Sexy Jihad

Bram Cohen (Bittorrent creator) has written a piece on his blog in which he publishes his thoughts to Microsofts supposed bittorrent replacement, Avalanche. As you can probably guess, he’s less than enthousiastic:
One thing badly missing from this paper is back-of-the-envelope calculations about all of the work necessary to implement error correction. Potential problems are on […]

Once again Microsoft shows that it can’t keep it’s fat grubby fingers off something good and pure:
Microsoft researchers in Cambridge, UK, are developing their own peer-to-peer file-sharing software.
Codenamed Avalanche, the program makes it easy to share content by dividing files such as software, audio or video, into chunks, much like BitTorrent.
Using “network coding”, it can […]

The BBC has an interesting article on a GQ Magazine interview with one of Saddam Husseins guards:
He described the former leader’s daily routine of toilet visits, mealtimes, recreation and regular medical check-ups.
In his cell there was a bed, a toilet, a chair, a towel, some books and a prayer rug.
The former leader would often spend […]

GRYNX has written a howto on making good use of that old disfunctional laptop that’s just lying around:
Welcome to my guide on how to convert a laptop into a walltop (that is what is hanging in the middle frame). First, let’s clear out the expression walltop. It’s comes simply from a laptop that is mounted […]