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Java Media Framework Drops MP3

realinvalidname writes "Sun had stopped downloads of its Java Media Framework about a week ago due to an undisclosed 'licensing issue.' Now we know what it is, as they've removed MP3 encoding and decoding from the JMF that's downloadable now. Of course, this isn't surprising given recent news about new MP3 licensing terms."

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  1. 12 times to install Windows XP??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Hmmm, lets see...

    Average AOL User : Installs Windows XP in 1 attempt.
    Cmdr Taco : Cannot install Windows XP despite 12 attempts.

    So, is this a Microsoft problem, or something more idiotic?

    1. Re:12 times to install Windows XP??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      haha...

      it's the 'interface behind the keyboard', that's were the problem is!

    2. Re:12 times to install Windows XP??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Where did CmdrTaco say this?

    3. Re:12 times to install Windows XP??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    4. Re:12 times to install Windows XP??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      he said it on TechTV, retard, the post just puts it in textual format.

      and for christ's sakes if you don't know you taco is you sure as fuck don't belong on this (or should I say "his") site. moron.

    5. Re:12 times to install Windows XP??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      PLEASE MOD ME DOWN

  2. ok. by I+Love+this+Company! · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yes.

    --

    "All art is quite useless." -- Oscar Wilde
  3. Re:YEAH [sic] SUN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    if this is modded down im going to kill myself
    Hooray!!!! We = win!
  4. Re:Hello To All by NTmatter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The problem isn't one of being able to get linux running on your proprietary bioware implants. The real problem is going to be deciding which distro to use. I personally vote Caldera, since it's reportedly so simple that even a trained monkey could install it. Once the OS religious war is settled, the next major problem is going to be of establishing network connectivity between the primates. Given the nature of your project, I believe that it would be most effective to implement an 802.11b wireless network, with access points strategically tied to various trees about the area. Personally, I think it might be more cost effective to implement a traditional hard-wired ethernet network, but installing an ethernet card into a simian could prove to be problematic (IE, loose connections and such. It's reliability vs. useability and cost, I guess.)

    If you would like to recieve more feedback, please submit this question to Slashback, and possibly to the Slashdot Polls. I'm sure that if we all knew what CowboyNeal would do, we'd be able to better decide a course of action.

  5. Re:Hello To All by suffocate · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    CowboyNeal would sodomize all the monkeys as he was wiring the implants, of course.

  6. I AM DRUNK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let's see how well I spelled this tomorrow, motherfuckers! Yup yup yup... Drinking is a fun part of everyday life and whatnot, motherfuckers!

  7. OT - question? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you think the hand in this banner is real or rendered?

    1. Re:OT - question? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Real. It is cheaper to make the advertisement.

  8. HAHA CMDR TACO IS A FUCKING MORON!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Even my grandmother installed windows XP in 3 tries and she's blind!!!

  9. Re:Hello To All by Billly+Gates · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Caldera Linux is no more . Ransome Love is an anti opensource fanatic who actually wanted to charge a per seat licensing scheme for a free OS. What a joke. I believe their acquisition of SCO changed his mind on opensource. I am sure SCO Xenix is just going to come back from the coffin and beat out linux. NOT.

    Caldera Version 1.2 lite was my first linux distro years ago and it will now be my last. It felt like a real unix with just fvwm and opendesktop file manager. It was so weird and the desktop was so alien compared to today.