May 2010
4 posts
1 tag
Blogroll: rc3.org
This is the first entry in a new post-category of mine, to be organised under the tag “blogroll” (so much for obvious introductions). I was going to create space for this in a sidebar, when I realised I hardly ever look at the sidebar on anybody else’s weblog (if I even get to navigate your pages at all - only if you provide a poor feed!).
So instead, I’ll try to...
Diary Of An x264 Developer: The first in-depth... →
With regard to patents, VP8 copies way too much from H.264 for anyone sane to be comfortable with it, no matter whose word is behind the claim of being patent-free.
I guess the thing is, H.264 never was the problem. The problem is simply that the Americans entertain such a thing as software patents at all.
Australia getting goverment-run fiber
This is quite interesting. I bet all the free-market zealots will have clicked away after reading about one-and-a-half paragraph, so let me quote this bit from somewhat further down in the article:
The obvious downside of this approach is that no other wireline competitors will likely emerge to challenge the government-controlled fiber network. On the other hand, there’s not that much...
European court to rule on data storage law
I’m weeks behind on all the news feeds (no withdrawal symptoms, strangely), but was glad to catch this bit of news today (via).
I suppose I’m now expected to append some personal opinions on the subject, but, as with code, reusing the work of others should generally lead to higher quality. Therefore, let me just link to one of Bruce Schneier’s better essays on the topic: there.