That's because people are stupid. I really like the idea of a heaven full of puppy dogs, rainbows, and super models - but I know how ridiculous on every level that is so I don't go off myself to get there sooner.
The only person dumber than a second-term Dubya voter is a first-term Obama voter.
Stop being silly. It's more like you can go down the trapped hallway with a free pass that disables all the traps (by licensing it), or you can wander down the dark WebM hallway where it's likely there are traps.
Stop lying. h.264 certainly has some protection from submarine patents - namely a huge body of patents held for it. You know who has the patents, and they will sue the living shit out of anyone who tries to bring forth a patent for it. You have someone on your side, and that someone has very big guns.
WebM? Not so much... Google isn't offering wide indemnification, only for their own patents no?
x264 is not a patent trap, its patent implications are well known. WebM, on the other hand, is a patent trap - nobody knows who's going to come out of the woodwork to sue over some small piece of it that someone has a vague patent over.
Yeah...no. Archos 70 does not have Honeycomb. But yeah it'd be a close call between NC and Archos 70. NC has a better screen, so I'd go for that. CPU is underclocked by BN, so I don't think that's really a problem - just OC it back to 1GHz.
Your Google foo is weak. I guess he was talking about this. Mind you, I think it's a silly thing to get all worked up about, and I can't stand Palin, but that wasn't my point.
You know, it's kind of silly to ask for citations when the post you're referring to mentions specific instances that can be easily searched for on Google.
Good God, put a cork in it. You're so full of shit, and the whole "oooh, the fat cats are getting away with shit!" line is so boring and idiotic.
Try reading this. You're just using selection bias to rouse the rabble and make them think something unique happened there. In fact, this guy was sober when he hit the cyclist, he'll be paying a shitload and his felony would have been expunged in 4 years while the two misdemeanors won't be.
But don't let facts get in the way - damn those rich Wall Street Fat Cats, amirite?
It's also laughably silly. I'm atheist, but seriously - giving a date based on some event a new name does not change the significance of the date. It's childishness.
Sure we could. If we (first world humanity) built the dirtiest nuclear weapons we could imagine and also bioengineered some sweet smallpox, Ebola, and a few other nasties and released them on the world at the same time we could eradicate all human life within 50 years I bet.
First you nuke the shit out of all the low population areas - wilderness areas, etc... Then you let loose your bio attacks. Then 6 months later you nuke the shit out of everything else. Maybe add some satellite based nuclear weapons to look for any signs of life and drop nukes on it.
Of course, that would be an intentional effort. But I said "capability". As of now nothing we would do unintentionally looks like it would totally wipe out humanity (including WW3 with full nuclear commit by all powers), but that could change rapidly with new technologies.
Our species didn't have the capacity to destroy all human life on the planet until the late 20th century. And our ability to harm ourselves is only accelerating. Even if we don't eradicate human life, there's definitely a good chance of a massive stall - e.g. 95% of humanity dying, technology regressing somewhat, etc...
Genuine question - what part of your ego development do you think got stunted such that you feel a need to show the world (and probably yourself) what a forward-thinking, non-biased human being you are?
I don't give a shit about race or sexual orientation either way, and I don't care about being labeled homophobic, racist, or any other *ist you care to mention. Your estimation of my quality as a human being means less than shit to me.
When people apply violence for any reason, then I care. Mel Gibson ranting racist nonsense? I don't give a shit - if he made a good movie I'd see it.
This cracks me up. Basically she thinks she sounds imposing by saying those words (they're so generic that they allow the reader to fill in his worst imaginings, she imagines).
There's no escalation and nothing the RIAA can do in this instance. Empty threats.
Yeah, hitting the science fiction books a bit too much. This isn't even in the vaguest theoretical realm of imagined possibility yet. It could be impossible (people seem to think Science can do Magic if we just give it enough time), or it could be 2000 years away (like we'll survive as a species that long).
Yeah, every time I see one of these articles I forward to my "anti-(western)medicine" friends. You know the ones - they use words like Big Pharma and Quacks all the time, and are convinced the "Man" is keeping various life-saving herbs and natural remedies out of our hands because "there's no money in them".
I wonder which herb or tree bark fixes the physical inability to speak? Which one massively, provably brings down the death rates from breast cancer or leukemia? Which one fixes your busted ass knee or your broken arm?
Good God, looking at the replies above it seems we have a full on squad of PC police monitoring SlashDot posts for anything that doesn't Honor Our Differences.
This is why they don't let nerds make decisions like this - you're generally clueless. Being free and getting a better compression ratio would be fairly low in their priority list.
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Yeah, they should have teemed up with MSNBC.
Haha.
That's because people are stupid. I really like the idea of a heaven full of puppy dogs, rainbows, and super models - but I know how ridiculous on every level that is so I don't go off myself to get there sooner.
The only person dumber than a second-term Dubya voter is a first-term Obama voter.
But he's so well spoken!
Jesus Christ.
Stop being silly. It's more like you can go down the trapped hallway with a free pass that disables all the traps (by licensing it), or you can wander down the dark WebM hallway where it's likely there are traps.
