MPEG-LA don't. Really, you sign a contract with them, which specifically says that there may be other patents that cover h.264 thats not in their portfolio, in which case you agree its between the 3rd party patent holder and you. Not MPEG-LA and they are not liable for a thing.
Needing to sign a license agreement makes it more amenable. Whats stopping MPEG-LA from revising the h.264 license agreement to include DRM enforcement on all decoders for example?
No they can't. You have to sign the license agreement to buy a license. That license agreement prevents any kind of redistribution what so ever. It would be in violation of the OS licenses both Mozilla and FF have been developed under.
Getting h264 support is not *just* about affording hefty license fees. Its the dirty contract you have to sign with MEPG-LA. A contract that does not allow redistribution of the "license" at the very least.
In the US, Uncle Sam pays for a lot of the expensive part of getting a drug to the market. Even Drugs completely developed by foreign companies and governments are still 3-5x more expensive than in any other country, they are not "making" up for R&D cost then now are they.
There is no stated reason for getting on the no fly list. You are not allowed to ask why you are on it and you are not allowed to challenge it. There are babies on the list. Dead people are on the list. How the hell did they attend a terrorist training camp?
Its not 7500000 years of data. Its some years of modern temp readings, and then a lot of modeling of 2nd and 3rd level data to *infer* the rest. These models are subject to.... uncertainties to say the lest. The black and white nature of the debate here is not all that scientific.
But hay they are scientist... we should just trust them, they know what best.
Like hell. I am a scientist, and i don't trust me. In God we trust, the rest of you show me the data.
Most of the World still requires presentation of ID if requested by the police. Most of the EU its fine-able offense to not have an ID on in some member states.
Really i don't get the big deal. Its just proof of name or whatever. So what. What rights has been infringed?
Safe pointer arithmetic isn't about *if* it can be coded correctly, but what happens when its not (aka huge number of security problems for starters). Why in 2010 should we be doing tedious, careful edge cases everywhere when its something a compiler/computer can do for you and do well.
The java program i have written is faster than the C program it replaces. When someone use MS word or just windows in general, people don't go on about how slow C is. But if they think its written in Java...... For the record i develop in Java, C++, Scheme, etc and even a little assembly from time to time.
The new 2.5 blender will have a fully customizable UI. So all those Maya fans can have a maya like interface. Really when people say the hate the interface, what they really mean is that its not like last the 3d app i took the time to learn. And no 3d app is easy to learn.
However standardizing UI's is not a bad thing either. I just don't like the idea of standardizing and the expense of never improving things, or trying new ideas and work flows. A fully customizable UI is a good idea in that respect.
For the record, I don't know what all the fuss about Blenders UI is about. I have always found UI's in just about everything hard to get started with, but easy after a while, blender included. Intuitive does not mean what most UI standards and UI designers really think it means.
While i agree with you in general, especially in this case. However knowing something about NP etc is helpful. There are a lot of real problems that are NP hard that we want to solve with large n. An example is tool paths in CNC milling. Knowing that you can't realistically find the optimum solution already gives a good hint to not try, and stick with heuristics. ie good enough is enough. There are other examples too, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
One app the company i worked on was delivered to the client (on time and on budget--but that was just luck!). After the acceptance testing we were told that they are really happy we didn't use "slow" java. It was fast and responsive etc. They loved it. It was 100% pure java...
Bad java apps are not like bad C apps. Because everyone seems to thinks is "java's" fault. But how many crappy, bloated and insecure C/C++ apps are out there? A lot, yet the language doesn't get blamed.
This was not unfortunate. It was a fucking war crime without kids. The pilot even said that they are unarmed, but picking up a body/wounded more than 5mins after the first firefight (if thats what you call it). That is against every country's rules of engagement there is. The pilot is swearing about getting permission to fire on the van, that is not shooting, has no weapons, and not picking up weapons.
You still didn't watch it. Really watch the unedited version. Oh there was no weapons there to pick up either. He was a camera man. They stopped to pick up a camera and that makes them a insurgent? Oh, i get it. You are one of these Americans that thinks Iraqi==insurgent.
When you do things like this and you justify it, we all want to be insurgents against American "freedom".
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Everyone seems to think a consensus is somehow strong "evidence". If a media parroted consensus is good then a committee can't be worse can it.
BS. I *must* publish my data and methods in all my papers. Why don't they? Why do they get special treatment?
MPEG-LA don't. Really, you sign a contract with them, which specifically says that there may be other patents that cover h.264 thats not in their portfolio, in which case you agree its between the 3rd party patent holder and you. Not MPEG-LA and they are not liable for a thing.
Needing to sign a license agreement makes it more amenable. Whats stopping MPEG-LA from revising the h.264 license agreement to include DRM enforcement on all decoders for example?
R plotting is better than both. There is zero problems with large 3D datasets. I do it all the time. On Linux.
