Beta: Panorama 4.9.7

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Panorama 0.18 now available

Panorama 0.18 now available 01/03/2003 12:49 AM
Panorama is a framework for 3D graphics production. This will include modeling, rendering, animating, post-processing, etc. Animation is not currently supported, but will be added soon. It is officially part of the GNU project. Panorama 0.18 is now available for download. https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7862 Before I get a lot of questions, I'll state here why I jumped some numbers in the versions. The ultimate goal of this project is to eventually end up stable, with version 1.0. As such, I believe that there was enough added and fixed as to further the number more than 1 notch. There is another version being developed in CVS (0.19), which is another large leap, but I don't want to end up with numbers which are prematurely high. As a potential roadmap, here's how I see the versions stacking up: 0.25 -- Time added, so that objects, textures, lights, etc. can vary over time. 0.50 -- Plugin system rewritten and functional for both *nix and Win32 (possibly other OSs), most objects verified. 0.75 -- Multiple SDLs (scene description languages), with at least one compatible to POV (http://www.povray.org). 0.90 -- Partially functioning GUIs for X (GTK--), Win32, and possibly other windowing systems. These will have full modeling capabilities. 1.00 -- Stable. Objects verfied to work, GUIs perform nicely, animation working correctly. These numbers are not fixed, and the order of completed features may be rearranged. It is, indeed, a very lofty goal. At the rate things have been progressing for the past 2 years, it will probably take me another 8 years for panorama to become stable, unless I can find some help. Questions or comments are welcomed.

An Unusual Use for Panorama

An Unusual Use for Panorama 04/11/2005 08:22 PM
Adam C. Engst (~580 words)

I'm in the process of cleaning up some LetterRip Pro-based mailing lists in preparation for moving them to Web Crossing, and in doing so, I was faced with the age-old problem of determining which bouncing addresses to remove. After all, if an address bounces a few times, it's probably bad, but if it bounces only a single time, the problem is probably temporary. LetterRip Pro automatically generates lists of addresses that bounced after the last list message went out; the trick is figuring out which addresses appeared more than once. I pondered the problem briefly before realizing that ProVUE's Panorama database was just the ticket. (See "When You Need a Panoramic View" in TidBITS-770.) After all, what were these email addresses but records in a very simple database?

Review: Panorama V

Review: Panorama V 03/30/2005 05:43 PM
Panorama V is best suited to people who work mainly with flat-file or only moderately complicated relational databases, who want ready–made data analysis tools, and who occasionally need a powerful programming language.

Panorama Ephemera

Panorama Ephemera 06/03/2004 01:50 PM

This week's featured content is Rick Prelinger's new film Panorama Ephemera, produced entirely with short government clips from the 1940s-1970s. For those in the Bay Area, it will be shown at the San Francisco Cinematheque on Sunday, June 13 at 7:30 pm. The clips range from the everyday normal to the absolutely bizarre and together form an amusing collage of how life used to be.

Panorama BackPacker a0.85

Panorama BackPacker a0.85 12/23/2003 04:29 PM
Made for people that loves to travel and see new places.

Panorama V 4.9.6 Released (05-Apr-2004;
2K)

Panorama V 4.9.6 Released (05-Apr-2004;
2K) 04/09/2004 04:01 PM

Panorama BackPacker Released

Panorama BackPacker Released 12/30/2003 04:07 PM
dotmac.info member hansingehagen has released Panorama BackPacker, a browser for his excellent QuickTime VR panoramas. Panorama BackPacker is available for both Mac OS X and Windows XP and features keyword searching, full screen panoramas, zooming, music, and more. Panorama BackPacker is a free download.

Panorama special: Your views

Panorama special: Your views 01/22/2004 03:11 AM
With days to go before the Hutton Inquiry report into the death of Dr David Kelly is published, Panorama looked at the affair. What did you think of the programme?

