Microsoft, over 1$ Billion in to invest.
need I say more?

I don't agree with this position, or advocate it. But, one must accept.

H.265 will have a royalty free decoder. It may have one, but I haven't noticed the spec finalized.
Professional video will be done in H.265.

OK, it's nice to have a royalty free encoder. BUT, where's the content.
This is great for the amateur video crowd.
br> Sorry folks, I could care less. .

A simple copyright stamp would solve the problem.
The pictures are still public and any one can see them.
However permission would be required for use. Use could be stipulated as part of that.
Requires some administration, but the other solutions do as well.

Yes.
But, not quite.
The original paper was papyrus.
no one would waste cotton for making paper.
You're confusing the current rag process with historic paper making.
paper made 200 years ago does not yellow and fade. Modern manufacturing uses an acid process. When wood pulp was first used to make paper this was not how it was done. Wood pulp paper made without acid lasts.

perhaps you're confusing parchment with paper.
Parchment is animal skin, shaved thin.
It's what the magna carta is written on.

Good point. But everyone, and everyday is different. I've had inspired days when I worked 12 hours. My blood was up and concentration was good. I've had bad days when I caught up on email, admin, documenting, etc. no point in trying to code, nothing productive would result.
old school management is a classic fail

I got cable modem as soon as it was available, sometime in '93.
Ditched traditional telco at the same time and signed up with vonage.
bye bye ma bell

another story on /.
a TRULY dead ssd is impacting the linux kernel release.
one in Linus's server.
bad timing, to try to pump bad statistics.
there are lies
damn lies
then there are statics


better to go with the lies ...

and hire better tech aware ad men

As someone who has worked in the industry.
You know not of which you speak.
Netflix has been paying for content delivery, directly or indirectly for years.

I agree the ploy is stupid. Another small bomb in a much larger battle.

Comments have mentioned ala carte. Ever wonder why that died an ignominious death?

As for the author of the title of this bit, of course he hates the rules. but that's not what the title article is about.

A corporation's board of directors are legally responsible for the company's actions.
Failure to appear when subpoenas are issued will have serious consequences for the billionaires.
You can't just send a lawyer to represent you in a criminal court.
Forcing the people that run the company to show up in court will send a message.

You might be surprised at how many cell sites in North America rely on someone filling the tank periodically.
On the other hand.
The truly off the grid sites in the tropics are regularly powered by solar. Though there's likely an emergency diesel hiding somewhere. Just in case.
There are a lot of places where solar is the most economical solution.

In the late 90's several African countries were going cellular only, outside of major cities.
This article is 15 years out of date.

One of my company's clients at the time was the Republic of the Congo.
Nothing like first hand knowledge.

Good catch. time to to add it to the list.

Sadly, he was slowly dying of cancer since the early 80's.
he lost interest in his writing, and more in staying alive.
I met him in late '79.
he was doing his last university circuit. windows wasn't on the horizon

Leave it to an African company to understand, and try to get it as right as they can.
Living off the grid is not easy.
In the tropics the sun shines hard. Solar charging is a no brainer.

Fortunately I only live off the grid for a week or 3 when I'm doing interesting travel.

All true.
But there are add ons that perform those functions. Too few "average" users understand the consequences of their choices. This lead to problems.
If you know what you are doing, you can still disable those functions.
Too many people were reporting Firefox as broken, because they had those features on.
Blame the ignorant masses.
Are you talented enough to have those features?