just reading gnutella triggered a really old memory of times when Ares, Limewire and eMule where places to try your luck getting mp3s and software
felooboolooomba•41m ago
Back in the day as a teenager. Downloaded mp3 that was labelled with title and artist and .mp3 extension. It wasn't. What it was caused me to wipe my hard drive and reinstall everything. Fkuc that shit. Apart from that, many good stuff was had.
leeoniya•30m ago
or was it Windows hiding file extensions by default and you downloaded a .mp3.exe file?
netsharc•21m ago
Isn't it just great how a decision made by some genius in Microsoft decades ago caused so much confusion and mess. Even on Windows 11 the default is to hide extensions, because, geez, wouldn't want to confuse people with change after decades of it being like that.
Although, was the hiding something that the Mac introduced?
The idea of the last part of the filename (after the period) determining what program is launched to handle the file is odd anyway...
I wonder if the Windows spyware infrastructure measures what % of people turn off extension hiding..
culi•12m ago
Docuwiki (not to be confused with DokuWiki) is still the most thorough source I've seen for niche documentaries.
It is all ed2k links. Unfortunately modern clients for ed2k are quite lacking
rrgok•11m ago
Shareaza was the goat. It had 4 or 5 protocols.
bellowsgulch•2d ago
That’s what Limewire used? It definitely came pre-bootstrapped then.
rickcarlino•1d ago
Are you asking if lime wire used Gnutella Web Cache for bootstrapping? I’m not sure. GWebCache is one of many possible ways to boot strap, and I have not run lime wire in over a decade. I saw that GTKGnutella moved off of GWebCache sometime ago and uses some sort UDP based tool now. I am fairly certain that Shareaza still uses it because I see those results come up in my Web cache pull from time to time. I have seen a few advertisements from lime wire fork projects as well.
thiscatis•24m ago
Great memories of limewire but unfortunately its creator has gone full MAGA/MAHA, dropped all scientific knowledge he ever had by funding RFK Jr. and is even advocating cancelling child vaccination schedules.
kderbe•16m ago
I would read a follow-up about LimeWire's dynamic query routing. I enjoyed the writing style very much and now I'm reading Rick's other articles on topics that normally wouldn't interest me. Thanks Rick!
itsthecourier•2d ago
felooboolooomba•41m ago
leeoniya•30m ago
netsharc•21m ago
Although, was the hiding something that the Mac introduced?
The idea of the last part of the filename (after the period) determining what program is launched to handle the file is odd anyway...
I wonder if the Windows spyware infrastructure measures what % of people turn off extension hiding..
culi•12m ago
https://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Category:Name
It is all ed2k links. Unfortunately modern clients for ed2k are quite lacking
rrgok•11m ago