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  • DLive Joins BitTorrent Ecosystem and Begins Migration to TRON Blockchain

    01/03/2020 10:18:49 PM PST · by cba123 · 4 replies
    BitTorrent announced today that DLive, the popular blockchain-based content sharing platform, will be joining the BitTorrent ecosystem and begin the migration to the TRON blockchain. DLive and BitTorrent will be working together to bring blockchain-based peer-to-peer content sharing, including live streaming, to everyone. DLive will advertise their products and services on BitTorrent as well as using its newest service for storage.
  • Survey: business presentations are boring

    11/01/2005 10:44:26 AM PST · by misterrob · 8 replies · 355+ views
    EE Times ^ | 10/31/05 | Mark LaPedus
    SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a recent online poll of 382 business managers, some 71 percent of respondents said that they have fallen asleep or been sleepy during an “uninteresting” presentation, according to a survey by Infommersion Inc. Some 43 percent of respondents have caught other people dozing, according to Infommersion (San Diego), a developer of data visualization software. The most difficult types of presentations to remain fully awake through were individual speeches (35 percent), followed by training sessions (23 percent) and then general meetings (16 percent), according to the software firm. Webcasts revealed themselves as the easiest type of...
  • A bit of Star Wars Nostalgia-a message board discussion of RETURN OF THE JEDI

    05/18/2005 6:00:39 AM PDT · by timtoews5292004 · 14 replies · 527+ views
    google groups ^ | may, 1983 | google groups/usenet
    This is a usenet/bulletin board discussion from 1983 (or it is supposed to be, anyway) about Return of the Jedi. It is interesting to read the comments and compare how "internet speak" has changed over the years. Click the link for the discussion topics.