Comment Re:Not really open source, and no mention of paten (Score 1) 30
Good point, thank you!
Comment Not really open source, and no mention of patents (Score 4, Insightful) 30
With audio and video codecs - having open source code is not usually the most important part - it's having an actual license and patent grant to use the algorithm without getting hassled over it or exposed to IP risk.
Additionally, calling it open source when it can't even be built without the closed source math kernel seems pretty questionable. See below from the github project readme:
Please note that there is a closed-source kernel used for math operations that is linked via a shared object called libsparse_inference.so. We provide the libsparse_inference.so library to be linked, but are unable to provide source for it. This is the reason that a specific toolchain/compiler is required.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Explaining to my girlfriend that humans didn't ride dinosaurs (dinosaurc14ages.com) 4
p00kiethebear writes: "Dear Slashdot. Remember when you learned that Santa Clause wasn't real? I have a wonderful and beautiful girlfriend. She treats me so right in every way. We've been together for almost a year now and everything seemed to be going perfectly until this morning. Over breakfast we were discussing dinosaurs and she told me a story about how her grandfather, fifty years ago, dated footprints of a dinosaurs and a man that were right next to each other to be within the same epoch of history. I laughed when she said this and then realized that she wasn't joking. She seriously believes this. She believes dinosaurs and humans walked at the same time together. Her grandfather told her this when she was little so regular logic and wiki isn't going to be able to contest her childhood dreams that she has been raised to believe. The odd thing is that she's not religious, it's just what her archeologist grandfather taught her. More important than just backing up evidence to the contrary, how do I explain this to her without crushing her childhood dreams? Is it even worth discussing it further with her? Have you ever had a loved one or family member that believed something that made you uncomfortable?"
Comment Re:No FAA restriction of any kind... (Score 1) 145
And that basically boils down to exactly what I said - "he/she gives you the okay to" is pretty much the same thing as "up to the pilot/flight crew".
If you want to nitpick on wording, fine. But the net effect is - the decision falls on the pilot with the requirement that they explicitly ok it, which is exactly what I said in the first place.
b.1-4 give you additional devices that allow you to go ahead and use without even asking.
If you want to nitpick on wording, fine. But the net effect is - the decision falls on the pilot with the requirement that they explicitly ok it, which is exactly what I said in the first place.
b.1-4 give you additional devices that allow you to go ahead and use without even asking.
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