Lokitorrent down after Suprnova. Who do we blame?
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Submitted article yesterday and reject, sign. Here it is.
As I reported on isoHunt.com and from thesources, Lokitorrent has been shutdown by US court order. The scandal surrounding its owner "taking the community's donations and ran" aside, this sets a bad precedent as Loki should qualify for OSP Safe Harbor under the DMCA. I don't know what exactly was the settlement between Loki and the MPAA, but my question for you is: how many hoops of links (.torrent should be considered a link) you have to jump through the internet, before it's not considered contributory infringement? With the historic example of the Universal vs. Betamax case and the resulting profitable home video business, what are possible business models the MPAA/RIAA can use to harness P2P as the next generation distribution channel? As I run the largest BitTorrent search engine around and was hit by MPAA's letters, this is of some personal concern to me.
You can see smaller sites on the list relative to Suprnova (it had more than 30,000 torrents online at any one time), but total torrents available didn't change (60,000+ online). As I keep adding more sites, index size is getting bigger than before SN died actually, online torrent count is close to 70,000. Peers also remain at above the 1 million mark.
Can I say Kazaa reborn? If it follows the BT protocol, it will always play catch up with leading clients like Azureus and the official client, even without the spyware. And as others have said, it doesn't solve the fake files issue with decentralized P2P networks. You need centralized authority like hash links sites, so you are back to square one. What we need is to prove the legitimacy of BitTorrent as a distribution mechanism, without hiding behind decentralization.
I know, I'm advertising my site again. See sig. It takes the pain out of googling torrents, with much more features I won't go into details here. Enjoy;)
Yes i'm advertising, but sifting through google results for torrents is a major pain. Use my site at the sig, gives you all the peer and torrent details.
It receives little love, but those that do love it for a good reason: best user experience. Firefox is close (after plugins), so I'll give you a list of things it lacks in comparison.
Firefox's: - fonts are ugly (somehow it's not antialiased when it's set to be in Windows) - back / forward is not instant like Opera - you can't drag tabs' placement around - it doesn't have sessions (remember all tabs and reopen them on relauncing) - isn't as smooth and not quite right
Anyways, I do use Firefox for web development / testing (good debugging plugins), but for general web browsing, I haven't used anything better than Opera. If there's a commercial software that deserves praise, Opera comes with shiny polish.
Your sharedance software is interesting. Don't know if you are aware of memcached though, (http://www.danga.com/memcached/, by Livejournal guys) and if so did it lack something that prompted you to write your own?
"NOTICE... November 2004 ICANN Transfer Policy Email
From November 8-10, we are sending an email to all domain customers informing you of a new domain transfer policy, enforced by ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). This policy dictates that we must honor any transfer requests, even if you do not personally confirm them. To prevent unauthorized transfers, lock your domains. This service is free and takes only a minute."
Which is also why abuses with link farms (google bombing) are rampant. Google results are not as accurate / clean as it once was.
Google can be considered passive statistical text analysis. What we now need is an active way for machines to determine the value of documents and their context.
After going through the screenshots and faq, wow this is revolutionary. It really re-thinks the way we interact, not only with the pc, but with other over the internet. It really utilizes all the broadband and graphics capability our pc and internet offers today, instead of the same old 2d windows and mouse interface which was conceived before any of these are available.
Croquet spaces to me is like the convergence of MMORPGs and the WWW. A 3d OS which by its very nature becomes a browser to the interweb.
Now imagine a Doom engine version of this! Where you walk into one room to talk to your boss and clients at work, to another to interact with profs and peers at some part time class, and another to do some fragging. All in one continuous virtual reality.
I'm applauded by some bad comments here. I don't think many understands the revotionary practicality this may bring as an extension to our world offline. This is the Matrix, without the realism made possible by plugs into your head.
Thanks for the tips, I'll be looking at PGsql for my future development. I run complex queries (full text) and Mysql table locking is getting on my nerves.
Yes, that's why I'm still have Windows on my desktop. Although Linux has all the power, security and reliability, spending a day to get IM working under Mandrake is not worth my time.
Linux server is there (minimal setup, high performance and stability), desktop is not. Redhat's CEO was right.
