The Vent and Rant Thread

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

YouTube does HTML5 or h.264 or whatever protocol Jobs has been threatening Adobe with for the last however-long.

HTML5 adds a <video></video> construct that can be used to embed video in a page without using Adobe Flash. But you still need a video codec, and that's where the fun begins. The first one out of the box was H.264, but that's based on patented technology with license fees to the patent holder. IBM, Apple, and Google paid the fees, so IE8/9, Safari, and Chrome can view HTML5 video. (I don't know offhand about Opera.) Mozilla did not, so Firefox does not support it. Mozilla code is open source, and Mozilla isn't including stuff they can't distribute in source form.

Google recently announced they are dropping H.264 support in Chrome, as several open source codecs have reached comparable levels of performance, and they want their Chromium product to ship with source for all components.

The main user of H.264 I'm aware of at the moment is YouTube, who use it in their beta HTML5 version. YouTube is owned by Google, so I expect that practice to change over time, especially when you can no longer use Chrome to watch HTML5 video on YouTube.
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Dennis

[kennyc]

Well my daughter who had gall bladder surgery last wednesday went to the emergency room today with pain and looks like they are now wanting to admit he to the hospital...She's with her mother at the emergency room...

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Well my daughter who had gall bladder surgery went to the emergency room with pain and looks like they are now wanting to admit he to the hospital...She's with her mother at the emergency room...

I'm sorry Kenny, you must be anxious for her.

[natasha_fawn]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Well my daughter who had gall bladder surgery last wednesday went to the emergency room today with pain and looks like they are now wanting to admit he to the hospital...She's with her mother at the emergency room...

Oh no. Sending good wishes your way.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by wyndslash

Can't quote extensively since I'm typing on my iPod touch but well, I certainly understand hating being a girl sometimes. My mom always used to restrict me from doing certain stuff because I wasn't a boy. And the non-entity thing came from the thought that I couldn't find anything good from being human, maybe. And the gay guy thing came from a certain curiosity about how it feels like to, you know. And sometimes my parents talk of love in a marriage as an afterthought only. Oh, they do think it's important but apparently it comes after the qualifications that the guy must be Chinese, of a certain age range and has an acceptable job. I'm just tired of it.

It could be worse. Consider cultures where the "arranged marriage" is the norm. Such matings are not love matches between boy and girl - they are political and economic alliances between families, made by the families for the benefit of the families. The feelings of the prospective bride and groom are not a factor in the decision, and the arrangement may have been made before the betrothed were even old enough to have feelings about it.

What you grow up in is what you consider right and proper, and folks from cultures where the arranged marriage is the norm look at marriages made for love as insanity. From their perspective, it is.
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Dennis

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Well my daughter who had gall bladder surgery last wednesday went to the emergency room today with pain and looks like they are now wanting to admit he to the hospital...She's with her mother at the emergency room...

Oh Oh! Keep us posted. Hope they didn't leave anything in!
Yikes - got my fingers crossed for her!

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Well my daughter who had gall bladder surgery last wednesday went to the emergency room today with pain and looks like they are now wanting to admit he to the hospital...She's with her mother at the emergency room...

Sending good vibes her way. It seems kind of hard to get all systems functioning again, and I had kind of a bad night here too. Maybe that is her problem too? Things have, ahem, resolved here and I hope they do for her also. Let us know.

[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Well my daughter who had gall bladder surgery last wednesday went to the emergency room today with pain and looks like they are now wanting to admit he to the hospital...She's with her mother at the emergency room...

Many gall bladders going by the wayside lately.

Likely an infection, hopefully caught in time </goodvibes>

[kennyc]

Don't know anything yet. Probably headed down to the hospital shortly....standing by.

Thanks everyone for all your concern.

[Mortis]

Hope all is well Kenny

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Don't know anything yet. Probably headed down to the hospital shortly....standing by.

I do hope it's something with a simple remedy. Best wishes.

[LCF]

fingers crossed!!!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Mortis

Hope all is well Kenny

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I do hope it's something with a simple remedy. Best wishes.

She's been admitted. I'm waiting on one more call and will probably go down there and check. Not a lot I can do, she's in the best place she can be.

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by kennyc

She's been admitted. I'm waiting on one more call and will probably go down there and check. Not a lot I can do, she's in the best place she can be.

Fingers crossed for you, Kenny. I hope all turns out well.

[wyndslash]

Best wishes, Kenny.