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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst
From: |
Benja Fallenstein |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Nov 2003 04:42:27 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden> 03/11/10 04:42:27
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
remove media player example from applications as jvk suggested (sigh)
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.199&tr2=1.200&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.199
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.200
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.199 Mon Nov 10 04:41:09 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Mon Nov 10 04:42:27 2003
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@
remain accessible as long as at least only one person keeps a copy.
We discuss our preliminary implementation
-as well as other possible applications of pointer records
-and the Storm data model.
+of pointer records
+and the Storm data model as well as a possible
+application in software updating.
.. This loses a major benefit of filesharing:
@@ -536,10 +537,9 @@
Applications
============
-In this section, we discuss four possible applications
+In this section, we discuss three possible applications
of pointer records and the Storm data model:
A P2P Web, a distributed Wayback Machine,
-a P2P-enabled media player,
and software updates akin to Debian ``apt`` and Windows Update.
**A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogeneous Web.**
@@ -594,19 +594,19 @@
as the rest of the file-shared web, simply configured slightly
differently.
-**A P2P-enabled media player** could
-use the Storm data model to manage the local collection
-of media files. Using the Storm API, it could provide search over
-both local files and files on the P2P Web
-in a network-transparent fashion. When a user
-downloads a playlist from the P2P Web, songs
-that aren't in the local media library could be
-downloaded automatically, if publicly available.
-For versioned media files, the player could
-notify the user of updates or download them automatically;
-for example, after spelling and translation errors
-in a movie's subtitles have been corrected.
-
+.. **A P2P-enabled media player** could
+ use the Storm data model to manage the local collection
+ of media files. Using the Storm API, it could provide search over
+ both local files and files on the P2P Web
+ in a network-transparent fashion. When a user
+ downloads a playlist from the P2P Web, songs
+ that aren't in the local media library could be
+ downloaded automatically, if publicly available.
+ For versioned media files, the player could
+ notify the user of updates or download them automatically;
+ for example, after spelling and translation errors
+ in a movie's subtitles have been corrected.
+
**Software updates:**
Pointer records could be used to implement
a P2P version of software upgrades
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst,
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- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10