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Money For Nothing and the Codecs For Free

Posted by timothy on from the wrapper-inside-a-riddle-inside-a-framework-inside-an-enigma dept.

Davis Freeberg writes "In an in depth discussion on the codec industry, CoreCodec CEO and Matroska Foundation board member Dan Marlin shares his thoughts on the growing popularity of the MKV container, confusion in the marketplace between X.264/MKV and DivXHD and weighs in on a controversial decision by Microsoft to block third party filter support in future versions of Windows media player. His interview offers a behind the scenes look at an important piece of technology that is helping to power the P2P movement. It also raises the prickly question of whether or not Microsoft is abusing their OS monopoly, in order to rein in competition within the codec industry."

6 of 206 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hans Reiser fucked me in the butt!! by Laebshade · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Only if you want to end up like 1guy1jar.

  2. Dire Straits? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it

    I fail to see what a Dire Straits song about a guy working in a department store has to do with this story, editors.

    1. Re:Dire Straits? by gnick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      If you think that song's about working in a department store, you need to listen to it again. It still cracks me up that MTV used it in its promos.

      Still, nothing to do with TFA, just a catchy title. I like the iwantmymkv tag.

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      He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
  3. Re:Hans Reiser fucked me in the butt!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Warning, shock site:

    The link

  4. Re:Hans Reiser fucked me in the butt!! by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it really *that* worse than no man, two Jars and a Binks?

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    Ezekiel 23:20
  5. Re:Hans Reiser fucked me in the butt!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To answer your question, goon sir, yes. Yes it is okay to use your iPhone 3G as an anal dildo. The lube is actually optional, as I have found out from first hand experience. Plus, there's a new iPhone coming out soon, so you'll be able to replace your 3G with a newer model with (here's hoping!) a more powerful vibrate function.