The World Wide Panorama - VR Panoramas

The World Wide Panorama - VR Panoramas 04/16/2004 10:16 AM
A world wide panorama shoot on the vernal equinox (quicktime vr's)

geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp304/index.html
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'Terror' Panorama sparks protests

'Terror' Panorama sparks protests 05/17/2004 11:43 AM
The BBC receives more than 140 complaints about Panorama's "terror attack" dramatisation.

A world wide panorama shoot.

A world wide panorama shoot. 04/15/2004 06:28 AM
A world wide panorama shoot. On Saturday, March 20, more than 170 photographers in 39 countries around the world celebrated the Equinox by creating VR panoramas. This site showcases the results of their efforts. (Quicktime needed)

Panorama prompts war probe calls

Panorama prompts war probe calls 01/22/2004 03:10 AM
The government faces renewed calls for a full judicial inquiry into its decision to go to war with Iraq.

New Years Eve Times Square Panorama

New Years Eve Times Square Panorama 01/02/2004 03:40 AM

panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f1.html
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Stitcher 4.0 to improve panorama
creation

Stitcher 4.0 to improve panorama
creation 12/02/2003 12:12 PM
Realviz, developer of image-based content creation tools, has released details of the newest version of their soon-to-be-released flagship product, Stitcher 4.0. Slated to ship in January, Stitcher 4.0 is a professional tool for the creation of high-quality panoramas for the Web, film, print and 3D.

NightSky Friday: Planet Panorama: See
Five Worlds at Once

NightSky Friday: Planet Panorama: See
Five Worlds at Once 03/08/2004 11:12 PM
Planet Panorama: See Five Worlds at Once .. view five planets simultaneously .. 5 worlds at one time .. skinny

space.com/spacewatch/planet_panorama_040305.html
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Pasando revista al panorama de juegos
linuxeros

Pasando revista al panorama de juegos
linuxeros 06/12/2004 12:43 PM

The World Wide Panorama - QuickTime VR
Panoramas

The World Wide Panorama - QuickTime VR
Panoramas 04/22/2004 06:30 AM
fotografias panormicas .. The World Wide Panorama .. 182 panoramas

geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp304
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QTVR panorama: Tribute in light,
09/11/2001

QTVR panorama: Tribute in light,
09/11/2001 09/11/2004 02:31 PM
Xeni Jardin: From the BoingBoing archives -- this full-screen QTVR panorama of the light tribute to victims of 9/11, shot by Jook Leung. Link

"Absolutely amazing 360° panorama of
Times Square NYE 2004"

"Absolutely amazing 360° panorama of
Times Square NYE 2004" 01/03/2004 10:00 PM

Macworld: REALVIZ releases Stitcher 4.0
panorama tool

Macworld: REALVIZ releases Stitcher 4.0
panorama tool 01/08/2004 07:28 PM
REALVIZ used their time at Macworld Conference & Expo to announce the release of Stitcher 4.0 for Mac OS X. This pro-level application enables you to create high-quality panoramas for film, print, 3D, and the Web. It's available now for US$499, with a $180 upgrade cost.

News: PanoPreviewer simplifies panorama
work in Photoshop

News: PanoPreviewer simplifies panorama
work in Photoshop 04/11/2005 03:01 PM
Pangea Software has released PanoPreviewer, a free Photoshop plug-in designed for photographers who work with 360-degree Virtual Reality (VR) panoramas. The software lets you preview "equirectangular" panorama images in Photoshop directly, rather than having to use an intermediary application, and it uses OpenGL for maximum performance.

