Well yes. But the matter still is that the Internet will need a globally owned controlling entity if it is going to continue. ATM too much of the control resides on the US.
last time I tried youtube's html5 beta (with Opera next 11.1 & Firefox Aurora 5) the: movie would not seek, sound would not adjust, play button only started playback, the resize button only worked 3 times and a kitten died right in front of my window!
what I can't fathom is why the W3C - that's the guys who will have the last say on html5 right? - hasn't already just selected the ogg codecs for the new spec?
I mean, ogg is FOSS right? The codecs, afaik, are up to the tasks. Why can't they just make the decision? It's not like there are other competing and simultaneously legally viable solutions.
I think a lot of people are getting confused about GNU. Most semi literate people at some point hear about "the Linux operating system" and - while wrong that might be - this is what catches on, in part also because it's simpler.
Anyway, I think every average/. reader did understand the headline. So why are we still discussing this? I want to discuss if it sucks to loose flash support this way! Because apparently I want to do without it but a lot of people still depend on it.
Oh... come on! Don't get aggravated about such stuff. By getting mad about terminology you derail the conversation and the more pressing points: Linux is about to loose a very useful exploit vector!?!?!?!?
This is exactly the behavior one would expect from a company that named itself after mud... Ohh wait they did!
Having experienced the easy in never out thing I have to add some sentiments to this: when you expand a framework to include more features you always end up doing various abstractions, expansion endpoints, etc... these things once in can't be removed without effectively rewriting the whole application or a big part of it. The problem with partial rewrites is that they usually get quite complex if you want to cut out exactly all the cruft and usually end up in failures.
So - more or less - get it over with. Either do a blank sheet rewrite or just start a secondary de-crufted project. That is software evolution and it won't change.
don't get misled by the term "line of sight". Most probably such events (space wars) will be televised via a virtual, albeit real looking, representation. So the combatants will still be able to be displayed on the same limited display surface. As for participants I would put a lot of money on them being able to see as far as they can target. The only ones that will be unable to tell what the $#@ is going on will be the poor civilians that were nuked into a lower tech scale and random near positioned lower tech civilizations that happen to be in proximity by chance and weren't important enough to relocate for the war effort (like us lot!).
Still the economy market is a very turbulent stream. Sure there are persons and interests that want to keep the capitalist machine working the way it has been working for the last five centuries but ultimately money will go to the place that promises more trunaround. So nobody can really accurately estimate which of the two is the preferable solution. Also, Greece might need a couple of decades more than what you estimate to balance itself out after the downward spiral ends and no one has said that it is ending anytime soon.
Ok, I kind of agree to the preformance clause. But! The site you linked to - probably self promoting since there isn't any other reason in your text to post AC - is UI overkill. Self constructing animations of sites were hot in 2002. I doubt that any designer, no matter how much of a showoff, would go to such an extent with a presentation UI... Minimalism is very hot atm!
Also I had the impression that Scaleform GFX is a UI development product for studios. two points here:
1. UI development is not UI prototyping
2. Development platforms for studios usually licence around 100k USD maybe less if you strike a good deal
Actually they are doing you a favor! Next time you see them don't forget to thank them. As for the annoyance just invest in some decent noise canceling headphones and you will be fine.
The solution is only one: Flood them! Create that much data that they simply won't be able to keep it all. Only thing that is needed is some background service that logs on to fake facebook, email and twitter accounts and corresponds with other (also fake) accounts while your laptop is idle.
Partially. If you want to restrict access to a space you have to "lock it down"; if it isn't locked down you can't go around pressing charges for potential or implied expenses. The best you can do is accuse someone of "light" trespassing, like somebody who is in your - unfenced and unguarded - front yard.
Slashdot Mirror
And all the money that has been shoved inot the IETF.
But that is more of a problem of the rest of the world being ignorant tightwads
ICANN and IANA
Well yes. But the matter still is that the Internet will need a globally owned controlling
entity if it is going to continue. ATM too much of the control resides on the US.
Yes. But freedom of speech also implies freedom of deliberate wrong pronunciation :-P
why, ohh why; isn't OGG a solution that all browser vendors can agree on?
last time I tried youtube's html5 beta (with Opera next 11.1 & Firefox Aurora 5) the:
movie would not seek,
sound would not adjust,
play button only started playback,
the resize button only worked 3 times
and a kitten died right in front of my window!
what I can't fathom is why the W3C - that's the guys who will have the last say on html5 right? -
hasn't already just selected the ogg codecs for the new spec?
