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Twitter to use BitTorrent for backend
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 11 February, 2010
According to a new blog post, Twitter is set to begin using BitTorrent on the backend as a way to more efficiently deploy files.
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Anyone who has the battle scars that come from managing a large operational set of computers, like a large popular web site, knows all too well the challenge of deploying a new image site-wide. Often times, this needs to happen fast (think ... [ read the full article ]
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11. February 2010 @ 09:23 |
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Hahahaha they said "Murder"
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Hopium
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11. February 2010 @ 12:39 |
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i dunno how this will effect twitter users with all the isp trying to block bitorrent traffic maybe this is a win win for even people who hate twitter like me :D
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KSib
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11. February 2010 @ 21:13 |
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Why do you "hate" Twitter? I just thought you used a strong word there so I wanted to ask. Personally, I have little use for it, but I don't hate or dislike it. I just wonder why it exists when Facebook statuses already exists.
Shorter downtimes are a plus :)
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12. February 2010 @ 15:34 |
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Originally posted by KSib:
Why do you "hate" Twitter? I just thought you used a strong word there so I wanted to ask. Personally, I have little use for it, but I don't hate or dislike it. I just wonder why it exists when Facebook statuses already exists.
Shorter downtimes are a plus :)
Oh SHOOOOOOOSH!
Twitter is hateworthy. People should not be given a tool to voice their random meritless opinions or thoughts on a minute by minute basis. Stupidity is rampant in this world as is (except for myself), seeing it (reading it) first hand via Twitter is depressing. It's a brain killing website that promotes complacency, anti-free-thinking and complaining about issues that don't have an impact.
I'd better not hear another defensive peep from you about Twitter or ignorance and lack of free, rational thought will shine through like the sun through a church.
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KSib
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12. February 2010 @ 16:00 |
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You really need to calm down. I'd hate to see how you'd react to a real problem... I'm not defending Twitter, I was just ASKING why you said you hated it. Comments like "I'd better not hear another defensive peep [...]" are more obnoxious than most tweets I've seen. Some organizations use it to post server status, job postings, and other legitimate updates. Others use it for asinine things such as what they're doing in the bathroom. I grant you that there is probably a lot more of the asinine stuff, but this isn't like the first time people have been able to say whatever on the Internet and have their comment be viewed by thousands or millions of people. It's not like because of Twitter all of the stupid people in the world can say whatever they want. That power has been around for quite some time.
All I'm saying is if you're getting that bent out of shape over Twitter, I don't know how you survive on the Internet without getting a migraine. YouTube comments are much worse than tweets =/ Either you can stay bent out of shape about it or get used it to it. It's called the Internet and it's here to stay. No one is making you read tweets so stop reading them and calm that rage down.
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12. February 2010 @ 17:32 |
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I hate twitter, the only people I know who use it have way too much time on their hands or are concerned about celebrity gossip more than important things in life. My boss is sent an email out a couple weeks ago saying he wants all of his tech staff to use twitter as a means of staying in touch. I replied to all stating that I politely refuse to use twitter in my personal or professional life and I have a cell phone that has email, text, web, and IM capability and I fail to see how this would make me more accessible or in touch. Shortly after everybody but two people responded the same way. He then brought it up in a meeting and said he did not understand why we did not want to use twitter because he finds it a useful way to keep up with things like updates on his sports teams. I think that just proved my point.
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KSib
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12. February 2010 @ 18:26 |
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Weird that your boss wants you to use Twitter over email or texting =/ Yuck. Especially if what you have to say doesn't fit in the small amount of room they give you.
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12. February 2010 @ 18:31 |
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Originally posted by KSib:
Weird that your boss wants you to use Twitter over email or texting =/ Yuck. Especially if what you have to say doesn't fit in the small amount of room they give you.
Well if you met my boss you would understand. He is an ex-science teacher (no offense meant to teachers in general) and while he thinks he knows technology he doesn't. He gets distracted by new shiny things and likes to find things he likes in his personal life to keep up with his social agenda and try to use them in work. He is known for spontaneously buying something and then putting it in my lap and saying "Find a use for this and make it work" instead of taking a need and finding the right technology to fulfill that need. Thank goodness he retires in about 16 months. I work in education IT and he has been a big drain on the department and to be honest is hated by most of the teachers and is a laughing stock of our surrounding schools. I honestly do not know why the keep him around.
