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Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement

From Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement
Date 2011-06-28 17:09 +0000
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <pan.2011.06.28.17.09.16@gmail.com> (permalink)
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:49:20 -0700, AD wrote:

> I'm at loss where to post this as the problem seems mostly platform
> independent.
> I had this crazy thought the other day that bittorrent could be used to
> exchange usenet
> traffic between usenet feeds now that we live in the post "!" e-mail
> notation style world.
> 
> You'd have to somehow augment the torrents with the manifests of what
> each server has.
> 
> Well, it won't be a torrent but something else entirely.

Why? Usenet works fine just the way it is.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Todd

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Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-06-28 07:49 -0700
  Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-06-28 16:00 +0100
    Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-07-05 08:38 -0700
      Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-05 20:10 +0100
        Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2011-07-06 12:24 +0200
          Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-06 12:14 +0100
            Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2011-07-06 14:20 +0200
              Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-07-06 08:15 -0500
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-06 14:26 +0100
      Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-07-05 18:33 +0100
      Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 04:31 -0700
        Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2011-07-06 15:58 +0200
        Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-07-06 13:07 -0500
          Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-07-07 00:35 -0700
            Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-07 13:41 +0100
              Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-07-07 23:12 +0200
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-07-07 22:35 +0100
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-07-08 13:05 +0200
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-07-11 00:18 -0700
                Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-07-11 07:34 -0500
  Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-06-28 17:09 +0000
    Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-06-28 12:55 -0500
  Re: Usenet salvation through p2p -> news server tree delivery scheme retirement Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-06-30 09:47 +0100

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