Fixing the download mirrors @ GCW...

[PrinceGaz]

Adding an ed2k link in addition to the http/ftp site links would be an excellent idea as I'm sure many of us have the eMule/eDonkey client running 24x7 and would be happy to leave the small(usually <5MB, often just a few KB) files downloaded from GCW shared indefinitely.

Incomplete files won't even be an issue as eDonkey works in 9.28MB chunks, any file smaller than that is a single chunk which is either available or unavailable, and I believe almost all the files on GCW are under 9MB.

All thats needed is for an ed2k link to be added to the download page for every file and they'll probably become available on the eDonkey network over time if you request that eMule/eDonkey users place them in a shared folder after downloading from an http/ftp server, to reduce the load. Provided the contents of the files hosted on each server are identical, the resultant ed2k hash when its shared will be identical regardless of the filename or datestamp; it won't have to be downloaded using ed2k to be shared on it so the number of people sharing it should steadily increase. Theres nothing to lose by giving it a try and its got to be better than the current situation!

Those people unable to use eMule at work, can't you use it at home instead? Also its possible to configure eMule to use whatever ports you want, eg. port 80 which obviously won't be blocked, to get around restrictive firewalls implemented by workplaces, colleges, lame ISPs etc.

[stalks]

A bittorent inspired P2P system is on its way, called eXeem.
A news report can be found at here [anime-source.com] and here [slashdot.org].

Perhaps it would be an idea to see how this takes off before implementing your solution.
Edit: Added slashdot news link.