ok, so who wants rons tranny vid?

[jtoomasson at yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I would suggest setting it up for something like 10pm EDT. That way us
left-coasters can get in on the action at 7 PDT.

Thanks for hooking this up!

Jeff
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Wagner" <brian_wagner@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>; "scirocco list"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Cc: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>; "Ron Pieper"
<rapieper@one.net>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: ok, so who wants rons tranny vid?


> Send me what I need or point me to a link and I will setup, I run DSL and
leave it on. Let me know.
>
> Brian
>
> Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:
> ok
> there is this thing called "bittorrent"
> it allows many users to simultaneously download a large file from one
source
> simultaneously
> with this, everyone can get the large (300 meg) version of the file from
me
> (and possibly brian wagner, as he is the source of the file)
> the basic way it works is that you install a special (tiny) client on your
> computer. this client launches whenever you surf to a file ending in
> .torrent. the client connects to a thing called a tracker, which tracks
who
> is connected, how much of the file each person has, etc.
> each connected client downloads the file from a 'seed' (me and brian in
this
> case).
> now for the cool part: each seed sends different parts of the file to only
a
> few of the other clients. once the clients have bits of the file, the
> clients spread those bits amongst themselves. basically, a near-unlimited
> number of people can download this 300 meg movie in the same amount of
time
> it would have taken only one person to download the file from me or brian.
>
> now for the issues:
> - we need to setup a time that would be best for everyone to download this
> file, as it works better as more people are connected at once.
> - once you complete the download, leaving the download window open for as
> long as possible will help spread the file, as once you complete the
> download, you become a seed for the file (just like me and brian).
> - should we include the vwvortex tranny forum in on this (ron? its up to
you
> really...)
> - i have to set up the tracker to run on this system (its funky, runs the
> 'python' programming language, have to compile/run it to get the tracker
> running)
>
> more to come, later tonight.
> for now i need to know when a bunch of you can download this file. it may
be
> as early as tonight (so it can run overnight).
>
> Al
>
>
>
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