#1 can be struck. Even if somebody like MS doesn't hold a VP8 patent, they'll claim they do simply to suppress VP8.
#2 is the most-likely outcome. Fight; fight; fight.
#3 would be bad for google. By the time VP9's specs were established, tested, and released, MPEG4 would be public domain and be an open-source codec itself. (Hence no need for VP9.)
Another alternative: #4 People will decide this isn't worth the fight, use neither of these two battling codecs, and instead use the soon-to-be public domain MPEG2. (That's basically what happened in the SA-CD vs. DVD-audio war - both lost and people went to free downloadable MP3s instead.)
Really??? $10 sounds high to me. Verizon-Atlantic's lowest price is $5 for those who don't use the phone much, and prefer to be charged for each call. That's what I use.
Where do you live that they are ripping you off with $35 a month?!?!? Iowa? Wyoming?
AMONG the states means the 4G wireless that crosses state lines.
It does not include the local Mom&Pop celltower located at the corner of Main and King street, Glendive Montana. THAT jurisdiction, like all internal state matters, fall to the Member State Legislature's control. If that body determines "Yes mom and pop can put a cell tower in that location," the Union government has no authority to overrule them.
And the Supreme Court has said that several times over the last decade, such as when they struck down the Congressional law forbidding guns within one mile of schools. (They didn't buy the "guns pass over borders" argument.)
Can't I just use WINE to run IE9 on my XP machine?
>>>that means new hardware for most of the people still using XP
Windows Seven will run fine on 1/3rd gig of RAM. i.e. My ancient 2000 laptop could be upgraded to it (although it's cheaper to just buy a used laptop with 7 already installed).
>>>IE9 abandoning XP will actually give people an incentive to upgrade?
Yes.
>>>It might be time to move forward grandpa.
(hugs C64 and Amiga and Mac G1) What are you saying? I love these machines - just like I love my GMC Pacer.;-)
Install the addon called "ghostery" to monitor and block tracking cookies. For example right now I see/. is tracking me with Adhere, Doubleclick, DoubleVerify, Google Adsense, Analytics.
Of wait. That only works in Firefox and Seamonkey. Not IE. Oh well.
Use Opera 10 or 11 with "mask as internet explorer" turned on. Problem solved. It won't look like IE but it will act like IE and display the same pages.
You can also use Opera's online web-stored bookmarks to access your work links from home (and vice-versa). And the built-in email/torrent clients to do stuff in the background.
It's bad enough my ISP forces me to use Microsoft Explorer 7 (to enable web acceleration/compression) - I'm certainly not abandoning Firefox for IE9. I'd sooner switch to Opera with its web-stored bookmarks or Chrome with its tiny 25 MB footprint or even PuppyBrowser for Puppy Linux.
>>>Destroying evidence is very rarely a good move.
And I suppose the Jews who obtained machine guns and fought back were just wasting their time, too. Oh wait.... no because they would have been dead anyway (by gassing). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zydowska_Organizacja_Bojowa
It's NEVER a bad move to fight government, especially for warrantless unconstitutional searches. I'm fortunate to be free, but had I been a black or jew or some other unwanted race, I'd have killed as many politicians as I could before they killed me. I'm going to die anyway; might as well die for a good cause - shooting Enslaving Tyrants in the head.
I don't how you can say that given the events happening in Egypt. Or do you think, for some odd reason, that it can't happen in the US? (tons of example deleted)
Never mind. It wouldn't make any difference, because some people refuse to believe the US is guilty of human rights violations (including extermination camps during the 1940s). No point wasting my breath.
Yep. To quote the article: "When people frantically begin shredding sensitive documents and deleting computer files and smashing flash drives and chasing garbage trucks at 2 a.m.... it is not because they have been operating legitimately," said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
Ahhh the old "if you are innocent, then you shouldn't have a right to privacy" argument. Obviously I disagree. I'd destroy my hard drive too if I got word the government was coming. They don't need to know that I donated to wikileaks and other projects.
>>>annoyingly no one has enough time to watch both biased sources of information in order to make an informed decision.
Disagree.
I watch a little of all of them - NBC, FOX, BBC, al-Jazeera, Russia Today, Euronews, ReasonTV, China News..... you can find time to sample a little of everything and then get a wider view of the News.
>>>until you can show MSNBC engaged in that kind of activity
Piece of cake.
MSNBC edited video of a black man carrying a rifle (basically blocked the guy's head from view) , in order to tell a story about "white racists" who "may wish to kill the president" because of his color. But the guy with the gun wasn't white or racist. He was the same color as President Obama. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI
To be fair, Microsoft and Ubuntu linux password systems are not any more secure. Apple is no worse than they.