I mean, ogg is FOSS right? The codecs, afaik, are up to the tasks. Why can't they just make the
decision? It's not like there are other competing and simultaneously legally viable solutions.
I think a lot of people are getting confused about GNU. Most semi literate people
at some point hear about "the Linux operating system" and - while wrong that
might be - this is what catches on, in part also because it's simpler.
Anyway, I think every average /. reader did understand the headline. So why are
we still discussing this?
I want to discuss if it sucks to loose flash support this way!
Because apparently I want to do without it but a lot of people still depend on it.
Oh... come on! Don't get aggravated about such stuff. By getting
mad about terminology you derail the conversation and the more
pressing points:
Linux is about to loose a very useful exploit vector!?!?!?!?
This is exactly the behavior one would expect from a company
that named itself after mud... Ohh wait they did!
Having experienced the easy in never out thing I have to add some sentiments to this:
when you expand a framework to include more features you always end up doing
various abstractions, expansion endpoints, etc... these things once in can't be
removed without effectively rewriting the whole application or a big part of it. The
problem with partial rewrites is that they usually get quite complex if you want to cut
out exactly all the cruft and usually end up in failures.
So - more or less - get it over with. Either do a blank sheet rewrite or just start a
secondary de-crufted project. That is software evolution and it won't change.
Running android on the touchpad is not the point. the point is running webOS on other HW.
RTFA, no OS does multitasking better than webOS.
Actually with the way apple dealt with it I am inclined to call it NULLtitaskink
Heres the real photo of the two
OMG OMG OMG!!!!
Both phones have a call button? On their front screen?!?!?!?
don't get misled by the term "line of sight".
Most probably such events (space wars) will be televised via a virtual, albeit
real looking, representation. So the combatants will still be able to be
displayed on the same limited display surface. As for participants I would put
a lot of money on them being able to see as far as they can target. The only
ones that will be unable to tell what the $#@ is going on will be the poor
civilians that were nuked into a lower tech scale and random near positioned
lower tech civilizations that happen to be in proximity by chance and weren't
important enough to relocate for the war effort (like us lot!).
That is a very astute observation.
Still the economy market is a very turbulent stream. Sure there are persons and
interests that want to keep the capitalist machine working the way it has been
working for the last five centuries but ultimately money will go to the place that
promises more trunaround. So nobody can really accurately estimate which of the
two is the preferable solution.
Also, Greece might need a couple of decades more than what you estimate to
balance itself out after the downward spiral ends and no one has said that it is
ending anytime soon.
btw, what does that off button do? I don't dare pushing it!
Ok, I kind of agree to the preformance clause. But!
The site you linked to - probably self promoting since there isn't any other reason in your text to post AC -
is UI overkill. Self constructing animations of sites were hot in 2002. I doubt that any designer, no matter
how much of a showoff, would go to such an extent with a presentation UI... Minimalism is very hot atm!
Also I had the impression that Scaleform GFX is a UI development product for studios.
two points here:
1. UI development is not UI prototyping
2. Development platforms for studios usually licence around 100k USD maybe less if you strike a good deal
OK, solution might be a wrong term. Does retaliation sound better?
Why are you so surprised? Didn't you know that THE COPS are the single incorruptible, law abiding species in the whole universe?
Take this Terrorist into prison now!
Fuck privacy, this inches towards a freedom of speech restriction!
I always thought that Canadians had an open minded government...
I actually wonder why they didn't lead with that?
Actually they are doing you a favor!
Next time you see them don't forget to thank them.
As for the annoyance just invest in some decent noise canceling headphones and you will be fine.
The solution is only one:
Flood them! Create that much data that they simply won't be able to keep it all.
Only thing that is needed is some background service that logs on to fake
facebook, email and twitter accounts and corresponds with other (also fake)
accounts while your laptop is idle.
Have fun sorting through the yottabytes UK gov...
Partially.
If you want to restrict access to a space you have to "lock it down"; if it isn't
locked down you can't go around pressing charges for potential or implied
expenses. The best you can do is accuse someone of "light" trespassing,
like somebody who is in your - unfenced and unguarded - front yard.
... for a couple million.
Or a bullet between the eyes if you are lucky!