1988 Trans Am footage

[Brett Dikeman]

On Jan 14, 2006, at 10:54 PM, Tessie McMillan wrote:

> Well, at 56K (I don't "do" high bandwith once I get away from work) it
> only took me 1-1/2 hours to download... LOL!... but I considered it  
> worth
> it once I saw the video. Was that really Walter Roehrl driving?
>
> I have to say, I am a little suspicious of the "seeding" that bit  
> torrent
> does...

Bittorrent is really for broadband connections, because it is  
generally used on fairly large files.

The 'seeding' bit is what makes it practical to distribute large  
files; everyone pitches in to send pieces to everyone else, and peers  
who share the most are given preference by other peers (theory being  
that a chunk of data does the most good being given to someone who is  
sharing quite a bit back.)  The BitTorrent metafile (.torrent)  
contains information to verify each chunk to make sure you haven't  
been given "bogus" data.

Sharing a 700MB file among 1000 people becomes a matter of uploading  
~700MB data for the person sharing the file...instead of uploading  
700x1000MB.  It is particularly effective if you combine it with a  
little "sneakernet" (ie, handing off a copy to a friend via CD/DVD)  
to provide more than one initial "seed".

Brett