College on an Alien Planet

[earthpigg]

hypothetically, if there where Martians enrolled in universities and their culture had no copyright laws, where would they go about downloading their text books?

[MaxIBoy]

You know, I always thought that Swedes had an odd greenish complexion...

[Dayofswords]

who says they download.... or read? hello, telepaths

[earthpigg]

who says they download.... or read? hello, telepaths

pretend they do download.

[Kevinlittleton]

What if they were born with all the knowledge they needed for their already planned out lives?

[fromthehill]

hypothetically, if there where Martians enrolled in universities and their culture had no copyright laws, where would they go about downloading their text books?
I see what you did there :)

[TironN]

They would probably use a system where the data was split in parts then collected from a small file which had the necessary information. They would probably have to download a large group of books and find theirs inside it...

[Sporkman]

They would probably use a system where the data was split in parts then collected from a small file which had the necessary information. They would probably have to download a large group of books and find theirs inside it...

Striping?

[stim]

Some synonyms of the type of download you are looking for would be:

cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flooding, flux, gush, inundation, niagara, outburst, overflow, pour, rush, shower, spate, stream, tide, waterfall

courtesy of thesaurus.com

(if youre smart, one of those synonyms above is actually a program name that does what you are asking)

[Sporkman]

Some synonyms of the type of download you are looking for would be:

cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flooding, flux, gush, inundation, niagara, outburst, overflow, pour, rush, shower, spate, stream, tide, waterfall

courtesy of thesaurus.com

(if youre smart, one of those synonyms above is actually a program name that does what you are asking)

Torrent?

[juancarlospaco]

Torrent-NG using IPv6 on Alienbuntu 50.04 LTS of course...

[Exodist]

who says they download.... or read? hello, telepaths
Hey ford buyers

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