As for cost - well my new Windows 7 desktop cost $200. Can I find an OS 10.6 mac for that price? Probably. If I search long enough (five years later) - see? Found one.;-)
I watch a little of all of them - NBC, FOX, BBC, al-Jazeera, Russia Today, Euronews, ReasonTV, China News..... Almost all of them have a pro-"you can trust the politicians" government bias, except Russia Today which seems the most libertarian (i.e. minimal government) of those.
After the lab shakedown, throw the unit into a real environment, and see if it breaks. Obviously security needs to be similarly tested, else you'll never know if it really works.
>>>until you can show MSNBC engaged in that kind of activity
MSNBC edited video of a black man carrying a rifle (basically blocked the guy's head from view) , in order to tell a story about "white racists" who "may wish to kill the president" because of his color. But the guy with the gun wasn't white or racist. He was the same color as President Obama. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI
BTW I'd like citations of all the claims you just made (about FOX organizing tea parties)(showing fake footage)(et cetera). The truth is that the tea parties were organized by Libertarian RON PAUL during his 2007 and 8 presidential bid, not fox.
>>>Investing in transportation infrastructure is never worthless
So if the federal government spent 100 billion digging-up canals from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, that would be a worthwhile investment? Of course not. Neither are trains, which are inefficient (timewise) and unpleasant to use (rude people), nor flexible.
So who is this "John Brandon" fellow? Never heard of him before. Maybe he's some college intern, and soon to be kicked out.
MSNBC had a similar article: "Video Games Make Teens Violent" and then goes on to cite an Indiana University study showing that games decrease self-control and increase aggression in the human brain.
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#1 can be struck. Even if somebody like MS doesn't hold a VP8 patent, they'll claim they do simply to suppress VP8.
#2 is the most-likely outcome. Fight; fight; fight.
#3 would be bad for google. By the time VP9's specs were established, tested, and released, MPEG4 would be public domain and be an open-source codec itself. (Hence no need for VP9.)
Another alternative:
#4 People will decide this isn't worth the fight, use neither of these two battling codecs, and instead use the soon-to-be public domain MPEG2. (That's basically what happened in the SA-CD vs. DVD-audio war - both lost and people went to free downloadable MP3s instead.)
Really??? $10 sounds high to me. Verizon-Atlantic's lowest price is $5 for those who don't use the phone much, and prefer to be charged for each call. That's what I use.
Where do you live that they are ripping you off with $35 a month?!?!? Iowa? Wyoming?
But will rural residents be happy to see 2/3rds of their antenna-based TV suddenly switched-off? I doubt it.
AMONG the states means the 4G wireless that crosses state lines.
It does not include the local Mom&Pop celltower located at the corner of Main and King street, Glendive Montana. THAT jurisdiction, like all internal state matters, fall to the Member State Legislature's control. If that body determines "Yes mom and pop can put a cell tower in that location," the Union government has no authority to overrule them.
And the Supreme Court has said that several times over the last decade, such as when they struck down the Congressional law forbidding guns within one mile of schools. (They didn't buy the "guns pass over borders" argument.)
Can't I just use WINE to run IE9 on my XP machine?
>>>that means new hardware for most of the people still using XP
Windows Seven will run fine on 1/3rd gig of RAM. i.e. My ancient 2000 laptop could be upgraded to it (although it's cheaper to just buy a used laptop with 7 already installed).
>>>IE9 abandoning XP will actually give people an incentive to upgrade?
Yes.
>>>It might be time to move forward grandpa.
(hugs C64 and Amiga and Mac G1) What are you saying? I love these machines - just like I love my GMC Pacer. ;-)
Install the addon called "ghostery" to monitor and block tracking cookies. For example right now I see /. is tracking me with Adhere, Doubleclick, DoubleVerify, Google Adsense, Analytics.
Of wait. That only works in Firefox and Seamonkey. Not IE. Oh well.
>>>feeling the wrath of an unsupported browser.
Use Opera 10 or 11 with "mask as internet explorer" turned on. Problem solved. It won't look like IE but it will act like IE and display the same pages.
You can also use Opera's online web-stored bookmarks to access your work links from home (and vice-versa). And the built-in email/torrent clients to do stuff in the background.
Camino (firefox) for newer Macs
Opera or iCab for older Macs
Classilla (seamonkey 1) for pre-OS 10 Macs
- Never IE
Just no.
