MUTE File Sharing 0.2
Grok Headline matches for MUTE File Sharing 0.2
MUTE File Sharing 0.2.1
MUTE File Sharing 0.2.1
01/22/2004 06:22 PMSimple, private file sharing.
MUTE: Simple, Private File Sharing
MUTE: Simple, Private File Sharing
12/19/2003 03:39 PMoohp writes "MUTE is a new file sharing network that provides easy
search and download functionality while protecting your privacy. It
does this by routing all ...
MUTE File Sharing 0.4.1 (Default branch)
MUTE File Sharing 0.4.1 (Default branch)
04/18/2005 11:02 AM
MUTE File Sharing is an anonymous, decentralized search-and-download
file sharing system. Several people have described MUTE as the "third
generation file sharing network" (From Napster to Gnutella to MUTE,
with each generation getting less centralized and more anonymous).
MUTE uses algorithms inspired by ant behavior to route all messages,
include file transfers, through a mesh network of neighbor
connections.
Changes:
A widely-publicized anonymity hole was fixed by
replacing tail chains for search messages with
tail trees. The utility counter behavior on search
messages was changed to mimic traditional TTL
schemes, thus fixing another similar anonymity
hole.
Sharing Ideas Just Got Easier: Blogging,
Keyword Tagging, File Sharing, Social
Networking … And That’s Just For
Starters!
Sharing Ideas Just Got Easier: Blogging,
Keyword Tagging, File Sharing, Social
Networking … And That’s Just For
Starters!
03/23/2005 04:46 AMLaunched this month, Apcala is a web system that allows you to share
photographs, audio, video, documents and personalised profiles with
friends, family, other Apcala users and the Internet at large. It’s
advertising free and free to use. [PRWEB Mar 23, 2005]
Is the war on file sharing over?
Is the war on file sharing over?
01/16/2004 11:26 AMThe music biz is declaring success, citing lawsuits and Apple's
iTunes. But to music fans who recall the glory days of Napster, the
fight goes on.
Is The War On File Sharing Over?
Is The War On File Sharing Over?
01/16/2004 11:04 AMThe music biz is declaring success, citing lawsuits and Apple's
iTunes. But to music fans who recall the glory days of Napster, the
fight goes on. By Farhad Manjoo (Salon via MyAppleMenu)
file sharing = piracy? Not really.
file sharing = piracy? Not really.
01/16/2004 11:27 AMAn interesting Salon article: Is the war on file sharing
over?:
If one is willing to believe the happy talk
from music business executives, the tide has finally turned against
file sharing, thanks to the get-tough tactics employed by the
Recording Industry Association of America.
Last fall, the RIAA began filing lawsuits against individual users
of peer-to-peer trading sites, and the strategy, the RIAA says now,
has paid off. The group is careful not to declare a final victory over
file trading, but things are finally beginning to look up for a
business long in decline, say industry representatives. After years of
scoffing at copyright laws, Americans are finally beginning to
understand the gravity of file trading's offense against copyright.
The article is interesting. But what I find most
interesting is this automatic alignment that is made in the media
discourse between file sharing and piracy. There are many, many uses
other than those the RIAA defines as illegitimate for file sharing
(note, I am not saying
anonymous file sharing, although there
worthy uses for that too). Sure, the media loves a good fight and
that's why the focus on this comparison. But the uses of sharing
should, can, and
will move beyond those in dispute. And not
just for files, either.
Why am I saying this? Well, can't you guess?
Stay tuned. :-)
File Sharing Sentinel
File Sharing Sentinel
01/22/2004 09:15 AMFired up over file sharing
Fired up over file sharing
08/20/2004 12:11 PMAs hackers find a way to trade with iTunes, a court rules that
software makers are not liable for file swappers' actions.
