Dr. Anton Phibes's Page

"really wtf cares? ML has implemented DRM. Open XML.... both the server and the client can adopt more than one scheme. So, ML has a DRM and if NF decides that it's worth the trouble they can add the scheme and detection to their server... The…"

"The novel should be out by spring and I'm hoping to sell the movie rights sometime in late 2012... unless the world ends and then there may be a delay. ;)"

"Shrug... http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight/Moonlight2Tasks DRM is slated for ML 2.0 and looky here... While you were busy twisting your panties up because I told you to just wait a bit. http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight-beta The beta release…"

"I haven't noticed you doing anything like reading yourself. My would I feel the need to go try and sort problems for yet more people with unrealistic expectations. You asked about Moonlight... I posted a link to MoonLight. With that link…"

"I wouldn't characterize either as exceptional. As I posted... Amazon makes no pretense of supporting connection slower than 1.5MBs and their only other encoding scheme is 720p with a 3.5 MBs connection. Their idea of dynamic streaming is to…"

"NetFlix is sort of insane that way... They make you call and talk to a real person."

"Your Amazon Watch on Demand brings you 720p... if you have cable or better 3.5 MBs connectivity. Otherwise you get to watch 480p. Hulu streams in 480p... with a recommended 1.5 MBs connection. It will function below that with periodic buffering.…"

"well that explains it all then."

"Movies with six or fewer degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon."

"But but but... I have to schedule in a pilgrimage to see the 20 foot animetronic Jesus in Utah though. BTW... if you go to the Creation Science Museum, go drunk with rowdy friends and take popcorn. Getting kicked out by a woman who looks like…"

"I've asked people questions like... Why put a steel post in your tongue? Why wear fishhooks in your eyebrows? You moved to Cleveland... on purpose? Maybe he's just started a whole new social/fashion trend where you collect scars to mark…"

"I'll have to wedge that into my calender on the way to the Creation Science Museum. Proof that there are less productive uses for both real estate and DVD media than setting them on fire for warmth."

"Got to watch it last night... Overall I liked the movie. Good plot and lots of tension and action but required a bit of deliberate effort to watch. I didn't like the camera work much. It was too dark to track the action well, and the lights…"

"Well that's good to know. did a bit more reading. I wonder how much of this is real and how much of it is a clever manipulation. Folks like JMS and Joss Whedon are a bit out of the box for the execs. I remember parts of an interview with JMS…"

"Linux... traditionally has been the operating system of choice for those who want to take responsibility for their systems at the most basic functional level. Linux started not as a business, but as a proof of concept project written by a college…"

"Flash was never written as a movie viewer. I was written as a presentation app. Adobe in it's wisdom gave Flash the ability to download executable content, and run it... Flash is actually the more powerful app in ways that aren't…"