS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Think about what this means for pr0n!

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    =) first post. evar.

  3. Re:Fascist republicans. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think that you have been watching far too much fox and republican parties. You have as many conspiracies theories as they do.

  4. Re:Fascist republicans. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "We all know George W. Bush allowed 9/11 to happen so that the Christian Coalition, Republicans, Ann Coulter, and Rush Limbaugh could kill liberals. "

    Only liberals have abortions. You liberals are killing far more liberals than all of us right wing wackos put together.

  5. Re:Fascist republicans. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think you are killing more potential people than anyone. Just think of all the jism you have swallowed over the years, you stupid ass.

  6. Re:Fascist republicans. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Question: Why do liberals and conservatives fight?
    From my perspective it appears that liberals don't like rules and conservatives don't like giving things away.

    Is there anything else? I mean really. For example, if you're talking about the environment, trees, or whatever, why don't liberals just buy up the property? Pay for it and be done with the discussion. You have _lots_ of money. You don't like what some businesses are doing? Buy them up and change their strategy.

    The reason conservatives hate liberals is because liberals tend to just take things that don't belong to them. That'll piss off anyone. So stop it.

  7. )/1 Killer Bees by Roger_Wilco · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The communal mind produces a savage strategy, yet no one could predict that this vicious crossbreed would unravel the secret of steel.

  8. Re:Fascist republicans. by Hatta · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Question: Why do liberals and conservatives fight?

    Goebbles reportedly said, "The purpose of Nazi propaganda was to present an ostensible diversity behind which is an actual uniformity." Clear enough for you?

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