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I disagree.
"People fail to see one very very big factor in the silly HTML5 vs Flash debate: The web is ruled by web DESIGNERS and not developers/coders."
The Web is ruled by users.
Many websites are for communicating between the company and it's customers.
They don't care what the designers want as long as the customer can reach them.
If the customer wants to reach them with an iPhone or iPad they will change to allow it.
Here is a great example what I consider a terrible flash heavy website.
http://www.kawasaki.com/Home/Home.aspx
It takes too long to load and is just too busy for my taste. It uses Flash everywhere and will not work on my Android phone or my iPod Touch.
So guess what they just launched last week.
http://m.kawasaki.com/
There fixed that for you. Works great on mobile devices and is Flash free.
Everybody is going to want mobile sites sooner or later.
Flash is not suited to mobile sites. Do you want to use the limited bandwidth for animations and fluff?
Not to mention the smallish screen.
I use the web from my phone a lot. More places need to get on the mobile bandwagon. My wife and I where driving into work and we wanted to call a local place to pick up breakfast. I went to their site and it is terrible.
I finally got to page with the phone number and clicked on it to order.
How much better would it be if they had had a mobile site?
The mobile web is the new internet. -
I disagree.
"People fail to see one very very big factor in the silly HTML5 vs Flash debate: The web is ruled by web DESIGNERS and not developers/coders."
The Web is ruled by users.
Many websites are for communicating between the company and it's customers.
They don't care what the designers want as long as the customer can reach them.
If the customer wants to reach them with an iPhone or iPad they will change to allow it.
Here is a great example what I consider a terrible flash heavy website.
http://www.kawasaki.com/Home/Home.aspx
It takes too long to load and is just too busy for my taste. It uses Flash everywhere and will not work on my Android phone or my iPod Touch.
So guess what they just launched last week.
http://m.kawasaki.com/
There fixed that for you. Works great on mobile devices and is Flash free.
Everybody is going to want mobile sites sooner or later.
Flash is not suited to mobile sites. Do you want to use the limited bandwidth for animations and fluff?
Not to mention the smallish screen.
I use the web from my phone a lot. More places need to get on the mobile bandwagon. My wife and I where driving into work and we wanted to call a local place to pick up breakfast. I went to their site and it is terrible.
I finally got to page with the phone number and clicked on it to order.
How much better would it be if they had had a mobile site?
The mobile web is the new internet. -
Re:oh noes!
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Re:You are exactly rightI agree that the 250 Ninja is a fun bike to play with. You can get a new one from the dealer for ~$2,700. It is a super easy bike to learn on. The only warning is that you might be looking to upgrade to a 600 cc in only a year or two, but you can sell the bike used on eBay for almost the same price you paid for it. The Aprilia RS 50 is another good starter bike, it is slower but cooler looking (and more unique) than the Ninja.
I like sport bikes becasue it is kind of cold here and tucking behind the windshield and plastics helps block wind/insects/rocks etc. To me steering a sport bike feels more natural. The biggest (valid) complaint I hear from people are that the "super sport" bikes are uncomfortable on long trips because you are leaned over the bike. If you stick with "sport" rather than "super sport" you'll notice the ride position is alot more comfortable.
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Flash Drive...
Screw Mazda, get one of these...
Ninja ZX-6R
http://www.kawasaki.com/kawasaki_main/images/produ cts/motorcycle/1478_800.jpg -
Crossovers
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Re:Gamma World
Yeah, especially that she's not just a hot chick on a motorcycle, but she's completely in gear (did you see the 'kawasaki' leather jacket?), and the bike probably has more horsepower than most
If Kawasaki picks up on this, they could be in for a hugely successful worldwide marketing campaign around her.
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Re:Gamma World
Yeah, especially that she's not just a hot chick on a motorcycle, but she's completely in gear (did you see the 'kawasaki' leather jacket?), and the bike probably has more horsepower than most
If Kawasaki picks up on this, they could be in for a hugely successful worldwide marketing campaign around her.
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If you were interested in the Superbikes
For example, two recent Japanese motorcycles were so powerful and fast that the manufacturers "detuned" the engines at the prodding of various European governments
The bikes in question are the Suzuki Hayabusa and the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R
Badass bikes - I'd kill (you) for a GSX1300R -
Totally insulting price!!
What gets me is the price - $3k for an electric scooter! Come on! For the same price you can get something that's a much nicer toy (the Kawasaki Ninja 250R has a retail price of $2,999, gets over 70mpg, does 0-60 in 5.5 seconds, and you won't look like a complete dork while riding one). Can you say 'Sinclair C5' all over again?
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Bravo, brother Ninja!
You are clearly not a ninja. We do teleport all the time, afterall... I agree complete with Mr.Portugese AC, and my language in English. Then again, I speak 32 languages fluently, and maybe those languages rub off on my judgement and interpetation of English, and I may be drugged, so anything I say cannot be trusted.
I find, as a Ninja, that this holographic "teleportation" would not be very useful. As Ninja, we are in the business of not being seen. I would perhaps invest in such technology if it allowed my image to be transported several thousand miles and then not be seen, but I would not pay more than $20,000 for that level of usefulness.This is a moot point, however, because we Ninja have never had problems with transportation. We can climb trees, summon magical dragons, and when all else fails, obtain first-class plane tickets by threatening the counter-girls with our forboding Ninja garb and deadly-keen ninja-to.
This is not to imply that Ninjas never have a use for real teleportation... I would refer anyone who disputes this to Ninja Gaiden 2, in which I believe the Art of Teleportation is demonstrated quite clearly, along with the Art of Magic Shuriken and the Art of Flaming Balls of Death.
However, teleportation is an art which Ninja rarely bother with, because of the intense mathematical calulations involved to avoid teleporting into walls, the ground, the moon, or dog feces. (I'll tell you, it sure is embarassing to use your mystical Ninja powers of teleportation, only to discover that you are standing in dog feces! You must return to the dojo in shame, and endure the jibes of your Ninja brethen, which are as sharp as the shuriken! "Hey, brother Ninja! Is it me, or do I smell the odor of dog feces! Oh! It is you, who has stepped in dog feces! Ha! ha!" Oh, it is so frustrating!)
At this point, you may be wondering what the preferred method of Ninja transportation is. Well, I'll tell you. It is, obviously, the Kawasaki Ninja.
But whatever method of transportations used, a Ninja will not rest until he has completed his mission. The Ninja's mission is simple: to obtain and enjoy as many delicious pancakes as possible. Pancakes covered with syrup and sometimes blueberries are the soul of the Ninja clan and must be obtained and enjoyed at any cost, lest the ancestors set upon us with their firey ancestral wrath. Yes, we shall obtain and enjoy all pancakes that exist, and only then, when all pancakes have been obtained and enjoyed, shall we rest.
Rest? Did I say rest? I meant commit seppuku.
Arigatou gozaimasu,
The_Ninja_Messenger
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