Utorrent

As my rhetorical device I've chosen to examine the bit-torrnet client Utorrent. I've decided to focus on this specific program (of all bit-torrent clients) because there are quite a few out there. However, Utorrent seems to be the most popular amongst the heavy users. The reason for this is most likely because of its stripped down and lite approach. The program itself is very light on resources and doesn't even need an install client. The interface simply shows your torrents, seeds, peers, up and down speeds, ETAs, and file sizes. At the botom there is a visual graph of the health of the active torrents. This are is very detailed with swarm and tracker information which is updated as the more peers connect. My attraction to the program mainly stems from how popular it is, and how original the idea is. The workings of bit-torrent are slightly-genius in their own right, but the most compelling part of the program is that is orginates from an application designed by basically one person. A company didn't design this program (although they happily copied the idea), but it still remains to be one of the most popular programs for internet users. Likewise, it is responsible for the trafficing of countless amounts of pirated software.