and it's worth noting that there are some concerns as to whether or not this standard would survive an IP infringement claim, making it less "free" than we're asked to assume

The same applies to H.264.

MPEGLA has applied an exemption to source code for quite some time

I don't think it's a matter of them 'exempting' it, they simply can't do anything about source code.

So basically what you're saying is that having one supported format that web developers can rely on being supported, regardless of platform, is a bad thing?

American corporations typically thought they needed 500 to 700 square feet per employee

Who's running these corporations? Millipedes?

... by suggesting death should be put to death themselves.

I'm not sure you've thought this through.

It's life Jim, but not as we know it.

Surely you mean a thousand and twenty four season run?

The return path isn't omni-directional -- the TV antenna at each home will be focusing most the energy straight towards the tower. Also the bandwidth of the data signal will be much less than a TV signal, so it won't require nearly as much power. Such a link could be done with 10mw but it will be quite slow.

I feel a bit guilty myself now, I got a block of 16 IPv4 addresses last week when I changed ISP. Although they also give me real honest non-tunnelled IPv6 too.

C'mon Slashdot, start supporting IPv6! - even Youtube's on there now!

As far as the human body is concerned, it may as well be space.

Now that's really pushing the envelope.

Now that would make an awesome episode of Scrapheap Challenge!

It's still running.

There's no doubt the iPad is a revolutionary device

Hi Steve!

"This isn't the extension you're looking for."