I could spare a few k/s....

On August 28, 2003 12:25 pm, you wrote:
> Yes BT does work that way.  Some people are going to be put out by
> having to contribute some of their bandwidth to help out but their
> options are:
>  1) share a bit of bandwidth and download the Cluggix ISO
>  2) don't download Cluggix.  Unless we really luck out I don't think
>     we're ever going to be in a position to host ISOs off one machine.
>
> Besides.  If quite a few of us with broadband internet connectivity
> leave our machines serving the ISO the load on any one client will
> probably be minimal.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 12:19:54AM -0600, Shawn wrote:
> > I just read up on Bittorrent a little.  It appears that it is coded to
> > give preferential treatment to those who upload lots when it comes to
> > queing downloads.  Did I miss something in my readings?  If not, I don't
> > think this would really help out too much.
> >
> > From the FAQ:
> > "I don't want you stealing my bandwidth! How can I stop it from
> > uploading?
> >
> >     You could hack the source to not upload, but then your download rate
> > would suck. BitTorrent downloaders engage in tit-for-tat with their
> > peers, so leeches have very little success downloading."
> >
> > So, if I interpret this right, you gain the benifits by joining a
> > peer-peer network, and contributing.  If we are looking to distribute
> > Cluggix, I doubt very many of the people who'll want it will want to join
> > a p2p network just to get it.
> >
> > Shawn
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jesse Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 2:50 PM
> > To: CLUG TALK
> > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Cluggix Downloads + Bittorrent
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 14:04, Jeffrey Clement wrote:
> > > Anyone else interested in playing with something like this?
> >
> > Bittorrent rocks! I think that it is the best way of hosting a project
> > like Cluggix. I was thinking about setting up a tracker myself, and
> > hosting an iso of the cluggix version that I have, but I just haven't
> > found the time. The other thing I was wondering about was the
> > development status of Cluggix, I haven't heard anything in awhile, is it
> > still under active development?
> >
> > Jesse
> > --
> > Jesse Kline, RHCT

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