Without knowing whether browser compatibility and dysfunctional video files are a rare occurrence or not, it's hard to say whether BitTorrent's service is a good one overall. Our initial experiences have been disappointing and frustrating, and guess what the culprit is once again? DRM. Why the DRM failed to work on 50% of our purchases is not clear, but whatever the cause, it's simply unacceptable.

A lot's been said lately about how much energy is in a cubic mile of oil. This is roughly the amount the world uses in a year.

Leaving aside some errors in these numbers that I found (the coal and nuclear numbers are off by about 10% to each other, and the capacity factor of wind turbines should be closer to 30%) the most essential oversight in that equation is elephantine: It compares oil's inputs to the other's outputs. Compared to that, the rest is small potatoes. Let's discuss it.