| >I must admit I am still having a hard time following you. You're not the first. A "sister" project I started in 2020 is hardware focused, and later on, I determined that a lightweight suite for internet would complement the offline stack: https://ei2030.github.io/FemtoTX/#about One could say it's a "solution in search of a problem", but game development also is an incubator: https://www.thediff.co/archive/a-solution-in-search-of-a-pro... There are other Jobs inspired R&D groups out there- a notable one is Ink & Switch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s8OA08ggbM They use an aircraft carrier vs. bicycle comparison, as Steve Jobs preferred the bike metaphor as an extension of user capabilities. Someone here mentioned WAP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Application_Protocol which I completely forgot about, and AJAX: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming) These techniques/protocols helped make the Symbian internet experience fast, before other smartphones had many solutions. >Why should a household or office download windows update files more than once? Seems like a great idea. I agree with you on that. I also use it to share files and updates on my own network, often when transferring Steam games from one PC to another. I meant for non private networks (like internet cafes) is where I thought there might be a security issue.
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-is-using-your-in... I do not really know whether it's secure enough, but I'm going to leave that to the experts. I also think they could be useful on internet nodes that are at the end of a network, like an an ad-hoc wifi chain, such as Guifi:
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/how-to-build-a-low... >IPFS in my limited experience is slow but reliable. Torrents are slow in peer discovery but fast after that. You have more experience than I do on IPFS, so I will take your word for it. >Digital signature also. Did not know that, but I've heard of them. |