It's bad enough my ISP forces me to use Microsoft Explorer 7 (to enable web acceleration/compression) - I'm certainly not abandoning Firefox for IE9. I'd sooner switch to Opera with its web-stored bookmarks or Chrome with its tiny 25 MB footprint or even PuppyBrowser for Puppy Linux.
>>>used to help commit a crime
Prove a crime was committed. (Note that you can't because there's no evidence to review.)
>>>Destroying evidence is very rarely a good move.
And I suppose the Jews who obtained machine guns and fought back were just wasting their time, too. Oh wait.... no because they would have been dead anyway (by gassing). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zydowska_Organizacja_Bojowa
It's NEVER a bad move to fight government, especially for warrantless unconstitutional searches. I'm fortunate to be free, but had I been a black or jew or some other unwanted race, I'd have killed as many politicians as I could before they killed me. I'm going to die anyway; might as well die for a good cause - shooting Enslaving Tyrants in the head.
>>>Truly sir your tinfoil is 20 mil.
I don't how you can say that given the events happening in Egypt. Or do you think, for some odd reason, that it can't happen in the US? (tons of example deleted)
Never mind. It wouldn't make any difference, because some people refuse to believe the US is guilty of human rights violations (including extermination camps during the 1940s). No point wasting my breath.
I destroyed evidence that I donated to wikileaks. Does that mean I should be thrown in jail?
Yep. To quote the article: "When people frantically begin shredding sensitive documents and deleting computer files and smashing flash drives and chasing garbage trucks at 2 a.m. ... it is not because they have been operating legitimately," said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
Ahhh the old "if you are innocent, then you shouldn't have a right to privacy" argument.
Obviously I disagree.
I'd destroy my hard drive too if I got word the government was coming. They don't need to know that I donated to wikileaks and other projects.
"ooops, nope, can't use that one!" - NTIA
>>>annoyingly no one has enough time to watch both biased sources of information in order to make an informed decision.
Disagree.
I watch a little of all of them - NBC, FOX, BBC, al-Jazeera, Russia Today, Euronews, ReasonTV, China News..... you can find time to sample a little of everything and then get a wider view of the News.
>>>until you can show MSNBC engaged in that kind of activity
Piece of cake.
MSNBC edited video of a black man carrying a rifle (basically blocked the guy's head from view) , in order to tell a story about "white racists" who "may wish to kill the president" because of his color. But the guy with the gun wasn't white or racist. He was the same color as President Obama. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI
>>>I sure am glad that my right to pay steve 30%
To be fair, Microsoft and Ubuntu linux password systems are not any more secure. Apple is no worse than they.
As for cost - well my new Windows 7 desktop cost $200. Can I find an OS 10.6 mac for that price? Probably. If I search long enough (five years later) - see? Found one. ;-)
>>>Looks like [wikileaks] is at part 3 now.
Not sure how accurate that quote is, since Glenn Beck is also at step 3 (the republicans are fighting him), but he appears doomed to lose, not win.
I watch a little of all of them - NBC, FOX, BBC, al-Jazeera, Russia Today, Euronews, ReasonTV, China News..... Almost all of them have a pro-"you can trust the politicians" government bias, except Russia Today which seems the most libertarian (i.e. minimal government) of those.
After the lab shakedown, throw the unit into a real environment, and see if it breaks. Obviously security needs to be similarly tested, else you'll never know if it really works.
>>>until you can show MSNBC engaged in that kind of activity
MSNBC edited video of a black man carrying a rifle (basically blocked the guy's head from view) , in order to tell a story about "white racists" who "may wish to kill the president" because of his color. But the guy with the gun wasn't white or racist. He was the same color as President Obama. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI
BTW I'd like citations of all the claims you just made (about FOX organizing tea parties)(showing fake footage)(et cetera). The truth is that the tea parties were organized by Libertarian RON PAUL during his 2007 and 8 presidential bid, not fox.
>>>Investing in transportation infrastructure is never worthless
So if the federal government spent 100 billion digging-up canals from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, that would be a worthwhile investment? Of course not. Neither are trains, which are inefficient (timewise) and unpleasant to use (rude people), nor flexible.
So who is this "John Brandon" fellow? Never heard of him before. Maybe he's some college intern, and soon to be kicked out.
MSNBC had a similar article: "Video Games Make Teens Violent" and then goes on to cite an Indiana University study showing that games decrease self-control and increase aggression in the human brain.
âoeThereâ(TM)s enough data that clearly indicates that game violence is a problem,â he says. âoeAnd itâ(TM)s not just a problem for kids with behavior disorders.â - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16099971/ns/technology_and_science-games/
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