Wired has a great article about BitTorrent. Besides interviewing the author and briefly explaining how BitTorrent works, I like that the article spends a lot of time on the issue of using BitTorrent for TV show timeshifting -- "the Internet becomes a giant TiVo." That's the most interesting aspect of BitTorrent for me, but it's one that normally ( Read more... )

Ooh, I can't wait until tomorrow night. Apparently Lana is going to play one of stega's parrots. Or vice versa. Or something like that.... ;-)

Too bad I don't get the Sci-Fi channel anymore. But I haven't heard anything about the TV people getting upset the way the movie and music people have....

Update: Ursula K. Le Guin has some comments on the ( Read more... )

It seems that Hollywood has finally noticed BitTorrent. In case you're unaware, BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing system that allows you to get high download speeds and low upload speeds by sharing upload bandwidth among all downloaders, many-to-one. (This works out best if people stick around uploading for a while after they've finished ( Read more... )