File Sharing Undented
File Sharing Undented
05/27/2004 12:28 PMSeems file sharing in the US has dropped a little while their are
increases in Europe. I am sure that third world traffic numbers have
increased as the majority of the third world cannot afford software
prices. [Smart
Mobs]
Call to tax file-sharing
Call to tax file-sharing
09/22/2004 04:22 AMBBC Sep 22 2004 8:22AM GMT
File Sharing Against Censorship
File Sharing Against Censorship
04/09/2004 04:04 PMIn the early days of the web, there was lots of talk about how it
would help usher in democracy and bring down dictatorships, because
information could not be contained. Turned out that wasn't exactly
true, as places like China do a pretty good job (though, certainly not
perfect) containing information online. So now, more people are
starting to
look at ways
to use file sharing as a news delivery system that is much more
difficult to block than typical file sharing. This isn't all that
new, but making such programs easier to use would go a long way
towards getting this to work. In fact, why not combine the concept
with a news aggregator of some kind, so that the news you're reading
is automatically available to everyone else using the software.
File-sharing Goes Social
File-sharing Goes Social
01/07/2004 02:52 PM
The RIAA has taken us on a tour of networking strategies in the last
few years, by constantly changing the environment file-sharing systems
operate in. In hostile environments, organisms often adapt to become
less energetic but harder to kill, and so it is now. With the RIAA's
waves of legal attacks driving experimentation with decentralized
file-sharing tools, file-sharing networks have progressively traded
efficiency for resistance to legal attack.
The RIAA has slowly altered the environment so that relatively
efficient systems like Napster were killed, opening up a niche for
more decentralized systems like Gnutella and Kazaa. With their current
campaign against Kazaa in full swing, we are about to see another
shift in network design, one that will have file sharers adopting
tools originally designed for secure collaboration in a corporate
setting. - More at
http://www.shirky.com/writings/file-sharing_social.html
File Sharing Goes Mobile
File Sharing Goes Mobile
09/08/2004 02:29 PMWith all these different music download stores and file sharing apps,
it was only a matter of time before everything started to go mobile.
I recently wrote up an article at TheFeature about
all the
various music download offerings for mobile phones, but it looks
like some are already going beyond that to offer some form of "file
sharing" as well. EMI has
talked about
mobile file sharing in the past, but it seemed pretty watered
down. Recently, Wippit, makers of an increasingly popular DRM
technology that encourages limited file sharing announced plans to
offer
mobile file sharing by letting users get around many wireless
carriers by sending the file in response to an SMS message. The
latest, though, is that SK Telecom is showing off a
mobile file sharing system in Korea that will
let users swap music files, ringtones, videos and more via their 3G
network. They admit that it has no copy protection at all, and even
say, "we're not thinking about that type of problem." It's not clear
if that's because they never plan to actually launch it, or they just
don't care. Given that the recording industry in Korea wanted to
sue wireless
carriers for offering MP3 playing phones (even after they agreed
to forcibly degrade the sound quality), you have to wonder how long
such an application would remain on the market. Still, it's been said
many times before: it's only a matter of time until a real
Napster-style file sharing app is written for mobile phones, whether
by the carriers themselves or (more likely) independently. And still,
everyone in the wireless and music industry seems to ignore this
potential problem and insist that overpriced ringtone revenue will be
around forever.
'F' Is for File Sharing
(washingtonpost.com)
'F' Is for File Sharing
(washingtonpost.com)
09/09/2004 12:21 PMwashingtonpost.com - It's move-in day for freshmen at the University
of Maryland's College Park campus and the narrow lawn outside Denton
Hall is strewn with piles of suitcases, bedding and Dell computer
boxes. If recent history is any guide, the smiling teens wandering
amid the makeshift encampments are primed to join the next generation
of hard-core music pirates who'll raid Internet file-swapping networks
for hundreds of thousands of illegally copied songs over the next four
years.
Faux File-Sharing
Faux File-Sharing
01/05/2005 11:29 AMWhat consumers want—an out-of-box way to share and transmit
files between different storage media and computers (and
users)—is exactly what manufacturers don't want to give them,
but they'll tease us a little. So, if you're really rich, DigitalDeck
Entertainment Network is busting out an in-home network PC to gear to
DVD sharing system that costs $4000 - $5000. It probably consists of a
bunch of cables and a universal remote that your geeked-out younger
brother could hack together himself.
