You are SO right! I was in poland for a few weeks once and ohmygoddes that "dubbing" (it's not even that...) is awful! And to think that most TV is stupid and low-quality in the first place....
Yes, it is sad that the indy-artist part of mp3.com is likely to go, for reasons listed in other comments, BUT, I don't think that this is the end of free music online. For the last years we have seemingly gone from
"the net is amazing and everyone and his dog can have a website, all free"
to
"hosting costs bucks you know, and the death of the net is inevetable"
Well, tech changes rapidly and with Freenet and similar techniques (the rest of the p2p stuff) everyone CAN offer music to others. The distributed nature of it all (popular files, no matter size, only needs downloading from the originating node ONCE) means that big servers no longer are needed for the music. Yeah, i know mp3.com is/was more than a mere ftp-site, and that Freenet will not allow you to monitor the number of downloads, but my point is that technology often makes unexpected changes. We dont know there the net is headed. I bet someone is working on some totally distributed thing right now...
A new node every 3 minutes? How do you know that, considering the structure of the Freenet protocol? Is there a way of analysing the network, or are you just reading the node-list at octayne? If so, how many nodes are currently in operation?
You can add freenet access funcionality to Konqueror through FProxy quite easily....
Just add a shortcut in the "enhanced browsing" preference. There is an article regarding this at Snarfoo (a freesite, follow the links at the FPoxy startpage)
No they won't. "Information poisoning" is mentioned in the/. interview with Ian Clarce (search for "freenet"), and in the FAQ at freenet.sourceforge.net. Go read these.
I actually doubt this possibillity:
Data which is not requested enough will "fall out" of the nodes used to host it, and unless at least SOMEONE requests it, it will never leave the originating node. Falsly labeled data has not been a (major) problem with other P2P-systemsm, has it? If there are not more "saboteurs" than normal users, the data inserted by normal users will not be overwhelemed by the "fake" data. IAMAFD (i am not a freenet developer) though, so you should read available info on the Freenet architecture yourself. I beleive Ian Clarke answerd the quetion regarding "data poisoning" i an earlier interview (on/. i think).
Yes, anon.penet.fi was forced to reveal info to the scientoligists, but that individual server vas run by A PERSON. Freenet is distributed, without central authority.
AND lets not forget that you can make "websites" (freesites, actually) on freenet...
Just check out the ones that are there, there has been an increase in the number of freesites in the last week. Download the latest freenet distro and follow the links in the "Freenet Gateway" - page (default at http://localhost:8081)
The Freenet systems are far from complete, BUT THEY ARE GETTING THERE. It is already fully possible to publish a "web"site in a "subspace". Seaching is also in the works, and so is mail, BBSes and other stuff. Graphical clients are being worked on, and non-Java libraries as well.
And as to "up and running fast", well, under debian (unstable) all you have to do is a "apt-get install freenet", and hey presto, a running freenet node! I haven't tested it on other platforms, but as long as you have a functioning Java-VM, things should work...
Yes nuclear fission PLANTS may be more or less clean than coal, hydro, etc, but the mining of uranium is one of the worst and most enviromentally unfrindly things in excistance. Not to mention the transportation and storage of the spent fuel. I dont have the nubers in my head, but half-life for the wastes is quite some time. I guess www.greenpeace.org have the numbers. Anyway. i would not like one of those nuclear transport ships to have an accident. Definitly not.
Now, i might be wrong about this, but i have read/heard that Japanese copyright laws explicitly PERMITS fan-fiction style derivate works. That is, as long as you name the original copyright owner, you can even SELL something based on someone elses world/characters/etc. Or do you have to be japanese? Or was this the american copyright representatives doing the "se u in court, sucka" part?
Yeah, not to mention Shells nasty habit of making their friendly governments (nigria) murd^H^H^H^Hexecute the people in their way. Sure, im just as happy about free software used fort such a big real world computer , but did have to be _shell_ ?
Shell is basicly the enemy of the world...
Ok, slight irony, most companies put profit in the first room, but Shell really is extremly nasty.
"Oh what a pretty little fishy! Cochie, cochie cooAAAOU! OUCH! He BIT me! And hes ARMED! With NUKES!"
I definitly like this version of little Ramblo. Much more "alive" and than the previous versions. Tux tends to be drawn in much the same way all the time, except in LinuxFormat (UK).
I actually met and talked/listened to Theo at a Open source/Free software convention a few months back. He seemed like a quite OK guy, but perhaps with a very strong view on him beeing right. Read the jargon file on "Weaknesses in the hacker personality" and you will see what I mean. He had a lot of critisicm on other systems, but perhaps it is easier for some people to "slip" into agressive mode in a text based forum. Just witness slashdot...
And according to Alan Coxs diary, Theo, Paul-Henning Kamp (FreeBSD), and himself at least got along peacefully before and during the convention. By the way, Theo and some local OpenBSD developers sat down right after the convention and got to work at fixing bugs. Now THAT is dedication.
Ok, they say its going to be 7 times faster than a geforce 2. Now, what i wonder is, will this mean it will also be 7 times as heat-generating and power hungry? No, 7 times is not quite likley, but it makes me wonder just how much cooling will be needed? Muscle or Finesse?
Hm, dont you think this sounds a bit like material for a Jeff Noon (Vurt) short story? I mean, computers using black holes for computing... It almost sound poetic..
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You are SO right! I was in poland for a few weeks once and ohmygoddes that "dubbing" (it's not even that...) is awful! And to think that most TV is stupid and low-quality in the first place....
