Since HTML 1, W3C hasn't specified ONE image codec
Yes, well some of us are old enough to remember the "boycott GIF" campaigns and all the patent bullshit that occurred over web image formats.
Perhaps if w3c HAD specified a single, open (i.e. not patented) image format, we wouldn't have had to deal with that at all.
Now here we are with HTML5, and the w3c is still as ineffectual as ever, finalizing standards (maybe) 10 years after everyone has made their own "interpretation" of what it should be... Microsoft of course being the evil bad guys, and OSS being the "more-correct" good guys, even though they are both working with a standard that is so much vapourware.
HTML5 in itself won't be a proprietary standard, but the underlying codecs required to actually play the video tag will be the same mess it's always been, with kludges and fallbacks to flash and / or other plugins when the video format isn't supported.
If w3c had wanted to do something useful, they should have insisted on ONE video codec format and ONE audio codec, to work with the video and audio tag respectively. Now that WOULD have been a common standard.
When the pension systems were implemented, typically a man would work for 45 years, paying into the system, and then live for maybe 5 years past retirement, drawing on that same system.
It worked simply because the life expectancy past retirement wasn't more than a few years.
Now people are living longer after retirement than they ever worked, and drawing more from the system than they ever payed in. The pensioners now are using the current working populations contributions. So what will be left when today's workers reach retirement age ?
That IS a pyramid scheme, whether you like it or not.
It has nothing to do with "great outlook", it's got everything to do with cold hard reality.
You *do* understand what an encrypted ZIP file is ?
Rapidshare is full of them, and no filter in the world can block randomly encrypted bits.
Unless you are suggesting shutting down every FTP, filehost, P2P application, Yahoo Group and other massive swathes of the Internet, this filter like all others is a waste of taxpayers money and government resources and time.
I don't know why you think pedos are so dumb that they will name their files "little_naked_boy.jpg" ?
They are possibly some of the most sneaky and conscientious people around when it comes to incriminating evidence, simply because of the very act they perform.
But lest we forget, they're still in the middle of a fucking drought zone. Time to stop throwing money, food, farming implements at them and do the practical thing first. Help them move to a place where farming is actually likely to succeed more than one year per decade.
Then put a cordon around dirt bowls like Ethiopia, or use it as the world's dumping ground, while the farmers can actually farm in decent growing conditions in more temperate climates.
Because, as I've already said, it's a "social network", and these work best when everything is public.
People are by nature nosey-parkers, and it's more interesting looking up someone (even a stranger) when you can see *all* their details, not just a name and avatar.
Some people don't even bother posting a profile pic, and their name is Smith. How the fuck is anyone supposed to work out if you are the Smith they are looking for ?
I guess the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Every wonder why Friendster has been abandoned while Facebook continues to grow ? Possibly because it is the most social (details exposed), people can find each other easily. There are privacy controls at the basic level, but giving you minute control over every damn detail of what you want published is nonsensical. The whole point is for people to find you based on those details, if you want it suppressed so badly, don't put it up on the first place.
You want a *social* network where everything is private ?
Something like JohnDoe917 has just added you, JaneDoe375 likes this, etc ?
Finding friends will be a blast. Search for JohnDoe... 7 million results, would you like to narrow your search ? Sorry, no extra criteria available, everything is private.
It's supposed to be public that's the whole point. If you don't want it public, don't post it in the first place.
So at what point does "being wealthy" have any further benefit ?
Having come from a country with excessive taxes, seeing people enjoying free 4 bedroom houses and all the benefits under the sun, and collecting bi-weekly expenses cheques from the Government, while myself being on minimum wage and paying through the nose for everything, who exactly is "better off" ?
The real problem with the American healthcare system is that the cost of treatment often has to be met by the family of the sick patient
As opposed to N random people paying into a system to finance your family's problems ? You do know what a Pyramid Scheme is ? If you're still paying into a Government Pension Scheme, possibly the penny will have dropped.
How convenient for them. And when will they present their evidence that he was involved in money-laundering ? Just another example of guilty until proven innocent, given credence by people stupid enough to think it's acceptable behaviour.
I'm sorry, but whatever Paypal thinks of Cryptome, why does he have to wait 6 months for HIS money ? If they don't want to do business with him, finalize any outstanding transactions, and close the account the next working day.
This is the same bullshit that allows banks to sit on international transfers for 3 days, earning them interest when it should already be in YOUR account.
If you go to an ATM, would YOU be happy if it told you "Your Transaction Has Been Processed, Please Wait 6 Months For Your Cash" ?
Okay, set the expiry time as 99 years then, same as land leases. Is it *still* a cache, or is it an archive. There is *no* legal difference until a court has to make the decision and set a precedent for this case. Until then, it's pure opinion by/.tters
In Afghanistan however, you can't hit a Taliban at twenty paces, yet the civilians are dropping like flies. Is that what's called "progress in weapons technology" ?
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Since HTML 1, W3C hasn't specified ONE image codec
Yes, well some of us are old enough to remember the "boycott GIF" campaigns and all the patent bullshit that occurred over web image formats.
Perhaps if w3c HAD specified a single, open (i.e. not patented) image format, we wouldn't have had to deal with that at all.
Now here we are with HTML5, and the w3c is still as ineffectual as ever, finalizing standards (maybe) 10 years after everyone has made their own "interpretation" of what it should be ... Microsoft of course being the evil bad guys, and OSS being the "more-correct" good guys, even though they are both working with a standard that is so much vapourware.
