Let me start off by saying that I think Manning did the right thing, accidentally. Whatever his reasons, his actions were in fact treasonous, and I'm sure they'll try him under that charge. He knew what he was doing when he did it. Except that he didn't limit his actions to releasing evidence of war crimes, he continued on, planning to give an outsider unfettered access to potentially sensitive information that could compromise and/or kill American and coalition soldiers and civillians. Not cool. He was acting as an anarchist, effectively, and he should be tried as a traitor to the country for it. There's a difference between being a conscientious objector and opening the door for the enemy. Lamo was just following his conscience.
Oh, no, don't worry - vehicular law has a get-out-of-jail-free card (pun soundly intended) in that, because automobile operation and licencing are a regulated activity, your rights don't extend to cover it. Hence why RIDE programs are legal, hence why so-called 'routine' traffic stops are legal. It's a nice grey area that your local cops live to bask in.
I think I heard somewhere that the compression with Theora isn't as good as H.264, which may not mean much to lowly us, but to YouTube it translates to massive amounts of bandwidth required per day above and beyond H.264. Best thing to do, really would be to use H.264 until the day before they start charging for it, then release your own open video format on the day. Well, maybe not the *best* thing to do, but it would be dramatic!
Maybe I'm thick, but I don't understand why, if Google's so interested in freeing up a video codec for use as a standard, they don't just apply some of their legendary minds to fixing OGG Vorbis. Is it so fundamentally flawed that not even Google and their legions of high-powered open-source minds can't make it better than H.264?
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Let me start off by saying that I think Manning did the right thing, accidentally. Whatever his reasons, his actions were in fact treasonous, and I'm sure they'll try him under that charge. He knew what he was doing when he did it. Except that he didn't limit his actions to releasing evidence of war crimes, he continued on, planning to give an outsider unfettered access to potentially sensitive information that could compromise and/or kill American and coalition soldiers and civillians. Not cool. He was acting as an anarchist, effectively, and he should be tried as a traitor to the country for it. There's a difference between being a conscientious objector and opening the door for the enemy. Lamo was just following his conscience.
Sucer mon aubergines, Québécois chien!
Should not that Canadian flag be a Fleur-de-lis? Calis!
Oh, no, don't worry - vehicular law has a get-out-of-jail-free card (pun soundly intended) in that, because automobile operation and licencing are a regulated activity, your rights don't extend to cover it. Hence why RIDE programs are legal, hence why so-called 'routine' traffic stops are legal. It's a nice grey area that your local cops live to bask in.
I stand corrected. But that still doesn't address the need for a mute button on browsers.
Sound is *already* handled by the browser, but right now, you're pretty much at the mercy of the script/app/flash coder.
It's Javascript making sounds.
That's what I said. More or less. Less.
Still... Not a button!
...I will avenge you!
I simply can't believe we've come this far and we STILL don't have a mute button as a standard item on web browsers. By Lucifer's beard!
Yeah, that's what I like, meant, and junk.
That sucks di.... Yeah, what he said.
Which is Flash and H.264, for the time being.
Oh, thank god. I thought for a panicky second I knew what was going on.
Yes, I meant Theora - I *am* thick.
So, it's impossible to develop a video codec now, even from scratch, without infringing on patents?
Indeed I did mean Theora, thank you.
I think I heard somewhere that the compression with Theora isn't as good as H.264, which may not mean much to lowly us, but to YouTube it translates to massive amounts of bandwidth required per day above and beyond H.264. Best thing to do, really would be to use H.264 until the day before they start charging for it, then release your own open video format on the day. Well, maybe not the *best* thing to do, but it would be dramatic!
I see. Thank you for disabusing me of my notions, Anonymous hero! So I guess it's time to restart from scratch?
Maybe I'm thick, but I don't understand why, if Google's so interested in freeing up a video codec for use as a standard, they don't just apply some of their legendary minds to fixing OGG Vorbis. Is it so fundamentally flawed that not even Google and their legions of high-powered open-source minds can't make it better than H.264?
That's soooooo nerdy my brain hurts. Well played!
Sites that succeeded despite, not because of, their easy-to-pronounce single or double-syllable names.
I don't think he was complaining that he didn't understand it. It's a poorly marketable name. Sounds like a pill for incontinence.
1st bit = $X, presumably $CAN
Yes amazingly enough, Bell Canada does charge in Canadian Dollars. Unless Bill 454-A passes, and we all pray that it will.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.