Thread: What is a torrent?

What is a Torrent?

Day after day, millions, if not billions of people around the world surf the internet. The internet used to be a place where only "Global-Evolution-Enabling-King"s could access, as it was not user-friendly to the average person. Then, Escaping Nets, Foxes-on-Fire, Safaris and Chromes shaped Goggles were introduced, and the world became much smaller.

Yet the internet remained very much an unfair world. See, the internet is basically taking stuff from my computer and putting it in yours. However, the wiring which connected our machines was so complex, only few were willing to learn, and it gave POWER to those who could wield them. And so, with the many outnumbering the few, it was logical that eventually the internet became a point-to-multipoint kinda place.

One day, a smart guy named <censored> thought, "Why can't everyone share their stuff with other people? Why only limit it to a few?" So he developed a system called P2P, derived from the Postman-to-Postman discount service he was receiving from his local courier company. Thus, over the course of evolution, the beginning of the Torrent was born.


Teacher:" Kids, I hoped you enjoyed that Powerpoint presentation. Now, if you would open to Chapter 46, entry 4, subindex 5 of 'Torrents, the Chosen One Billion: Volume 4985671235, you will see what I'm trying to teach you today."

Little Timmy: " Teacher, what are torrents?"

Teacher:" Well, Timmy, torrents are peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) communications protocols. Do you understand?"

Little Sally: " WOoo...is it like ice cream?"

Teacher: " No, Sally, torrents are not ice cream. Torrents are...how shall I put it...oh wait I know.."

<adjusts PowerPoint>



Kids: " Wahhhh~~~..."

Teacher: " Now kids, who can tell me what this is?"

Little Sally: " Thats where my mother always goes before she buys me ice cream!"

Little Cory: " And that's where my dad goes when the guy with shades sticks a gun in his back!"

<Eerie silence>

Teacher: " O...kay...." Blinks, "..well this is an ATM machine. It's where you draw out your money from the bank. Basically, when you download a Bittorent client, like UTorrent, Bitcomet, Azerus, etc. , you are installing an ATM machine on your computer."

Little Timmy: " So, we can draw money from our CD drives?"

Teacher smiles. " Not quite, Timmy, but nearly there. Instead of money, we get to download files on our computer! Isn't that exciting?"

Little Sally, " Does that mean I get to have ice cream?"

Teacher, " No sweetie, but you can download pictures of ice cream!"

Little Sally looks forlorn. "Aww."

Little Cory, " But Teach, what's the point of downloading the files we just uploaded?"

Teacher, " Big words, young man! Well, the client is a special type of ATM. You don't just get to draw your own money, you can even draw other people's money! You see, the bank is just a big place where everyone stores their money in. After that, it's free for all! If you want to withdraw other people's money, it's up to you! And the best thing of all, nobody minds!"



*Clicks*



Kids, " Woooo...!!!"

Teacher smirks, " Get the picture?"

Little Cory, " But Teach, what's a torrent?"

<Fiddles with PowerPoint>



Teacher, " Well a torrent is a like an ATM card. See honey, even though you have an ATM, you still need some sort of map to tell it which account to draw the money from; otherwise, you might end up withdrawing a different coloured note, or the ATM might just suddenly decide to give you something you didn't ask for, like inappropriate pictures."

Little Sally, " What kind of inaap-p-po-piate pictures?"

Teacher, "Well you'll know when you grow up, dear." Smiles .

Little Cory, " SO, this torrent thing is just like a door and a map to get to whatever you want?"

Teacher, " To put it simply, that's what it is, Cory. :001_smile: Of course, there are other things to consider, like bandwidth, illegal downloading, and private torrent sites, but we'll learn that in Chapter 46, entry 4, subindex 6 of 'Torrents, the Chosen One Billion: Volume 4985671235. Oh there's the bell, children. I hoped you enjoyed the lesson!"


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I'm not expecting anything for this, just a few educational laughs to liven up your day! I hope you enjoyed this thread!