On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ian is of the view that this should be a separate application based on >> similar >> principles to Freenet. I'm not. We agree that there are some significant >> issues to deal with. I am of the view that these networks are mutually >> complementary and therefore should talk to each other > > I think the use-cases are too different for these to be part of the > same application.
IMHO, there's another interesting use-case. If I have a friend or two I see daily at work or similar, and we swap 8GB memory cards, that represents more bw than my cable modem uplink! (And the cost of a memory card is lower than 1 month's subscription, provided it gets swapped most days.) There's an interesting hybrid option here -- for large queued downloads, requests go over the network link, but responses go over sneakernet. I think flood routing inserts opportunistically is a good idea -- there's no point in sending out a memory card less than full, and routed requests / inserts may well not be enough to fill it. One interesting case is Cuba -- there's an operational sneakernet there already: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/world/americas/06cuba.html?ex=1362546000&en=eff6155b2c2d280d&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Currently it's basically manually flood routed, but I imagine there would be significant demand for proper freenet routing to distribute entertainment; everyone wants to see the latest news media, but perhaps not the entertainment stuff depending how much there is. There may also be significant numbers of local wifi hops available that aren't boardly connected (pure speculation on my part), so switching back and forth between regular Freenet links and sneakernet links could be useful. Also, in small communities where there's strong motivation and short geographical distances, you may well find the motivation sufficient to produce latencies of a couple hours, not a day or so, at least in some cases. I have visions of Neo from The Matrix, sitting in a darkened apartment and acting as clandestine data broker... Evan Daniel _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
