User: halex-ab

Re:Ugh, Pentile displays

On: Google Announces New Nexus Smartphone and Tablets

Those patents expired about two years ago, fortunately.

Re:More allergenic?

On: Scientists Advocate Replacing Cattle With Insects

Typical human selfishness trying to hog all the life on the planet.

Morbo agrees.

How about quality?

On: New VP8 Codec SDK Release Improves Performance

They may have managed to increase performance, but the real question is have they increased the actual output quality (without having to tweak the crap out of it):
http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/377

Also, I thought we've determined that PSNR is NOT a very good measure on the quality of a codec...

Re:I am sure that this term will be in the license

On: Microsoft Gives In To the EU

It could be SCO vs Linux all over again. I doubt it, since SCO vs Linux was regarding exact lines of source code, directly copied and pasted IIRC. If, however, a company did purchase the protocol license, and leaked it out to an open source project, they could implement it, without being able to be sued for copyright.

Patents? That's another story.

Re:Microsoft lawyers are licking their chops

On: Novell Releases OO–OOXML Translator

[...] 4. Novell releases patented information for Office translator [...] Isn't OOXML (Office Open XML) supposedly open? How is an open interface in any way patented?

N. Korean nuclear test

On: Giant Rabbits To Feed North Korea

For those who thought that the North Korean nuclear test was a hoax, take that!

DRM-Free?

On: Could YouTube Be the Killer-App for Apple's iTV?

The combination of iTunes and DRM-free MP3s provided the 'killer app' for the iPod. Since when was iTunes legally providing DRM-free music?