Posted by Colin Wilson on 09/29/05 20:21

> What is this swarm graph on the azureus system when you open the details of
> a file. It looks nice but wtf is it ???

The swarm graph is a pointless exercise in making a "pretty" info screen
to tell you how many other users you`re connected to. You see "chunks"
of data moving to and from the "satellites" to give an indication of
data flow. Ignore it entirely, its a microsoft-esque "feature" that no-
one actually wants or needs.

> Overall all I dont think it is as good as emule, which has a wider range of
> files available.

Its a different method of file sharing - emule afaik uses the kazaa back
end, which is possibly a little easier to track and take you to court
over - you can see every file one guy is sharing very easily and build a
case against them. Bittorrent is different in that you only see the
specific file that user is sharing.

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