Unfocused - Slashdot User

Comment H264 patients in various countries (Score 5, Informative) 477

by Unfocused on Sunday May 16, 2010 @02:15AM (#32225280) Attached to: Firefox With H.264 HTML 5 Support = Wild Fox

"Only two countries in the world have software patents"

That's not exactly accurate - MPEG LA has been granted patients in numerous countries: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/bz/archives/020400.html

Comment Re:One question (Score 1) 501

by Unfocused on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @01:33AM (#24284985) Attached to: Floating Cities On Venus

Isn't "To get away from Earth" enough?

Currently, Venus has a much better idiot to non-idiot ratio.

Nokia Claims Ogg Format is "Proprietary" 619

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 09, 2007 @05:32PM from the i-do-not-think-that-word-means-what-you-think-it-means dept.

a nona maus writes "Several months ago a workgroup of the W3C decided to include Ogg/Theora+Vorbis as the recommended baseline video codec standard for HTML5, against Apple's aggressive protest. Now, Nokia seems to be seeking a reversal of that decision: they have released a position paper calling Ogg 'proprietary' and citing the importance of DRM support. Nokia has historically responded to questions about Ogg on their internet tablets with strange and inconsistent answers, along with hand waving about their legal department. This latest step is enough to really make you wonder what they are really up to."

Submission + - Is ISP Web Content Filtering Here? 1

Submitted by

unixluv

on Sunday December 09, 2007 @05:12PM

unixluv writes: "An ISP is testing web content filtering and content substitution software, see http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000337.html. While it seems innocent enough, is this the wave of the future? Will your ISP censor your web experience? Now consider it in the context of The MPAA asking for ISP Content Filtering on /. this week. Is the RIAA next? Will this spawn a war of web tools to circumvent ISP tools?"

Dvorak Slams OLPC As 'Naive Fiasco' 740

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 09, 2007 @04:19PM from the snark-snark-snark dept.

theodp writes "PC Magazine's John C. Dvorak has a unique take on the cute One Laptop per Child XO-1, deeming the OLPC project a naive fiasco waiting to unfold that sends an insulting 'let them eat cake' message to the world's poor. When it comes down to a choice of providing African kids living in absolute poverty with access to Slashdot or a $200 truckload of rice, Dvorak votes for the latter. Buy ten OLPCs if it assuages your guilt, says Dvorak, but 'I'll donate my money to hunger relief.'"

Submission + - WARNING: driver updates causing Vista deactivation (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

KrispySausage

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @08:48AM

KrispySausage writes: "After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I've finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA — something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.

Put simply, your copy of Windows will stop working with very little notice (three days) and your PC will go into "reduced functionality" mode, where you can't do anything but use the web browser for half an hour.

How can this ridiculous situation occur, and what is Microsoft's response... read on."

Slashdot Top Deals