Or maybe, just maybe the webpage itself has infringing content on it, and are not necessarily claiming that VLC is violating their copyright. It is certainly in the realm of possibility that the page had a link to a game of thrones page, or maybe an ad for a unauthorized stream of the show.

Why not? Because nobody in Government would work for free. Hold on, I think you just solved all our problems with the Government.

If overtime truly resulted in negative productivity, wouldn't that spur job growth, rather than depress it?

In all likelihood, this headline was written by someone who wants to "stroke the fire" as it were. Because we all know if the headline were true, it'd be an act of war.

Serious question that I don't remember ever seeing in the previous articles:

What happens when a new broadcaster wants to set up shop in a location dominated by "white space"? Will the operators of the "white space" be able to sue the potential broadcaster to prevent them from getting a license (note: I said sue, not win)?

Also, what will prevent broadcasters from gratuitously applying for Construction Permits everywhere there is currently white space?

I've been a fan of Vegas since I first used version 4. It's been very capable for my uses (college TV station). I just wish it handled AVIsynth. But I may be asking for too much.

No, the power companies don't own the electrician regulatory authorities; it's not necessary for them to. However, it would be pretty naive to think thay they had no influence over licensing requirements in the past.

And I can bet you they licensed their patents for electrical outlets as well.

I suppose they'd be getting it directly from them. P2P and WWW are not the only two methods of communication on the internet.

My opinion in the reason it is being given away for free is that charging for it would just piss off antitrust regulators even more. They'll see it like we would see it: creation of a completely new revenue stream with minimal effort (transfer people working on making windows more secure to a department that makes the security essentials software--essentially the same purpose).

It's modded flamebait because the website is not up to his flashy Flash/AJAX (e.g. Web 2.0) standards, not that the website renders poorly in some browsers.

No. And if that's the way you feel, I'll never pick up a browser you recommend, Open Source or otherwise.

FWIW, I can verify on XP, Vista, and 7 RC1, that Windows does not throw a hissy fit when trying to run a program or open a file from a FAT32 device.

> It's all about height. Except that the FCC doesn't take height into the ERP calculation. ERP = Power + Antenna Gain as the FCC sees it. Their regulations list that a station must lower its ERP when radiating at a higher height above average terrain. I'd also LOVE to see a comercial radio/TV outlet that uses 4,000 watts to get 100,000 watts ERP. That's quite a fantastic gain figure, especially considering most commercial antennas are circularly polarized for greater signal penetration. Look up the antenna models from FCC queries, and you'll find the best omnidirectional ones offer a 6dbi gain -- enough to turn 4,000 watts into about 16,000 watts. As a third point, DTV stations routinely run at 500,000 watts ERP in many urban areas of the US. Suddenly, the 400,000 watt figure is more plausible.

Seriously, the way the insurance companies are sabotaging health care reform what we need is what I call the nuclear health care reform option.

You all are thinking about this waaay too hard. Use the system to your advantage. Paperclip the healthcare reform bill to a farm subsidy bill, or a increased war expenditures bill. We'll have universal healthcare in no time.

Netbook OEMs are offered licenses cheaper than say a laptop OEM (presumably because a netbook is intended to be a low-cost machine). Microsoft is simply saying that a dual core netbook is functionally at the level of a real laptop, and thus needs to purchase laptop OEM licenses instead of netbook OEM licenses. It doesn't sound all that unreasonable to me.