Researchers Decentralize BitTorrent 262
A Cow writes "The Tribler BitTorrent client, a project run by researchers from several European universities and Harvard, is the first to incorporate decentralized search capabilities. With Tribler, users can now find .torrent files that are hosted among other peers, instead of on a centralized site such as The Pirate Bay or Mininova.
The Tribler developers have found a way to make their client work without having to rely on BitTorrent sites. Although others have tried to come up with similar solutions, such as the Cubit plugin for Vuze, Tribler is the first to understand that with decentralized BitTorrent search, there also has to be a way to moderate these decentralized torrents in order to avoid a flood of spam."
Re:It's a good start... (Score:4, Funny)
Me, for one.
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You're replying to a slashdot comment saying that you run Opera. What makes you think you qualify as Joe Average?
He said "Me, for one" instead of "I, for one"? /. elitist would munge their grammar in such a fashion
No
Re:It's a good start... (Score:5, Funny)
funny you mention that.. people whos computers i have had to clean viruses and crap off of because it was obvious they where browseing porn with IE.. install opera and inform them to use it instead... they have a odd face but hey i havn't had to touch any of their comps again (thankfuly)
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No /. elitist would munge their grammar in such a fashion
I propose that the poster is so elite that he is completely out of touch with Joe Average. Alas, due to this, his attempt at pretending to be average failed.
The correct response should have been
Re:It's a good start... (Score:5, Funny)
Opera and myself have been browsing the web for porn since 2000 :) I never leave my pants on the floor without it :)
Uhh, too much inf... No wait
-1, Informative ;)
Re:It's a good start... (Score:5, Funny)
He said "Me, for one" instead of "I, for one"?
I, for one welcome our new Joe Average Opera-using overlords.
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Don't you mean "Joe the Computer Guy?"
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Well, yes, unless the voices in my head contradict her.
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Shouldn't that be: "No /. elitist would munge his or her grammar in such a fashion."
Their are no girls on slashdot, therefore the 'or her' is unnecessary.
Re:It's a good start... (Score:3, Funny)
That having search functionality will make people not want to use a protocol?