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From: Paul Sture on 5 Apr 2010 03:58 In article <1jghel0.7bkr2z1sd706eN%jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz>, jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: > Flash is unfortunately on a great many websites - > restaurant sites being a classic example (urrrgh) :-\ <http://venomousporridge.com/post/389785000/a-conversation-i-have-every-m onth-or-so> -- Paul Sture
From: Warren Oates on 5 Apr 2010 07:43 In article <paul.nospam-596D78.09583705042010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote: > <http://venomousporridge.com/post/389785000/a-conversation-i-have-every-m > onth-or-so> Yeah, well I have better taste in restaurants than that. Also, I believe that a phone call is a phone call, at least to a restaurant. "Hello?" "Yeah, hi, how late are you open?" -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Eric on 6 Apr 2010 08:52 In article <4bb60010$0$10450$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article <eric-6358DE.23245702042010(a)news.iinet.net.au>, > Eric <eric(a)ericlindsay.com> wrote: > > > What has H.264 to do with HTML5? Apart from being one of the two video > > codecs allowed. H.264 is not open, but it is a standard. > > So is Flash. ISO? W3C? IEEE? RFC? Any standards body at all? > > > What has H.264 to do with HTML5? Apart from being one of the two video > > codecs allowed. > > Exactly. > > Look up "submarine patents." Which apply equally to Ogg Theora as to H.264
From: Jean on 6 Apr 2010 13:21 In article <eric-9F9F6B.22524006042010(a)news.iinet.net.au>, Eric <eric(a)ericlindsay.com> wrote: > In article <4bb60010$0$10450$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > In article <eric-6358DE.23245702042010(a)news.iinet.net.au>, > > Eric <eric(a)ericlindsay.com> wrote: > > > > > What has H.264 to do with HTML5? Apart from being one of the two video > > > codecs allowed. H.264 is not open, but it is a standard. > > > > So is Flash. > > ISO? W3C? IEEE? RFC? Any standards body at all? > > > > > What has H.264 to do with HTML5? Apart from being one of the two video > > > codecs allowed. > > > > Exactly. > > > > Look up "submarine patents." > Which apply equally to Ogg Theora as to H.264 Is this about a proprietary internet? -- http://salon.com/news/opinion/feature/2010/03/31/wall_street_fraud_open2010/ �Say, "It Ain't So Fox.": http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=1608 �Death by Slander http://ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php?id=1888 �Starving the Capital Markets http://www.lafn.org/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Chart.jpg HiTouch http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/technology/personaltech/01pogue.html
From: Warren Oates on 10 Apr 2010 08:47
In article <paul.nospam-000518.13420910042010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote: > I wanted to check the opening times of a local supermarket. > > Me: Load site and look for opening times. Get annoyed by gratuitous > animation before it lets me select "Location and opening times" Me: look up number in local phone book; call; "Hi, what time do you open?" Them: "8:30." Me: "Thanks." -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer |