Beer-to-Peer networking, Part 2
You may recall Nick’s B2P experiment conducted earlier last week. I am pleased to report that it was a complete success, as the first known implementation of the B2P network and UUBP protocol transfers have been successful (previous attempts were also known to be successful; ECF and platform-releng both sent beer remotely. However, back then, beer was transmitted via the now-ancient technique we called it e-ale, as B2P wasn’t in vogue).
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I received notification of an incoming B2P packet, strategically placed on my keyboard. Time to jump into action.
The packet was examined, checksummed and CRC’d. It’s addressed correctly.
No one tampered with this package.
A local address encapsulation was found. Portions of the packet need to be distributed to other peers, probably using UUBP support.
I attempt a UUBP transport using e-ale — didn’t work.
B2P over physical media works best. Here, I transfer portions of the packet (Alexander Keith’s India Pale Ale) to Matt. Karl will need to use the PLANE (Pilsner-Lager Across Nations Exchange) transport to accept his portion of the package.
Success! Thanks to Nick for this B2P transmission! We’ll be enjoying this very much!
Posted December 19th, 2007 by Denis Roy in category: Uncategorized
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Bull Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I am wondering how I can connect to such a network. I am a little concerned with the protocol however. Now a resident of B.C., I have come to learn that not every province (and country for that matter) has “The Beer Store”. For those of you not from Ontario, the Beer Store is Where the Beers Are ™!
Denis Roy Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Ian, if you’re coming to EclipseCON, we can B2P in person.. Otherwise, we’ll have to figure something out.
Nick Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Denis, Matt:
Glad to see the experiment was a success! Thanks for the photos!
Ian:
Here’s one option for intraprovince B2P in BC, using a similar beer-model / encapsulation solution. Problem there of course is that it appears you can’t order them online, as with Beer Store beer-models, making interprovince (or intercountry) B2P still rather impossible. Now you just need someone in your with which to province network. Perhaps a Zest-Mylyn UUBP bridge?
Or, you could try connecting to the larger WoW (Wine over Wires) network, and sending beverages that way.
Kim Moir Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
I’m glad to see that this experiment was a success and that you’re supporting Nova Scotia beer
Ed Merks Says:
December 20th, 2007 at 10:42 am
This is too funny! The Eclipse community is such a fun place!!
pombreda Says:
December 29th, 2007 at 7:16 am
You guys should enjoy this Eclipse RCP-based application that enables B2B (Beer2Beer) semantic web sharing:
http://www.dbin.org/screenshots.php
Vinz Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Congratulations to you guys…Your experiment was successful…Keep up the great work…
I have my reliable Web Hosting Provider for your future use…I am using this for my sites…i hope you too…
Good Luck…
Nick Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Vinz, your host doesn’t support B2P, C2P, PP2P, UUBP, or PLANE. Why would we want that?