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- heraghty, on 10/12/2007, -7/+42What the @$%£^*$€>? I'm none the wiser...
And to be honest, if I ever find myself at a party where someone asks me how bittorrent works, I think I'll find myself another party. - MackPrime, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23it's much easier to think it's an orgy of 1's and 0's. Everyone's giving and getting.
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Hell no, that's some kind of rockin' party. I wouldn't leave until people start the Kirk/Spock slashporn conversations.
- MrBabyMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Direct link to Java App:
http://www.aphid.org/btsim/ - simpleprimate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Not at a party, but definitely a couple times just hanging out with friends.
- Protoss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"[link via Digg]"
Um...What the hell? It's a blog, linking BACK to Digg. - Alchemeron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I prefer this illustration for explaining Bit Torrent: http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20060621.jpg
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10And a little more info about what you're seeing:
http://torrentfreak.com/why-bittorrent-works/ - moovitz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11has anyone EVER asked you at a party "how does bittorrent work"?
- woodcoxcb, on 10/12/2007, -11/+18I can't believe I'm the first n00blet to scream DUPE!!!
http://digg.com/software/BitTorrent_Simulator_How_and_Why_BitTorrent_works
Not to be a downer or anything, I really like the simulator, I just read the title and thought for sure there would be a million and a half DUPE notifications in the comments... - zoom1928, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Agreed. These dupes are getting annoying.
- jjb123, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Yes.
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This is the sort of thing I'm liable to be asked by family at Thanksgiving, personally.
Last year, it was "Can I just disable cookies entirely?" - chiklit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Annoying perhaps, but then you'll get dugg down for mentioning that fact.
- johnham, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Wow...it's hypnotic.
Also; is bittorrent really that hard to understand? As an abstract concept it's incredibly simple. - spliffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3never have floating colored balls been so informativish!
- Botunda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Why oh why Java!?!?!? C'mon now. FLash baby!!!
- NoOneButMe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I prefer http://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrentSpecification - much more in depth about the protocol itself and how it works instead of just getting the basic gist of what's visible on the surface :)
- osbjmg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Beautiful.
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't think the balls have to rotate around.
- xamox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Azureus has a plugin that lets you see your traffic like this in real time. Doesn't looks as chaotic and is more configurable.
- CircusNinja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1chicks dig bit torrent
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, most of you commented on the whole 'if you got asked this at a party' line...
If you ask me, I believe that most of the people here, regardless of whether they understood BitTorrent or not, would respond in the same fashion....
"stfu n00b, rtfm"
Then proceed to try and 'kick' the poor fellow out of the room...
Appalling. Absolutely appalling. - Phantom784, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I just kept hitting + and S and made art with it!!! Didn't teach me much about torrent, however...
- tc811, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1haha, great comic strip. Definitely explains it better than this 'visual' demonstration.
- StephenBrown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The Digg effect takes it's next kill!
Coral Cache: http://aphid.org.nyud.net:8080/btsim/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here's another easy to understand guide:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent - socoolisme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1who ever digg me down is an ass penis and should ***** his devorced parents coz he suck to muck ***** and same goes to all of u butt vaginas who can't digg me up coz my joke was funny and u no it.
- thomashallock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No, but I've randomly told people how it works when there's nothing else to talk about.
- overacid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"The next time you're at a party and somebody asks you how the BitTorrent protocol works, you could ..."
The next time you are at a party and somebody asks you how the BitTorrent protocol works, that's when you realise that either a) you're a nerd and you haven't been laid for over a year or b) you're at the wrong party. Turn, proceed directly to the nearest exit, do not pass go, do not collect 2 hundred dollars, and re-evaluate your socialising options and/or circle of friends. - MightyGiant, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Looks like that one 3D plugin for Azureus.
- MikeWilson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1haha Yea, If that topic comes up, you need to slowly back away and turn and jump out the door.
- thomashallock, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1If you want a real-life BT visualizer for the Mac, there's Bits On Wheels. It only shows traffic to - from your system. http://www.bitsonwheels.com/
- xxrazor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2this is just linked to a blog which is linked to the same java applet that got dugg less than a month ago
- socoolisme, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2All I know about bit torrent is that I can download Cars without buying the DVD.
- MrBabyMan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Whoa! Just noticed that myself. Sorry 'bout that, my bad.
- MuTeD, on 10/12/2007, -10/+8Edit digg down
- mirek, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4Sounds like a lame party when people start asking about BT protocols
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2i hate when this type of stuff makes the front page.
- rubicante, on 10/12/2007, -22/+3You're an idiot.
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