"Fullscreen QTVR Panorama ? ?Tribute in
Light? to honor the victims of 9/11"

"Fullscreen QTVR Panorama ? ?Tribute in
Light? to honor the victims of 9/11" 09/13/2004 08:43 AM

Tribute in Light to honor victim of 11
september - Fullscreen QTVR Panorama

Tribute in Light to honor victim of 11
september - Fullscreen QTVR Panorama 09/12/2004 03:26 AM
this panorama of the lights memorializing the WTC .. full-screen view of the Towers of Light memorial .. Impressionnantes photos panoramiques .. Tribute of Light at Ground Zero .. Panoramic photo niftiness!

panoramas.dk/fullscreen/fullscreen17.html
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PANORAMA SOFTWARE ACHIEVES OVER 200%
REVENUE GROWTH IN FIRST HALF OF 2004.
Business Intelligence Software Company
Continues Momentum; Drives Results for
Customers

PANORAMA SOFTWARE ACHIEVES OVER 200%
REVENUE GROWTH IN FIRST HALF OF 2004.
Business Intelligence Software Company
Continues Momentum; Drives Results for
Customers 09/15/2004 02:01 AM
Panorama Software Exceeds Expectations in First Half of 2004 with over 200% Revenue Growth. Company increases customer and partner roster with signficant globale brands. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2004]

Beta: Roku PhotoBridge HD1000 Version
2.0 Beta 1

Beta: Roku PhotoBridge HD1000 Version
2.0 Beta 1 01/06/2005 11:49 AM
The beta software for Roku's networked media player adds AAC support, UPnP AV support, DVD-style MPEG-2 program streams, Internet radio support, support for all PAL modes, and other changes.

Whidbey Beta 1, Yukon Beta 2: Any Time
Now

Whidbey Beta 1, Yukon Beta 2: Any Time
Now 06/25/2004 04:08 AM

Beta: AirPort Monitor Utility 1.1 Beta 1

Beta: AirPort Monitor Utility 1.1 Beta 1 02/17/2004 11:51 AM
The AirPort base station monitor adds support for multiple base stations, keychain support, Rendezvous support, and more.

Beta: QuickTime FLAC Plugin 0.5 beta 1

Beta: QuickTime FLAC Plugin 0.5 beta 1 12/30/2004 04:59 AM
The QuickTime FLAC Plugin provides QuickTime with access to FLAC, an open source audio compression/decompression system.

Perforce 2004.2 Beta (Beta)

Perforce 2004.2 Beta (Beta) 08/19/2004 06:20 AM
Fast, robust, multi-platform software configuration management.

X-Setup Pro BETA Version 6.6.200 Beta 2

X-Setup Pro BETA Version 6.6.200 Beta 2 04/30/2004 12:07 PM

Beta: PGP Desktop 9.0 Public Beta 2

Beta: PGP Desktop 9.0 Public Beta 2 04/06/2005 12:19 PM
New features in this PGP Desktop beta series include full disk encryption, AOL Instant Messenger traffic security, S/MIME interoperability, and expanded smart card support.

Beta: Sticky Windows 1.0 Beta

Beta: Sticky Windows 1.0 Beta 08/27/2004 01:21 PM
Sticky Windows brings tabs to the Panther desktop, converting windows to tabs when they are dragged to the edge of the screen.

Beta: PreFab UI Actions Beta 2

Beta: PreFab UI Actions Beta 2 07/26/2004 10:56 AM
PreFab Software's PreFab UI Actions implements "universal attachability" for AppleScript in Mac OS X 10.3.

X-Setup Pro BETA Version 6.6.100 Beta 1

X-Setup Pro BETA Version 6.6.100 Beta 1 04/26/2004 05:34 PM

OpenSHORE 2.0.0 Beta 1 (Beta branch)

OpenSHORE 2.0.0 Beta 1 (Beta branch) 03/29/2005 09:16 AM
SHORE (Semantic Hypertext Object Repository) is a hypertext repository that stores data about documents and data described by documents. Access to this information is provided as hypertext. The repository stores objects that appear in documents, together with their relations in a semantic net. Hypertext navigation follows these relations in the semantic net. The SHORE server works as an HTTP server, and the client is a standard Web browser. The repository uses PROLOG as its query language and the XSB system as its query engine.

