View Full Version : what is a 'torrent'?


jenn
02-19-2005, 08:57 PM
cause everyone mentions this and i have no idea what you're talking about.

Hillzy
02-19-2005, 08:58 PM
lal

killer_tomato
02-19-2005, 09:02 PM
http://thelastminute.typepad.com/blog/images/image-6.jpg

wally
02-19-2005, 09:02 PM
it's the new p2p rage!~!!!@@!

http://dessent.net/btfaq/

Black Somalian
02-19-2005, 09:09 PM
Dumb fat hag

GlasgowKiss
02-19-2005, 09:50 PM
You could have asked anyone, but you asked netphoria. You must enjoy it.

Kinky.

Mariner
02-19-2005, 09:55 PM
Originally posted by Black Somalian
Dumb hat fag

<img src=http://www.******bergman.com.au/molly/molly.jpg>

DeviousJ
02-19-2005, 10:03 PM
Ixnay on the orrenttay

Mariner
02-19-2005, 10:08 PM
Originally posted by DeviousJ
Ixnay on the orrenttay

shhh erhe omescay the iaaray

Mariner
02-19-2005, 10:09 PM
oh itshay, and the paamay!

Black Somalian
02-19-2005, 10:16 PM
Originally posted by Mariner


<img src=http://www.******bergman.com.au/molly/molly.jpg>



GOLD

Orchestra
02-19-2005, 10:37 PM
*Non-serious answer*

DieDiemydarling
02-19-2005, 10:37 PM
Originally posted by Mariner


<img src=http://www.******bergman.com.au/molly/molly.jpg> I see that guy on Tv sometimes.

Mariner
02-19-2005, 10:37 PM
Originally posted by Orchestra
*laziness*

Debaser
02-19-2005, 10:44 PM
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution tool written by programmer Bram Cohen which debuted at CodeCon 2002. The reference implementation is written in Python and is released under the MIT License.

With BitTorrent, files are broken into smaller fragments, typically a quarter of a megabyte each. As the fragments get distributed to the peers, they can be reassembled on the requesting machine in random order. Each peer takes advantage of the best connections to the missing pieces while providing an upload connection to the pieces it already has. This scheme has proven particularly adept in trading large files such as videos and software source code. In conventional downloading, high demand leads to bottlenecks as demand surges for bandwidth from the host server. With BitTorrent, high demand can actually speed throughput as more bandwidth and additional “seeds” of the completed file are available to the group. Cohen claims that for very popular files, BitTorrent can support about a thousand times as many downloads as HTTP.

a lot more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent

killer_tomato
02-19-2005, 10:46 PM
Originally posted by Debaser
This scheme has proven particularly adept in trading large files such as software source code.
:erm

in somewhat related news, bram cohen now works for valve software.