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Comment *sigh* (Score 1) 187

I don't know why my post is marked as Troll.

Does no one know how many people rip stuff off youtube, vimeo, insert site X here, and edit the videos into parodies or god knows what else?

If you have a format that can't be readily edited I don't get how its going to go anywhere.

Not saying its ideal but it is a valid point.

Comment Linux cant even edit it half the time (Score 2, Interesting) 187

Try finding video editing software which can edit (not commandline like ffmpeg, I'm talking gui After Effects style) a Theora file.

Even on Linux where you would think ogg would be strongest is horrible in the ability to edit ogg files. I do screen captures from time to time and recordmydesktop only saves out ogg (ogv in later versions) files of the captures. I constantly have to run ffmpeg on the files and spit them out as png image sequences.

Outside the technical merits I don't know how you can expect to get traction on a format that barely anything if at all can edit the darn things.

Just my 2 cents.

Comment blah (Score 3, Insightful) 239

Eclipse 3.2.2 still? When do they plan on upgrading it? I mean they upgraded to PulseAudio and we all know how stable that thing is. *sigh*

I've tried running Eclipse builds from other repositories and seem to always have issues with them. It would be nice if they updated to a later version.

Comment Re:One question: (Score 1, Informative) 205

PulseAudio has totally fubared my computer at work and my laptop at home. I disabled it and went back to alsa however I still get soundlockups and other odd things.

These machines ran perfectly fine before Ubuntu made the switch to PulseAudio. Its one thing that drives me insane about Linux distros. They will switch to something new well before its stable and warranted yet packages that are updated and should be the default are left behind "case in point Eclipse".

Comment Re:I know this is slashdot..... but XP (Score 1) 432

I totally know what you mean and feel the same way

It can be hard to find a setup that fits like a glove and allows you to move around and work like its an extension of yourself. I've struggled with a decent setup for the last couple years and have finally got a good one going.

On my current job we are an all Windows house but my groove setup is with Ubuntu and Gnome at the moment. I'm lucky in that I'm a tools developer for an application which has both Linux and Windows ports. I can write my code in Linux and just have to hop on a Windows machine to make sure what works in Linux performs the same in Windows.

I've had artists come up and ask why I don't run the same setup as them, once I start flipping between workspaces on duel monitors with my apps spread all around they get the idea. I even setup another programer who sits next to me with Nvidia's workspace settings for Windows.

Once you find a setup that just works regardless of window manager or operating system your work output goes through the roof, I've noticed that holds true for me at least.

Comment Re:batteries (Score 1) 128

Not being rude in any way but how or what else are cars that don't run gas supposed to use if not batteries?

I don't think (would love to be proven wrong of course) that any solution for travel will ever not have an impact on th environment. I'd even wager that getting above 50% would be a dream come true.

I just don't understand what we are supposed to use when I see comments like yours about a new technology that is better then the current. Gotta start somewhere no?

The Media

Submission + - MS strikes GPLv3 from Linspire deal

rs232 writes: ""Microsoft says software that's licensed under GPLv3 isn't covered by the patent protection deal it recently signed with desktop Linux distributor Linspire"

http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle .jhtml?articleID=201001836


Did the original patent deal with Linspire explicidly mention GPLv3 and if not can they retrospectivly rewrite the terms of the license. If so what good is it?

http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=2007 0614085735536"
Software

Submission + - Does Comcast hate Firefox? (blorge.com)

destinyland writes: "Comcast is the largest ISP in America. And they're requiring Internet Explorer for installations — even if you're using a Mac. The Comcast homepage even species that the page is optimized for IE 5.5 (which was released in 2000), and "is not optimized for Firefox browsers and Macs." With 13 million subscribers, you'd think they could spring for a web developer who could handle multiple browsers. (From the last line of the article: "I'm afraid to ask how Comcast handles Linux...""
Patents

Submission + - Patent Lawsuit - Providing Photos via a Network

An anonymous reader writes: from http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/196764-recent-pa tentcopyright-infringement-cases-filed-in-u.s.-dis trict-court

Plaintiff Peter Wolf claims he owns the rights to U.S. Patent No. 7,047,214 for "Process for Providing Event Photographs for Inspection and Distribution Via a Computer Network." The process allows photo proofs to be viewed and ordered online. He is suing Brightroom, Island Photography, Bird's Eye View, Digilabs, Printroom, SmugMug and Master Photos for infringement on the patented process.
Edward Goldstein of Houston is representing Wolf.
The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge David Folsom
Case No. 2:07-cv-00238-DF
Google

Submission + - Google Checkout Party Canceled Due to eBay Pressur

andyteleco writes: Here's a little episode from the money-makes-the-world-go-round department. Google on Monday announced an alternative Google Checkout party with free food & massages at the side of an eBay event — likely to lure away sellers (Checkout is a competitor to eBay-owned PayPal): Are you an online seller attending eBay Live! in Boston this week? If so, join us for a celebration of user choice at the Google Checkout Freedom Party on Thursday night This didn't bode so well with eBay, who, according to Valleywag, reacted by withdrawing AdWords ads on Google. And now, in a new blog post Google says that after "speaking with officials at eBay, we ... agreed that it was better for us not to feature this event." (The post doesn't elaborate on the reasons, except that Google "did not want to detract from" the eBay Live event — as often with official company blogs, they hide more than they reveal when it comes to sensitive issues.) From: http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-06-13.htm l#n11

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