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Changes:
This release integrates the latest XSB Prolog version 2.7.1 (Kinryo) as the query engine. This offers the user sophisticated deductive query possibilities to find out all sorts of information inside stored documents and about the relations among them. OpenSHORE shows query results as hypertext, which leads the user directly to found documents, semantically marked text sections (objects), and relation end points. The query engine reads facts about documents on demand from an interface to the object-oriented database of OpenSHORE, so facts must not be copied for queries.

Kodo JDO 3.3.0 beta (Beta branch)

Kodo JDO 3.3.0 beta (Beta branch) 02/05/2005 09:35 PM
Kodo JDO allows you to write database calls using Java statements instead of SQL statements, by supporting the Java Data Objects standard for transparent persistence. It is the most complete implementation of the JDO specification for relational data stores, and comes with tools for producing a schema from an object model, producing class files from an existing schema, and a performance pack (distributed caching and statement batching) that improves performance by 15 - 30 times. It supports most relational databases, application servers, and IDEs, and reduces the total coding effort by 20-40%.

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Changes:
This beta introduced a number of JDO 2 features including preview support for single field identity. This allows for the use of application identity without writing object ID classes when using a single primary key field. A lifecycle event listening framework was added as a JDO 2 preview feature. A convenience method was added for retrieving instances based on OID, primary key value, and stringified OIDs. Apache Derby/Cloudscape support was added. Caches can now be evicted on a schedule. JMX 1.2 is now supported.

Graphics3D 6.05 beta 2 (Beta branch)

Graphics3D 6.05 beta 2 (Beta branch) 02/05/2005 09:34 PM
Graphics3D is a free, Open Source C++ library for game developers, researchers, and students. It is a base of robust and high performance code common to most 3D projects. It is not a standalone graphics or game engine--it is the set of pieces you need to jumpstart your own engine or graphics project. The library has two parts: G3D for pure math, and GLG3D for interacting with hardware acceleration via OpenGL. You can use G3D without GLG3D if you want to use another 3D API (like DirectX) or don't like the OpenGL abstraction.

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Changes:
This release has support for g++ through 3.4.x, 2D and video rendering, 3DS loader, wxWidgets, a Win32 installer, large performance increases for networking, and workarounds for bugs in older graphics card drivers. There are precompiled binaries for OS X, Linux, MSVC 6, and MSVC 7.

ActiveLink PHP XML Package 0.4.0-beta
(Beta)

ActiveLink PHP XML Package 0.4.0-beta
(Beta) 09/20/2004 04:52 AM
Parse/read/modify/output XML without using any PHP XML libraries.

Beta: Radio365 Beta

Beta: Radio365 Beta 02/19/2004 11:22 AM
Live365 released a beta-test version of Radio365 for Macintosh, a streaming MP3 player optimized for Live365 radio streams.
Grok Description matches for Beta: Panorama 4.9.7
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"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..."

"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..." 12/31/2004 10:23 AM

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it.

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it. 12/30/2004 11:53 AM
fights back .. lokittorrent .. Loki Torrent

lokitorrent.com
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Torrent Zip

Torrent Zip 03/31/2005 11:44 PM
The project is live!

My first torrent

My first torrent 07/30/2004 03:00 AM

Thanks to Jim and Ado for setting up the BitTorrent tracker. Here is a torrent for Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture talk in Helsinki that I blogged about earlier.

UPDATE: Please standby. It doesn't seem to be working.

Comment - TrackBack

Torrent 0.61

Torrent 0.61 01/27/2004 02:58 PM
An arcade game with colored tiles.

ShiftyGames Torrent 0.8.2

ShiftyGames Torrent 0.8.2 05/05/2004 10:52 PM
An arcade game with colored tiles.

It's the torrent, stupid

It's the torrent, stupid 12/22/2004 01:29 AM
Xeni Jardin: Mark Pesce rants about the recent shutdowns of BitTorrent supersites Suprnova.org and TorrentBits.com.

