ChaosWeevil - Slashdot User

Comment Re:I think I speak for everyone... (Score 4, Interesting) 84

by ChaosWeevil on Monday February 25, 2008 @06:01PM (#22551280) Attached to: DivX Pulls Plug on Stage6

I rather disagree. Stage6 was indeed high quality, which was nice, but the plugin required for it was hideous. It caused my browser to crash many, many times, and half the time it didn't work, providing the message "Could not download video file." I'm a rather glad to see it go, if only because I won't have to deal the plugin anymore.

Disney - Blu-ray's Fair Weather Friend 138

Posted by Zonk on Saturday May 12, 2007 @01:35AM from the pick-a-side dept.

An anonymous reader writes "One day they're out, the next day they're in. Back in March, Disney CEO Bob Iger seemed to indicate that his company (which has exclusively backed Blu-ray since the start of the high-def format war) was on the verge of supporting *both* high-def formats. What a difference a couple of months of good press for Blu-ray makes: this week, the CEO reversed his earlier position, saying 'the single greatest thing we can do right now is to not waffle, but to be very, very blunt about it, (and) to continue our support of Blu-ray because we sense a real advantage.'"

'Gates for President' Group Gives Up 274

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 08, 2007 @02:51PM from the know-when-to-fold-them dept.

netbuzz writes "Dilbert creator Scott Adams had done his best to make this fantasy (or nightmare, depending on your point of view) a viable notion, but after three months of trying the group's leader has acknowledged that it's unlikely Gates will give up his current gig. They've tossed in the towel." Here is our original coverage of this ill-conceived plan.

Feed Scanner Sees Through Clothes (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 23, 2007 @10:12PM

For the first time in a U.S. airport, Phoenix tests new X-ray technology that can see through people's clothes and show the body's contours with blush-inducing clarity. By Associated Press.

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