Posts tagged “file sharing”

Mosh pitAug 10, 2007

I got into the Nokia Mosh beta and have a ton of invites to give away. Anyone want one?

So, the RIAA is trying hard to be more evil, and has got as far as suing a 12 year old girl. A 12...Sep 9, 2003

The RIAA sued a 12-year-old honor student living with her single mom in low-income housing. She settled for $2000. Whatever you think of her defense, that's just wrong. Help pay back her settlement.

How the passive mode in P2P programs like KaZaA and Gnutella worksMar 16, 2003

A clever network friend explained passive mode in P2P apps to me. It's all about NAT and firewalls: if both parties are behind NAT with no port mapping, neither can initiate a direct connection, making efficient file transfer impossible. The peer network can relay queries but not bulk data.

Some encouraging -- and extremely surprising -- news from the Evil Recording Industry People:...Jun 12, 2002

Surprising news: the major labels are offering legal downloads at reasonable prices. Meanwhile they're also poisoning file-sharing networks with fake songs. Plus a roundup of cool links: credit-card cameras, a Unix Rosetta Stone, mind-blowing nanotech storage and more.

I notice that I quietly let the one-year anniversary of this blog slip by nearly two weeks ago. But...Apr 8, 2002

My blog just turned one year old. 137 posts, one every 2.6 days, mostly geeky links and incidental nonsense. Not much has changed and nothing will. Here are some links: a cool girl's site, how to strip KaZaA's adware, eDonkey, Blair's 9/11 speech, robot orderlies, and Arctic Eskimos reconnecting with lost traditions.

Easter vacation has begun! Yay! It's my first day off with no deadlines around the corner that I've...Mar 18, 2002

Easter vacation is here and I'm clearing out my bookmarks backlog. Highlights include file sharing drama (KaZaA vs Morpheus), VCD tools, a 2002 movie preview, and LimeWire vs BearShare comparisons. KaZaA wins for memory manners, AudioGalaxy loses for not having Fraggle Rock.

Interesting things I've found or been pointed to in week 2 of fast Internet access... this quite...Oct 24, 2001

Week 2 of fast Internet brings anti-Bin Laden jokes approaching All Your Base levels of overkill, random URL exploration, and a flood of new software including ZoneAlarm, Morpheus, and GhostScript. Broadband is clearly bad for productivity.

The RIAA is planning an offensive against the new crop of file-sharing services, including a PR...Oct 3, 2001

The RIAA is planning PR campaigns and "spoofing or interdiction" against file-sharing services. That's industrial sabotage, which is illegal, but these are the same folks deliberately breaking CDs to prevent copying, so I guess the law is optional for them.