svlla

Do you feel that Google is going to get companies to make hardware decoders for WebM? Can you point to any statement from Google, given that WebM is similar to H.264, that explains how WebM manages to avoid all H.264-related patents and/or will indemnify users from patent claims?

sounds like you think WebM is not patent encumbered. that's actually an open question. the only thing Google has done is sent users back into Adobe's arms for h.264 playback.

1. google ships chrome with flash, which is not necessary.

2-4. not going to happen since WebM is not as good as h.264 and probably still has patent problems (see: http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/377)

5. adobe only. this just forces people to to use flash.

I'd like to see an option for searching only ad-free sites, or perhaps just sites that don't use AdSense, as well. Surely Google would have no problem with that.

it's called faith-based investing.

Lanier is well-known for being a bad writer (and convoluted thinker) who somehow still manages to get published.

agree. it's too bad that Django, out-of-the-box, is still using SHA1+salt. it'd be nice to see it switch to bcrypt or something similar.