Posted by dorayme on 05/27/07 08:06

In article <5bsqh7F2u9j9jU1@mid.individual.net>,
"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote:

> cwdjrxyz wrote:
> > On May 27, 1:29 am, "J.O. Aho" <u...@example.net> wrote:
> >> cwdjrxyz wrote:
> >>> My favorite video format at the moment is the relatively new flv/swf
> >>> format.
> >> The problem with flv/swf is that adobe do not support a lot of platforms,
> >> the
> >> mpeg file format is widely supported and will work on far more platforms,
> >> see
> >> the example in the previously provided link.
> >
> > Probably flash is supported by a larger number of computers than most
> > other major video formats that serious media companies usually use for
> > streaming.
>
> So it's better that 90% of the users may see the video than 99% who could see
> it?

Yes, I am afraid it is slightly better! The users that exist in
the here and now are 90% of them happy. The 99% of people who
could see it are also 90% happy because 90% of them can see it.
But 90% of the 99% is a lesser number of people being happy than
the 90% of internet users that can see it.

The form of this argument is a convex inverse of a well known
Aristotelian syllogism developed on my home planet.

--
dorayme

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