File Sharing

Well in the past week or two or three maybe I've investigated about 5 file sharing programs. I will attempt to give an analysis of them as they ran on my pc I will also give some information on other file sharing programs I've used in the past and well lost faith in.

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My pc is:
1.3 ghz
256mb ram
40gb hd
Windows xp Pro
Amazing high speed internet connection thats like 6mb/s
All I know is that its cable and downloaded a 400mb file in 10 min :D

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I know my pc isn't brand new, then again neither are brand new computers, but anyway I honestly think if a file sharing program doesnt work well on my pc then it sucks cuz you should be able to download your crap while doing other more productive things.

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Limewire
Tried and tested
Pros:
Large network of virtually any file
No malware
Open Source
Was rather fast downloads
Cons:
Clunky file navigation got on my nerves.
Java program
Resource hog(because its java)
Locking up entire pc
~Verdict~
Ran well on 98 but didnt run well at all when I had to upgrade to XP it lasted a couple hours before lagging out and went seemingly unproductive. This is not good for me particularly because I download lots of large files for burning, mostly while I sleep.

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Kazaa Lite K++
Tried and tested
Pros:
Large network of files
Free
No Malware
Cons:
Java
Resource hog
Slower downloads
~Verdict~
Rated same as Limewire, not worth because it makes major lag.

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Kazaa Lite K++ Resurection
Tried and tested
No difference as above. Had some nice plugins (for advanced users I assume; I never stuck around to be one).

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BitComet
Trying
Pros:
Easy on your resources
Used for Torrent Files
Lists of torrent file supporting sites that open inside the program
Can play mmorpg video games laglessly with it running.
Cons:
Used for Torrent Files
Seems to be for more advanced users(I'm working on joining this group)
Max download rate I've seen is 299ish kb/s
~Verdict~
Very much worth trying and learning.

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Bearshare
Tried at school
Pros:
Fast
Nice file navigation.
Cons:
Popups and unwanted program runs
~Verdict~
No popups on my pc

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WinMx
From along time ago
Cons:
Turned slow
Malware
~Verdict~
I should see how its doing.

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Azureus
Read reviews
Pros:
Used for Torrent files
Cons:
Alleged memory leak
More Java
Meaning More Resource hog
~Verdict~
I gave up with Java after Limewire went slow

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Well that's all I'll write for now. If I continue this search in the near future I'll update this and link it at the side there ->

Have a great sunday,
~Me

Free Programming Software!

Microsoft is giving away free software. You can find it here. I recomend downloading it on account it can be very expensive new. It's available only as a limited time offer I think. And if you have any desire to do any sort of programming, now or later, I'm sure you can burn them for a later date.


Again they can be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/install/

Sony's Infringes on Our Privacy? Opens us to exploits?

It seems that while trying to protect their cd's from being copied they had root/system software, known as rootkit(virtually invisible), installed on our computer. It would install automaticaly when you insert their cd into your pc without your consent or knowledge. The rootkit was designed to track and prevent you from copying cd's.


It was bad enough that they did that, but it was worse what they opened millions of pc's up to a trojan name Backdoor.Ryknos which exploited the rootkit and its actions. The trojan acted as many allowing sight of your information to unwanted eyes. It also made itself welcome by making it a trusted application and permited by your firewall in order to further exploit your pc.


In conclusion I think think that no music cd or any cd should be installing anything on my pc without my direct permission let alone invisibly. Rootkit was mentioned in the user agreement which didnt require let you read prior to its self installation. Who reads them anyway? They are like 20pg long! Sony is huge in the electronic entertainment industry. They have the money and resources to be intelligent about their buisness.


The cd's were released last week.
Sony gives instructions on disabling the auto-run feature:
www.ca.com/securityadvisor
In addition security vendors offer detection of the security risk.


Summarized from: http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/2005/11/17/1310415-sun.html

Ps. No question is stupid you can leave your name in commments ;)

Typical Day & Reading vs Watching

Me:
Typical day in my shoes. School presentation, went well. Saw no use in attending my other class as the teacher never really teaches anything anyway. He just rambles like an idiot.

Comment:
Have you ever watched a movie and then read the book? or Vice-versa? I just read Johnny Mnemonic and I saw part of the movie not long ago and it's so much better reading it! You can get really into the book and you can put whatever you want behind the words, often the best part about books is that they leave a little bit open to interpretation which is awesome. Do you know any movies that change instantaneously to what you want? Well the last part is a bit of an overstatement but you get what i'm saying :)

"Playback on full recall shows Ralfi stepping forward as the little tech sidles out of nowhere, smiling. Just a suggestion of a bow, and his left thumb falls off. It's a conjuring trick. The thumb hangs suspended. Mirrors? Wires? And Ralfi stops, his back to us, dark crescents of sweat under the upits of his pale summer suit. He knows. He must have known. And then the joke-shop thumtip, heavy as lead, arcs out in a lightin yo-yo trick, and the invisible thread connecting it to the killer's hand passes latterally though Ralfi's skull, just above his eybrows, whips up, and descends, slicing the pear, shaped toso diagonally from the shoulder to the rib cage. Cuts so fine that no blood flows until synapses misfire and the first tremors surrender the body to gravity." (Johnny Mnemonic by William Gibson)

Old Pointless stuff, tagged on at the end so the rest is neat.

This is old stuff, that was pointless when I fist posted and is still pointles so I put it down here out of the way.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Apology
I'd like to appologize to my readers...All 3 probably less. I'm doing exams right now trying to study and keep my marks up so I get my co-op work term next term. It'll mean more money and more time I hope.
I could put up general stuff about me but nothing is interesting lol. If my readers want my insight into something I'd be glad to comment in the near future. For the next 2 days I have exams.

posted by sykon at 8:34 AM 0 comments

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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Boring +1!
Yup, nothing interesting happening as this week reaches its midpoint. Had a test yesterday and passed, wasn't for school, was for work...and now....I have to get up at like 5am like alot for work.
Thats about all, perhaps in the next couple days I'll put something interesting to read up(:D).
Enjoy the Wednesday,
~Me
posted by sykon at 12:53 PM 0 comments

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Sunday, November 20, 2005
Boring!
Well, I've been trying to find something to write the last few days, but it seems my life is boring.
All I've really been doing is working on homework. I even tried looking for news articles, nothing
really of interest.

I got bored yesterday and tried to figure out why limewire is so sluggish, seems it requires more memory. Which leads to the othe problem of a poor college student unable to buy more. In light of this, I was on the limewire site and clicked some link which lead to me finding out that it is an open source program(:D), so...I figure once I'm not too busy(possibly never(lol)). I'll make some modifications possibly to the graphics first to lower its memory(looks too pretty to be easy on my memory), then I may work on re-writing the code itself. I'm thinking something of a capped linked list, maybe indexing it, seperate the functions(search with 1 program download with other), possibly a simple c++ dos-like console for the gfx. It may look arcane but I hope it just downloads fast and allows me to go through pages of downloads in a simple, quick manner.

Honestly though I have no idea what I'll do with limewire until I look at the source extensively and watch my memory in task manager or something similar.

Enjoy ur Sunday,
~sykon
posted by sykon at 8:53 AM 0 comments

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Hello to all readers.

This is my first post so I'd like to welcome you to my blog. I will try to post daily however, as a working college student it may be difficult. I'll put news about me, and anything else I find interesting. Please don't judge harshly, it's my first blog ;)

Thanks.