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Microsoft Celebrates Feynman 50-year Anniversary
Julie188 writes "A couple of years ago Microsoft acquired the rights to the famed filmed lecture series by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman and posted them online for all to see via its Project Tuva site. As part of the 50-year anniversary of the lectures, the Project Tuva site now includes commentary from MIT physics professor Robert Jaffe. Project Tuva still requires Silverlight (alas, not HTML5), but does offer some nifty features for the aspiring physics student, such as search and the ability to take notes."
Holy shit with the Silverlight bashing. I can see that content just fine, as one commenter said previously; I also use Netflix (Win7 w/IE9).
What does FOSS have for a web framework that is a viable alternative to Silverlight or Flash?
I run FreeBSD on an older P4 box, and I consider nspluginwrapper + Flash + Linux emulation to be pretty much equivalent to Flash in Windows. However, I think that only works for Flash, and you all hate Flash too.
Seems to me that competition is good, and having competing (albeit commercial) frameworks to choose from is a Good Thing[TM] IMHO. Where's the FOSS alternative, and which major site's require me to use it for the best experience? Find me something worthwhile that forces me to use it, whatever it is, and I'll use it.
Don't you know real F/OSS advocates refuse to use javascript? What fucking hipsters they are. its so cool the way they are above it all.
If I can just reach out with my words and touch a butthole, just one, it will all be worth it.
You're right, better to not be able to see them at all than to have to swallow our pride even for a second and admit that MS has done anything less than total and complete evil. I'M SO FUCKING IRRATIONALLY MAD RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.