ok, so who wants rons tranny vid?

[bhonnold at pac-cap.com (Brian Honnold)]

It would be more usefull to upload this to 5-10 of us who are on high speed
connections first, then we can post a message with links to all of the
servers.

.02

BcH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Toomasson
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:40 PM
> To: Allyn
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: ok, so who wants rons tranny vid?
> 
> 
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Scirocco-l mailing list
> > Scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
> > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
> > _______________________________________________
> > Scirocco-l mailing list
> > Scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
> > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>