It can still be a one-click (or few-click) operation for the app to initiate pairing over bluetooth and upload itself to the recipient's computer or phone.
Cheers, --mlp On Feb 6, 2011 12:14 AM, "Serguei Osokine" <oso...@osokin.com> wrote: > On Saturday, February 05, 2011 Jeff Rose wrote: >> Maybe one important step for rapid adoption in crisis situations is >> P2P application download and install. If it was a one click operation >> to grab a mesh-enabled twitter app from your friend it would spread >> quickly. > > To download it from your friend when the net is down, you must already > have it - otherwise, what are you going to download it with? :) > > Fortunately, adding the mesh capacity to the "regular" P2P apps only > makes them better, so I wouldn't worry about the adoption rate if this > deployment route is chosen. There's no lack of preinstalled P2P apps > pretty much anywhere in the world. > > Best wishes - > S.Osokine. > 5 Feb 2011. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: p2p-hackers-boun...@lists.zooko.com > [mailto:p2p-hackers-boun...@lists.zooko.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Rose > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 7:49 AM > To: theory and practice of decentralized computer networks > Subject: Re: [p2p-hackers] What we should build for the Egyptian (and > other)protesters > > > Great thread David. Helping in this kind of situation is what drew me > to P2P, and I wish we would have this kind of discussion more often > here. > > On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Julian Cain <jul...@junglecat.org> wrote: > >> The answer is alternative communications. Ham, CB, etc. With those the > possibilities are endless. They are very reliable. They are very scalable. > They can carry "any" message payload. > > With the consolidation of ISPs building alternative networks is going > to be the major hurdle we'll have to cross to enable a P2P internet, > even on a local scale. Otherwise the people will be beholden to the > kill switch, and (P2P) traffic that is deemed undesirable will be > easily filtered. > > These steerable plasma antennas that are being looked at for future > versions of wifi could be one technology that opens the door for > community driven mesh networks: > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827904.600-wireless-at-the-speed-of- > plasma.html > > Maybe one important step for rapid adoption in crisis situations is > P2P application download and install. If it was a one click operation > to grab a mesh-enabled twitter app from your friend it would spread > quickly. > > -Jeff > _______________________________________________ > p2p-hackers mailing list > p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com > http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers > > _______________________________________________ > p2p-hackers mailing list > p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com > http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
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