adhoc32

It was usenet for sure, probably the rec.games.programmer.

I'm not disputing the legal status. Obviously downloading copyrighted material is illegal. I'm asking how they're going to enforce the law in a scheme like that. In order to have strong evidence you have to get physical access to the computer committing the crime. But in most free countries you can't raid houses without having evidence in the first place.

You don't know that, only the owner of the URL knows what's what. The network can also store copyright free files.

So, the copyright owners will have a more difficulty job going after the users of the network. They have to prove that there is copyright infringement by monitoring the blocks downloaded as opposed to BitTorrent file hash identification.

Sure, but I have a question: Is this network illegal? Or the real copyright infringement is the URL used to reconstruct the copyrighted work?

This. Any block of data can be used to reconstruct anything on the network.

Not sure why, just tested it in native dosbox and it works.

edit: try pressing any arrow key when the fractal is drawing.

    ~controls :

    Player 1        Player 2 (or arrows)

       W               8
     A + D           4 + 6
       X               2

I did the same thing! The year was 1997. There was some kind of online coding competition back then if I recall correctly. Mine is larger (256 bytes) but it has a nice background image (a mandelbrot fractal). Here is the binary:

    M8CO4LATzRC7JABmZP83ZMcHvwFkjE8CaACgB7AI+jPJSfOqv0ABscaqUL3C/jPAM9tXvxAAZg+/
    8w+v2GaYZvfoZovQZg+v9mYrxmbB+AcrxS0AAcH7BivZg8NkZgPWZsHqEHUDT3XNi8cEEF+qRXW8
    WKris/u/6Hu+2HyL6rv///7EsQK62gPsqAh1++yoCHT74vGwCSaAPQ+qdoBP/sAmgDwPJogED4Zy
    /wP9A/P+zHXOZmSPBiQAsAPNEMPkYIrgPC11A71AATwRdQO9wP48HnUDvf//PCB1A70BADxQdQO7
    QAE8SHUDu8D+PEt1A7v//zxNdQO7AQCwIOYgzw==

And kids, this is how I learned to program.

* Do you have the resources to secure the network using POW mining?

This is a big "no" for every project excluding bitcoin.

that's a reasonable explanation

So based on the outcome so far (107 deaths, 63 fully recovered) the survival rate is 37%?

real heroes don't wear capes

good point

I have no idea. Just trying to make a point for the utility of the project. Maybe rare earth elements or something else yet to be discovered?

How about moving stuff _from_ the Moon back to Earth. Harvesting the Moon for rare materials is going to be relatively cheap.

Hashcash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash

Total Commander

Greece has been there, done that.