BitTorrent and Avalanche

Ok, for the web-heads among you, check out this editorial from John C. Dvorak.

It is an interesting claim, and frighteningly not as far-fetched as you might think at first. The 'security journal' he links to is moronically misleading and fundamentally anti-BitTorrent.

Oh, and for extra laughs, check out the powerpoint presentation from Microsoft Research Cambridge. The following image is from that presentation. Tell me, just what the fuck is the Y axis supposed to be? Hope? If you aren't scientific, don't pretend. It just makes those of us with scientific training want to take away your computer and tell you to play with crayons and blocks for a while.

How the "professionals" do it.