In message <20030103103602.DD97457DA6 at hawk.freenetproject.org>, Cruise <cruise at casual-tempest.net> writes >>Ive been trying to rethink the What is Freenet??section of the >>site. In my opinion this is the most important part of the site as it >>is the part that most people will read first. Ive attached my attempt >>at writing the section. Quite a few parts were borrowed from the >>existing text that Ian wrote. I think the two most important things >>when explaining what Freenet is should be to emphasise that it is for >>freedom of speech and not another filesharing network. The other thing >>was to make sure to point out that Freenet isnt just restricted to >>sharing files with one another. > >I think you manage that pretty well. >? > >>I dont think this section should be too technical, it is mainly to >>spark a interest with the reader and to get across a very basic >>understanding of what Freenet is. More detailed information should be >>in the documentation and already exists in the papers we have for download. > >Agreed. So I'd suggest the "Significantly, Freenet generally requires >log(n) time to retrieve a piece of information in a network of size n." >line in the bullet list at the top be dropped. It's probably worth >mentioning at some point (maybe in another part of the site), but it's >way too technical for a quick summary of Freenet's features. >
I strongly disagree, it gets across a point better than pages of waffle about routing, and if people can't understand simple maths then they shouldn't be allowed to have computers (or live in houses). > >[ cruise / casual-tempest.net / transference.org ] > > >_______________________________________________ >devl mailing list >devl at freenetproject.org >http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -- Roger Hayter _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