Hey, Hollywood! Can you feel the future slipping through your fingers? Do you understand how badly you've screwed up? You took a perfectly serviceable situation - a nice, centralized system for the distribution of media, and, through your own greed and shortsightedness, are giving birth to a system of digital distribution that you'll never, ever be able to defeat. In your avarice and arrogance you ignored the obvious: you should have cut a deal with SuprNova.org. In partnership you could have found a way to manage the disruptive change that's already well underway. Instead, you have repeated the mistakes made by the recording industry, chapter and verse. And thus you have spelled your own doom.

It's said that the best sequels are just like the original, only bigger and louder. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for one hell of a crash. This baby is now fully out of control.

Link (via waxy)

Following up on Torrent Shutdowns

Following up on Torrent Shutdowns 12/22/2004 01:40 AM
Slashdot Dec 21 2004 6:33PM GMT

Battle Torrent

Battle Torrent 08/11/2004 09:45 AM

Thanks to Dave over at Scripting News for the link. The already easy process of downloading files via BitTorrent has just gotten easier. [Downhill Battle]

Xcode .torrent

Xcode .torrent 08/08/2004 02:13 AM
Apple just released an update to is Xcode development tools, but Apple's content distribution network is slow and poky, and as Danny notes, it "won't let you resume downloads using wget -c." So here's a .torrent for Xcode. Link (via Oblomovka)

Sri Lankan hip-hop mix: torrent

Sri Lankan hip-hop mix: torrent 03/17/2005 03:55 AM
Xeni Jardin: Boing Boing reader Lucas Emery says,

Your big article on M.I.A over the weekend reminded me that I had downloaded a mix mp3 shortly after the Tsunami disaster comprised exclusivly of Sri Lankan hip-hop. I can't remember where I originally found the mix (boomselection, maybe?) so I just made a .torrent. 58.4 Meg mp3 mix by Dr. Auratheft.

Link

Previously: M.I.A. is, well, MIA; and MIA for intergalactic overlord

Bit Torrent : An Analysis

Bit Torrent : An Analysis 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
Hardy news site, The Register, recently published a detailed analysis of the file sharing protocol Bit Torrent. Bit Torrent has received attention in the main stream news after reports that it was carrying as much as 50% of all peer 2 peer (p2p) traffic, which in tern amounted to a massive 30% of all the traffic on the internet. The paper, by Dr. Johan Pouwelse, examines the protocol and looks especially at one of the largest bit-torrent hubs, Suprnova.org. He examines how just 20 moderators solve the problem of fake files, something that plagues the traditional file sharing networks like Kazaa.

Dr Powelse notes that the major problems facing hubs like suprnova are fakes and maintaining hub availability. The availability of files on bit torrent is based on a centralised system; without it, the network fails as users cannot access the trackers. Decentralising bit torrent has already begun - Suprnova have started a project called "Exeem" which apparently has 5,000 beta testers trialling it, and has an ultimate aim of taking the best of Kazaa (a decentralised network) and merging it with Bit Torrent. Decentralisation removes the issue of poor availability at the tracker end, yet0 it also provides more scope for fake files and a reduction in data integrity at the user end.

The paper concludes that bit-torrent needs to evolve to create incentives to users to seed files. Bit-torrent as a protocol is a system that’s here to stay; it enjoys more and more usage from more main stream content providers. Yes, there is a lot of illegitimate use of the protocol, but unlike Kazaa, these users should not be allowed to over shadow the usefulness to legitimate users of the bit torrent protocol.

[Update] Since this article was published, Suprnova has shutdown as a hub for torrents. Although this cannot be confirmed, the shutdown is very likely related to legal action from the Hollywood against tracker websites; earlier in the week many other sites were taken down. The effectiveness of the takedowns could be massive; the paper below notes that when on the Suprnova mirrors went offline during their monitoring period, they saw a massive reduction in the number of users downloading files through the site.

