Let's say it works - and it's faster, also. But now the data you want is spread out still across a few different machines. You'd still have to:
1) download each friend's part of the total download, and 2) then re-assemble the download back together again. Also, I don't view the co-ordinated download you're thinking about, as being a trivial exercise, in the least. You'd need some kind of a download manager to oversee the success of the download, e.g say one friend is downloading faster than one, and one friend is d/l'ing slower than you, or one friend loses his connection during the d/l, or his throughput drops a lot. Lots of co-ordination would be necessary. Maximizing your total bandwidth, or getting a faster connection, makes sense. But this doesn't sound like a real improvement, to me. Adak --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
