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by redrobot5050 16y ago
I'm aware of this. My point being is none of the other hardware vendors know if they're going to get sued until a potential patent submarine fires its torpedoes. Would you want to bet your business by being the first?
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Well, you could use VLC or an application that does not rely on system codecs or quicktime, but you are exactly right.
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Exactly. And since Google has decided not to indemnify users of WebM, it would be logical to conclude Google's lawyers believe that MPEG-LA likely has a case. Otherwise, why not really get hardware developers on board with indemnity promise
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Is it? I buy a PC loaded with Windows. I own the hardware. I have a license to windows. I buy a PS3. It is a computer loaded up with a OS to which I have a license. I can do what I want with the hardware, but the software isn't mine. An enc
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Apple supported PowerPC for 2 years after the transition. Ignoring that fact, well said.
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
I'm sure Google's lawyers are good, but they aquired On2 in 2009. They've had barely a year to research On2's patents, prior art, and MPEG-LA's patents. As well as research the changes in VP8 (from VP6? the other allegedly unencumbered code
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Apple's stance is "why should we ship a product with known security holes out of the box and take the heat for it?" Any user can install Flash. Apple is not depriving the user of anything. If Google pulls the plug on H.264 on YouTube, they
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Considering how long it took Flash to gain hardware acceleration on platforms aside from Windows, I wouldn't hold my breathe. MobileFlash on Android still ranges from "Sucks" to "it's fine". I haven't tried Flash video on my android tablet
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
None. And its likely that software decoding of WebM will behave on mobile devices the same way Flash behaves. Okay in newer devices, but laughable in previous generation devices.
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
I see I'm being downvoted because HN is becoming more like reddit in terms of discussion and debate. To make my point clearer: You can own a physical device, but the software (IP) on that device is not your property. Is anyone familiar with
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
So when you bought a physical copy of DOS 3.0 or Windows 3.1, you effective own DOS or Windows? My god man, you should assert your rights and claim your billions!
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
In this case, the 'F' stands for Facts. I know of at least two start-ups that are currently building advertising revenue streams on facebook apps and twitter that are also data mining like crazy. The goal is to replicate your "facebook frie
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
The real issue for the longest time was subsidy. We gave aid to African dairy farmers...but we subsidized American Diary so much that it was cheaper for Africans to buy our milk, and neglect their own domestic production.
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
"Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million can't buy enough to eat." --Will Rogers People demonize the wealthy because they see people acting selfishly and it creating, or at least ignoring, the basic injustices of th
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
The only reason people are as concerned as they are about the federal deficit is because most people have already concluded that there will be no meaningful spending cuts. There can't be. Neither party has enough power to force anything tru
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Shut down an app in the store implies they pulled the app or activated their over the air kill switch. Google Voice was rejected. It was never in the store. (Although, it is now.)
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
[citation needed] After having two jailbroken iPhones, I have to say, I didn't really see any killer accelerometer apps in Rock or Cydia.
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Apple actually pays a subsidy to Foxconn workers above and beyond the wage being paid to them by Foxconn, based on a device's profitability. That being said, the assembly workers manufacturing the iPhone 4 and iPad are the highest paid amon
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
>I am pretty sure the majority of the Mac users that I know would've bought HP. Its funny you say that. Apple Cinema displays used to be the exact same LCD display as HP displays, except they had a FireWire and USB hub built into them.
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
When Dick Cheney/Karl Rove/Scooter Libby "outed" Valerie Plame, they gave away a dummy corporation used by the CIA for agents like Valerie who (mostly) did not operate under a cover identity but gathered intelligence. It is estimated that b
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
In this case, the evidence that this is a hoax makes me feel that the government had no involvement in this. However, for future reference, yes. The government would easily contract out something like this. There is a virtually no limit to
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Most debt collections agencies have a lawyer or lawyers on retainer for going to court. They can, and will, go to court for judgments as small as $1,000. The hearing is often the local magistrate, and unless there is something atypical comp
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
>After September 11th, airlines and airports were heavily criticized for relying on inadequately trained, low-paid employees for something as essential as security Pro-tip: The same poorly trained, low-paid employees are now federal TSA
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Once you file suit, it's the process server's job to get ahold of you. They have less restrictions. And you can tack on court costs to the suit you bring -- and then use the grievance you win to garnish their wages. It sounds easier than it
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
iOS developers have more powerful tools than a task tracker app available to them in the SDK.
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
Your point? MySpace was free, and the cost of switching to another social network was fairly low. Most phones in the US have 1 or 2 year contracts with ETFs. Outside the US, the unsubsidized phone price is quite expensive, rougly to $500-$6
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
So don't run Windows. Hackintosh. Or is specifically you hating Silverlight? And would it be possible to Mono or Wine Silverlight and avoid windows?
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
For 10x the price, he could buy a Mac and run Ubuntu in a VM/Bootcamp option. He would have Netflix on a Unix Box. (Of course 10x Free is still free, since Ubuntu is free. I'm talking about 10x the hardware price of his rig.)
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
>It's not going to "kill" the iPhone, but I wouldn't be surprised if it has contributed to preventing mass-adoption You are too technical to understand that consumers don't really care about flash at all. They don't understand the argum
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by redrobot5050 16y ago
That was an excellent comment (the one you're linking to, to be clear.) Mindshare >= Marketshare, tho. Android can cater to specific needs, but where ever Apple goes, the market will follow. (At least, in the US centric world) Check out

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