Download: The Paper (pdf) | The Register

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CC Torrent Hosting

CC Torrent Hosting 12/17/2004 06:33 PM

Torrentocracy has announced a free BitTorrent hosting service for Creative Commons licensed content: Prodigem.

Download one of the beta torrents currently available. Send an email to Torrentocracy creator Gary Lerhaupt to request an upload account.

Update: Download all of the Duke Law School Arts Project Moving Image Contest finalists via one torrent at prodigem.

Torrentocracy = RSS + Bit Torrent + Your
TV

Torrentocracy = RSS + Bit Torrent + Your
TV 06/21/2004 07:41 AM

Bit Torrent question

Bit Torrent question 04/09/2004 10:30 PM
Bit Torrent and the ability to download everything in one click (is this the end of Direct TV, Tivo and the music business?!).

Used BitTorrent a little bit when it first came out and was a bit underwhelmed. It didn’t work, there weren’t a lot of places to find files, etc.

I decided to take another look at it when a designer friend of mine was telling me that he has the latest version of every single piece of design software on his Mac compliments of bit torrent (yes, I know it’s wrong… not the point I’m trying to make, the point is coming :-).

Part I: I installed bit torrent and immediately noticed an amazing new trend (prob. not new to all of you) of people posting dozens of albums in one RAR file for download. Huge file sizes in the 500 to 4,000 meg size range. The last season of seven seasons of Southpark, every Nirvanna album and here is another file with every Howard Stern radio show from March in one file.

In one click you grab one really well organized, clean and deep sets of files—scary.

Part II: A couple of month ago I got the Gateway Connected DVD player. For $195 it connects via WiFi to my desktop and I can hit the My Music or My Videos button on the remote control and pull up those directories on my hard drive (in the other room).

Part III: Today I moved into my new apartment in Santa Monica and was faced with the standard $100 month cable/dish bill and I’m thinking “dang, I only watch less then a half dozen TV shows and they are all here on bit torrent… maybe I should save the $1,200 a year and just download the shows and watch them via my Gateway Connected DVD player?”

The Point/Question: How soon before you’ll be able-with one click-download every prime-time TV show or last year’s top 500 CDs in one click?!

(Note: This is not a trick question, I have yet to find a file containing that much content—however, I did find a file with last weeks top 100 singles that someone put together in one nice package).

[The Digital Music Weblog]

Torrent Site Status

Torrent Site Status 01/07/2005 04:15 AM
Don’t download too much pr0n .. Torrent Site Status

orbdesign.net/bt
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"Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB"

"Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB" 03/27/2005 10:28 AM

Comrade - Bit Torrent Client

Comrade - Bit Torrent Client 06/24/2004 12:03 AM
Working.

SP2 Bit Torrent Legal Challenge

SP2 Bit Torrent Legal Challenge 08/11/2004 05:20 PM

Download the Windows XP Service Pack 2: The guys who were doing Microsoft a favor by pushing Service Pack 2 via Bit Torrent got slapped down by Redmond.

Microsoft sent DMCA takedown notices to our two webhosts, one of which was just linking to a torrent file on another server. We've stood up to these kinds of legal threats before (see the Grey Tuesday protests), but we decided not to bother this time, because we started this site primarily as a demonstration and to that end it's already been a huge success.

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Grokster briefs torrent

Grokster briefs torrent 03/26/2005 05:13 AM
Cory Doctorow: Thad sez, "This is a torrent of all of the briefs submitted re: MGM v. Grokster, in the zip format provided on the U.S. Copyright Office site." Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB

Better Than Bit Torrent, For Internet2
Users?

