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2 Questions; p2p and Quicktime/iTunes

Posted: 2005-02-08 06:29am
by HemlockGrey
First off, does anyone know what the best P2P program is at the current time? I have Kazaa Lite Resurrection, but I don't know if it's the best.

Second, does anyone know where I can get Quicktime without having to download iTunes? The Apple website won't let me download them seperately, and I prefer Winamp to iTunes...

Re: 2 Questions; p2p and Quicktime/iTunes

Posted: 2005-02-08 06:32am
by CDS
HemlockGrey wrote:First off, does anyone know what the best P2P program is at the current time? I have Kazaa Lite Resurrection, but I don't know if it's the best.
Don't fileshare.
Second, does anyone know where I can get Quicktime without having to download iTunes? The Apple website won't let me download them seperately, and I prefer Winamp to iTunes...
From here. Google, you twit. First hit when you google for "Quicktime"

Re: 2 Questions; p2p and Quicktime/iTunes

Posted: 2005-02-08 06:52am
by General Zod
HemlockGrey wrote:First off, does anyone know what the best P2P program is at the current time? I have Kazaa Lite Resurrection, but I don't know if it's the best.
bittorrent is the present big thing. though that's about as much as i can say without crossing over the legal line on the forums.

Posted: 2005-02-08 07:31am
by HemlockGrey
Why? As long as I'm not sharing copyrighted materials, there's no problem.

Posted: 2005-02-08 07:34am
by General Zod
HemlockGrey wrote:Why? As long as I'm not sharing copyrighted materials, there's no problem.
well, the way bittorrent works is it's dependent on tracker sites to upload and download materials from. it doesn't offer an interface like kazaa or emule. rather than searching for individual files and downloading them, you download a .torrent file from a tracker and share the material over the same connection with whoever has the file and .torrent on that connection and tracker.

there's a ton of clients out there, such as bittornado, azureus, G3torrent, bitcomet, etc. but the vast majority of sites i wouldn't be able to list on the forum. (though the chat is another matter entirely. *cough. cough*)

Posted: 2005-02-08 07:40am
by Dead_Ghost
HemlockGrey wrote:Why? As long as I'm not sharing copyrighted materials, there's no problem.
Well, sort'of, because BitTorrent and its mods don't have a search program like Kazaa and iMesh. For BitTorrent, you've got to acess specific websites, and that will be where the legal matters are "touched" :wink: .
However, I've heard a lot about eMule, though, in my personal opinion, it's not as good as BitTorrent.
And CDS is giving a good advice, filesharing software like Kazaa and the rest is a good way to have your computer and personal data hacked into, as well as getting your HD bugged with a plethora of virus.

Posted: 2005-02-08 07:43am
by HemlockGrey
Well, I *do* have BT. KLR is fairly safe, though, isn't it? I thought it was free of spyware and backdoors.

Posted: 2005-02-08 07:46am
by General Zod
HemlockGrey wrote:Well, I *do* have BT. KLR is fairly safe, though, isn't it? I thought it was free of spyware and backdoors.
the program itself, yes. what you happen to DL off the proggie is another issue entirely. which is one reason bittorrent is superior, as many bt sites are moderated to prevent that type of problem from creeping up.

Posted: 2005-02-08 08:01am
by Ace Pace
Without going into BT(Zod, thanks), I personally like Emule, fast, convienient, and reletivly few bad files.

CDS, don't hop into every P2P thread with anti-P2P stuff, we get the point.

Posted: 2005-02-08 08:39am
by Lucifer
I'm a mac user, but I used Limewire because that's the only thing I know of that (hardly) works, but I think there was another one called Acquisition. However, I'm going to have to get the firewall turned off before I test it.

Posted: 2005-02-08 07:28pm
by CDS
Ace Pace wrote:CDS, don't hop into every P2P thread with anti-P2P stuff, we get the point.
I wouldn't call it anti-p2p ;)

Posted: 2005-02-08 09:53pm
by General Zod
CDS wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:CDS, don't hop into every P2P thread with anti-P2P stuff, we get the point.
I wouldn't call it anti-p2p ;)
i'd call it trolling myself but then again i'm not a mod.

Posted: 2005-02-08 10:16pm
by phongn
Back on topic, everyone