P2P service judged not violating copyright law
“…a product that has legitimate uses can’t be deemed illegal because some people use it for unlawful purposes”
Wikis
Ok. Gotta find out once and for all what the nature of this animal is.
I went to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page one of the most popular Wikis of an online encyclopedia to research the topic. I include for future reference these useful pages:
WikiLog-combining wikis and weblogs
Wiki as a Weblog
Starting your own Wiki
I setup a wiki named SDWiki at seedwiki.com. Just type in SDWiki in the Find a Wiki field in the upper tight corner.
Serving up your own wiki
WikiPedia Debate
MediaWiki
WikiCities
OpenWiki
DokuWiki
SeedWiki –
…we both find seedwiki’s user interface to be more difficult. That is why I want to try swiki. The one advantage that LiveJournal has is the availability of client programs to make entries without using a browser, or being online. [E-Portfolios for Learning]
PBWiki – PBWIki has a nice uncluttered interface. They make it easy to change the theme of your site. I love that PBWiki has added RSS support. I’ve become more familiar with Wiki’s since I first created this post, and enjoy using them, however they still don’t feel quite ready for mainstream use. The first issue I have with Wiki’s is the special coding you must know to format your text. I don’t understand why they don’t offer WYSWIG editing or at least use HTML to do the formatting. The second issue is that management of changes and rollbacks seem primitive. I’m waiting for the day they incorporate a true DIFF display of changes that us programmers are accustomed to using for code.
www.wikimatrix.org – awesome site comparing wiki software. I used their help-me-choose wizard and got exactly one match:
Okay. You want
some installable software with WYSIWYG editing and a page history which uses file based storage and is Free and Open Source and which is written in C or C# or C#/XSLT or C++.There is exactly one Wiki available matching your criteria:
- Perspective
Comment on Pluck
Steve Gilmer has this to say about Pluck [link]
Where NewsGator embeds itself in Outlook, Pluck commandeers IE. In effect, it’s a Safari RSS play a year early, creating a mail client-like, three-pane interface with search, RSS and Web sharing spaces. Pluck’s business model appears to be a hybrid of Google and Bloglines, a sort of Gmail-for-RSS concoction that depends on a blend of targeted search and community.
Advice on threesomes
If I’m ever ready to move up to a tri-screen setup, here are some reference links
Can Goggle Netscape Microsoft?
BitTorrent
What Are the Good BitTorrent Search Engines?
Mentioned: MiniNova.org, Isohunt.com, Torrentspy.com, Torrentreactor.to, Bi-Torrent.com, btefnet.net
How BitTorrent it works:
It [BitTorrent] divides shared data (a single file or a directory) into pieces, typically of 256 KiB. A SHA-1 checksum is computed for each piece, and used to check the piece has been correctly downloaded. The checksums are stored in a .torrent file, along with filenames. The .torrent file also nominates a tracker, a Web resource that introduces peers to each other. Peers contact each other, learn what pieces they have available, request the rarest (least commonly seen) pieces first, and send requested pieces.
[Via Don]
Torrent resources
TorrentSearch
BitTorrent Client Shootout
Social Networking services. Where’s the beef?
Some aren’t buying the social network phenomena. Sample comment from Dan Gillmer’s post:
Ingrid, IMHO Orkut and Technorati are useful for ‘running into’ new people to meet but are not useful for creating or reinforcing groups because the they do not provide compelling communication channels that binds people. Belonging to an Orkut community, for example, involves is no more compelling than joining a book club.
Five reasons Social Networking doesn’t work [via Scoble]