Techno-enhanced televisions take big step into
spotlight [USA Today]
The File Sharing Report
The File Sharing Report
09/18/2004 04:46 PMThe Ups And Downs Of File Sharing
The Ups And Downs Of File Sharing
04/26/2004 11:53 AMThe latest Pew study says that
14% of American
internet users claim they've stopped downloading music, but that
the number of people downloading has been steadily growing again over
the last few months. The study has a few problems, however. First,
it's all based on asking people about their activities, and
considering the publicity campaign, it's easy to imagine a heavy file
sharer saying they don't download any music because they don't want to
risk opening themselves up to a lawsuit. Furthermore, the study does
not appear to distinguish between what kind of music is being
"downloaded." They seem to lump together downloading unauthorized
files, using paid download stores like iTunes, or even legitimate
downloads directly from a musician's own website.
NYT Promotes File Sharing
NYT Promotes File Sharing
09/10/2004 12:37 PMThe File-Sharing Debates
The File-Sharing Debates
12/07/2003 02:35 AMNew York Times Dec 7 2003 1:15AM ET
The File Sharing Database
The File Sharing Database
07/31/2004 05:25 PMFile-Sharing Primer
File-Sharing Primer
05/23/2002 10:39 PMSkypecasting - P2P File Sharing
Skypecasting - P2P File Sharing
04/10/2005 12:50 PMFile-sharing app eDonkey comes to Mac OS
X
File-sharing app eDonkey comes to Mac OS
X
06/29/2004 01:58 PMeDonkey announced on Tuesday
that its peer-to-peer file-sharing software is coming to Mac OS X.
Previously, Mac support was available only through a text-based
command line interface in the software. eDonkey links every client on
the network with each other, allowing them to search within both the
entire network and a subset of it. Users can also download files from
multiple users simultaneously and automatically continue interrupted
downloads during their next session, in addition to the ability to
send private messages to other users. The eDonkey application is not
finalized for Mac OS X yet, but you can download a Beta of either the
free or paid version from the developer's Web site. Both require Mac
OS X v10.2 or higher and 64MB RAM; the free version has limited
features and displays ads when you use it.
The File Sharing Experiment
The File Sharing Experiment
08/05/2004 12:38 PMThe File
Sharing Experiment is a project with the goal of demonstrating how
file sharing actually helps the music, movie, and software industry.
Folks are encouraged to post purchases they've made and a short
explanation of how they learned about the band/movie/game and why they
ended up buying something for it. All the evidence is anectdotal, but
when taken together, it's already over a quarter million dollars in
reported sales and the site has been up for one week.
Personally, this was the point I tried to make in the heyday of
Napster. You could find anything on Napster, but rarely could you find
complete albums, so the service had the effect of promoting CD sales.
I would often surf others' music lists whenever I noticed things I
liked, download the things I hadn't ever heard of, then I'd end up
buying CDs from Amazon.
File-sharing war won't go away; it'll
just go abroad
File-sharing war won't go away; it'll
just go abroad
04/06/2005 02:26 AMUSA Today Apr 6 2005 5:32AM GMT
File Sharing Going Strong
File Sharing Going Strong
07/12/2004 11:07 AM
Online file swapping endures: What, exactly, is eDonkey?
Despite entertainment industry attempts to curb online song and
movie swapping with lawsuits and education campaigns, more people than
ever are using peer-to-peer services.
BigChampagne, which tracks Internet file sharing, says 8.3 million
people were online at any one time in June using unauthorized services
like Kazaa and eDonkey — up 19% from 6.8 million in June
2003.
The majority of files being traded were music, BigChampagne says.
Porn videos and images were the second-biggest category.
