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67  remain accessible as long as at least only one person keeps a copy.  remain accessible as long as at least only one person keeps a copy.
68    
69  We discuss our preliminary implementation  We discuss our preliminary implementation
70  as well as other possible applications of pointer records  of pointer records
71  and the Storm data model.  and the Storm data model as well as a possible
72    application in software updating.
73    
74    
75  ..  This loses a major benefit of filesharing:  ..  This loses a major benefit of filesharing:
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537  Applications  Applications
538  ============  ============
539    
540  In this section, we discuss four possible applications  In this section, we discuss three possible applications
541  of pointer records and the Storm data model:  of pointer records and the Storm data model:
542  A P2P Web, a distributed Wayback Machine,  A P2P Web, a distributed Wayback Machine,
 a P2P-enabled media player,  
543  and software updates akin to Debian ``apt`` and Windows Update.  and software updates akin to Debian ``apt`` and Windows Update.
544    
545  **A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogeneous Web.**  **A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogeneous Web.**
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594  as the rest of the file-shared web, simply configured slightly  as the rest of the file-shared web, simply configured slightly
595  differently.  differently.
596    
597  **A P2P-enabled media player** could  .. **A P2P-enabled media player** could
598  use the Storm data model to manage the local collection     use the Storm data model to manage the local collection
599  of media files. Using the Storm API, it could provide search over     of media files. Using the Storm API, it could provide search over
600  both local files and files on the P2P Web     both local files and files on the P2P Web
601  in a network-transparent fashion. When a user     in a network-transparent fashion. When a user
602  downloads a playlist from the P2P Web, songs     downloads a playlist from the P2P Web, songs
603  that aren't in the local media library could be     that aren't in the local media library could be
604  downloaded automatically, if publicly available.     downloaded automatically, if publicly available.
605  For versioned media files, the player could     For versioned media files, the player could
606  notify the user of updates or download them automatically;     notify the user of updates or download them automatically;
607  for example, after spelling and translation errors     for example, after spelling and translation errors
608  in a movie's subtitles have been corrected.     in a movie's subtitles have been corrected.
609    
610  **Software updates:**  **Software updates:**
611  Pointer records could be used to implement  Pointer records could be used to implement
612  a P2P version of software upgrades  a P2P version of software upgrades

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