As an alternative to the Kazaa network, try WinMx. I prefer it, once you read some guides, such as this one, it's much more powerful than Kazaa. You have much more control over how it works.
The whole concept is crazy. When I pay for a 512/256 connection, I expect to be able to use it all the time. Obviously, you have to allow for occassional network congestion, but if you can't utilise your full bandwidth most of the time, surely that must be considered false advertising?
Same here, I can see a use for it. There are many places in the north of Scotland where you have the choice of a 3-4 hour drive or 30 minute sail. Ever gone to the shops on a Jetbike? You tend to get funny looks, but it's a fun way to do it!
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All race cars are RWD
True, but you really need to know what you are doing when abusing one. FWD is much more forgiving, especially in the rain/snow.
Ah, cultural difference.;-) Here in the UK most bars usually have a couple of "slots", but we don't call them that. Chucking a few pounds into one now and again is common among everyone...but not me since I was about 18 years old...
Big gambling is run by big listed corporations and guys called Steve and Lee, not Tony and Vitti.
Is that true, or is it just because you watched Casino, that Robert DeNero flick?;-) I'm always skeptical when I hear somebody mention something that came from a film; 9 times out of 10, the film bears no resemblence to reality, yet it is written into our subconcience to perceive it as fact.
Not a flame, I'm just curious on the truth behind this, always have been since I saw that flick.
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I was pretty surprised that slot machines where that techy now.
What? Surely you didn't expect them to be randomly stopped spinning reels, did you?;-)
Ever since I figured out that the internal computers can control exactly which icon the reel stops on, I've stopped playing any slots. What's the point? Unless you know the tricks for each machine, you'll always lose.
Can't think of any other real world names though. Frankly, I think we've gotten lazy in naming things, most of the time an acronym is used. What ever happened to inventing new words?
But they still call it a "Hoover"...;-) It's used for both the noun and verb forms of the word. I've never heard anyone here say that they are going to "Dyson" or "vacuum" their floor, it's always "hoover".
I disagree with your point on brand names, the majority of people will favour a brand name over an unknown brand with similar features. All that money spent on advertising had a purpose...
if they gave me some sort of all-I-can-listen-and-download deal
Try E-Music. It sounds like the future, unlimited downloads of uncrippled mp3s for a monthly fee. I've not tried them yet, but the only downside I can see is that the music is 128 kbit CBR files; I'd have prefered VBR hoving around the 128-192 range e.g. r3mix preset.
As for content, I've found at least 20 albums I would download imediatly in the short time I've looked at the site. However, I don't listen to mainstream music, so if you are looking for Britney, you might do well elsewhere.
What's more, with less people being able to rip the CD, it will make p2p more powerful. Picture this, considering each version to be a different rip of the album.
1000 users with 500 different versions of the music.
1000 users with 100 different versions of the music.
The later scenario provides five times as many sources for the same version album, so you will find it will become easier and faster to get the album, due to many more sources of HASH compatible files! Go BMG!
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Solution to the 'PUSH' fiasco. Is there a way that 2 firewalled nodes can connect to a third (non-firewalled) party to open the connection, then tranfer data directly? I don't think so, but worth including here.
Not possible. The only way it could work is if the third party connection acted as a proxy for all of the data, because neither side can initiate the TCP transfer. The PUSH idea is actually a pretty neat solution to getting around firewalls, but I never liked the way Gnutella used it, you rarely got a successful push.
It won't work if both clients are firewalled, and this is in keeping with the point of the firewall, i.e. preventing incomming connections.
My solution is to run p2p on a sacrifical PC, that only has limited access to my network i.e. read-only access to SAMBA shares. I do this anyway because it's a public PC in my living room, and with lot's of random people around from time to time, it's a good idea to protect my data. My firewall forwards the p2p ports to this host, so I basically can access all of the nodes on the network. Should it ever get "rooted", then my exposure is not quite as bad as it would be for a trusted machine.
Running p2p behind a firewall severely limits the number of people you can access. I see this as a good thing, because it means less people are fighting over the resources that I personally can use.;-)
Why bother? The point of vi is that it loads in a microsecond and it works over any kind of terminal session. Why have a larger GUI editor that emulates the awkward interface of vi? That's just backwards.
if campaign donations from special interests continue to be legal
Personally, I believe that any politician that recieves these bribes should be made to wear a badge for each of the companies/groups that made a donation. Then you will always know where they are coming from.
"Senator Smith was brought to you this evening by AOL, suppliers of Internet access & pop music, and Shell Oil, screwing the Arabs so you can drive SUVs";-)
Consumers can't, the price tag for transport is too high for such small shippings.
It's probably more down to lack of knowledge that you can do this. Personal importation is getting huge, fueled by the internet. There will always be those who automatically go to www.bignamestore.country for their net ordering, but many (in increasing amounts) have no issue with ordering it from another country if cheaper. I've been doing it for years.
The price of transport isn't all that much, especially if it has to transported to the buyer in mail-order already, the additional cost of that shipment originating in another country isn't all that big a deal. Especially with some of the savings to be had!
If left to the "market" forces , great majority of Europeans would be more than happy to go with the popular American imports.
Not true. The only examples where that holds are where heavy advertising is used to sell the products, e.g. Coke, McDonalds, movies and music.
You don't see many US cars on our streets, yet there are loads of Japanese and cars from all over Europe. Electrical goods are mostly the same, as well as most food, TV shows and just about everything else.
Besides, culture has nothing to do with consumerism, except perhaps in the US, where a main part of it's culture is consumerism, the traditional "Capitalist and proud" attitude. Just because we don't embrase that ideology as much as you, it doesn't mean we lack culture. Eatting a Big Mac is not cultured!
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Then add more wires. Or are you still finding 640K of RAM enough for you?
