From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Sep 09 2002 - 22:03:44 MDT
Ignoring the fact that your posts wins the award for typo of the month,
your point is an excellent one.
Emlyn O'regan wrote:
> You know, if you wanted to make this more distributed, you'd put the
> pointers (urls, ip address, something) to the cams on a P2P network.
> Could you shoehorn them into gnutella? I'm no expert on the current
> state of P2P networks.
>
I dont know. You computer guys need to tell me.
> Anyway, you could then build cute front ends which use the P2P network
> as the database of locations. You'd get a usable, growing collection
> of pubic, open surveilance platforms. The more the merrier. If done
> correctly (for instance, duplicating the information into several
> existing P2P networks), it'd be really robust against central
> authorities / commercial interests / whatever trying to take it down.
> Anyone could look through it.
>
You sell this better than I could, Emlyn.
>
>
> Some years down the track, sophisticated object recognition techniques
> and good headup displays start making the growing network look
> *really* interesting.
>
>
>
> Emlyn
>
Well, that HUD stuff sounds sexy, but remember that I am
hoping to set it as a privately funded system. Anyone
can donate as much as they want to afford, or as little as a
location to mount a webcam that someone else supplies. spike
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