They can if they buy a license.
No they can't. You have to sign the license agreement to buy a license. That license agreement prevents any kind of redistribution what so ever. It would be in violation of the OS licenses both Mozilla and FF have been developed under.
There is more to a license than cash.
My personal opinion is that they should adopt it now..
And how can Mozilla/FF do this legally? They can't.
Getting h264 support is not *just* about affording hefty license fees. Its the dirty contract you have to sign with MEPG-LA. A contract that does not allow redistribution of the "license" at the very least.
In the US, Uncle Sam pays for a lot of the expensive part of getting a drug to the market. Even Drugs completely developed by foreign companies and governments are still 3-5x more expensive than in any other country, they are not "making" up for R&D cost then now are they.
There is no stated reason for getting on the no fly list. You are not allowed to ask why you are on it and you are not allowed to challenge it. There are babies on the list. Dead people are on the list. How the hell did they attend a terrorist training camp?
Its not 7500000 years of data. Its some years of modern temp readings, and then a lot of modeling of 2nd and 3rd level data to *infer* the rest. These models are subject to.... uncertainties to say the lest. The black and white nature of the debate here is not all that scientific.
But hay they are scientist... we should just trust them, they know what best.
Like hell. I am a scientist, and i don't trust me. In God we trust, the rest of you show me the data.
Most of the World still requires presentation of ID if requested by the police. Most of the EU its fine-able offense to not have an ID on in some member states.
Really i don't get the big deal. Its just proof of name or whatever. So what. What rights has been infringed?
Censorship by any other name is still Censorship.
Whats next? Approved reading lists?
Who are you to judge what others can or cannot understand?
Or should we all just "trust" these learned men and woman who are more qualified to interpret truth for us?
Guess why the bible was *not* on the approved reading list.....
Two words.
Buffer overflow.
Safe pointer arithmetic isn't about *if* it can be coded correctly, but what happens when its not (aka huge number of security problems for starters). Why in 2010 should we be doing tedious, careful edge cases everywhere when its something a compiler/computer can do for you and do well.
The java program i have written is faster than the C program it replaces. When someone use MS word or just windows in general, people don't go on about how slow C is. But if they think its written in Java...... For the record i develop in Java, C++, Scheme, etc and even a little assembly from time to time.
I find its a great tool for short simple work. But longer clips and its all over.
I thought the point of the analogy, is once a student hears the words "free Beer", he stops caring about brewing his own. ;)
Blender is not CAD. Its a poly modeler with specific application of 3d animation in mind (more or less).
I like blender and i use it a lot. But a good fee CAD tool, i cannot find.
The new 2.5 blender will have a fully customizable UI. So all those Maya fans can have a maya like interface. Really when people say the hate the interface, what they really mean is that its not like last the 3d app i took the time to learn. And no 3d app is easy to learn.
However standardizing UI's is not a bad thing either. I just don't like the idea of standardizing and the expense of never improving things, or trying new ideas and work flows. A fully customizable UI is a good idea in that respect.
For the record, I don't know what all the fuss about Blenders UI is about. I have always found UI's in just about everything hard to get started with, but easy after a while, blender included. Intuitive does not mean what most UI standards and UI designers really think it means.
Developers produce sub-standard applications, not languages.
There is just as many sucky C/C++ apps out there as any other language.
While i agree with you in general, especially in this case. However knowing something about NP etc is helpful. There are a lot of real problems that are NP hard that we want to solve with large n. An example is tool paths in CNC milling. Knowing that you can't realistically find the optimum solution already gives a good hint to not try, and stick with heuristics. ie good enough is enough. There are other examples too, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
3 people you know is a study now?
One app the company i worked on was delivered to the client (on time and on budget--but that was just luck!). After the acceptance testing we were told that they are really happy we didn't use "slow" java. It was fast and responsive etc. They loved it. It was 100% pure java...
Bad java apps are not like bad C apps. Because everyone seems to thinks is "java's" fault. But how many crappy, bloated and insecure C/C++ apps are out there? A lot, yet the language doesn't get blamed.
If you keep fighting like this anywhere, eventually you will be fighting the whole world. And you won't win that one.
This was not unfortunate. It was a fucking war crime without kids. The pilot even said that they are unarmed, but picking up a body/wounded more than 5mins after the first firefight (if thats what you call it). That is against every country's rules of engagement there is. The pilot is swearing about getting permission to fire on the van, that is not shooting, has no weapons, and not picking up weapons.
It was not a fucking accident.
You still didn't watch it. Really watch the unedited version. Oh there was no weapons there to pick up either. He was a camera man. They stopped to pick up a camera and that makes them a insurgent? Oh, i get it. You are one of these Americans that thinks Iraqi==insurgent.
When you do things like this and you justify it, we all want to be insurgents against American "freedom".