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Researchers Decentralize BitTorrent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

A Cow writes "The Tribler BitTorrent client, a project run by researchers from several European universities and Harvard, is the first to incorporate decentralized search capabilities. With Tribler, users can now find .torrent files that are hosted among other peers, instead of on a centralized site such as The Pirate Bay or Mininova. The Tribler developers have found a way to make their client work without having to rely on BitTorrent sites. Although others have tried to come up with similar solutions, such as the Cubit plugin for Vuze, Tribler is the first to understand that with decentralized BitTorrent search, there also has to be a way to moderate these decentralized torrents in order to avoid a flood of spam."

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  1. Re:It's a good start... by philspear · · Score: 3, Funny

    Me, for one.

  2. Re:It's a good start... by bistromath007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're replying to a slashdot comment saying that you run Opera. What makes you think you qualify as Joe Average?

  3. Re:It's a good start... by BlowHole666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Opera and myself have been browsing the web for porn since 2000 :) I never leave my pants on the floor without it :)

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  4. Re:It's a good start... by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're replying to a slashdot comment saying that you run Opera. What makes you think you qualify as Joe Average?

    He said "Me, for one" instead of "I, for one"?
    No /. elitist would munge their grammar in such a fashion

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  5. Re:It's a good start... by Amouth · · Score: 4, Funny

    funny you mention that.. people whos computers i have had to clean viruses and crap off of because it was obvious they where browseing porn with IE.. install opera and inform them to use it instead... they have a odd face but hey i havn't had to touch any of their comps again (thankfuly)

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  6. Re:It's a good start... by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Funny

    No /. elitist would munge their grammar in such a fashion

    I propose that the poster is so elite that he is completely out of touch with Joe Average. Alas, due to this, his attempt at pretending to be average failed.

    The correct response should have been

    ME TOO

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  7. Re:It's a good start... by Jugalator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Opera and myself have been browsing the web for porn since 2000 :) I never leave my pants on the floor without it :)

    Uhh, too much inf... No wait

    -1, Informative ;)

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  8. Re:It's a good start... by kv9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    He said "Me, for one" instead of "I, for one"?

    I, for one welcome our new Joe Average Opera-using overlords.

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  9. Re:It's a good start... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    At first I read this as "she also plays WoW and is more attractive".

  10. Re:It's a good start... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't you mean "Joe the Computer Guy?"

  11. Re:It's a good start... by Darth+Cider · · Score: 3, Funny

    "No /. elitist would munge their grammar in such a fashion" That should be, "No /. elitist would munge HIS grammar in such a fashion." Not knowing this will cost you 50 points on the SAT test.

  12. Re:It's a good start... by MightyYar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, yes, unless the voices in my head contradict her.

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  13. Re:It's a good start... by Killer+Orca · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shouldn't that be: "No /. elitist would munge his or her grammar in such a fashion."

    Their are no girls on slashdot, therefore the 'or her' is unnecessary.

  14. Re:It's a good start... by halcyon1234 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bittorrent only does file transfer. All other p2p clients do file transfer and search.

    Bittorrent is massively popular. All other p2p clients are struggling to get anyone to use them.

    And what lesson do people learn from this?

    That having search functionality will make people not want to use a protocol?

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