RE: [Blocks-development] Authentication and Ratings

[Erik M. <mo...@sc...>]

On 31 Jul 2000, at 14:12, Paul Kalupnieks wrote:

> But who would want to download the contents of a whole file if the
> quality is unknown? I know I wouldn't want to sit on a 56K modem,
> download a 10MB file and only find out it's bogus. The rating couldn't
> be generated by the party who added it in the 1st place, since, if
> they're creating bogus data, the file could be marked, in the same
> way, as being just fine.

You receive announcements from every node that stores the file. In 
your local index, the metadata would be joined and displayed when 
searching for the file. e.g.:

	Metallica.mp3
	|- Flaggovic rates this file as: SPAM, stops at 2:32
	|- Lars rates this file as: TOP, our latest album
	|- Gnome rates this file as: CORRUPTED

Regards,
Erik
-- 
Scientific Reviewer, Freelancer, Humanist -- Berlin/Germany
Phone: +49-30-45491008 - Web: <http://www.humanist.de/erik>
The Origins of Peace and Violence: <http://www.violence.de>
Please donate free food NOW: <http://www.thehungersite.com>