I keep instinctively asking that chick to show me her tits. What they hell have you done, internet?!

DNS is not encrypted. All they would have to do is record the dns requests and they would know when you are looking at mybank.com.

Explain, if you can.

You don't get it. If Firefox had h.264 support, it could not be redistributed. Period. Everyone would have to download the 'offical' version from Mozilla. No Linux distro could include it. No one could change the code and distribute it. It would cripple Firefox. Why the hell doesn't anyone understand this?

That is a solution that would allow Mozilla to continue to keep Firefox open while supporting h.264. However, anyone who uses an unlicensed h.264 decoder are still technically breaking the law (at least in the U.S.). I'd rather not have to break the law to watch a video online, but I suppose that would make enough people happy.

If they really felt this way then they would allow players and transmission without patent royalties. They would make it official and permanent. They have not. "I don't think", "99% of websites", and
"It would be stupid of them" doesn't cut it. If you want to put faith in them, go ahead. I'd like to think we know better then that.

Flash is an optional addon. There is no optional addon to play h.264. The support for the video is built into the browser, and once it's built in the browser cannot be redistributed due to patents. This is why Firefox can't play H.264, and the reason Theora doesn't have support from some key players. Without the patents, there is no control.

Of course it's H.264. That's the superior standard! And by superior I mean it allows a superior level of control over the once free and open Internet.

... researchers have found that putting a Formula One engine into a Mack truck wipes out the advantages of the 19,000 rpm.

I've had the opposite experience. I installed FreeNX on a VM at the office to provide remote desktops to my users. I didn't have any trouble at all setting it up (Kubuntu 9.10), and had it up and running in 15 minutes.

I had not heard of xrdp before. I'll have to look into it. One of the 'problems' with NX is requiring the user to install the NX client on their machine at home. Maybe if I switch I can eliminate that issue. Although I kind of doubt it's as bandwidth efficient and responsive as NX. Even remote 128k dsl connections are really, really smooth over NX.

I don't think you've used Ubuntu in a long time. The hardware manager pops up on first boot and gives you the option to install proprietary drivers for devices it's found on your system (like Nvidia/AMD cards). Also, the first time you try to use a media player you get the option to install proprietary codecs. This has worked for at least the last couple of years.

It wouldn't matter. They still couldn't allow it to be redistributed. They would have to keep track of every Firefox download and pay a fee for each one. Nobody could include Firefox in any other download. Linux distros would have to fork it to strip the patented code out. Mozilla is making the right choice by pushing for an open video format instead of trying to find a 'workaround' for getting h.264 working. H.264 is a minefield and doesn't belong on an open and Free Internet.

Sounds like a money grab. US arrests 'terrorists', S.C. fines them $25k for not registering...
I'm sure they will get their money too... hahahaha
Nevermind. This is just stupid.

Sorry, forgot /sarcasm on that post.

> fix a 3G connectivity problem
So will it work on AT&T now? T-Mobile doesn't have crap anywhere near where I live.