Archive for 'bittorrent' Category

The Pirates Can’t Be Stopped

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, January 17, 2008

Have a read of this long but interesting article talking about piracy, including an interview with ‘Ethan’, the hacker who broke into Media Defender.

Piracy used to measure popularity of TV programs

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 17, 2007

“TV executives are starting to sit up and use online media to gauge the popularity of their programs.” Read more…

PirateBay Plans to Buy Sealand and Become Own Country

By Surferbill - Last updated: Friday, January 12, 2007

Bittorrent tracker PirateBay.org, currently based in Sweden, plans to purchase the man-made island-country, Sealand, off the coast of the UK. Sealand is its own country, and the PirateBay would not be subject to the jurisdiction of any nations if it relocated to the island. TPB is seeking donations to help go through with this plan.read [...]

The BitTorrent Effect

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, January 13, 2005

Wired article about BitTorrent and it’s creator, Bram Cohen.

burst! – FAQ

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2003

What do the letters ODIC mean in the seeder viewmode? O – Optimistic connection, this should rotate around, it’s trying to find the fastest person to upload to. D – Direction, (L)ocally or (R)emotely initiated I – Interested, if they want anything you have C – Choked, everyone you aren’t uploading to is choked.