The name "leeching" precedes p2p. You need to go back to beginings of the FTP/usenet days to see it's origin.
As an alternative to the Kazaa network, try WinMx. I prefer it, once you read some guides, such as this one, it's much more powerful than Kazaa. You have much more control over how it works.
The whole concept is crazy. When I pay for a 512/256 connection, I expect to be able to use it all the time. Obviously, you have to allow for occassional network congestion, but if you can't utilise your full bandwidth most of the time, surely that must be considered false advertising?
Sure, they'll then block incomming port 80 traffic, then we can't run webservers without using an obsure port.
It's nice, I've seen it before. However, you'll need a global search function if you want to compete with P2P... ;-)
I'll bet you'll still have to pay to get it into the city though!! ;-)
Same here, I can see a use for it. There are many places in the north of Scotland where you have the choice of a 3-4 hour drive or 30 minute sail. Ever gone to the shops on a Jetbike? You tend to get funny looks, but it's a fun way to do it!
True, but you really need to know what you are doing when abusing one. FWD is much more forgiving, especially in the rain/snow.
Check out this pimp modification from the site you just linked. Hmm, I don't know whether to laugh, cry or buy one.
Ah, cultural difference. ;-) Here in the UK most bars usually have a couple of "slots", but we don't call them that. Chucking a few pounds into one now and again is common among everyone...but not me since I was about 18 years old...
Is that true, or is it just because you watched Casino, that Robert DeNero flick? ;-) I'm always skeptical when I hear somebody mention something that came from a film; 9 times out of 10, the film bears no resemblence to reality, yet it is written into our subconcience to perceive it as fact.
Not a flame, I'm just curious on the truth behind this, always have been since I saw that flick.
Ah, the lottery. Taxing the mathematically inept.
What? Surely you didn't expect them to be randomly stopped spinning reels, did you? ;-)
Ever since I figured out that the internal computers can control exactly which icon the reel stops on, I've stopped playing any slots. What's the point? Unless you know the tricks for each machine, you'll always lose.
Such as just last month, when they gagged the press from reporting allegations that the UK govenment contracted Al Qaeda to assassinate Gaddafi.
Not only did they gag reporting the story, they also demanded that the media can't even report (or protest) the fact that they have been gagged!
Welcome to the free world. Leave your brains and integrity at the door please...
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Can't think of any other real world names though. Frankly, I think we've gotten lazy in naming things, most of the time an acronym is used. What ever happened to inventing new words?
I disagree with your point on brand names, the majority of people will favour a brand name over an unknown brand with similar features. All that money spent on advertising had a purpose...
Try E-Music. It sounds like the future, unlimited downloads of uncrippled mp3s for a monthly fee. I've not tried them yet, but the only downside I can see is that the music is 128 kbit CBR files; I'd have prefered VBR hoving around the 128-192 range e.g. r3mix preset.
As for content, I've found at least 20 albums I would download imediatly in the short time I've looked at the site. However, I don't listen to mainstream music, so if you are looking for Britney, you might do well elsewhere.
1000 users with 500 different versions of the music.
1000 users with 100 different versions of the music.
The later scenario provides five times as many sources for the same version album, so you will find it will become easier and faster to get the album, due to many more sources of HASH compatible files! Go BMG!
Not possible. The only way it could work is if the third party connection acted as a proxy for all of the data, because neither side can initiate the TCP transfer. The PUSH idea is actually a pretty neat solution to getting around firewalls, but I never liked the way Gnutella used it, you rarely got a successful push.
It won't work if both clients are firewalled, and this is in keeping with the point of the firewall, i.e. preventing incomming connections.
My solution is to run p2p on a sacrifical PC, that only has limited access to my network i.e. read-only access to SAMBA shares. I do this anyway because it's a public PC in my living room, and with lot's of random people around from time to time, it's a good idea to protect my data. My firewall forwards the p2p ports to this host, so I basically can access all of the nodes on the network. Should it ever get "rooted", then my exposure is not quite as bad as it would be for a trusted machine.
Running p2p behind a firewall severely limits the number of people you can access. I see this as a good thing, because it means less people are fighting over the resources that I personally can use. ;-)
Ah, I mostly use Solaris and Linux only now and then. Stats for a Sparc Ultra-60 dual 360 MHz processor box:
Load time for Emacs: 5 seconds
Load time for vi: <1 second
Hence my preference... ;-)
Just the thoughts of a vi user...
Personally, I believe that any politician that recieves these bribes should be made to wear a badge for each of the companies/groups that made a donation. Then you will always know where they are coming from.
"Senator Smith was brought to you this evening by AOL, suppliers of Internet access & pop music, and Shell Oil, screwing the Arabs so you can drive SUVs" ;-)
It's probably more down to lack of knowledge that you can do this. Personal importation is getting huge, fueled by the internet. There will always be those who automatically go to www.bignamestore.country for their net ordering, but many (in increasing amounts) have no issue with ordering it from another country if cheaper. I've been doing it for years.
The price of transport isn't all that much, especially if it has to transported to the buyer in mail-order already, the additional cost of that shipment originating in another country isn't all that big a deal. Especially with some of the savings to be had!
Not true. The only examples where that holds are where heavy advertising is used to sell the products, e.g. Coke, McDonalds, movies and music.
You don't see many US cars on our streets, yet there are loads of Japanese and cars from all over Europe. Electrical goods are mostly the same, as well as most food, TV shows and just about everything else.
Besides, culture has nothing to do with consumerism, except perhaps in the US, where a main part of it's culture is consumerism, the traditional "Capitalist and proud" attitude. Just because we don't embrase that ideology as much as you, it doesn't mean we lack culture. Eatting a Big Mac is not cultured!