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PaSaMuF: Document File Sharing
PaSaMuF: Document File Sharing
09/21/2002 04:43 PMPaSaMuF is a new system to keep an eye on. A project of the German
Hasso-Plattner-Institute for Software Systems Engineering, PaSaMuF is
a filesharing system which indexes and shares common document types
(Microsoft Word, Excel, PDF, HTML, XML, plain text, etc). PaSaMuF
extracts information from the documents along with basic file metadata
to ease searching. From the project page: The project goal is
to implement a tool for sharing documents over the internet. Unlike
Gnutella or Morpheus, the tool is meant to be used by small
communities to have a simple and reliable document sharing/management
solution that works cross-plattform. PaSaMuF is still in the
planning stages. I checked out their forums and they seem to be making
some good progress using existing tools to extract information from
Microsoft Office and PDF documents. I wish this project luck,
because the current state of document sharing in most work places is
terribly primitive. Some are lucky enough to have a collaborative
document writing tool like a wiki, but most are stuck emailing
Microsoft Word documents around or storing them on a central Windows
share. Any knowledge incorporated into these documents is difficult to
get at, because they are impossible to search for. PaSaMuF could
fill an important niche, by decentralizing storage and expanding the
searchability of documents, providing immense benefit to its users,
without having to pay for something expensive like the Google Search
Appliance or a bloated, centralized content management system with a
crappy web interface. [Link credit to Matt Croydon of Postneo.]
File and Printer Sharing Insecure in XP
SP2
File and Printer Sharing Insecure in XP
SP2
09/18/2004 07:16 PM"Lionshare - educational P2P file
sharing"
"Lionshare - educational P2P file
sharing"
11/18/2003 03:32 AMCan File Sharing Really Be Made
Anonymous?
Can File Sharing Really Be Made
Anonymous?
05/07/2004 12:11 PMIt's no surprise that the creators of the latest file sharing networks
are all claiming that it makes users anonymous. Everyone expected
that to happen. The bigger question, however, is
whether or not these systems really are anonymous. The
RIAA (and plenty of others) say that it's not really possible for
anyone to be totally anonymous while file sharing - and these claims
of anonymity are a little bit suspect. The main one discussed in the
article doesn't really sound anonymous. All it does is try to confuse
the RIAA by mixing the real IP address with the IP addresses of others
on the network. What that means, though, is now the RIAA will just
accuse more innocent people because their IP address was shown
associated with someone who was sharing illegally. Of course, this
whole debate on anonymity misses the most basic point about online
anonymity: the user can be perfectly anonymous if there's no way to
associate him or her with the particular IP address they're using.
Anti-File Sharing Bill Changes Name,
Little Else
Anti-File Sharing Bill Changes Name,
Little Else
06/23/2004 05:34 PMLast week we wrote about the so-called
INDUC
E Act, that would outlaw inducing or even counseling someone to
infringe on copyrights. The bill was supposed to be introduced
last week, but some of the publicity around the leaded version made
the sponsors hold back a few days. If you thought they used that time
to change the bill, you were wrong. They did change the name, getting
rid of the laughable "child exploitation" part in the name, but
leaving the actual law the same. The bill is now called,
The Inducing
Infringement of Copyrights Act (IICA), which must upset those
politicians who love bill names that spell out words related to the
bill. Either way it's a dreadful and somewhat scary bill that would
clearly outlaw file sharing networks, along with VCRs and other
methods for infringing copyrights. Unfortunately, it appears to have
strong bi-partisan backing, that's looking to rush it through
Congress. If it did pass, it would be disastrous for the tech
industry which (stupidly) is supporting it in the form of the BSA and
the ESA. The RIAA is also thrilled about it. All three are missing
out on the fact that they're basically trying to kill off the best
distribution system that's ever been handed to them -- one that's been
shown to have strong promotional value. It's amazing how badly these
industries, with their pocketed politicians are shooting themselves in
the foot. This bill would make it impossible to create something like
the VCR or TiVo today. It's dangerous, it's stupid and it's going to
damage our economy if it passes.
Update:
TechLawAdvisor points out the fact that
"counsels" has been dropped from the bill.
A warning about SMB sharing and file
security
A warning about SMB sharing and file
security
01/19/2004 11:43 AMI have a Mac which is file sharing over the Internet, and it has
various
users set up on it. When a Mac user connects via AFP, they use their
username
and password to log in, and then they can access only their own user
folde...
