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22 September 2007
The XP SP2 Half Open Connections Limit Myth

I still see this bandied about as a possible factor in slow P2P speeds. It is easily misunderstood, but the half open connections limit imposed by XP SP2 and Vista does not matter for P2P speeds. It limits the rate at which connections can be made, not the total number of simultaneous connections. Now... Read More...

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Filed under: Tech, P2P, Internet

14 September 2007
Prince: Not Getting It

I though Prince was a musician who got it, but apparently he doesn't . Stunts like this will only cost him legitimate fans. Trent Reznor, on the other hand, is one of few artists who gets it and has the balls, knowledge and integrity to do the right thing. He is the man . Read More...

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Filed under: Music, Tech, P2P

09 April 2007
Halite 0.29

Woo! No protocol encryption yet, being dependent on libtorrent's implementation, which I hope is underway. Can't find a changelog, but 0.29 has got to be 0.01 better than 0.28, right? Get it from the official Halite site, as usual. Read More...

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Filed under: Software, P2P

05 January 2007
Halite 0.28

New version of Halite released with a snazzy new icon. Changes from 0.27 to 0.28: IP filtering support eMule style ipfilter.dat files. DHT support, thought it is turned off by default. Can select alternate save directory for torrents. Long time readers of my blog (yes, all two of you!) will know that... Read More...

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Filed under: Software, P2P