Completing BitTorrent Decentralization

Njaal writes "With BitTorrent going trackerless, searching for and distributing .torrent files is a natural next step. The Socialized.Net (TSN) is a pure P2P search infrastructure which facilitates P2P searching and distribution of .torrent files. It comes complete with an Azureus (and Firefox) search plugin. TSN is written in Python and is made available under the GPL. Note that this is part of my PhD thesis, and is as such meant as a technology demonstrator."

Comments

Meaning of the disclaimer

[LiquidCoooled]

Note that this is part of my PhD thesis, and is as such ment as a technology demonstrator

really means:

Pleassseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee don't sue my ass.

Re:Meaning of the disclaimer

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought it ment, er, meant he didn't use a spell checker.

Re:viva la bittorrent

[Anonymous Coward]

yay for eveolution. a great product getting better is alwways good news.

This is not an example of evolution but rather of Intelligent Design. An intelligence is required to implement the irreducibly complex decentralization.

Re:"the other" browser

[mrchaotica]

What, you mean Konqueror?

Re:Unstoppable?

[Anonymous Coward]

This is going to make the MPAA and RIAA angry.

I bet in retaliation, they'll put out crappy music and movies.

Oh, wait...

Re:clearly, this is positive

[Anonymous Coward]

Just call him Doctor Warez.

thats the kind of Phd thesis I like...

[Stalyn]

one which helps me download pr0n faster.

Re:Of course this is evolution!

[Tatarize]

But where are the transitional forms? There is a missing link between IRC and Napster!

Okay, you got me there. The programs are great examples of macroevolution, but on the micro-scale it's all ID.

In the absense of reliable radio-carbon...dating

This is just science fiction. I mean, do you know what kind of geeks write this stuff? They would be lucky to date anything. Carbon-dating by phone, internet or radio is pretty well out of the question.

of file sharing technology, one must presume both originated from some intelligent designer at around the same time.

Evolution does not concern itself itself with the original genesis of the things in question. Only how it changes over time based on fitness.

But, if you must know. Sir Tim Berners-Lee gets some major credit, but also some of the very early packet switching technology inventers back in the Cold War era. And some more goes to Shannon's information theory. And even the inventer of the telegraph. Perhaps written language itself... *scratches head*... Evolution does not concern itself with the original genesis of the things in question!