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Comment Incomplete reporting -- yet again (Score 1) 1003

* both school buses had problems with their hydraulic brake systems, which led to reduce braking capabilities

* NTSB did its own inspection ... and failed eight of the 20 remaining buses serving the school district

* also noted that a third bus ... that was sent to the hospital that day to pick up students suffered a brake failure in the hospital parking lot and hit three cars.

http://threeriverspublishing.com/TRP/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9620:texting-and-driving-caused-bus-wreck&catid=66&Itemid=264/

Yeah, sounds like the only problem was texting. (sarc)

Oh, by the way, it's *already* illegal for drivers younger than 21 to text while driving in Missouri.

Comment Edge detection (Score 1) 681

I had an idea, actually this morning, about taking the 'naked' out of the body scanner. Using edge detection on the image would show the outline of the body, as well as the outline of any detected objects. A red line figure on a black background shouldn't be objectionable. That way the image isn't distorted, and could actually be more useful than interpreting gray blobs.

Of course, there is still the radiation exposure to deal with, but at least removing some of the problem wouldn't hurt.

Comment Re:Fate? (Score 1) 223

What google is doing is not E-E-E, they are simply using the best tool for the job. The difference in bandwidth usage of H.264 vs Theora is not acceptable to Google for YouTube. They have said they plan to support Theora in Chrome (from what I remember).

Plus they just bought On2 and may well make On2 VP6, VP7 or VP8 available under a liberal license (meaning Chrome, FFMPEG, Firefox, Opera etc could support those codecs too). Assuming On2 is right and VP8 does beet H.264, Google could adopt VP8 for YouTube instead of H.264 and offer limited H.264 streaming for those devices (like TVs and phones) that cant be updated to support VP8.

People using IE or would be directed to install to play the content.

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