But of the 3, I would say Suse is the best for desktop. Feature packed and have the least number of things broken in my opinion. Fedora is nice, but only if you want the bleeding edge. I wouldn't recommend Mandrake (sorry)
I'm currently using Mysql, and I am willing to switch to PGsql with the many more features it offers. But a few things I want to see some people give some comments:
1. Performance. Specifically, how does it compare with Mysql? Some real app comparison would be very nice. 2. Replication. Last time I checked, there is no mature, native, OSS implementation for master-slave type replication for syncing databases between servers. 3. Windows binary. Mysql is painless to install on Windows, does PGsql have this yet? This is for development use. (production database on Windows is looking for trouble, I speak from experience)
Right now data has to be kept on disk, and disk access is 1000x slower than RAM. If NVRAM comes at competitive price and reliability, it can mean a large difference in everyday desktop use (loading any application in millisecs), and ALL the difference in databases, where all data can be kept in memory, regardless of its size.
The big difference is in how programs no longer needing to differentiate between slow disk storage and fast ram access, when you can have all the data in 1 quick cache.
If you are afraid of programs or the OS losing stability after staying in RAM for a long time, then make a "stable snapshot" in NVRAM somewhere, and reload it when things get unstable. Almost instant "reboot".
I've watched every single ep of B5 (plus the mini movies), as well as Voyager (one of the ST series with consistently good eps). I must say the continuity and depth of the B5 storyline, as well as the most excellent script writing (entire dialog of "In the Beginning", a mini movie, are written and published as a novel).
I can't wait to see Straczynski take up a new ST series. He's one who can revive the ST franchise.
I can see the usefulness of Wine, in running legacy programs as well as serving as a bridge between Windows apps and Linux. But why write an entire new OS for this same purpose? I just don't see the point of re-inventing yet another Windows wheel.
Perhaps starting from scratch (ReactOS) is easier than the writing the middleman layer (Wine), which is still playing catch up after many years?
(Any flames was unintentional. I would love for either project to succeed, I just want to know their merits)
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As I reported on isoHunt.com and from the sources, Lokitorrent has been shutdown by US court order. The scandal surrounding its owner "taking the community's donations and ran" aside, this sets a bad precedent as Loki should qualify for OSP Safe Harbor under the DMCA. I don't know what exactly was the settlement between Loki and the MPAA, but my question for you is: how many hoops of links (.torrent should be considered a link) you have to jump through the internet, before it's not considered contributory infringement? With the historic example of the Universal vs. Betamax case and the resulting profitable home video business, what are possible business models the MPAA/RIAA can use to harness P2P as the next generation distribution channel? As I run the largest BitTorrent search engine around and was hit by MPAA's letters, this is of some personal concern to me.
With my work on indexing BitTorrent sites, I can shed some light: nothing changed.
From http://s3.isohunt.com/stats.php?mode=btSites
You can see smaller sites on the list relative to Suprnova (it had more than 30,000 torrents online at any one time), but total torrents available didn't change (60,000+ online). As I keep adding more sites, index size is getting bigger than before SN died actually, online torrent count is close to 70,000. Peers also remain at above the 1 million mark.
Can I say Kazaa reborn? If it follows the BT protocol, it will always play catch up with leading clients like Azureus and the official client, even without the spyware. And as others have said, it doesn't solve the fake files issue with decentralized P2P networks. You need centralized authority like hash links sites, so you are back to square one. What we need is to prove the legitimacy of BitTorrent as a distribution mechanism, without hiding behind decentralization.
;)
I know, I'm advertising my site again. See sig. It takes the pain out of googling torrents, with much more features I won't go into details here. Enjoy
Yes i'm advertising, but sifting through google results for torrents is a major pain. Use my site at the sig, gives you all the peer and torrent details.
umm no, we are more alive than ever. We chose to cooperate as per our copyright policy: http://isohunt.com/dmca-copyright.php
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Also read the latest news on our frontpage as to our stance.
We index most of the remain BT sites still left alive, so enjoy while it last. A message made possible by
Shusssh! Let's not give them any ideas now.
It receives little love, but those that do love it for a good reason: best user experience. Firefox is close (after plugins), so I'll give you a list of things it lacks in comparison.
Firefox's:
- fonts are ugly (somehow it's not antialiased when it's set to be in Windows)
- back / forward is not instant like Opera
- you can't drag tabs' placement around
- it doesn't have sessions (remember all tabs and reopen them on relauncing)
- isn't as smooth and not quite right
Anyways, I do use Firefox for web development / testing (good debugging plugins), but for general web browsing, I haven't used anything better than Opera. If there's a commercial software that deserves praise, Opera comes with shiny polish.
Your sharedance software is interesting. Don't know if you are aware of memcached though, (http://www.danga.com/memcached/, by Livejournal guys) and if so did it lack something that prompted you to write your own?
