On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 11:18:50PM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 01:16:56AM -0400, Mark J. Roberts wrote:
> > Anyway, I don't believe that many people need searching--especially for
> > popular content, which will certainly be catalogued.
>
> Tell that to the 20 emails a day, and 3 articles a month which say that
> Freenet would be great if *only* it had searching. Rather than
> arrogantly tell them that they actually don't want Freenet to have
> searching, I am inclined to agree that if it is possible, it is
> definitely a feature Freenet needs.
Sure.
LUSER: Freenet really needs searching.
MARK: Hrm.... describe this alien concept you call "searching."
LUSER: Well, first I pick a phrase that's not too vague and not too
precise--for example, "soundgarden badmotorfinger". If it's
vague or narrow, I won't get a good list of search results.
Then I wait while the search proceeds....
When the search is complete, if I think I have a sufficiently
pertinent and complete list of the content I'm interested in, I
begin the sorting and selection process--otherwise I go back to
step one!
Now I have a list of MP3s. There are many search results, and I
have to guess which of these are the best quality. So I look for
consistently-named sets of MP3s, since these are at least
usually consistent.
Finally, I download the set I've selected. Then I run them
through a MP3 verification program to make sure they aren't
corrupted. If any are, I go back to step one, and fill in the
gaps.
MARK: Wouldn't you rather have someone else do all that boring shit?
LUSER: Yeah!
MARK: Then you'll really like Freenet. But unfortunately we are still
testing Freenet, and a community has only emerged very recently.
Give us a few months to work things out.
LUSER: Yay! My life now has meaning! Thank you!
--
"...it must be held that third-party electronic monitoring, subject
only to the self-restraint of law enforcement officials, has no place
in our society..." Mark Roberts | mjr at statesmean.com
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