But while I think twitter is useless if someone finds it useful for them I guess that is cool. I guess I have more important things to do than to fill my day with status updates and if I need to send a quick message to someone I have plenty of ways to do that without subscribing to some stupid service.
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12. February 2010 @ 18:53 |
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Originally posted by bobiroc:
I hate twitter, the only people I know who use it have way too much time on their hands or are concerned about celebrity gossip more than important things in life. My boss is sent an email out a couple weeks ago saying he wants all of his tech staff to use twitter as a means of staying in touch. I replied to all stating that I politely refuse to use twitter in my personal or professional life and I have a cell phone that has email, text, web, and IM capability and I fail to see how this would make me more accessible or in touch. Shortly after everybody but two people responded the same way. He then brought it up in a meeting and said he did not understand why we did not want to use twitter because he finds it a useful way to keep up with things like updates on his sports teams. I think that just proved my point.
Good for you. Social networking (in my opinion) is pointless, i don't care about pointless, shallow celebrities nor people that want every minute of their life up for public consumption. However at least you gave a list of reasons why you wouldn't use it. Just because social networking is the current fad doesn't mean we all have to buy into it like the brainwashed herd buys into sports and everything else. I'm sure social networking sites do have the odd legitimate use but i'll wager it's a tiny percentage of what it's used for.
Even my gmail has an irritating new 'Buzz' icon. I don't care nor will i be buzzing. It's all just the latest way to further dumb down the masses, if only more people would break free of the 'koolaid' mentality and stop buying into this drivel. I use a phone to call & text, i use games consoles to play games on, i use computers to perform tasks, surf on and the odd chat via IM and IRCprograms - but note how there's no social networking mentioned anywhere there; i do spend an unhealthy amount of time on forums which is sad, i know, but i'm a techie, i am already sad. What i won't do is insult my intelligence or waste valuable minutes of my life on pointless networking sites.
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KSib
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12. February 2010 @ 19:08 |
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Indeed. I'm surprised I haven't heard Facebook come up in this conversation though. That I did use a fair amount in college to easily stay in contact with people I met and to get and talk about assignments I had. I'll agree with you about the Google buzz, it feels like another useless tool (and they just keep coming...) See what I commented on at YouTube! :/
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LissenUp
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12. February 2010 @ 19:27 |
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Originally posted by KSib:
You really need to calm down. I'd hate to see how you'd react to a real problem... I'm not defending Twitter, I was just ASKING why you said you hated it. Comments like "I'd better not hear another defensive peep [...]" are more obnoxious than most tweets I've seen. Some organizations use it to post server status, job postings, and other legitimate updates. Others use it for asinine things such as what they're doing in the bathroom. I grant you that there is probably a lot more of the asinine stuff, but this isn't like the first time people have been able to say whatever on the Internet and have their comment be viewed by thousands or millions of people. It's not like because of Twitter all of the stupid people in the world can say whatever they want. That power has been around for quite some time.
All I'm saying is if you're getting that bent out of shape over Twitter, I don't know how you survive on the Internet without getting a migraine. YouTube comments are much worse than tweets =/ Either you can stay bent out of shape about it or get used it to it. It's called the Internet and it's here to stay. No one is making you read tweets so stop reading them and calm that rage down.
I'm not in a hissy. Just passionate and steadfast about my resolve. I don't get migraines and my computer is connected to my 52" tv so I'm using it ALL THE TIME.
Here's my thought: I don't like Twitter and I don't trust people who rely or use Twitter. They aren't good decision makers and frankly, they're flaky as Hell. I can't help but picture Peg from Married With Children using Twitter 24/7 if that show were still in production.
It promotes complacency, ignorance and rampant voicing of pointless opinions falling on deaf ears.
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KSib
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12. February 2010 @ 20:08 |
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Ah okay. Sorry, I assumed you were in a hissy. That's a big screen. I'd sure have a headache if I played TF2 on that :o
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19. February 2010 @ 15:26 |
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I think some people did not clearly read,
they said they are using it on the "back end"
that means you won't see it.
Nor would ISPs interfere with the ability
to use Twitter.
Some people might not know what "back end"
means, they should immediately look it up
in a computer glossary.
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23. February 2010 @ 21:52 |
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Twitter don't kill brain cells, Tweeters do...
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