First Swede Prosecuted For File Sharing
First Swede Prosecuted For File Sharing
03/25/2005 11:53 AMSoftware File Sharing Growing As Well
Software File Sharing Growing As Well
01/19/2004 05:05 AMWhile the RIAA and the MPAA have gotten all the attention for being
"concerned" about all this file sharing, the original "intellectual
property" bullies - the BSA (Business Software Alliance) were clearly
feeling left out. So, now, they're getting a bit of misguided
publicity as they start whining that
peopl
e are sharing software via file sharing networks as well. There
are a few interesting points made in the article. First, among the
BSA's tracking tools is a system that allows them to change ISPs every
60 seconds so no one can figure out where they're coming from. If the
BSA can do that, why can't ordinary users? How long until regular P2P
users have that same ability to "cloak" who they are? More
importantly, the article shows just how single-minded and short
sighted the BSA is being. The article even quotes one software
developer who points out that the unauthorized copies of their
software showing up on Kazaa is helping them get attention and builds
their market share. That's the main issue. Instead of trying to
crack down on file sharing, software publishers need to look at it as
a marketing issue. There's a lot more to good software than just the
bits that make up the code - and plenty of companies are willing to
pay for good software if it comes with important extras like support
and upgrades. Meanwhile, with the fears of getting spyware, viruses
and trojans via file sharing networks, a good marketing campaign would
convince any user who would normally pay for the software that the
downsides of getting software off a file sharing network probably
aren't worth it. Instead, the BSA is going to waste a lot of money to
try to shut down file sharers who are unlikely to do anything that
negatively impacts the bottom line of software publishers.
The making of a File Sharing IP Mask
The making of a File Sharing IP Mask
02/12/2004 04:23 AMA programmer got so pissed at the RIAA for their antics that he has
developed a program that mask users...
FBI probes firms for file sharing
FBI probes firms for file sharing
03/28/2005 11:34 PMZDNet Australia Mar 29 2005 3:41AM GMT
High Court Looks At File Sharing
High Court Looks At File Sharing
03/28/2005 11:33 PMCBS Now Mar 29 2005 4:22AM GMT
New Worm for IRC, File-Sharing Networks
New Worm for IRC, File-Sharing Networks
11/11/2003 05:40 PMTechfocus Nov 11 2003 4:07PM ET
Grok Description matches for MUTE File Sharing 0.2
GrokA matches for MUTE File Sharing 0.2
Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing
politics.slashdot.org
Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing
politics.slashdot.org
09/07/2004 12:10 PMDekart Private Disk v2.02
Dekart Private Disk v2.02
04/27/2004 07:27 AMTransparent on-the-fly disk encryption software - encryption of data
with validated AES encryption - create virtual encrypted disk to
provide 100% protection of your proprietary information. Features:
FIPS validated AES algorithm, transparent on-the-fly encryption of
data, intuitive user interface, easy installation and deployment,
reliable continuous operation, support of different storage devices,
large encryption capacity. [Shareware $45.00 30 Days 958 KB]
Dekart SIM Manager 1.08 released - edit
and backup the mobile phone's data from
the SIM/USIM card
Dekart SIM Manager 1.08 released - edit
and backup the mobile phone's data from
the SIM/USIM card
07/03/2004 02:00 AMDekart ( www.dekart.com ) releases version 1.08 of Dekart SIM Manager,
the SIM card management software allowing to easily edit and backup
the mobile phone's data. The new version features extended support for
the Universal SIM cards (USIM), the cards of the 3rd generation mobile
wireless systems, as well as the support for different types of GSM
SIM cards, containing more than 250 phonebook entries. [PRWEB Jul 3,
2004]
Dekart Private Disk reviewed by Michael
E. Callahan aka Dr. File Finder™ and
chosen as one of Dr. File Finder's Picks
Dekart Private Disk reviewed by Michael
E. Callahan aka Dr. File Finder™ and
chosen as one of Dr. File Finder's Picks
09/10/2004 03:49 AMDekart Private Disk 2.03, a user-friendly and smart data protection
software, that offers strong 256-bit AES encryption and ease of use to
encrypt user data, was reviewed by Michael E. Callahan aka Dr. File
Finder™ and chosen as one of Dr. File Finder's Picks. Dr. File
Finder's review of Dekart Private Disk 2.03 is on Dr. File Finder's
Home Page. [PRWEB Sep 10, 2004]
Slashdot caído
Slashdot caído
08/02/2004 05:18 PMSlashdot Down for Service
Slashdot Down for Service
07/16/2004 11:55 PMGeeks of the world, relax! Slashdot, that uber-blog of open-source
technology news isn't under attack. It is, however, undergoing a
scheduled, but unannounced, code refresh.
