You know what? I *get* that 'HTML5 video' is shorthand for 'video in a generally supported format wrapped in HTML5 tags'. But if I hadn't got that, I wouldn't have found it out from either the article or the summary.

I'm not really sure what the point of Slashdot is if it's just going to be another link aggregation site with the summary merely an excerpt or paraphrase of the linked article. It being 'news for nerds', I'd expect *at least* a technical angle on the story, because frankly there are far easier places for me to get my 'technical news for laypeople'.

Hence my point. Sorry it rubbed you up the wrong way.

You know what? I *get* that 'HTML5 video' is shorthand for 'video in a generally supported format wrapped in HTML5 tags'. But if I hadn't got that, I wouldn't have found it out from either the article or the summary.

I'm not really sure what the point of Slashdot is if it's just going to be another link aggregation site with the summary merely an excerpt or paraphrase of the linked article. It being 'news for nerds', I'd expect *at least* a technical angle on the story, because frankly there are far easier places for me to get my 'tech news for laypeople'.

Hence my point. Sorry it rubbed you up the wrong way.

You know what? I *get* that 'HTML 5 video' is shorthand for 'video in a generally-supported format wrapped in HTML5 video tags'. If I didn't get that though, I wouldn't have found it out from the article. So in the age of twitter, reddit, etc., what exactly is the point of Slashdot if it's just another link aggregation service? You would expect, it being 'news for nerds', that you'd see some technical content added to the story here if anywhere.

Hence my point. Sorry it rubbed you up the wrong way.

And presumably meta http-equiv="refresh" tags? :)

"the video is decoded and then encoded in HTML5"

I'm glad to see the standard of technical journalism around here is as high as ever, Slashdot. Please point me at the part of the HTML5 which describes its capabilities as a video container format and/or codec. Hint: the presence of a tag doesn't cover it.

'If x is so y that z, isn't that an indication that x is y?'

Yes.

So you're annoyed that someone released information to the public because doing so might result in less information being released to the public? Your ideas intrigue me.

A-Team member to media mogul. That's quite a career progression. (I think you meant Rupert Murdoch). Not that I disagree with you. :)

It's also a correct spelling in British English. Please see this page.