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  1. Re:2.0 eh? on NYC Wants Ideas For "Taxi Technology 2.0" · · Score: 1

    Yellowcbs is good, but that actually describes the service somewhat, which is a 2.0 no-no. Calling them RedSpring or BlueLamp would be better, or hell, just name it after a mountain in Scotland that half your userbase will mispronounce. I suppose you could go with yel.lowca.bz if you have to, but that's so yes.terd.ae.

    Just remember, whatever you call it, it has to be in Beta and stay there, or else it won't be credible. Finished software is too edgy to be mainstream.

  2. Re:Why make the leap in the first place? on Major League Baseball Dumps Silverlight For Flash · · Score: 4, Informative

    How about you take a second to know you're talking about before you talk about it?

    Flash Player support for h.264 and The Gnash OSS Flash Player

    Face it, Flash isn't as evil as you want it to be. And Microsoft has a hell of a way to go to catch up.

  3. Re:Ummmm on GM Cornered Into Defending the Volt · · Score: 1

    If they can't afford to make it commercially viable on their own, they shouldn't look to do it on the taxpayer dime.

    Right, because subsidies will destroy the American free market. Now tell me, what's your opinion on food prices?

  4. Re:Potato Chips on a Sub on Future Astronauts May Survive On Eating Silkworms · · Score: 1

    Well the thing of it is if you can haul crushed chicken up into space, but silkworms have more nutritive value than chicken, why not haul crushed silkworm instead? More nutrient per unit of volume = less food needs to be taken.

  5. Re:If only... on Linux Now an Equal Flash Player · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Firstly, what the hell is a webmaster? What is this, 1998?

    Secondly, apparently you've been too busy bashing Flash to actually pay attention to how far it has come. Flash these days requires actual code, and is not something Joe GeoCities can just pick up and use anymore. AS3 is a massive and mature language at this point. gotoAndPlay() is not exactly a cornerstone function anymore. Google a little app called Spatialkey, and tell me with a straight face if you think it's little more than a badly keyframed splash screen.

    Thirdly, if Adobe were in it just for the money, they'd have given *nix systems the finger a long time ago. Yes, they're in it for money, they're a corporation before anything else. But they're doing a much better job than Microsoft would even dream of doing, and they work hard to keep the devs that use their products in the loop, constantly consuming feedback to improve their product.

    And I'm not even an Adobe rep, I just happen to make a good living using Flex to make some great apps that would never fly using anything else.

  6. Re:your assuming it's an addiction on Defining Video Game Addiction · · Score: 1

    60 hours of WoW a week won't give you lung cancer.

  7. Re:I never really got that on New Details For StarCraft 2's Zerg · · Score: 1

    I always thought it would add an interesting element to the game that if (or rather, when) your ghost gets killed during the painting process, the nuke would still launch but land in a totally random location. Terran tech ftw.