P2P


File sharing is the ability to share data from one computer to another over a network or the internet. Every computer that shares the file can access and work on it at any time. For example, I have group project for a different online class I’m taking and we are using google Docs. Every team member could add his/her part and their own pace, plus each team member could see the others work. File sharing is not only sharing documents and ideas but also music, photos, movies and games. Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing is one technique for file sharing. P2P file sharing allows one to directly share with another to all files download and edit, basically borrowing from each other. P2P can be a very useful tool for business however it could harm other business as well. P2P has created issues for movies and music records, users simply download anything they want for free. In “Digital Pirates Winning Battle with Studios” they address this problem and Richard Cotton, the general counsel for NBC Universal said “Young people, in particular, conclude that if it’s so easy, it can’t be wrong”. And I agree with him and admit that I go to the movie theater a lot less since I can download the movie for free. Some examples for P2P file sharing are eMule, Overnet, BearShare and FileScope.      

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Creativity and New Media

Image
Hi have created an account in second life. My avatar's name is Carinne6 and she kinda looks like me as well. If to be honest, I didn't really know what virtual worlds were before this class. I felt like a little girl the first time I logged in. I mainly flow around the island enjoying the fact that I can fly. Since I downloaded second Life to my computer I will continue to discover the Island with Carinne6!   
Read more

Next New

I would suggest to create a new social media that would be called “My Hood”. The idea is to connect people that live in the same area together, and share information about the different facilities that area has to offer. Part of the steps of creating a profile there will be an option of “search distance”. The search distance will be from 1 mile to 200+ miles and the user could decide how to filter it. Once one sets the search distance he/she will automatically connect to the people in that radius. Meaning the social media will be location base and not the regular way where one needs to search for people in order to connect. Once one is connected to their hood page they could start to contribute and see all posts that other published on the page. Users could post any information about the area that could be useful for another user such as; new restaurants, clothing shop is having a good sale, bar burned down (happened a few months ago in my neighborhood) and more. M
Read more

Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

Virtual worlds could be used in a few different ways such as; physical therapy to treat PTSD, train medical students – practice surgeries and procedure, safety way to test cars and increase sales and helps businesses. According to “Going to the virtual of office in Second Life” organizations use second life for video conferencing, offer training for employees, prototype new technology, meeting tool to share ideas, file sharing and brainstorming. Because virtual worlds are just a representation of realty there is room for mistakes and that is the biggest advantage. For instance, a medical student could practice or procedure a surgery in a virtual world and make as many mistakes until he/she gets it right. As my mom always told me “Practice makes it perfect” and with virtual worlds the practice for medical students is as close to reality it will get. Moreover, by training through virtual world labor cost could decrease, more employees could work from home which could cut rent cost. Howe
Read more