BitMate: A BitTorrent Client for Poor Bandwidth People

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Originally Posted by Vorx

Well i DID only read the first 2 paragraphs. TL;DR

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I can see how sounding out all of the words phonetically would be quite taxing...

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Originally Posted by TONiC

Agreed 100%, but bear in mind this program can be downloaded and used by anyone, especially by n00bs who tend to be sucked into to "faster downloads!>!!>" style programs.

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Most RIAA/MPAA "stink operations" end up being little more than shakedown/extortion schemes. In order for these to be successful, they need to pursue individuals who can be coerced into paying. IP addresses from extremely poor areas would most likely be rejected. I also doubt that those who can only download 1-2 movies per week would be more likely to attract attention than those who can grab and seed hundreds of shows/songs constantly among many, many peers.

You have been defeated on all points, good sir. Surrender. :)

*Unedited, but noted- I meant to say "sting operation", not "stink operation", but due to the fact that they are conducted by MPAA?RIAA lawyers, I'll leave it as is. :D

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Originally Posted by megabyteme

Most RIAA/MPAA "stink operations" end up being little more than shakedown/extortion schemes. In order for these to be successful, they need to pursue individuals who can be coerced into paying. IP addresses from extremely poor areas would most likely be rejected. I also doubt that those who can only download 1-2 movies per week would be more likely to attract attention than those who can grab and seed hundreds of shows/songs constantly among many, many peers.

You have been defeated on all points, good sir. Surrender. :)

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Hehehehehe!
One argument against me was "Who you gunna believe?", so I wouldn't say I was exactly annihilated by answers presented :P
A buck is a buck bro; doesn't matter if they're rich or poor <--- Just look at how this recession started; American mortgage companies lending to poor african americans, aka porch loans. I doub there is any descrimination between IPs, but having said this...

I step off my high horse and let it gallop the fuck away from me... gunna spark up this joint ;)
You win!

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Originally Posted by TONiC

So essentially, this program saves your [shitty] ISP money, which is likely not to be reinvested in your local infrastructure. If it's basing it on BW now as well, then it's doing what a "normal" BT client does then.

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Normal clients don't act like that. They pick peers randomly as far as geographical location is concerned.

Very often providers increase speeds to hosts on their own network, since they have no extra peering costs to pay. This is what I think they're getting at with:

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find local peers that may offer better bandwidth due to better path properties

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In this case, clients like BitMate would be greatly helpful. Otherwise, what you're saying would be mostly right. One could argue that with a very slow connection, only a few other peers will be required to max it out, but as long as speeds are asynchronous there will never be enough for everyone.

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Originally Posted by TONiC

So I saved my most daunting point for last:
By connecting to more "local" [nationally] you increase the risk of connecting to MPAA/Copyright firms in your country... 3 strikes? Hell, gimme a 4th. 700Euro fine? I'll take two. Tell me I lie.

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What megabyteme said (and I thought that before I read his post). Countries where connection speeds are so slow are unlikely to care about who's downloading what.

Hell, the infrastructure in my place isn't so bad (30Mbit Cable is available, and FTTH at 50Mbit is slowly becoming more accessible), and no one cares about piracy either. :idunno:

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Originally Posted by TONiC

Agreed 100%, but bear in mind this program can be downloaded and used by anyone, especially by n00bs who tend to be sucked into to "faster downloads!>!!>" style programs.

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Noobs will be put off by the fact this can't be used with uTorrent! :D

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Originally Posted by TONiC

Hehehehehe!
One argument against me was "Who you gunna believe?", so I wouldn't say I was exactly annihilated by answers presented :P
A buck is a buck bro; doesn't matter if they're rich or poor <--- Just look at how this recession started; American mortgage companies lending to poor african americans, aka porch loans. I doub there is any descrimination between IPs, but having said this...

I step off my high horse and let it gallop the fuck away from me... gunna spark up this joint ;)
You win!

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:lol: Enjoy your joint, TONiC. Since I don't have one, you win after all. :(

Off topic: Anon you win as well

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Originally Posted by TONiC

Off topic: Anon you win as well

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Yay! :hooray:

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Originally Posted by Vorx

sounds like a cheat client...

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where is the dumbest post award?

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Originally Posted by bijoy

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Originally Posted by Vorx

sounds like a cheat client...

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where is the dumb as a post award?

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Fixed.

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Originally Posted by bijoy

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Originally Posted by Vorx

sounds like a cheat client...

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where is the dumbest post award?

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by bijoy

where is the dumbest post award?

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Wherever it is that you stored it. :shifty: