>>>"Don't forget that the bad guys end up with the source code while the white hats don't get it. Take a look at Windows. The Chinese intel services have the source for it. Russia does too."
Excellent point Anonymous. I guess overall open source is better.
>>>The Harvard University researcher published his findings [about the security flaws] without cooperation from Tegam Software, who elected not to respond to several e-mails from him on the topic. Tegam subsequently accused him of violating copyright laws for publishing [65 bytes of code] >>>
Well (bleep). No wonder I hate corporations. Haven't they ever heard of "fair use" and citation?
>>>Can you please pay the Licensing fees then for everyone?
You can't afford the MPEG's 10-20 cents extra per iPod? That is a shame. (shrug). Well *I* can't afford to spend several hundred dollars to buy new iPods, iPads, and other Gadgets that can play this NEW WebM codec. I think MY reason (save almost a thousand dollars) is more compelling then your reason (save 10 pennies).
Hundreds of dollars >>>>> 0.1 dollars. I side with me. If that makes me an ass, so be it.
He is technically-correct: Open source lets dishonest people search for flaws to exploit. BUT he overlooks that closed-source companies like Microsoft are slow to fix problems (often going years before fixing known bugs), so they are oftentimes Less safe than open source, due to inertia.
The ideal would probably be closed source (so thieves can't see the flaws), and a company that fixes bugs immediately after discovery. In the real world no such thing exist..... except possibly OS 10.x by Apple who fix bugs at a rapid rate.
When a post is modded (0) or lower, it disappears from view. It becomes invisible which is censorship. For a people who support "openness" that should never happen.
>>>I think everyone should pull their head out of their asses and stop spreading the H264 licensing and royalty FUD..... only if you make more than x amount of money (somewhere in the neighbourhood of a few hundred thousand dollars) you have to pay a very reasonable royalty fee..... The only arguments against H264 that people can come up with are irrational, and hypothetical, and none of them make any sense at all..... unless you think MPEG-LA are codec fascists who are only out to screw everyone..... [MPEG 4 h264] is an open-source codec that's freely available for non-profit use. >>>
I want to hug you. FINALLY someone on slashdot displays some THINKING ability instead of trying to worship OSS as if it was a religion (and censor those who refuse to join said church). THANK YOU for finally postng a rational arguement, but sadly you'll probably be modded "troll" in order to shut you up.
P.S. If you support "openness" why the need to censor posts? (Use modding to make them invisible.) That's not open. Or free. It's corporation. You're acting like a corporation to squash opinions you don't like.
You can't afford the MPEG's 20-30 cents extra per iPod? That is a shame. Well *I* can't afford to spend several hundred dollars to buy new iPods, iPads, and other Gadgets that can play the WebM codec. I think MY reason is more compelling then your reason. Hundreds of dollars >>>>> 0.1 dollars. I side with me.
>>>I had that feeling I imagine people get when they are told that the plane they just missed ended up in the field just outside the airport...
That was an awesome movie. Death eventually fixes his mistake (kills off the people that missed the plane).
RANDOM QUESTION: When I'm playing a 50-hour RPG, how do I shorten the time so it only takes half that? Replaying these things is a challenge when it takes so darn long.
Reminds me of that "stuck in a timeloop" Day Break - "Decisions have consequences."
Or ZORK:
"You've just been eaten by a grue." (Still not sure what a grue is, even 30 years later.) In most modern games it's part of the narrative that the heroes will get beaten by the Big Bad guy, but not killed.
>>>>>California was something like the world's 5th biggest economy, so it's kind of a big deal whether or not the state goes bankrupt. >>>>> >>Not really.
Yes really it would be bad. Greece was around number 35 biggest economy, and when it went bankrupt and had to be bailed-out, it was considered a big deal around the world. Ditto with Ireland. To say that California, which is multiple times bigger than either Greece or Ireland, is not a big deal is not logical. Of course it matters. It would send a shockwave through all economies.
A European above said, "When the US sneezes the world gets a cold." So what do you think would happen if ~1/5th the US economy suddenly defaulted and needed a bailout? The world would tumble into a long-term recession.
>>>What makes you think the corporate firewall allows skype traffic?
My corporation doesn't allow Skype but it DOES allow internet phones. They are all tied into the same ethernet lines as our PCs, so if this company can make it work, yours can too. And it would only cost 1/1000th as much as a cellphone supplied to every employee.
>>>bitching about what was wrong with the state, bad roads, worse schools, etc.
The solution for roads is to raise the road (gasoline) tax. The solution for schools is to raise the annual school tax. The solution for trains is to raise ticket prices to have a surplus (and then invest in more train lines).
And the solution for the general funding of government is to raise the income tax on the upper incomes ($100,000 or more).... none of these things were forbidden by Prop 13 (limit property tax). ASIDE: A large contributor to Proposition 13 was the belief older Californians should not be priced out of their homes through high taxes, and I agree with that. In fact I'd like to see property taxes be 0%, because people should OWN their land, not have to rent it like commoners did in the middle ages (from manor lords). Money can be collected via the more-fair, progressive income tax instead.
>>>Oh yeah? And who's gonna pay to maintain the road to and from your house? Gas tax? Sure. You're gonna love it when you start paying European style $7 per gallon, aren't you? >>>
Doesn't bother me. I believe that we car drivers should pay whatever it costs to maintain the macadam we drive on. If that means increasing the CA gas tax from ~50 cents to $2 then so be it. Not that I think it's necessary: There's already a surplus in the highway fund.
Oh and yes I still think property tax should be 0%. People should OWN their land, not have to rent it like serfs did during the middle ages. The shortfall can be made-up from the progressive income tax which taxes the rich more "strongly" than the poor. The income tax is a much fairer way to collect money than the flat tax applied to land.
Slashdot Mirror
WebM is the container
--- VP8 is the video
--- Vorbis is the audio
Why didn't Google use Ogg for the container? I see Google's also developed a WebP format for pictures, also based on VP8.
>>>everyone know that you are behind the "michael kristopeit" spam bot
Not a clue.
I've been on slashdot for 4+ years, so I can't be him.
>>>"Don't forget that the bad guys end up with the source code while the white hats don't get it. Take a look at Windows. The Chinese intel services have the source for it. Russia does too."
Excellent point Anonymous.
I guess overall open source is better.
>>>Windows in various forms runs on the Xbox and the Xbox 360
I didn't realize Windows could operate on a PowerPC-based system (X360)? I thought Microsoft abandoned that cpu sometime around windows 4.x (96).
Will these smartphones have enough RAM (2-3 gig) to run Windows 8?
>>>(Score:-1, Flamebait)
Sigh. Can't even post an opinion anymore, unless it's preapproved by the moderators and "rightspeak" that is Doubleplusgood.
>>>The Harvard University researcher published his findings [about the security flaws] without cooperation from Tegam Software, who elected not to respond to several e-mails from him on the topic. Tegam subsequently accused him of violating copyright laws for publishing [65 bytes of code]
>>>
Well (bleep). No wonder I hate corporations.
Haven't they ever heard of "fair use" and citation?
>>> -1 100% Flamebait
What the hell?
I offered my opinion.
The end.
>>>Can you please pay the Licensing fees then for everyone?
You can't afford the MPEG's 10-20 cents extra per iPod? That is a shame. (shrug). Well *I* can't afford to spend several hundred dollars to buy new iPods, iPads, and other Gadgets that can play this NEW WebM codec. I think MY reason (save almost a thousand dollars) is more compelling then your reason (save 10 pennies).
Hundreds of dollars >>>>> 0.1 dollars.
I side with me.
If that makes me an ass, so be it.
>>>Open Source does not punish them for the effrontery of disclosing them.
Punish them? What you say?
He is technically-correct:
Open source lets dishonest people search for flaws to exploit. BUT he overlooks that closed-source companies like Microsoft are slow to fix problems (often going years before fixing known bugs), so they are oftentimes Less safe than open source, due to inertia.
The ideal would probably be closed source (so thieves can't see the flaws), and a company that fixes bugs immediately after discovery. In the real world no such thing exist..... except possibly OS 10.x by Apple who fix bugs at a rapid rate.
When a post is modded (0) or lower, it disappears from view.
It becomes invisible which is censorship.
For a people who support "openness" that should never happen.
When a post is modded (0) or lower, it disappears from view. It become invisible which is the same as censorship.
>>>I think everyone should pull their head out of their asses and stop spreading the H264 licensing and royalty FUD..... only if you make more than x amount of money (somewhere in the neighbourhood of a few hundred thousand dollars) you have to pay a very reasonable royalty fee..... The only arguments against H264 that people can come up with are irrational, and hypothetical, and none of them make any sense at all..... unless you think MPEG-LA are codec fascists who are only out to screw everyone..... [MPEG 4 h264] is an open-source codec that's freely available for non-profit use.
>>>
I want to hug you. FINALLY someone on slashdot displays some THINKING ability instead of trying to worship OSS as if it was a religion (and censor those who refuse to join said church). THANK YOU for finally postng a rational arguement, but sadly you'll probably be modded "troll" in order to shut you up.
P.S. If you support "openness" why the need to censor posts? (Use modding to make them invisible.) That's not open. Or free. It's corporation. You're acting like a corporation to squash opinions you don't like.
P.S. If you support "openness" why the need to censor posts? (Use modding to them them invisible.) That's not open. Or free.
You can't afford the MPEG's 20-30 cents extra per iPod? That is a shame. Well *I* can't afford to spend several hundred dollars to buy new iPods, iPads, and other Gadgets that can play the WebM codec. I think MY reason is more compelling then your reason. Hundreds of dollars >>>>> 0.1 dollars. I side with me.
>>>I had that feeling I imagine people get when they are told that the plane they just missed ended up in the field just outside the airport...
That was an awesome movie.
Death eventually fixes his mistake (kills off the people that missed the plane).
RANDOM QUESTION:
When I'm playing a 50-hour RPG, how do I shorten the time so it only takes half that? Replaying these things is a challenge when it takes so darn long.
Reminds me of that "stuck in a timeloop" Day Break - "Decisions have consequences."
Or ZORK:
"You've just been eaten by a grue." (Still not sure what a grue is, even 30 years later.) In most modern games it's part of the narrative that the heroes will get beaten by the Big Bad guy, but not killed.
>>>if Twitter is a US company, based in the US, it is subject to US law. The EU can butt out.
Damn straight! Arrogant Euros.
/end humormode
This.
Means
War!
>>>>>California was something like the world's 5th biggest economy, so it's kind of a big deal whether or not the state goes bankrupt.
>>>>>
>>Not really.
Yes really it would be bad. Greece was around number 35 biggest economy, and when it went bankrupt and had to be bailed-out, it was considered a big deal around the world. Ditto with Ireland. To say that California, which is multiple times bigger than either Greece or Ireland, is not a big deal is not logical. Of course it matters. It would send a shockwave through all economies.
A European above said, "When the US sneezes the world gets a cold." So what do you think would happen if ~1/5th the US economy suddenly defaulted and needed a bailout? The world would tumble into a long-term recession.
>>>What makes you think the corporate firewall allows skype traffic?
My corporation doesn't allow Skype but it DOES allow internet phones. They are all tied into the same ethernet lines as our PCs, so if this company can make it work, yours can too. And it would only cost 1/1000th as much as a cellphone supplied to every employee.
>>>bitching about what was wrong with the state, bad roads, worse schools, etc.
The solution for roads is to raise the road (gasoline) tax.
The solution for schools is to raise the annual school tax.
The solution for trains is to raise ticket prices to have a surplus (and then invest in more train lines).
And the solution for the general funding of government is to raise the income tax on the upper incomes ($100,000 or more).... none of these things were forbidden by Prop 13 (limit property tax). ASIDE: A large contributor to Proposition 13 was the belief older Californians should not be priced out of their homes through high taxes, and I agree with that. In fact I'd like to see property taxes be 0%, because people should OWN their land, not have to rent it like commoners did in the middle ages (from manor lords). Money can be collected via the more-fair, progressive income tax instead.
>>>Oh yeah? And who's gonna pay to maintain the road to and from your house? Gas tax? Sure. You're gonna love it when you start paying European style $7 per gallon, aren't you?
>>>
Doesn't bother me. I believe that we car drivers should pay whatever it costs to maintain the macadam we drive on. If that means increasing the CA gas tax from ~50 cents to $2 then so be it. Not that I think it's necessary: There's already a surplus in the highway fund.
Oh and yes I still think property tax should be 0%. People should OWN their land, not have to rent it like serfs did during the middle ages. The shortfall can be made-up from the progressive income tax which taxes the rich more "strongly" than the poor. The income tax is a much fairer way to collect money than the flat tax applied to land.
You don't have to update.
I turned-off my PC's autoupdate after the last one killed my internet access. Had to do a rollback to before the update to restore the connection.