Aislin
March 30th, 2003, 09:06 PM
First, mods, let's establish that I use kazaa for solely and exclusively legal things!
Yeah.
Anyways, I wanted to take this time to introduce to kirupians two awesome (and free) apps for your PC.
1. Sysmetrix
(Picture below!)
Sysmetrix measures pretty much everything about your computer and puts it in a sweet (skinnable) display. As you can see my hard drive is nearly full, I should look into that. I'm using an awful lot of ram... maybe I should close some stuff. Hey look, I can see how fast my net is at this very second. My IP address! How'd those blue dots cover up some of the numbers? ...wierd. :P :P
All that great stuff and MUCH more depending on the skin. You can even integrate WinAmp3 into it with some skins. Skins range in shape and size, so no doubt you can find one that is comfortable for you.
2. KaZaA Lite
(Picture showing coolness of SpeedUp below!)
KaZaA Lite is basically KaZaA without popups and the 'shop' button. It works with other kazaa users, it looks/loads the same. Etc. One big difference though is the useful little tools that come with your download. One is called 'SpeedUp'. This thing automatically "Finds More Sources" for downloads. For KaZaA users, you know what this means, and how convenient it is. This thing makes it even better! You set your own cycles, and it checks for more sources every however often. I set mine for 5 Second cycles, cause I'm impatient.
Also with it is the AVI preview, which lets you view legal video files that you are downloading before they are complete. This is useful to make sure it is the correct file, and not some illegal movie that you definitely don't want!
I think there's a couple more, but I don't use them, and so I don't really care.
I won't provide links to these apps, because I can't remember the sysmetrix one, and I don't think the mods would like me telling you how to get something that could be used for bad things.
Use google search to find either, though.
My reviews!
1. Sysmetrix is awesome! But you'll find you don't use it half as often as you think you would. I downloaded it thinking it was the most awesome thing in the world, and then I started using it only when doing stuff in Flash//Photoshop//Word Processor. It's EXTREMELY useful for those of us without unlimited ram, because you'll know when you're about to go and crash, so you can close up some other stuff.
I haven't crashed for like.. a long time, but I am still cautious. WinXP is extraordinarily stable, but I'm sure win98 users could find this useful.
2. Speedup is awesome for those really big files. It never lets your downloads stop. It never just says "Meh, that source is gone." It gets another one, so when you leave your 50kbps download and go to bed, you don't come back to it saying "More Sources Needed" or anything like that.
Thanks for reading my junk!
{Edit 1}
In the picture, the wierd orb + kazaa, the wierd orb would be SpeedUp. It runs from your system tray.
{/Edit 1}
{Edit 2}
In case you're unfamiliar with Kazaa, the download there would be one file being downloaded from 15 Sources. Just clearing it up!
{/Edit 2}
{Edit 3}
Windows 98 is the best operating system ever and I should never contest that fact. Please accept my deepest apologies for my misguiding of young souls.
:P :P :P
{/Edit 3}
{Edit 4}
Hey jubba! I'm gonna make my footer an ongoing conversation between mods and myself. You'll see, it'll be cool.
{/Edit 4}
Yeah.
Anyways, I wanted to take this time to introduce to kirupians two awesome (and free) apps for your PC.
1. Sysmetrix
(Picture below!)
Sysmetrix measures pretty much everything about your computer and puts it in a sweet (skinnable) display. As you can see my hard drive is nearly full, I should look into that. I'm using an awful lot of ram... maybe I should close some stuff. Hey look, I can see how fast my net is at this very second. My IP address! How'd those blue dots cover up some of the numbers? ...wierd. :P :P
All that great stuff and MUCH more depending on the skin. You can even integrate WinAmp3 into it with some skins. Skins range in shape and size, so no doubt you can find one that is comfortable for you.
2. KaZaA Lite
(Picture showing coolness of SpeedUp below!)
KaZaA Lite is basically KaZaA without popups and the 'shop' button. It works with other kazaa users, it looks/loads the same. Etc. One big difference though is the useful little tools that come with your download. One is called 'SpeedUp'. This thing automatically "Finds More Sources" for downloads. For KaZaA users, you know what this means, and how convenient it is. This thing makes it even better! You set your own cycles, and it checks for more sources every however often. I set mine for 5 Second cycles, cause I'm impatient.
Also with it is the AVI preview, which lets you view legal video files that you are downloading before they are complete. This is useful to make sure it is the correct file, and not some illegal movie that you definitely don't want!
I think there's a couple more, but I don't use them, and so I don't really care.
I won't provide links to these apps, because I can't remember the sysmetrix one, and I don't think the mods would like me telling you how to get something that could be used for bad things.
Use google search to find either, though.
My reviews!
1. Sysmetrix is awesome! But you'll find you don't use it half as often as you think you would. I downloaded it thinking it was the most awesome thing in the world, and then I started using it only when doing stuff in Flash//Photoshop//Word Processor. It's EXTREMELY useful for those of us without unlimited ram, because you'll know when you're about to go and crash, so you can close up some other stuff.
I haven't crashed for like.. a long time, but I am still cautious. WinXP is extraordinarily stable, but I'm sure win98 users could find this useful.
2. Speedup is awesome for those really big files. It never lets your downloads stop. It never just says "Meh, that source is gone." It gets another one, so when you leave your 50kbps download and go to bed, you don't come back to it saying "More Sources Needed" or anything like that.
Thanks for reading my junk!
{Edit 1}
In the picture, the wierd orb + kazaa, the wierd orb would be SpeedUp. It runs from your system tray.
{/Edit 1}
{Edit 2}
In case you're unfamiliar with Kazaa, the download there would be one file being downloaded from 15 Sources. Just clearing it up!
{/Edit 2}
{Edit 3}
Windows 98 is the best operating system ever and I should never contest that fact. Please accept my deepest apologies for my misguiding of young souls.
:P :P :P
{/Edit 3}
{Edit 4}
Hey jubba! I'm gonna make my footer an ongoing conversation between mods and myself. You'll see, it'll be cool.
{/Edit 4}