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Submission + - Why Google's HTML5 support could harm the internet (digitizor.com) 2

An anonymous reader writes: With YouTube, Google has officially started supporting HTML5 video. However the video codec that they choosed to use is the proprietary H.264 instead of the open source Theora. Because it is used by Google, everyone could start using it, effectively making it the standard. For internet broadcast, H.264 is currently free. However there is a lot of uncertainty over its licensing as the free broadcast license is valid only till the end of 2010. If MPEG-LA, the patent holder of H.264 codec, decides to charge licensing fee, it could create a barrier for web developers and other new entrys in the web bussiness.
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Submission + - SPAM: Is Programming a Lucrative Profession? 4

itwbennett writes: A pamphlet distributed by blogger Cameron Laird's local high school proclaimed that 'Computer Science BS graduates can expect an annual salary from $54,000-$74,000. Starting salaries for MS and PhD graduates can be to up to $100,000' and 'employment of computer scientists is expected to grow by 24 percent from 2010 to 2018.' The pamphlet lists The US Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics as a reference so how wrong can it be? 'This is so wrong, I don't know where to start,' says Laird. 'There are a lot of ways to look at the figures, but only the most skewed ones come up with starting salaries approaching $60,000 annually, and I see plenty of programmers in the US working for less,' says Laird. At issue, though, isn't so much inaccurate salary information as what is happening to programming as a career: 'Professionalization of programmers nowadays strikes chords more like those familiar to auto mechanics or nurses than the knowledge workers we once thought we were,' writes Laird, 'we're expected to pay for our own tools, we're increasingly bound by legal entanglements, H1B accumulates degrading tales, and hyperspecialization dominates hiring decisions.'
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Comment I rarely get to say this... (Score 1) 296

But will it run Linux?

No, seriously,
I rarely play games, and if I do - they're on a Mac.

The only appeal of the PS3 to me is programming the Cell processor, I was hoping to get into that later this year.
WTF did Sony discontinue support for Linux in the new PS3?

Comment Re:mmmm... (Score 3, Insightful) 183

Mod parent up, M&Ms are on topic.

That has got to be the best use of the candy since WW2 and one of the reasons SAS is #1. That's the type of mindset I would like my boss to have.

Comment So when can we get one? (Score 1) 171

from http://www.myboogieboard.com/

Attention

Due to overwhelming interest, the Boogie Board LCD Writing Tablet is currently out of stock on Amazon.com for orders shipping to the U.S. only (Amazon will still process an order for International shipment*).

Today's shipment to Amazon has sold out. The tablet is expected to be back in stock by Tuesday. If you would like to be notified when it is in stock, please follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you for your interest in the Boogie Board LCD Writing Tablet and your effort to "Say Goodbye to Paper".

* Amazon will reject orders for U.S. shipment using the international link. Using the Buy Now button on myboogieboard.com will automatically take you to the international page.

And I don't think the page has been slashdotted yet.

Comment Just use a dummy first. (Score 4, Interesting) 311

Test the survivability of this by using a dummy with G-force sensors (just like we see on Mythbusters).
Then, if all goes well - try the stunt.

And please, use some kind of stabilizer to make sure you don't turn into a frisbee.

I do see potential in this 'experiment' if anyone ever needs to bail out on spaceship2.

Comment Re:Not in public domain. (Score 1) 323

That's not true. Since at least the Berne Convention in the 1970s, copyright protection is automatic, and publication is not a prerequisite. Your work is copyrighted the instant you lift your pen. Under the Berne Convention, however, whether you wrote the book when you were 20 or when you were 70, the copyright would still extend to 50 years after your death. Later amendments to copyright law in the United States have extended the term further, and the situation can get fairly complicated for "works for hire" or works owned by a company, as the Jack Benny show may be.

facepalm
You are right, I got to make better examples.
Sorry for the noise.

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