"NOTICE... November 2004 ICANN Transfer Policy Email
;)
From November 8-10, we are sending an email to all domain customers informing you of a new domain transfer policy, enforced by ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). This policy dictates that we must honor any transfer requests, even if you do not personally confirm them. To prevent unauthorized transfers, lock your domains. This service is free and takes only a minute."
I'm a happy customer
Which is also why abuses with link farms (google bombing) are rampant. Google results are not as accurate / clean as it once was.
Google can be considered passive statistical text analysis. What we now need is an active way for machines to determine the value of documents and their context.
Searches all main torrent sites:i ler&ihs1=8&iho1=a
http://isohunt.com/torrents.php?ihq=star+wars+tra
It doesn't look bad. Here's hoping it will suck less than ep 1 and 2 (grin)
After going through the screenshots and faq, wow this is revolutionary. It really re-thinks the way we interact, not only with the pc, but with other over the internet. It really utilizes all the broadband and graphics capability our pc and internet offers today, instead of the same old 2d windows and mouse interface which was conceived before any of these are available.
Croquet spaces to me is like the convergence of MMORPGs and the WWW. A 3d OS which by its very nature becomes a browser to the interweb.
Now imagine a Doom engine version of this! Where you walk into one room to talk to your boss and clients at work, to another to interact with profs and peers at some part time class, and another to do some fragging. All in one continuous virtual reality.
I'm applauded by some bad comments here. I don't think many understands the revotionary practicality this may bring as an extension to our world offline. This is the Matrix, without the realism made possible by plugs into your head.
It's as a communal installation, and is definitely cheaper than individually sending out your kids to schools "in the cities".
This is a good thing happening in India. Good to see a lot of innovation and development in poorer countries.
http://isohunt.com/torrents.php?ihq=worldwind
Thanks for the tips, I'll be looking at PGsql for my future development. I run complex queries (full text) and Mysql table locking is getting on my nerves.
Very funny. Did you read what I said about Linux servers? I run and installed Debian on my production web servers.
And I don't use IE.
Yes, that's why I'm still have Windows on my desktop. Although Linux has all the power, security and reliability, spending a day to get IM working under Mandrake is not worth my time.
Linux server is there (minimal setup, high performance and stability), desktop is not. Redhat's CEO was right.
But of the 3, I would say Suse is the best for desktop. Feature packed and have the least number of things broken in my opinion. Fedora is nice, but only if you want the bleeding edge. I wouldn't recommend Mandrake (sorry)
Ahem. You copied my comment I wrote some time ago. When you copy, give credit where it's due.
I'm currently using Mysql, and I am willing to switch to PGsql with the many more features it offers. But a few things I want to see some people give some comments:
1. Performance. Specifically, how does it compare with Mysql? Some real app comparison would be very nice.
2. Replication. Last time I checked, there is no mature, native, OSS implementation for master-slave type replication for syncing databases between servers.
3. Windows binary. Mysql is painless to install on Windows, does PGsql have this yet? This is for development use. (production database on Windows is looking for trouble, I speak from experience)
Right now data has to be kept on disk, and disk access is 1000x slower than RAM. If NVRAM comes at competitive price and reliability, it can mean a large difference in everyday desktop use (loading any application in millisecs), and ALL the difference in databases, where all data can be kept in memory, regardless of its size.
The big difference is in how programs no longer needing to differentiate between slow disk storage and fast ram access, when you can have all the data in 1 quick cache.
If you are afraid of programs or the OS losing stability after staying in RAM for a long time, then make a "stable snapshot" in NVRAM somewhere, and reload it when things get unstable. Almost instant "reboot".
I would rate TNG about equal to Voyager, but I didn't watch much of it (not my time =b) I find DS9 boring for the most parts, but that's just me.
I've watched every single ep of B5 (plus the mini movies), as well as Voyager (one of the ST series with consistently good eps). I must say the continuity and depth of the B5 storyline, as well as the most excellent script writing (entire dialog of "In the Beginning", a mini movie, are written and published as a novel).
I can't wait to see Straczynski take up a new ST series. He's one who can revive the ST franchise.
Thanks for the enlightenment I was looking for ;)
I can see the usefulness of Wine, in running legacy programs as well as serving as a bridge between Windows apps and Linux. But why write an entire new OS for this same purpose? I just don't see the point of re-inventing yet another Windows wheel.
Perhaps starting from scratch (ReactOS) is easier than the writing the middleman layer (Wine), which is still playing catch up after many years?
(Any flames was unintentional. I would love for either project to succeed, I just want to know their merits)
Interesting, thanks for the info.