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  1. Re:RH9 from BitTorrent and the colored ball on Slashback: Taplight, Handheld, Samba · · Score: 1
    Is there a way to tell BitTorrent to serve existing files? I'm still willing to serve it up for awhile.
    Put the downloaded files in the same format as the .ISO in the download directory (current directory on unixen, not sure about windows) and run the download on the torrent. It'll run a checksum, then start the upload.
  2. Re:Complete article on 2.5.65 On 32-way NUMA-Q with Preempt Enabled · · Score: 1

    You try subscribing to the lkml sometime - an email comes in several times a minute. Be glad there are people to sort out individual threads.

  3. Re:Microsoft is Smart about Licensing on Windows Media Format Could Hit Linux-Based Devices · · Score: 1
    There is one, and only one reason that there is a market for Windows Media Formats... They are based on MPEG-4, but Microsoft charges about half the licensing fees for it's use.
    Ahem... DivX ;-)
  4. Re:Fusion rules on Sandia Labs Takes First Steps Toward Fusion · · Score: 1

    Sure, you can use a fusion reactor in your twisted hunk of permenantly magnetized metal^W^W^W^W^W^Wcar.

  5. Re:More accurate energy numbers. on Sandia Labs Takes First Steps Toward Fusion · · Score: 1

    Why do people say to use D+T reactions when D+D gives more energy and dosen't produce a high-energy neutron?

  6. Bittorrent? on Red Hat Linux 9 Release And Interview · · Score: 1

    Where's the bittorrent link from the last article? I'm seeding it, but that won't help if noone has the .torrent file.

  7. Re:its not truly legacy-free on Legacy-Free PCs · · Score: 1

    PPC and linux, of course. Or, to reduce the legacy even more, PPC and hurd :)

  8. Re:I'll send them on Fishing for Ideas · · Score: 1

    What about hurd?

  9. Re:The question remains... on Endless Liquid Refreshment · · Score: 1

    Does it support the RFC Evil bit?

  10. Re:Easier solution on Endless Liquid Refreshment · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Here is a good reason on FreeBSD Users: Time To Patch Sendmail Again · · Score: 1

    It would break backward compatibility with numerous applications, not to mention nvidia's binary drivers (IANAKD). It'll probably be fixed when time_t's go 64-bit.

  12. Re:I just placed a bid on eBay!! on SONICblue Hits the Auction Block · · Score: 0

    Started Apr-01-03 22:27:23 PST

  13. Re:And do we really *need* it? on Snag the Red Hat 9 ISOs, via Cash or BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    I've been using gentoo for a while. It was great - until the ebuilds stopped working. I'm stuck in the middle of an ABI change :(

  14. Re:Direct Connect on Snag the Red Hat 9 ISOs, via Cash or BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile bs=1048576 seek=61440
    Instant 60gb.

  15. Re:What happens if they use.. on GZipping Life Forms: Deflate Reveals Bare-Bones · · Score: 1

    That seems to me to be a joke project. It may even be against sourceforge's TOS. Also, could someone tell me what the lzip jpeg image is? I'm afraid to look :P

  16. Re:this can also detect PHB's on GZipping Life Forms: Deflate Reveals Bare-Bones · · Score: 1

    Good theory, but flawed. All ASCII text can be compressed to 7/8ths of its original size of smaller (remove the high-order bit). Note that the engineers might use unicode ;P

  17. Re:Simphile Seems to do something similar on GZipping Life Forms: Deflate Reveals Bare-Bones · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be better to hack mp3 or ogg? These filter out noise (to an extent) and are designed for detectnig similarities *in audio files*.

  18. Re:Here is a good reason on FreeBSD Users: Time To Patch Sendmail Again · · Score: 1

    The Linux uptime counter rolls over after just over a year - those uptime charts will be inaccurate. For true uptime measuring, touch a file at boot.

  19. Re:Speed... on Knoppix 3.2 Available · · Score: 1
    Maybe you should have pointed out that Windows is booting from a fast harddrive while Knoppix gets the CDROM drive, which is usually slower. Or maybe Windows is just faster (*gasp* Never!).
    You contradict yourself. First you say windows gets a speed boost from the hdd, then you say that windows is inherently faster. Since this is based on the premise of equal wallclock time, this creates a contradiction.

    Also, AC posting is denied, which is annoying as I use the login form there - why is this?
  20. Re:Enormous Benifit on Self-Assembling Networks · · Score: 1

    Yes - and the only one you need is at the top.

  21. Re:Two questions: DRM/Flooding & Anonymous Dow on Gnutella2 Specifications · · Score: 1

    I don't think this is possible in freenet... does anyone know if this is the case?

  22. Re:Byte order on Gnutella2 Specifications · · Score: 1

    What do you mean, try that on Motorola iron? The code should work on any platform, provided you remain within the proper ranges for values (0..2^32-1 for unsigned long).

  23. Re:Byte order on Gnutella2 Specifications · · Score: 1
    Is there an OS out there that doesn't have a ntohl equivalent!

    Possibly, but it's trivial to implement your own:

    struct nlong { unsigned char data[4] };

    struct nlong htonl(unsigned long foo){
    struct nlong x;
    int i;
    for(i = 0; i < 4; i++){
    x.data[i] = foo & 0xffu;
    foo >>= 8;
    }
    return x;
    }

    unsigned long ntohl(struct nlong x){
    unsigned long foo = 0;
    int i;
    for(i = 0; i < 4; i++){
    foo |= x.data[i];
    foo <<= 8;
    }
    return foo;
    }
  24. Re:poo usage of bandwith on Gnutella2 Specifications · · Score: 1

    That's only used during the connection stage, and moreover is the original Gnutella. In both protocols, it switches to a binary approach later.

  25. Re:distributed functionality on Gnutella2 Specifications · · Score: 1

    Oh, like this?