Better Than Bit Torrent, For Internet2
Users? 11/18/2003 07:54 PM

Torrent of video from DV Guide

Torrent of video from DV Guide 08/30/2004 02:55 AM

dv.open4all.info/bblog/torrent_files/20040828_kinberg.mov.torrenttrack this site | 3 links

Microsoft builds a better Bit Torrent

Microsoft builds a better Bit Torrent 06/17/2005 03:18 PM
Researchers at Microsoft's computer science lab in Cambridge have developed a peer-to-peer filesharing system that they say overcomes the scheduling problems associated with existing distribution protocols such as Bit Torrent.

The researchers claim download times are between 20-30 per cent faster, using their network coding approach, than on systems that only code at the server, and between 200 and 300 per cent faster than distributing un-encoded information.

View: Full Article @ The Register
View: Avalanche Whitepaper

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BeeTV - automatic torrent downloader

BeeTV - automatic torrent downloader 04/15/2005 10:02 AM
Prototype version released

AnimeMonitor RSS (torrent) feed monitor

AnimeMonitor RSS (torrent) feed monitor 04/16/2004 10:22 AM
We're Alive!

Defense fund for Bit Torrent indexer

Defense fund for Bit Torrent indexer 12/30/2004 02:45 AM
Cory Doctorow: LokiTorrent is a BitTorrent indexing site -- like the lamented Suprnova -- that has been threatened with legal action by the MPAA for telling people where to download torrent files that allow them to download video and other large data-objects. Unlike some of the other Torrent indexers that shut down last week, LokiTorrent is mounting a legal defense. They're trying to raise a legal defense fund of $30,000, and they've made $11,500 in the first 12 hours. Link (via /.)

Torrent for Windows XP Service Pack 2

Torrent for Windows XP Service Pack 2 08/09/2004 04:48 PM
Microsoft needs to distribute its new Win XP Service Pack 2 to 260 million Windows users at 75MB each. Moving a wodge that big to that many machines is too much even for the biggest software company on the planet. So the folks at Downhill Battle have seized upon this as an opportunity to prove the substantial noninfringing uses of P2P by releasing a .torrent of SP@ (complete with checksum info so that you can verify that this isn't some malware-riddled trojan, except to the extent that it is a typical piece of the Windows XP OS). Join the mesh, shoulder the load, get your medicine -- the 21st Century way. Link (via Waxy)

Eyes on the Screen torrent mirror

Eyes on the Screen torrent mirror 02/01/2005 08:38 PM
Cory Doctorow: Eyes on the Screen is an amazing Downhill Battle project that we blogged earlier. The idea is to get people to download the seminal documentary Eyes on the Prize, which chronicles the American civil rights movement. It's a Black History Month perrennial, but because of the prohibitive cost of clearing the copyrights to the archival footage used in the series. Once the series has been downloaded, you'd be encouraged to host a screening party for your friends and neighbors on February 8th, and ensure that the vital messages of this documentary don't fade away due to outmoded laws.

The Downhill Battle torrents for Eyes on the Prize have gone away, but there is still a mirror of them available. Please consider using the mirror to get your own copies and host a party of your own.

At 8pm on February 8th we will celebrate the struggle and triumph of the civil rights movement with screenings of Eyes on the Prize Part 1: Awakenings. Eyes on the Prize is the most renowned civil rights documentary of all time; for many people, it is how they first learned about the Civil Rights Movement (more about the film). But this film has not been available on video or television for the past 10 years simply because of expired copyright licenses. We cannot allow copyright red tape to keep this film from the public any longer. So today we are making digital versions of the film available for download. Join us in building a new mass audience for this film: organize or attend a screening in your city, town, school or home on February 8th.

Link

Bit Torrent creator laughs at Microsoft
P2P

Bit Torrent creator laughs at Microsoft
P2P 06/24/2005 08:36 PM

Outfoxed interviews .torrent for
remixing

Outfoxed interviews .torrent for
remixing 09/15/2004 11:36 AM
Cory Doctorow: The interviews from the awesome anti-Fox documentary Outfoxed have been released under a Creative Commons license, for you to remix. Here's the .torrent: Torrent Link (via Lessig)

Beta: Panorama 4.9.7