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Comment It comes down to this (Score 4, Insightful) 663

by ndvaughan on Thursday January 13, 2011 @12:20PM (#34863088) Attached to: Ars Thinks Google Takes a Step Backwards For Openness

Video distributors wanting to support both Flash and HTML5 users will have to encode twice; once in H.264, for Flash users, and again in WebM, for HTML5 users. This doubles the computational cost, doubles the storage requirements, and as an added bonus will tend to hurt quality. This is inconvenient for a small site with one or two videos; for sites like SmugMug it's an enormous headache. They can either suffer the doubled costs and complexity, or ignore HTML5 altogether and stick with Flash (emphasis mine)

This is what the outcome will be - arguments for removing support for H.264 fall flat since Google knows this is what will eventually happen (especially now that Chrome has become much more popular). The end result will be that fewer web sites will be iOS-compatible thereby strengthening Android, since it does support Flash. This is Google playing corporate BS games using "openness" as a guise, plain and simple... Guess they took some lessons from Apple.

Comment Re:STOP advertising apple. (Score 1) 170

by ndvaughan on Thursday May 27, 2010 @11:11AM (#32362462) Attached to: Firefox Home Coming To iPhone, Browser Next?

This is very possible using Slashdot:
If using "Dynamic Index"

Go to Help & Preferences
Choose "Exclusions"
Type "apple"
Click "Save"

If using "Classic Index"

Go to Help & Preferences
Choose "Sections"
Click 1st radio button on the left in the "Apple" row
Click "Save"

Comment Re: M-Audio (Score 3, Interesting) 820

by ndvaughan on Friday October 17, 2008 @01:25PM (#25414267) Attached to: Users Rage Over Missing FireWire On New MacBooks

The fact is that almost all other laptops within (and below) that price range have a firewire port (as well as 3 USB ports, card readers, etc.) - and for people like myself who are in the market to buy a new laptop and who would LOVE to own a Macbook (but don't have $2000), and who also like to use their computers, even occasionally, for audio recording, the new Macbook is completely unusable, since USB sucks for that.

If Apple's competitors can include firewire with a $1000 laptop, why should I be forced to pay $2000 for a comparable Apple product?

Disillusioned With IT? 1027

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @04:06PM from the buy-the-red-convertible dept.

cgh4be writes "I have been working in the IT industry for about 12 years and have had various jobs as a consultant and systems engineer. Over that time I've had the chance to do a little bit of everything: programming, networking, SAN, Linux/AIX/UNIX, Windows, sales, support, and on and on. However, over the last couple of months I have become a little disillusioned with the IT industry as a whole. Occasionally, I will get interested in some new technology, but for the most part I'm starting to find it all very tedious, repetitive, and boring and I'm no longer really interested in the hands-on aspect of the business. I suppose going the management route is one option, but I would still be dealing with a lot of the same frustrating technology issues. The other route I had in mind was a complete career change; take something I really enjoy doing outside of work now and try to make a career out of it. The only problem is that I have a wife and kid to support and my current job pays very well. Have any of you been through this kind of career 'mid-life crisis?' What did you do to get out of the rut? Is making a complete career change at this point a bad idea?"

Boeing 12,000lb Chemical Laser Set to Fry Targets 625

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 13, 2007 @04:00AM from the houseful-of-popcorn dept.

coondoggie writes "Boeing this week completed work on and installed a 12,000-pound chemical laser in a C-130H aircraft. Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) which is being developed for the Department of Defense, will destroy, damage or disable targets with little to no collateral damage, supporting missions on the battlefield and in urban operations."

Vista Use Grows as Mac OS X Stays Flat 387

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 23, 2007 @03:46PM from the gnashing-of-fanboi-teeth dept.

jdelator writes to mention ComputerWorld is reporting that Microsoft's Windows Vista has increased their market share steadily every month while their main opponent, Mac OS X, has remained essentially flat. "According to Net Applications, in June Windows Vista accounted for 4.52% of all systems that browsed the Web, up from January's 0.18%. Vista has grown its usage share each month since its release to consumers Jan. 30, hitting 0.93% in February, 2.04% in March, 3.02% in April and 3.74% in May. Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X, meanwhile, accounted for 6.22% in January and hit its high point of 6.46% in May, but it slipped back to 6% in June. If Vista's uptake trend continues, it should pass Mac OS X in Web usage share by the end of August."

Firefox 2.0 Posted a Day Early 564

Posted by kdawson on Monday October 23, 2006 @05:50PM from the let's-slashdot-mozilla dept.

A number of readers alerted us to the [link removed] day-early [accidental] posting of Firefox version 2.0. At this writing the top page at mozilla.com still doesn't mention its availability. One reader pointed us to [link removed] a mirror and another recommended a comprehensive review of Firefox 2.0, with many screenshots, over at mozillalinks.org. Update by RM: - links above removed at request of Mozilla release people. They asked us to link to this note instead. They're only asking us to wait until Tuesday Afternoon (U.S. Pacific Time) for the official 2.0 download, which isn't long. (Patience is a virtue, etc.)

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