Slashdot for WAP phones 1.2
Slashdot for WAP phones 1.2
07/21/2004 09:26 AMAn adapter that lets you read Slashdot articles on a WAP enabled
mobile phone.
Slashdot Humour
Slashdot Humour
04/20/2004 08:43 PMSpotted in a thread about a newly discovered TCP/IP
vulnerability:
No problem (Score:5, Funny)
by niom (638987) on Tuesday April 20, @03:18PM (#8920438)
I'll just switch to UDP.
Re:No problem (Score:5, Funny)
by TheTomcat (53158) on Tuesday April 20, @03:25PM
(#8920559)
more like:
UDP just I. switch ll'll to I just
Slashdot for WAP phones 1.0
Slashdot for WAP phones 1.0
02/17/2004 11:50 AMAn adapter that lets you read Slashdot articles on a WAP enabled
mobile phone.
Slashdot over IPv6
Slashdot over IPv6
02/13/2003 05:05 AMThis trick works for most sites by simply appending .sixxs.org to the
domain part of a url, eg http://www.google.com.sixxs.org, the gateway
will the rewrite ...
Slashdot Is Worthless
Slashdot Is Worthless
01/07/2003 09:53 PMThere. I said it. Slashdot is worthless. OK, I'll admit that the
headlines are useful, but the comments certainly are not. The sad
thing about Slashdot is that there are still people posting useful and
interesting comments, and they're utterly and completely lost among
the utter crap that floods the site. Generally I make do by simply
ignoring the comments section on Slashdot entirely, but after reading
the comments on the Jhai PC yesterday, I realized that the comments
section is not just worthless but actually a malign force. --
rafeco
I see it slightly differently. Slashdot is great as a black hole for
all the stupid comments you have kept deep down inside you, a place
you can let go of all your shit. Just like this weblog!
"tri" Link thanks to Archipelago.
"zeldman.honey"
Gnomoradio on Slashdot
Gnomoradio on Slashdot
09/10/2004 12:59 PMLast October we wrote about Gnomoradio, software that helps
people share CC-licensed music.
Gnomoradio has made good progress since then. Check out the new screenshots.
One Gnomoradio screenshot. Click for
more.
Now Slashdot has taken notice, with ensuing discussion.
Slashdot Gets Real
Slashdot Gets Real
09/14/2004 02:27 PMReal Networks' CEO, Rob Glaser, talks Harmony, Freedom of Choice, and
support for the Mac OS in a revealing Slashdot interview.
The Slashdot Effect
The Slashdot Effect
12/17/2004 06:43 PMSlashdot
effect: Interesting comments and links about the Slashdot
effect.
Few definitive numbers exist regarding the precise
magnitude of the Slashdot effect, but estimates put the peak of the
mass influx of page requests at anywhere from several hundred to
several thousand hits per minute. The flood usually peaks when the
article is at the top of Slashdot's front page and gradually subsides
as the story is superseded by newer items. Traffic usually remains at
elevated levels until the article is pushed off the front page, which
can take from 12 to 18 hours after its initial posting.
Someday people will live in fear of "The Gadgetopia Effect."
Slashdot | Windows 2000
Slashdot | Windows 2000
02/12/2004 06:13 PMhttp://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/12/2114228
Neowin.net is reporting that Windows 2000 and Windows NT source code
has been leaked to the internet.