Stop lying. h.264 certainly has some protection from submarine patents - namely a huge body of patents held for it. You know who has the patents, and they will sue the living shit out of anyone who tries to bring forth a patent for it. You have someone on your side, and that someone has very big guns.
WebM? Not so much... Google isn't offering wide indemnification, only for their own patents no?
x264 is not a patent trap, its patent implications are well known. WebM, on the other hand, is a patent trap - nobody knows who's going to come out of the woodwork to sue over some small piece of it that someone has a vague patent over.
As opposed to the patent unknown of WebM. Yeah, I'm sure people will jump right on that bandwagon!
Who uses MSSQL?!?
Lol. Professionals? I suppose instead they should use some open source DB? You _totally_ know what you're talking about, dude.
Yes, if by "line" you mean "unarguably true statement".
Yeah...no. Archos 70 does not have Honeycomb. But yeah it'd be a close call between NC and Archos 70. NC has a better screen, so I'd go for that. CPU is underclocked by BN, so I don't think that's really a problem - just OC it back to 1GHz.
Your Google foo is weak. I guess he was talking about this. Mind you, I think it's a silly thing to get all worked up about, and I can't stand Palin, but that wasn't my point.
You know, it's kind of silly to ask for citations when the post you're referring to mentions specific instances that can be easily searched for on Google.
Let him fucking google that for you, huh?
Good God, put a cork in it. You're so full of shit, and the whole "oooh, the fat cats are getting away with shit!" line is so boring and idiotic.
Try reading this. You're just using selection bias to rouse the rabble and make them think something unique happened there. In fact, this guy was sober when he hit the cyclist, he'll be paying a shitload and his felony would have been expunged in 4 years while the two misdemeanors won't be.
But don't let facts get in the way - damn those rich Wall Street Fat Cats, amirite?
It's also laughably silly. I'm atheist, but seriously - giving a date based on some event a new name does not change the significance of the date. It's childishness.
Sure we could. If we (first world humanity) built the dirtiest nuclear weapons we could imagine and also bioengineered some sweet smallpox, Ebola, and a few other nasties and released them on the world at the same time we could eradicate all human life within 50 years I bet.
First you nuke the shit out of all the low population areas - wilderness areas, etc... Then you let loose your bio attacks. Then 6 months later you nuke the shit out of everything else. Maybe add some satellite based nuclear weapons to look for any signs of life and drop nukes on it.
Of course, that would be an intentional effort. But I said "capability". As of now nothing we would do unintentionally looks like it would totally wipe out humanity (including WW3 with full nuclear commit by all powers), but that could change rapidly with new technologies.
I didn't say anything of that nature, actually. But OK I'm a *ist. Oh the mental anguish I will face now that I've acknowledged it!
Our species didn't have the capacity to destroy all human life on the planet until the late 20th century. And our ability to harm ourselves is only accelerating. Even if we don't eradicate human life, there's definitely a good chance of a massive stall - e.g. 95% of humanity dying, technology regressing somewhat, etc...
Genuine question - what part of your ego development do you think got stunted such that you feel a need to show the world (and probably yourself) what a forward-thinking, non-biased human being you are?
I don't give a shit about race or sexual orientation either way, and I don't care about being labeled homophobic, racist, or any other *ist you care to mention. Your estimation of my quality as a human being means less than shit to me.
When people apply violence for any reason, then I care. Mel Gibson ranting racist nonsense? I don't give a shit - if he made a good movie I'd see it.
This cracks me up. Basically she thinks she sounds imposing by saying those words (they're so generic that they allow the reader to fill in his worst imaginings, she imagines).
There's no escalation and nothing the RIAA can do in this instance. Empty threats.
Read the article - it's mostly how the lungs pump the air, mouth, lips, tongue, etc.. form the words. voice-box has very little to do with it.
Yeah, hitting the science fiction books a bit too much. This isn't even in the vaguest theoretical realm of imagined possibility yet. It could be impossible (people seem to think Science can do Magic if we just give it enough time), or it could be 2000 years away (like we'll survive as a species that long).
Yeah, every time I see one of these articles I forward to my "anti-(western)medicine" friends. You know the ones - they use words like Big Pharma and Quacks all the time, and are convinced the "Man" is keeping various life-saving herbs and natural remedies out of our hands because "there's no money in them".
I wonder which herb or tree bark fixes the physical inability to speak? Which one massively, provably brings down the death rates from breast cancer or leukemia? Which one fixes your busted ass knee or your broken arm?
Good God, looking at the replies above it seems we have a full on squad of PC police monitoring SlashDot posts for anything that doesn't Honor Our Differences.
Oh, you think the main effort of the douchebag malware writers are out there is data on webservers... How quaint.
It's not - it's botnets.
I love .NET, love C#, and love Silverlight. But I agree, I don't understand why anyone would ever use VB. It's shit.
This is why they don't let nerds make decisions like this - you're generally clueless. Being free and getting a better compression ratio would be fairly low in their priority list.