I've always thought magnet was just a URI scheme.

Seems that DDL sites like RS are taking over torrents to quite an extent though.

Good!! torrents should be exilled!

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:I've always thought magnet was just a URI scheme.

They are .

SchmilK Wrote:Good!! torrents should be exilled!

Method Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Seems that DDL sites like RS

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MU For the win!!!

DO NOT WANT!!!

Rapidshare is the gayest shit ever.

Senseito7 Wrote:Meh does it matter? Torrentz was always better than Isohunt anyway.

No way.  Isohunt is like all I use these days.

Senseito7 Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:I've always thought magnet was just a URI scheme.

They are .

Then I can't see that much of an advantage over the conventional .torrent file... >_>

Assassinator Wrote:

Senseito7 Wrote:Meh does it matter? Torrentz was always better than Isohunt anyway.

No way.  Isohunt is like all I use these days.

Well I guess you'll enjoy Torrentz when Isohunt goes down, then.

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:

Senseito7 Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:I've always thought magnet was just a URI scheme.

They are .

Then I can't see that much of an advantage over the conventional .torrent file... >_>

Well now they are at the point where:

Centralized Trackers (dedicated servers) are no longer needed to redistribute peer lists to connected peers.
Files containing information related to possibly Copyrighted Material are no longer needed - and therefore no files need to be stored on the server.

(This post was last modified: 30/12/2009 08:29 PM by S7*.)

Senseito7 Wrote:Centralized Trackers (dedicated servers) are no longer needed to redistribute peer lists to connected peers.
Files containing information related to possibly Copyrighted Material are no longer needed - and therefore no files need to be stored on the server.

Not sure if the magnet scheme really does this.  Even if it does, all magnets are is a URI scheme.  There needs to be some underlying application which implements things the right way...
There will still be a need for a central server of some sort to allow peers to find each other.  It may be less centralised - eg a central server directing you onto a smaller "central server", but will ultimately need to exist in some form.