[R-390] Distribution of the Y2K R390 manual

[Cecil Acuff]

Sounds like Napster all over again...that's the one time my machine was eat 
up with Trojan horse and various other virus like things.  My machine is 
better protected now but I still don't trust that process.

Cecil....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Hauser" <barry at hausernet.com>
To: "Kenneth" <crips01 at msn.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Distribution of the Y2K R390 manual


> Hi Ken
>
> Thanks, but not such a great thing.  In order for it to work whereby 
> individuals are downloading from each other -- and that's where the 
> "advantage" lies-- firewalls and other protective software have to be 
> adjusted or allowed to have "holes" in them which would otherwise be 
> unnecessary.   Might not even work with all ISP's.
>
> Also, it is more appropriate to those folks who "sharing" large media 
> files -- including whole CD's at 600 megs a pop and even movies at 4 gigs 
> plus.  (I used the word "sharing" instead of "ripping off, illegally 
> traffic-ing, bootlegging, etc. to be subtle -- oops!)
>
> You turn it on, the software seeks the filename/title you're looking for 
> like "Bedtime for Bonzo" and it goes looking across the internet through 
> the appropriate portals. Round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody 
> knows. To be a cooperative, give 'n take, good sport participant, you have 
> to leave your computer on 24/7 and accessible to everyone and his kid 
> brother.  Are you sure you made all your personal files inaccessible?  As 
> Dirty Harry said "Do you feel lucky?"
>
> Also, one or more people out there can be downloading files from you at 
> any given time and when that happens, whatever you're doing can get bogged 
> down a bit -- like that super gee-whiz glowbug rig you're trying to bid 
> on.  Yes, you can turn it off, but then you're being a stingy neighbor 
> until you remember to turn it on again.  It works best for things that are 
> very popular and widely copied around and "shared", like the latest 
> "gansta" rap tune.
>
> It's good for sharing media files which for legal and bandwidth reasons, 
> an outright ftp web site would be "asking for it" -- copyright-wise.  Even 
> then it's in a gray area -- dark gray.  But, yes, it can be used for 
> legitimate files too, but ... not a great way to do it, or make sure 
> everyone is "on the same page" in terms of revisions.  A new revision will 
> be done soon, Rev 3 or whatever, but there might be a 3a, 3b, etc.
>
> Not necessary for the Y2K manual anyway-- relatively speaking, it's only 
> 17 megs as-is, and will soon shrink back to about 4-5 megs.  It exploded 
> to 17 when Al Tirevold published the previous revision - -for reasons 
> unknown. There wasn't much poundage added -- only corrections in place.
>
> Perry Sandeen has recently edited the manual in preparation for Rev 3.  He 
> has refined the typography and incorporated the corrections that did not 
> make it into the last one.  In addition, as of last we spoke, he's working 
> compiling an addendum -- Chapter 9?  Meanwhile, I've started taking 
> replacement color photos for the remaining 12 crummy black 'n whites I 
> picked up as placeholders for the original manual years ago.  I've asked 
> Matt Parkinson to shoot a few modules I don't have out and handy.  I shot 
> most of them the other night, but discovered I had the darn date marker 
> turned on, so will be re-shooting most this weekend and forwarding to Pete 
> Wokoun to recreate the callouts -- part descriptions and pointers.
>
> Even with that, the final Y2K Rev 3 manual should be much smaller than 17 
> megs .  The preliminary files Perry sent me about 2 weeks ago were back 
> down to about 4.3 megs in total.  They will also be kept as separate 
> chapters or chapter groupings and anything big, such as Scott's gear train 
> rebuild, will be part of the addendum and separate as well.
>
> It's better to have the manual all in one place - on Al's website and 
> maybe a mirror site -- together with all the other goodies and download it 
> normally.
>
> If you have a fast connection -- DSL or cable -- it takes a few minutes 
> tops.  If you have dialup, takes longer - -but you then are certainly not 
> a good candidate for Bit-Torrent, etc. as an alternative, anyhow.
>
> Barry
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth" <crips01 at msn.com>
> To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 4:50 PM
> Subject: [R-390] Distribution of the Y2K R390 manual
>
>
>>I don't know if any of you have played with bit-torrent, which is a method
>> of file sharing.  Using it you can transfer enormous files in a short 
>> time.
>> Depending on how many have "seeded" the file is how fast it can be
>> transferred. The thing that makes it so fast is you down load small parts
>> all at the same time, the more people downloading the faster it is.  When
>> you start the download not only do you download from the seeds but also 
>> from
>> everyone else who is downloading, so while you are downloading a file 
>> this
>> same file is being uploaded to whom ever is loading it, and so on.  A 
>> number
>> of us could seed the Y2K manual in this mode and it would make it much
>> easier for people to download it. Azureus is considered by many to be the
>> best software for Bit-Torrent, in fact this is the one NASA uses to
>> distribute its freeware.  What do you think of this?
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>                             Ken de W7ITC
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