Slashdot Weekend Roundup
Slashdot Weekend Roundup
04/26/2004 07:40 AMSlashdot had some good gadget news this weekend (I know! They must
have changed the mix in their daily free Thinkgeek Crazy Caffeine
Slurry). The first was a tongue-in-cheek homemade mod which stuffs the
cooling power of case fans into a gel mousepad, dubbed the
'BreezePad.' Then there was the...
Slashdot bans ETCON
Slashdot bans ETCON
02/11/2004 08:33 PM
Slashdot has a script that bans your IP address if you pull their RSS
too often. I'm at ETCON, where I'm sharing a public-facing IP with
hundreds of Slashdot readers who are all pulling /.'s RSS. So I have
been banned, along with all of them, for 72 hours.
Link
RSS abuse and Slashdot IP banning
RSS abuse and Slashdot IP banning
05/12/2004 03:50 PMI've had a number of people ask me about t
his blog entry, whose title suggests that FeedDemon was banned
from Slashdot. If you read the entire entry you'll find out that the
subject is misleading - it's really about how Slashdot tries to
protect itself from people who make too many requests on their
feed.
Given the un
necessary bandwidth consumption caused by some RSS readers,
Slashdot certainly has every right to try to protect themselves from
RSS abuse. The problem is that they ban based on IP address - which
obviously causes problems for those behind a proxy server that shares
a single IP address with dozens of other users. In all fairness,
though, I'm not sure of a better solution to Slashdot's valid
concerns.
Anyway...since some who read the aforementioned article thought it
might be due to a problem in FeedDemon, I just wanted to make it clear
that this will happen regardless of which RSS reader you use if you're
behind an IP-sharing proxy. As I pointed out in an
earlier post, FeedDemon employs a number of techniques to keep
bandwidth consumption to a minimum - which not only keeps it
'Net-friendly, but also makes it extremely fast since it doesn't waste
time performing unnecessary updates.
Slashdot: The Hardened-PHP Project
Slashdot: The Hardened-PHP Project
05/17/2004 02:44 AMStefan Esser is the author of the Hardened PHP project. Reading
through the feature-list, i cannot help but feel that some of these
features should have been rolled into PHP's standard
safe-mode. Implementing
it as a set of patches just means a lot more work for everyone,
particularly the maintainer.
Some of the responses to this post were quite interesting. Among other
things, PHP appears to be a great programming tool for Porn.
Slashdot Goes Dark, Briefly
Slashdot Goes Dark, Briefly
07/19/2004 02:49 AMExtreme Tech Jul 19 2004 7:08AM GMT
Slashdot Commentors on SuprNova
Slashdot Commentors on SuprNova
12/22/2004 01:03 AMFollowing up on Torrent Shutdowns: Slashdot has posted a bit on
Sup
rNova being shutdown. What I found interesting were the comments:
they are generally very anti-SuprNova, very pro-copyright. An
example:
Furthermore, this is exactly what should be happening: the
government attacks those who break the law, rather than those who
create the tools. Bit torrent and p2p applications have legal, useful
purposes; by seeking those who use them in illegal ways rather than
banning them altogther is appropriate, rather than trying to ban
them.
I find this odd (notice I said "odd," not "wrong") for a site like
Slashdot.
Slashdot Reviews 'We the Media'
Slashdot Reviews 'We the Media'
08/04/2004 06:58 PMOn Slashdot, Ernie Miller
has positive thoughts in a review of
We the Media.
Then the Slashdot readers chime in with their typically wide-ranging
assortment of comments.
Legal uses for P2P catalogued on
Slashdot
Legal uses for P2P catalogued on
Slashdot
12/27/2004 10:38 AM
Cory Doctorow:
The Supreme Court have agreed to hear the appeal on Grokster v MGM,
the court case that EFF won, legalizing P2P networks. To help save the
Internet's bacon, Slashdot users have clubbed together to catalog
noninfringing uses for P2P networks.
