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Comment YouTube video (Score 1) 246

by mattmcm on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @11:29AM (#27419493) Attached to: Google Launches CADIE, the First True AI

Ah, the beautiful screech of modem dialling.

Comment Re:The April Fool (Score 1) 1582

by mattmcm on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @10:56AM (#27418823) Attached to: Slashdot Launches User Achievements

Generic comment along the lines of 'me too.'

Researchers Warn of Possible BitTorrent Meltdown 294

Posted by kdawson on Friday February 13, 2009 @09:45AM from the domino-effect dept.

secmartin writes "Researchers at Delft University warn that large parts of the BitTorrent network might collapse if The Pirate Bay is forced to shut down. A large part of the available torrents use The Pirate Bay as tracker, and other available trackers will probably be overloaded if all traffic is shifted there. TPB is currently using eight servers for their trackers. According to the researchers, even trackerless torrents using the DHT protocol will face problems: 'One bug in a DHT sorting routine ensures that it can only "stumble upon success", meaning torrent downloads will not start in seconds or minutes if Pirate Bay goes down in flames.'"

Comment Re:Hosting providers (Score 2, Informative) 168

by mattmcm on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @08:33PM (#24222543) Attached to: MySQL Readies Release Candidate For 5.1

1and1 allow you to choose both 4 and 5. You choose the version when creating a database on their management page. I don't know about other webhosts, though.

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