Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading question
On 2009/10/22, at 20:26, Allen Fisher wrote: I suggested this when I worked at MM, but P2P has such a bad rap...despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the perception of P2P in the world is that it's only good for violating copyright. And attacking the far-end. I used to work for one of the two network switch manufactures who can decrypt P2P packets. You won't believe how dangerous P2P packets are. It's so easy to embed attac-kware in P2P packets, and you won't get caught. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Greater Boston http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading question
Hi Allen, Am 23.10.2009 um 02:26 schrieb Allen Fisher: On Oct 22, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Gerhard Torges wrote: Am 22.10.2009 um 01:29 schrieb Christopher Smith: It downloaded about a hundred times faster for me next day, probably because I had about a hundredth of the peers downloading it at the same time as I had the previous day. Seems like a good candidate for peer-to-peer distribution. ;-) I suggested this when I worked at MM, but P2P has such a bad rap...despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the perception of P2P in the world is that it's only good for violating copyright. Plus, there's no P2P client software bundled with Windows. On the other hands, speed and builtin integrity checks are both strong arguments for P2P. Gerhard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading question
I suggested this when I worked at MM, but P2P has such a bad rap...despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the perception of P2P in the world is that it's only good for violating copyright. On Oct 22, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Gerhard Torges wrote: Am 22.10.2009 um 01:29 schrieb Christopher Smith: It downloaded about a hundred times faster for me next day, probably because I had about a hundredth of the peers downloading it at the same time as I had the previous day. Seems like a good candidate for peer-to-peer distribution. ;-) Gerhard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Allen Fisher Founder and Principal Developer Fisher Art and Technology al...@fisherartandtech.com i...@fisherartandtech.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading question
Am 22.10.2009 um 01:29 schrieb Christopher Smith: It downloaded about a hundred times faster for me next day, probably because I had about a hundredth of the peers downloading it at the same time as I had the previous day. Seems like a good candidate for peer-to-peer distribution. ;-) Gerhard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading question
Am 22.10.2009 um 01:29 schrieb Christopher Smith: It downloaded about a hundred times faster for me next day, probably because I had about a hundredth of the peers downloading it at the same time as I had the previous day. Seems like a good candidaten for peer-to-peer distribution. ;-) Gerhard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading question
David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Oct 2009 at 19:10, Ray Horton wrote: Should I run the huge Tuesday update or DL the new, lean, Thursday update and run it instead? Or are they the same file? I would say that it's 99.99% sure that it's the same file, and the only difference in the download time is either that fewer people were attempting the download on Tuesday, or that MM contracted for some help in serving up the downloads (such as using Akamai's load- balancing services). I think it's highly improbable that the later update is a smaller file. I think that if it were a different file, there would have been notification that MM had updated it. Same file. It downloaded about a hundred times faster for me next day, probably because I had about a hundredth of the peers downloading it at the same time as I had the previous day. Christopher --- Thanks David and Christopher. I'll install it with bells on. RBH ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading question
On Wed Oct 21, at WednesdayOct 21 7:10 PM, Ray Horton wrote: Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Breaking News! I just downloaded the updater and completed the installation in about 6 min. Things are looking up .. Dean O OK - here's a question for all of you folks that seem to know what goes on inside his magic metal box: I DL'd the update the first day - took quite a long time, but I was leaving home anyway, no problem. I haven't run the update yet, as I was in the middle of a touchy project for today. Should I run the huge Tuesday update or DL the new, lean, Thursday update and run it instead? Or are they the same file? Same file. It downloaded about a hundred times faster for me next day, probably because I had about a hundredth of the peers downloading it at the same time as I had the previous day. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading question
On 21 Oct 2009 at 19:10, Ray Horton wrote: > Should I run the huge Tuesday update or DL the new, lean, Thursday > update and run it instead? Or are they the same file? I would say that it's 99.99% sure that it's the same file, and the only difference in the download time is either that fewer people were attempting the download on Tuesday, or that MM contracted for some help in serving up the downloads (such as using Akamai's load- balancing services). I think it's highly improbable that the later update is a smaller file. I think that if it were a different file, there would have been notification that MM had updated it. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading question
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Breaking News! I just downloaded the updater and completed the installation in about 6 min. Things are looking up .. Dean O OK - here's a question for all of you folks that seem to know what goes on inside his magic metal box: I DL'd the update the first day - took quite a long time, but I was leaving home anyway, no problem. I haven't run the update yet, as I was in the middle of a touchy project for today. Should I run the huge Tuesday update or DL the new, lean, Thursday update and run it instead? Or are they the same file? RBH ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
