tungsten on 25/8/2006 at 03:42
Ha! I'm not the only one!
Scots Taffer on 25/8/2006 at 04:25
It can be used for all of the above, Aero. Mostly though it's illegal downloads. There used to be sites that catered for high-speed legal torrents, game demos and the like, but they have slowly dried up as association with the torrent scene is deemed unsavoury, I guess.
tungsten on 25/8/2006 at 04:45
So how easy is it to share photos with just a few persons? What should I choose, to share files p2p without sharing them with the whole world? What is the advantage of the "usual" p2p tools over setting up an ftp site with some password?
Vigil on 25/8/2006 at 15:36
If you want to share photos with just a few friends, and you don't already have webspace, then the simplest thing is just to email them. Mucking about with torrents is way too much hassle for that sort of thing - torrents are for mass distribution.
OrbWeaver on 25/8/2006 at 15:49
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
I'm completely unfamiliar with the torrent scene, so I have to ask: what is it usually used for? Exchange of personal files (photos, documents, etc.)? Distribution of shareware and game demos? Or (theoretically illegal) distribution of games/movies/music?
BitTorrent is just a protocol, like FTP or IRC, that is designed for efficient distribution of very large files. It is used for both legal activities (most Linux distributions are available as torrents), and illegal ones (like sharing movies).
system shocker on 26/8/2006 at 01:48
I kind of like the idea of viewing the internet in bittorrent instead of everyone getting it all from servers. This smells like progress.
Ulukai on 26/8/2006 at 11:11
Quote Posted by system shocker
viewing the internet in bittorrent instead of everyone getting it all from servers
:weird: just wtf
Whilst redundancy in computer systems is usually a good thing, I really don't want my PC randomly downloading the internet so other people can download it from me the moment I turn it on. I don't even want to think about how we'd index it, keep it up to date, or the huge load in traffic this would cause either.
AxTng1 on 27/8/2006 at 02:41
Quote Posted by doctorfrog
On the other hand, if this blows up, it could be the beginnings of a secure, decentralized internet. BT+1! Maybe.
Thread Necrophilia, as well as Child Pr0n, Theme Hospital music and Bomb instructions are what you get on FreeNet, which is the beginnings of a secure, decentralized internet. Who wants some?