Yes, it is sad that the indy-artist part of mp3.com is likely to go, for reasons listed in other comments, BUT, I don't think that this is the end of free music online. For the last years we have seemingly gone from
"the net is amazing and everyone and his dog can have a website, all free"
to
"hosting costs bucks you know, and the death of the net is inevetable"
Well, tech changes rapidly and with Freenet and similar techniques (the rest of the p2p stuff) everyone CAN offer music to others. The distributed nature of it all (popular files, no matter size, only needs downloading from the originating node ONCE) means that big servers no longer are needed for the music. Yeah, i know mp3.com is/was more than a mere ftp-site, and that Freenet will not allow you to monitor the number of downloads, but my point is that technology often makes unexpected changes. We dont know there the net is headed. I bet someone is working on some totally distributed thing right now...
The possibility of Freesites, maybe? The caching system kills the slashdot effect, you know...
A question for you Ian (if it is you... ^_^):
A new node every 3 minutes? How do you know that, considering the structure of the Freenet protocol? Is there a way of analysing the network, or are you just reading the node-list at octayne? If so, how many nodes are currently in operation?
You can add freenet access funcionality to Konqueror through FProxy quite easily....
Just add a shortcut in the "enhanced browsing" preference. There is an article regarding this at Snarfoo (a freesite, follow the links at the FPoxy startpage)
No they won't. "Information poisoning" is mentioned in the /. interview with Ian Clarce (search for "freenet"), and in the FAQ at freenet.sourceforge.net. Go read these.
I actually doubt this possibillity: /. i think).
Data which is not requested enough will "fall out" of the nodes used to host it, and unless at least SOMEONE requests it, it will never leave the originating node. Falsly labeled data has not been a (major) problem with other P2P-systemsm, has it? If there are not more "saboteurs" than normal users, the data inserted by normal users will not be overwhelemed by the "fake" data. IAMAFD (i am not a freenet developer) though, so you should read available info on the Freenet architecture yourself. I beleive Ian Clarke answerd the quetion regarding "data poisoning" i an earlier interview (on
Yes, anon.penet.fi was forced to reveal info to the scientoligists, but that individual server vas run by A PERSON. Freenet is distributed, without central authority.
AND lets not forget that you can make "websites" (freesites, actually) on freenet...
Just check out the ones that are there, there has been an increase in the number of freesites in the last week. Download the latest freenet distro and follow the links in the "Freenet Gateway" - page (default at http://localhost:8081)
The Freenet systems are far from complete, BUT THEY ARE GETTING THERE. It is already fully possible to publish a "web"site in a "subspace". Seaching is also in the works, and so is mail, BBSes and other stuff. Graphical clients are being worked on, and non-Java libraries as well.
And as to "up and running fast", well, under debian (unstable) all you have to do is a "apt-get install freenet", and hey presto, a running freenet node! I haven't tested it on other platforms, but as long as you have a functioning Java-VM, things should work...
Sorry, i meant that England is the only EUROPEAN contry with left-side traffic. Beg your pardon, dear Sirs.
Cartman, what the hell are you talking about?
England has left-side traffic. Only England, mmkay?
Hell yeah boyeee!
Yes nuclear fission PLANTS may be more or less clean than coal, hydro, etc, but the mining of uranium is one of the worst and most enviromentally unfrindly things in excistance. Not to mention the transportation and storage of the spent fuel. I dont have the nubers in my head, but half-life for the wastes is quite some time. I guess www.greenpeace.org have the numbers. Anyway. i would not like one of those nuclear transport ships to have an accident. Definitly not.
Now, i might be wrong about this, but i have read/heard that Japanese copyright laws explicitly PERMITS fan-fiction style derivate works. That is, as long as you name the original copyright owner, you can even SELL something based on someone elses world/characters/etc. Or do you have to be japanese? Or was this the american copyright representatives doing the "se u in court, sucka" part?
oops, s/nigria/nigeria s/fort/for
Yeah, not to mention Shells nasty habit of making their friendly governments (nigria) murd^H^H^H^Hexecute the people in their way. Sure, im just as happy about free software used fort such a big real world computer , but did have to be _shell_ ?
Shell is basicly the enemy of the world...
Ok, slight irony, most companies put profit in the first room, but Shell really is extremly nasty.
"Oh what a pretty little fishy! Cochie, cochie cooAAAOU! OUCH! He BIT me! And hes ARMED! With NUKES!"
I definitly like this version of little Ramblo. Much more "alive" and than the previous versions. Tux tends to be drawn in much the same way all the time, except in LinuxFormat (UK).
I actually met and talked/listened to Theo at a Open source/Free software convention a few months back. He seemed like a quite OK guy, but perhaps with a very strong view on him beeing right. Read the jargon file on "Weaknesses in the hacker personality" and you will see what I mean. He had a lot of critisicm on other systems, but perhaps it is easier for some people to "slip" into agressive mode in a text based forum. Just witness slashdot...
And according to Alan Coxs diary, Theo, Paul-Henning Kamp (FreeBSD), and himself at least got along peacefully before and during the convention. By the way, Theo and some local OpenBSD developers sat down right after the convention and got to work at fixing bugs. Now THAT is dedication.
Hey, i think you could use some cooling yourself. Chill out man, i was just speculating, mmkay?
Ok, they say its going to be 7 times faster than a geforce 2. Now, what i wonder is, will this mean it will also be 7 times as heat-generating and power hungry? No, 7 times is not quite likley, but it makes me wonder just how much cooling will be needed? Muscle or Finesse?
"witch hunt" ? Good, say it again, cause its a perfect word for explaining to a non-techie what this is all about.
Hm, dont you think this sounds a bit like material for a Jeff Noon (Vurt) short story? I mean, computers using black holes for computing... It almost sound poetic..
Christian values? I prefer good old fashioned Buddhist values myself.