Do the Inventors of P2P/Torrents deserve a nobel prize?

What do you people think.

I think yes, because never in history has mankind been able to get their hands on pretty much any kind of "information" for free before the invention of torrent.

To moderators: I am not encourogingor endorsing the use of P2P and torrents, so please do not close the thread. This is for statistical purposes only.

Torrents came after usenet, and are heavily inferior to usenet.

Usenet is full of information, torrents are all idiotic pirates stealing things.

Haha, yes i know, I do use usenet, but there isnt as much "information" available as torrents.G-T-A---M-A-D

[QUOTE="G-T-A---M-A-D"]Haha, yes i know, I do use usenet, but there isnt as much "information" available as torrents.Andrew_Xavier

Can you not see my quotation marks? :lol::lol::lol:

A nobel Prize in what? Ohysics? No. Chemistry? No. World Peace? No.

:lol: Are you kidding? No.

ITT: ignorance.

Torrents/P2P networks DO NOT mean piracy, but a great sharing method, much superior to the old server ways.

Then again, if they gave one to Al Gore, I suppose they they can give the award to anyone.

Well the invention of it has revolutionized the world in some aspects, whether it is used for piracy or not.G-T-A---M-A-D

[QUOTE="G-T-A---M-A-D"]Well the invention of it has revolutionized the world in some aspects, whether it is used for piracy or not.BumFluff122

Bands make their albums available for free on P2P networks (NIN, Radiohead), demos and applications are being delivered by their developers like this and many content delivery systems start using this technology because it's really faster and has many advantages. Even games start using P2P technologies for multiplayer connections.

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[QUOTE="G-T-A---M-A-D"]Well the invention of it has revolutionized the world in some aspects, whether it is used for piracy or not.Baranga

Bands make their albums available for free on P2P networks (NIN, Radiohead), demos and applications are being delivered by their developers like this and many content delivery systems start using this technology because it's really faster and has many advantages. Even games start using P2P technologies for multiplayer connections.

The Nobel Prizes can only be awarded in these categories.

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[QUOTE="BumFluff122"]No it hasn't.

BumFluff122

Bands make their albums available for free on P2P networks (NIN, Radiohead), demos and applications are being delivered by their developers like this and many content delivery systems start using this technology because it's really faster and has many advantages. Even games start using P2P technologies for multiplayer connections.

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

Bands make their albums available for free on P2P networks (NIN, Radiohead), demos and applications are being delivered by their developers like this and many content delivery systems start using this technology because it's really faster and has many advantages. Even games start using P2P technologies for multiplayer connections.

BumFluff122

Nobody in none of those? It's like awarding it to the creator of MP3.

i believe they should get an award, torrents can be used for good and not only piracy. They were never meant for piracy in the first place.

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[QUOTE="Baranga"]

Bands make their albums available for free on P2P networks (NIN, Radiohead), demos and applications are being delivered by their developers like this and many content delivery systems start using this technology because it's really faster and has many advantages. Even games start using P2P technologies for multiplayer connections.

Baranga

Nobody in none of those? It's like awarding it to the creator of MP3.

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[QUOTE="BumFluff122"]There is a Nobel Prize in Physics, a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, a Nobel Prize in Medicine, a Nobel Prize in Literature, a Nobel Peace Prize and a Nobel Prize in Economics. Who do you think should win this prize and in what category?

BumFluff122

Nobody in none of those? It's like awarding it to the creator of MP3.

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[QUOTE="Baranga"]

Nobody in none of those? It's like awarding it to the creator of MP3.

G-T-A---M-A-D

You obviously just looked at the title of the article and posted it.

From the article:

"The prize was awarded for work on magnetoelectronics, also known as spintronics.

It uses the spin of the electron to store and transport information instead of the electrical charge, meaning much more information could be kept in a smaller space than before.

Fert and Gruenberg made independent discoveries of the giant magnetoresistance phenomenon, considered the birth of spintronics, in the late 1980s.

They found weak magnetic fields force large changes in electrical resistance. That allows the conversion of data stored magnetically into electric signals the computer can read.

The technology allowed the development of handheld devices such as iPod music players and mobile phones with lots of functions."

Am I the only one who still buys music CD's?

Am I the only one who still buys music CD's?

Abicus7

What do you people think.

I think yes, because never in history has mankind been able to get their hands on pretty much any kind of "information" for free before the invention of torrent.

G-T-A---M-A-D

. . . . . . .Libraries and the Internet didn't exist before torrents?

No, even if it was the greatest invention ever, I don't think they would get the nobel prize because it's illegal.

No, even if it was the greatest invention ever, I don't think they would get the nobel prize because it's illegal.

awssk8er716

All these people here trying to pretend they are saints, but i know everyone uses it. just admit it.G-T-A---M-A-D

[QUOTE="G-T-A---M-A-D"]All these people here trying to pretend they are saints, but i know everyone uses it. just admit it.BumFluff122

They must be deserving it. EVen it is illegal.

Sometimes illegal is good.

No, even if it was the greatest invention ever, I don't think they would get the nobel prize because it's illegal.

awssk8er716

Depends on the usage.

Other than that it's just like any other form of grabbing data from a server.

They deserve mad recognition, but not a Nobel Proze, especially since all piracy does is undermine the world economy. (that being said, I'm guilty of it)

lol nobel prize ??

I think yes, because never in history has mankind been able to get their hands on pretty much any kind of "information" for free before the invention of torrent.

G-T-A---M-A-D

Um, first we had public speeches, then we had libraries, and then the radio, and then the television, and then we had the Internet. :|

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[QUOTE="G-T-A---M-A-D"]All these people here trying to pretend they are saints, but i know everyone uses it. just admit it.G-T-A---M-A-D

No, even if it was the greatest invention ever, I don't think they would get the nobel prize because it's illegal.

awssk8er716

[QUOTE="G-T-A---M-A-D"][QUOTE="BumFluff122"]Some ISPs do not allow the use of torrent files. Mine is one of them. No I don't use torrents.

BumFluff122

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[QUOTE="G-T-A---M-A-D"] wow really? so much for freedom of speech. hope they dont bring it here to Australia.G-T-A---M-A-D

[QUOTE="G-T-A---M-A-D"][QUOTE="BumFluff122"]How is that against freedom of speach?

BumFluff122

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[QUOTE="G-T-A---M-A-D"] Becuase they are preventing you from expressing your rights and freedom as a human in a democratic country over the internet, which should never be blocked.Famiking

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

[QUOTE="BumFluff122"]No it hasn't.

BumFluff122

Bands make their albums available for free on P2P networks (NIN, Radiohead), demos and applications are being delivered by their developers like this and many content delivery systems start using this technology because it's really faster and has many advantages. Even games start using P2P technologies for multiplayer connections.

Economics