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December 20, 2007

!Useful

— devadutta @ 9:51 am, GMT -0800 ( 1198173097 )

Connect all of them

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Bonus credit if you can extend your connect to this

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Gammafunction gets the perfect answer along with the bonus credit (this is the bonus credit :P ).
Rohan gets the perfect answer.
nishas thambi is almost perfect in spite of his fading powers due to the missing apostrophe.
jayanth , Dibyo , bobo , shreyas , BiGFooT , A Nony Mouse and Vinay were also more or less correct.

Answer:

They are all names of Gnutella clients

Quoting Gammafunction:

1.Bearshare (bear)
2.Kiwi alpha (kiwi-fruit)
3.Limewire (lemon)
4.Gnucleus (nucleus)
5.Nutella (on which the name Gnutella is based)

No one quites got the hint in the title, !Useful == Not(Useful) == WASTE which is another p2p network invented by Justin Frankel,co-inventor of Gnutella.

17 Responses to “!Useful”

  1. jayanth Says:

    p2p file sharing softwares.. bareshare, limewire, (G)nutella, etc etc…

    the ping pong problem occurs in most p2p systems.. (exploit of some sort)

  2. Dibyo Says:

    Connection is file-sharing or P2P networks like Bearshare, Gnutella, Limewire, Kiwi Alpha, and the other pic is really low res to figure out what it is.

    There is some mention of something called ping/pong packets of data which are used in p2ps

    shouldn’t I be on 15?

  3. bobo Says:

    various p2p softwares? bearshare, gnutella, limewire etc?

  4. shreyas Says:

    P2P clients?

  5. shivathilak Says:

    hmm… new zealand special edition stamps?

  6. BiGFooT Says:

    Connect : P2P Networks

    Bearshare , Limewire , Nucleus ( - P2P For The Spoiled) & Nutella(which when added to a GNU gives us Gnutella !)

    For Extra Credit : The Ping-Pong protocol used in Gnutella 0.4

  7. A Nony Mouse Says:

    p2p networks? Bearshare, Limewire, Gnutella …

  8. Gammafunction Says:

    The connect is Gnutella- the file sharing network
    first four pics(L to R, T to B)
    1.Bearshare (bear)
    2.Kiwi alpha (kiwi-fruit)
    3.Limewire (lemon)
    4.Gnucleus (nucleus)

    5.Nutella (on which the name Gnutella is based)

    Ping and pong being packet-types in Gnutella

    for more pictures of fruits visit
    http://www.thefruitbook.com

  9. gammafunction Says:

    and BTW we never get these ‘bonus credits’ that we are always promised!

    gammafunction
  10. Tathagata Chatterjee Says:

    Superfruits.( Types of Berries : Kiwifruit etc)

    Regards,
    Tathagata Chatterjee

  11. Vinay Says:

    Long shot this one…..

    P2P apps..
    Bearshare..limewire..no idea…

  12. Lord Jim Says:

    All of the above have cocktails named after them….an absurd guess.

    registered BB members can upload pics….yippie!
    so the powers to be finally relent.

  13. Lord Jim Says:

    Or maybe names of obscure proggramming languages

  14. Rohan Says:

    These are basically file sharing networks?? nutella, limewire, et al..

  15. Rohan Says:

    mor specifically, gnutella networks.. kiwi alpha, bearshare, gnutella, lime wire, gnucleus..

  16. nishas thambi Says:

    nice ques! p2p networks- bearshare, kiwi alpha (?), limewire, gnutella.. no clue about #4 (ares galaxy? things being grokked? :-))

    apparently, there’s something called the ping pong protocol that gnutella uses. would that be the second connect?

    registering made me give up an apostrophe!

    powers slipping… must… get.. apos.. trophe…

    nishas thambi
  17. nishas thambi Says:

    oh, its a cell!

    nishas thambi

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