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Re: BitTorrent

BitTorrent: I checked it out. It has brutal memory leaks under OSX, sucks up tons of horsepower, and is generally badly implemented. However, I get the concept. GNUtella does do this already, although I presume less efficiently. HTTP would not have gone anywhere as a...

Memetics and Gladwell’s “Tipping Point”

Lance forced me at beer-point to read Malcolm Gladwell’s “Tipping Point” [1]. The book is largely based on a concept known as Memetics, which takes its roots in the work of sociologists and anthropologists, who attempted during the 1970s to adapt...

Will BLOGs Be the CNN of Desert Storm Part Deux?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021208/wr_nm/ column_livewire_dc Livewire: Blogs May Pierce the Fogs of War Sun Dec 8, 3:06 PM ET Add Technology – Reuters Internet Report to My Yahoo! By Adam Pasick NEW YORK (Reuters) – CNN owned...

What Does The World Think Of America?

Is the widespread growth of anti-Americanism throughout the world a reaction to misuse of America’s cultural. economic, and political hegemony, or is it merely a natural consequence of being the world’s only true superpower? Whatever the reasons, it is...

The Worm Turns on Cable & Wireless…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,856306,00.html C&W faces a £1bn shares hit Telecoms group pays price for downgrade to ‘junk’ rating Terry Macalister Monday December 9, 2002 The Guardian Up to £1bn could be wiped off Cable &...

US Feds Label WiFi a Terrorist Tool..

http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,56742,00.html Feds Label Wi-Fi a Terrorist Tool By Paul Boutin 02:00 AM Dec. 06, 2002 PT SANTA CLARA, California — Attention, Wi-Fi users: The Department of Homeland Security sees wireless networking technology as a...