> As for alternate protocols going over Freenet, I realized that > Freenet would be ideal for netnews distribution...
Usenet is a perfect example of how to design a push medium intended to bring down as many nodes on the network as possible and destroy the value of the medium in the process. Broadcast Push media are inherently flawed: information only has value when people want it. Storage and time wasted on information that no one wants (like over 90% of Usenet) is better spent making the pull mechanisms more effective. The only "push" medium that works well is targeted push, i.e., e-mail (with mechanisms to volutarily subscribe to limited broadcast groups--i.e., mailing lists). And even that is abused by spammers to the extent of millions of dollars of wasted bandwidth. -- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee at piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
