Hi :) +1 All the error checking is a bit like all the intense quadruple redundancies built into transporter pads in Star Trek.
Except that if 1 stray atom is out of place the whole image would be rejected by the torrenting server/host/main-place so no-one can add their own bits either deliberately or accidentally. I've even known people to stuff-up and have to re-download the original more than once because although the image was perfect enough for use it still got rejected by the torrenting network. It's often worth asking "where is the money" or "who profits" from certain rumours. The music and film industry have always been quick to try to block "independents" from starting up, to the point of making it tough for bands that start out. Hence all the talent shows on tele, to quickly start sweeping in profits, test-drive different groups/individuals in front of an audience and then sign-up those that look set to make massive profits for the industry. Oddly, book-publishers always seem to have felt less threatened which was why they had to make massive adjustments and join in with ideas like "the kindle". With the right FUD at the right moment they could easily have dissuaded people from "gimmicks". Similarly with Microsoft and tablets/phones and other hand-helds. They didn't see the threat until after it was too late. Now they have had to drastically re-think and re-design their OSes making them smaller and lighter instead of carrying on bloating. Just a couple years earlier they did see the threat from netbooks and were easily able to crush the entire market. Now people see netbooks as slow, painful and useless but tablets as fast and efficient. By crushing the idea of torrenting the film and music industry force people into using their distribution networks, and avoid needing to jump into massive redesign and avoid heavy investments in new technology. I really liked the irony of the film "Pirate Bay - Away from keyboard". The Hollywood lawyer (in the film) somehow ended up trying to get them to admitting to meeting "in real life" and having a physical office/factory/location so that equipment could be confiscated and conspiracy charges made. No-one seemed to jump on that as Hollywood saying the crimes had taken place outside of reality and therefore how could they be real crimes?! lol. Regards from Tom :) On 22 January 2014 09:22, Pedro <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Doug > > > doug-2 wrote >> I believe that using Torrent is a security problem and I would not use >> it. > > That is FUD spread by the music and film industry. If the torrent is created > by someone you trust (in this case TDF), even if the data is spread through > the computers of many users (that is the principle of peer to peer or p2p) > you don't trust, they can ONLY send the data that was originally on the > torrent created by TDF. > > Torrents are a way to distribute data in a reliable way (data is checked > against the original string) but it has the fantastic advantage that it > doesn't rely on the ability of a single server. Everyone who has > successfully completed the download is then a source for others to complete > theirs. > > The fact that the torrent method is used to transmit illegal and copyrighted > material is a consequence of the success of the method. > > > doug-2 wrote >> -- >> Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. >> --A. M. Greeley > > That is sadly very true... > > Cheers, > Pedro > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Downloads-all-torrents-now-tp4093380p4093416.html > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