HTML5 in itself won't be a proprietary standard, but the underlying codecs required to actually play the video tag will be the same mess it's always been, with kludges and fallbacks to flash and / or other plugins when the video format isn't supported.
If w3c had wanted to do something useful, they should have insisted on ONE video codec format and ONE audio codec, to work with the video and audio tag respectively. Now that WOULD have been a common standard.
When the pension systems were implemented, typically a man would work for 45 years, paying into the system, and then live for maybe 5 years past retirement, drawing on that same system.
It worked simply because the life expectancy past retirement wasn't more than a few years.
Now people are living longer after retirement than they ever worked, and drawing more from the system than they ever payed in. The pensioners now are using the current working populations contributions. So what will be left when today's workers reach retirement age ?
That IS a pyramid scheme, whether you like it or not.
It has nothing to do with "great outlook", it's got everything to do with cold hard reality.
You *do* understand what an encrypted ZIP file is ?
Rapidshare is full of them, and no filter in the world can block randomly encrypted bits.
Unless you are suggesting shutting down every FTP, filehost, P2P application, Yahoo Group and other massive swathes of the Internet, this filter like all others is a waste of taxpayers money and government resources and time.
I don't know why you think pedos are so dumb that they will name their files "little_naked_boy.jpg" ?
They are possibly some of the most sneaky and conscientious people around when it comes to incriminating evidence, simply because of the very act they perform.
A unknown person accidentally died after mistaking an Airbus A380 for a tin of baked beans.
Welcome to Slashdot :-) Non-news for nerds and stuff that doesn't matter.
while (1) {
print "HELLO WORLD"
}
For the "purists" out there who think GOTO is the Devil.
I'm amazed they haven't had a go at Intel yet to try and get JMP banned.
a few quarts of nutritious compost tea
Lemon or milk ?
Might sound nutritious, but would *you* drink it ?
A bear and a rabbit are in the woods.
The bear says to the rabbit, "tell me, do you have trouble with shit sticking to your fur" ?
The rabbit responds, "no".
So the bear picks up the rabbit, and wipes his ass with it.
Well at least he'll be able to find truffles. Oink Oink.
Which is all very noble, practical, ethical etc.
But lest we forget, they're still in the middle of a fucking drought zone. Time to stop throwing money, food, farming implements at them and do the practical thing first. Help them move to a place where farming is actually likely to succeed more than one year per decade.
Then put a cordon around dirt bowls like Ethiopia, or use it as the world's dumping ground, while the farmers can actually farm in decent growing conditions in more temperate climates.
I was with you right up until "boxen". Then you ceased to exist in my universe.
A computer game these days seems to consist of some newly colored uniforms, some new league fixtures, and another 80 dollars for Madden 2011.
The one who promises the biggest tax cut for your income bracket of course !
Because, as I've already said, it's a "social network", and these work best when everything is public.
People are by nature nosey-parkers, and it's more interesting looking up someone (even a stranger) when you can see *all* their details, not just a name and avatar.
Some people don't even bother posting a profile pic, and their name is Smith. How the fuck is anyone supposed to work out if you are the Smith they are looking for ?
I guess the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Every wonder why Friendster has been abandoned while Facebook continues to grow ? Possibly because it is the most social (details exposed), people can find each other easily. There are privacy controls at the basic level, but giving you minute control over every damn detail of what you want published is nonsensical. The whole point is for people to find you based on those details, if you want it suppressed so badly, don't put it up on the first place.
You want a *social* network where everything is private ?
Something like JohnDoe917 has just added you, JaneDoe375 likes this, etc ?
Finding friends will be a blast. Search for JohnDoe ... 7 million results, would you like to narrow your search ? Sorry, no extra criteria available, everything is private.
It's supposed to be public that's the whole point. If you don't want it public, don't post it in the first place.
So at what point does "being wealthy" have any further benefit ?
Having come from a country with excessive taxes, seeing people enjoying free 4 bedroom houses and all the benefits under the sun, and collecting bi-weekly expenses cheques from the Government, while myself being on minimum wage and paying through the nose for everything, who exactly is "better off" ?
He's a Masai warrior from Kenya ?
The real problem with the American healthcare system is that the cost of treatment often has to be met by the family of the sick patient
As opposed to N random people paying into a system to finance your family's problems ? You do know what a Pyramid Scheme is ? If you're still paying into a Government Pension Scheme, possibly the penny will have dropped.
How convenient for them. And when will they present their evidence that he was involved in money-laundering ? Just another example of guilty until proven innocent, given credence by people stupid enough to think it's acceptable behaviour.
I'm sorry, but whatever Paypal thinks of Cryptome, why does he have to wait 6 months for HIS money ? If they don't want to do business with him, finalize any outstanding transactions, and close the account the next working day.
This is the same bullshit that allows banks to sit on international transfers for 3 days, earning them interest when it should already be in YOUR account.
If you go to an ATM, would YOU be happy if it told you "Your Transaction Has Been Processed, Please Wait 6 Months For Your Cash" ?
Damn it Cartman, stop saying hella !
Because it your production server is *nix, you are probably *already* running a shitload of random scripts written by unknown cunts ?
Okay, set the expiry time as 99 years then, same as land leases. Is it *still* a cache, or is it an archive. There is *no* legal difference until a court has to make the decision and set a precedent for this case. Until then, it's pure opinion by /.tters
And missed both times.
In Afghanistan however, you can't hit a Taliban at twenty paces, yet the civilians are dropping like flies. Is that what's called "progress in weapons technology" ?