Durring the beginning of the Iraq war, I used P2P to get video and
pictures that were censored from the US. The instant I hear about
pictures, recordings, etc. on another network they can't show in the
US, I go find them on P2P. Along with that search, I also found
pictures that solders had taken along the way. Then I found gunship
video (de-classified and classified because it had altitude/other
readings) showing people walking into a building. The order came, and
they leveled the building. Then started firing on anyone leaving the
scene. You could actually see the men get thrown around after getting
hit with munitions. On, and this video just happened to show one man
running into a mosque so he was let go. (sure it wasn't leaked on
purpose)
Link
(
via Waxy)
Michael Badnarik on Slashdot
Michael Badnarik on Slashdot
09/21/2004 01:07 AM
Libertarian Presidential candidate
Michael Badnarik an
swers Slashdot's
qu
estions.
Firefox and Rendering Slashdot
Firefox and Rendering Slashdot
12/19/2004 03:25 PMI've been getting this error viewing various pages at Slashdot with
Firefox on and off since about version 0.8.
Hitting refresh renders the page properly though. Is this an issue
with Firefox or with Slashdot's ancient markup?
Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards
Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards
02/10/2004 02:35 AMA look at the markup behind Slashdot.org that demonstrates how simple
-- and cost-effective -- the switch to a standards-compliant Slashdot
could be. (Part I of a two-part series.)
Slashdot | Symantec Says No To Pro-Gun
Sites
Slashdot | Symantec Says No To Pro-Gun
Sites
11/04/2003 07:35 AMSymantec's Internet Security 2004 is blocking pro-gun sites across the
board .. anti-2nd Amendment .. blocking .. cluge ..
:
yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/11/02/1729239.shtml?tid=103&tid=153&tid=99
track this
site | 6 links
Slashdot: Mozilla 1.0 Released
Slashdot: Mozilla 1.0 Released
06/06/2002 06:01 AMCheck out the cute and horny devils in the OPEN SOURCE NEEDS MORE
BABES post.
"tri" A disappointing release for me. In my javascript testing, it
appears to be buggier than the potty people at
Hogwarts
.
"zeldman.cte2"
Slashdot Trolling Defined
Slashdot Trolling Defined
01/16/2004 11:33 AMSlashdot trolling
phenomena: Here's an example of awesomeness of Wikipedia combined with some
pretty interesting reading. It's several thousand words on the
trolling of Slashdot comments.
The Slashdot trolling phenomena make up a bizarre and
complex subculture found on the popular Slashdot technology website.
It is a mixture of juvenilia, sarcasm, deliberately bad jokes,
tasteless nonsense and highly developed and artistic attempts to
provoke outraged responses from other forum users, or amuse them. It
is a subset and a microcosm of Internet trolling in
general.
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Slashdot -- Someone Smoking Crack ?
Slashdot -- Someone Smoking Crack ?
03/11/2003 01:22 AMSlashdot -- Someone Smoking Crack ?
Now I know that the Slashdot audience isn't all that reliable at best.
Yes we all read it but we rarely trust it. Still I'd expect a little
better than this:
The Object Prevalence concept, developed by the Prevayler team, and
implemented in Java, C#, Smalltalk, Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby and
Delphi, can be a great a solution to this mess. The concept is pretty
simple: keep all the objects in RAM and serialize the commands that
change those objects, optionally saving the whole system to disk every
now and then (late at night, for example). [_Go_]
Now that's a cool concept. So I did the natural thing and went and
looked for the code. Since I'm a php-head, I figured that I'd look
there to start. Nope! According to SourceForge, "This project has
not released any files". Well I can get by in Perl so I thought "Ok,
not my preference but ok". Nope. Well I think Python is neat and
people I respect a lot like it. Additionally Guido has just plain
guts to make the decision he did regarding mandatory indentation.
Break conventions is hard so I figured I'd look at the Python version.
Nope! Well once upon a midnight dreary, ... (bag the mock Poe), I
did a lot of Pascal. Nope! It turns out that only the C# and Ruby
versions exist. I couldn't get the Smalltalk page to come up so I
don't have a clue there.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying anything about the concept but just
pointing out that this posting is essentially wrong on many of the
major details. And, sadly, it doesn't really surprise me at all.
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