I have an idle server with 500 Mb/s upload. Now I can finally put it to good use! :)
Academic Torrents
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Re: Academic Torrents
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't get that impression. Are you referring to the ".edu" address of the creators of the site? Do you mean people with a ".edu" address, and therefore at an American institution, give you a sense of their work being higher quality?
to clarify: torrents are marked "edu" if the user has a .edu address, this makes those torrents stand out. The majority of non us universities do not offer *.edu addresses to their staff and students.
Yes, you're right. Which then brings up the question about how to determine if the data comes from an "academic" address, as was pointed out, only US institutions or institutions which are accredited by the US Dept. of Education can apply for an .edu top level domain— meaning nobody has it.
Re: Academic Torrents
#63Brilliant idea if I understand it correctly. Just want to check that my use case would fit. I just submitted my first and main paper for my PhD to Icarus. I'm planning on soon uploading it to ArXiv as well. My paper is theoretical in nature and through a suite of Monte Carlo simulations I generated a few hundred MBs of data. Can I make use of this system as a way to deposit that data so that it's available to anyone that wants to verify the conclusions I reach in my paper and possibly extend the research?
Re: Academic Torrents
#64Great ! Looking forward to coursera, edx and ocw videos too
That'd be great actually. Especially for those who're not able to reach Coursera because of the stupid laws.
If you can get a cheap VPS in the US, you can use coursera downloader to grab all the content and then rsync it to your home country.
Re: Academic Torrents
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
That'd be great actually. Especially for those who're not able to reach Coursera because of the stupid laws.
If you can get a cheap VPS in the US, you can use coursera downloader to grab all the content and then rsync it to your home country.
I'm able to reach Coursera just fine. I don't live in any of those countries (nor I'm from any of them). I just thought it'd be nice to make them available to everyone, because that's the way it should be.
I use coursera downloader because it's hard to keep up with Coursera's own schedule. I already have a ton of materials from different courses on my computer and I would be happy to make them available to everyone, but my upload speed sucks.