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#172378 - 28/07/2003 14:22 earth station 5
RobotCaleb pooh-bah Registered: 15/01/2002 Posts: 1866 Loc: Austin	just found this, only about 2 months old. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/06062003c.php sounds promising. unfortunately i cant hit their site at http://earthstationv.com
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#172379 - 28/07/2003 15:09 Re: earth station 5 [Re: RobotCaleb]
Mach old hand Registered: 15/07/2002 Posts: 828 Loc: Texas, USA	I can't find much about it anywhere which is very surprising if you believe their website. How could it not be on the news if their thumbing their nose at the RIAA from a Jenin Refuge camp? I did find this in dejanews but it has no source to back up the claims... : The Earthstation 5 (ES5) P2P app, which boasts anonymous sharing : and security, is actually software designed by contractors hired : by the RIAA! The "Dating" feature was designed to trick users : into entering their personal info, which makes it easier for the : RIAA to compile statistics and track down users. All traffic : statistics are routed through proxies operated by agencies : working for the RIAA, most notably BayTSP and MediaForce. The : cheesy outerspace theme was designed to appeal to newbies while : appearing to have a feeling of security to it without scaring : away the non-techies. Company info for ES5 is very vague, ... : can you guess why? : : ES5 is just one of the many projects in effect by the RIAA. The : MPAA is staying somewhat neutral at the moment, but has similiar : plans in store. : : BOTTOM LINE: DO NOT USE ES5! Either way, I figure this would be big news. WTF? I did find this.... http://tinyurl.com/ibuq searching through Wired. Slashdot has only one mention which is fairly cryptic. Earthstation 5 has grown from a simple P2P network to the largest P2P portal in the world with an average of 11,536,240 simultaneous users on-line at any given moment of the day or night. Currently, new users are downloading Earthstation 5 software located at http://www.earthstation5.com/ on a average of 500,000 times per day in the 18 languages that Earthstation 5 currently offers. Hmmm, Lord of the Rings trailer hit 1.7M downloads per day. What kind of hardware would to they need to support 0.5M/day? Here's another story... http://tinyurl.com/ibws Edited by Mach (28/07/2003 15:35)
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#172380 - 29/07/2003 08:23 Re: earth station 5 [Re: Mach]
tonyc carpal tunnel Registered: 27/06/1999 Posts: 7058 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA	Y'know, I was feeling particularly bold last night, so I gave this a shot. It's not bad at all. The library of content needs to grow a bit to catch up with Kazaa et. al, but the download speeds, search features, and other goodies are pretty nice. It lets you choose which ports it runs on (it runs its own HTTP and HTTPS servers internally) and the privacy options seem good. I don't buy the RIAA hype mentioned above, and what the RIAA is already doing is illegal and will be stopped soon, Verizon lawsuit notwithstanding. I'd say once word of this program spreads, and once they refine it a little, this will be the dominant P2P sharing app. _________________________ - Tony C my empeg stuff
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#172381 - 29/07/2003 08:44 Re: earth station 5 [Re: tonyc]
Mach old hand Registered: 15/07/2002 Posts: 828 Loc: Texas, USA	I'm not sure what to believe. My WTF meter starting pegging when I couldn't find anything in the main stream news about a P2P that's claiming to be taking on the RIAA AND the internet porn industry. Every time the RIAA slithers another tentacle, 15 versions of the same story pop up on the news wires. I would have thought there would have been a stampede to get the scoop on these guys. Instead, all there is in the news is ESV's own press releases.
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#172382 - 29/07/2003 09:44 Re: earth station 5 [Re: tonyc]
RobotCaleb pooh-bah Registered: 15/01/2002 Posts: 1866 Loc: Austin	yeah, its got me intrigued too. in about a week i should have my new home computer built and i think ill give it a try. you get it from download.com or are you able to hit its site? some of the stuff i read said its horribly ugly, is it really all that bad looking?
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#172383 - 29/07/2003 09:47 Re: earth station 5 [Re: RobotCaleb]
tonyc carpal tunnel Registered: 27/06/1999 Posts: 7058 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA	The interface could use some work. I'm not in love with the color scheme, etc... But after a few minutes I got used to it. _________________________ - Tony C my empeg stuff
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#172384 - 03/10/2003 10:57 Re: earth station 5 [Re: RobotCaleb]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Since some of you might have left this installed: EartStation (sic) 5 P2P application contains malicious code _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#172385 - 03/10/2003 14:10 Re: earth station 5 [Re: wfaulk]
trs24 old hand Registered: 20/03/2002 Posts: 729 Loc: Palo Alto, CA	veeeeeery iiinterestink. - trs _________________________ - trs
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#172386 - 03/10/2003 17:42 Re: earth station 5 [Re: wfaulk]
RobotCaleb pooh-bah Registered: 15/01/2002 Posts: 1866 Loc: Austin	thank you. very interesting.
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#172387 - 05/10/2003 22:38 Re: earth station 5 [Re: RobotCaleb]
image old hand Registered: 28/04/2002 Posts: 770 Loc: Los Angeles, CA	and a quick retort. i personally haven't used the software yet, but it only takes any kind of publicity (even bad publicity) to spark interest.
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#172388 - 05/10/2003 23:32 Re: earth station 5 [Re: image]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31565 Loc: Seattle, WA	Wow, I just read that response. Talk about taking the high road. Although the line about "we acknowledge that he might be perfect" is so dripping with sarcasm it's tough to take the rest of the letter seriously. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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