Crazy stuff.
Some people have waaay too much time on their hands.
Along the way we lost our 'Boners'.
Having seen Apple nearly collapse in the late 90s, it's amazing to see it become the biggest and most successful turnaround story ever.
11 Feet tall, 1 and a half tons. That would have been very scary face to face.
The Onion! Hilarious
Google's justification doesn't really add up, and there's a strong chance that the decision will serve only to undermine the use of the <video> tag completely. This is not a move promoting the open web. If anything, it is quite the reverse.
As I see it, Google is doing Adobe a huge favour. This isn't about openness at all. It's all about proprietary stuff. Google is pushing WebM, which it owns. But this will result in more support for Flash, which Adobe owns.
This is major hypocrisy.
Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered that insects produce significantly less greenhouse gas per kilogram of meat than cattle or pigs. Their study, published in the online journal PLoS One, suggests that a move towards insect farming could result in a more sustainable - and affordable - form of meat production.
Roasted cockroaches! Yum!
The problem is that the vendors that lost this game failed because they listened to their customers. Like with PDAs or with the original mobile phones or first generation of PCs, early adopters are not the audience that should be consulted on how to improve the product.
Horace Dediu makes very good points. Must read.
Who came up with that name?
But seriously, cross training is a must if you run