Intriguing concept...especially if tied to a Cloud.
Crap, Amazon to buy Adobe. We already sell all those books on how to use Adobe's complicated tools. Why not sell the software and turn Flash into an OS.
Granted, it is now bearable since they did the folders. But seriously, before that. I thought it was the most useless launch tool ever.
Granted, I love it's "activity" indicator and bouncing icons.
But it is woefully pitiful for organizing your apps. I like my app grouped, and even sub-grouped. Essentially, to me the Dock is nothing more than the Windows taskbar "quick launch" area with some nice intuitive activity behaviors.
OMG...they went bankrupt and sold a portion of their company to...to...to...um the other big box book store.
Um, gee, considering 90% of those who went to Borders also frequently B&N. Is this really an issue. Yes, I am sure there is that rare handful of people who were so offending by the fact that B&N put Glenn Beck's book on a front stand that they vowed never to do business with B&N again.
But seriously, for most book reading folks. We're not bothered. And heck, we're waiting for that 40% off one item B&N coupon to all former Borders subscribers.;-)
I really don't think ANYONE but the MORONIC are concerned when a company goes out of business and merges/sells off their info to a single other business in the same market.
Those of us concerned with privacy are worried by the likes of a company continually selling their lists off to any business that wants it. To make all this hype over a passing of the torch is just ridiculous.
In fact, it's kind of like a dying man looking to his his brother, and greatest rival, and saying "Take care of my family for me when I'm gone."
This is NOT a technology issue, it is a legal issue. Apple simply decided that no competitor's software could run on a computer it made and sold to you.
That is all, it's not about capabilities. There are plenty of alternatives that could run on an iPhone. This is a legal game.
And it's bringing us back to 1984 when your software was tied to your machine. And your OS was the operating system of your hardware manufacturer. As were all development tools.
This is regression. And Slashdotters rejoice because a very broad and very accessible technology was proprietary instead of open-source. And they'll choose a closed system instead.
Many people dislike Flash because of how it is used. Mainly, heavy visual advertisements which replaced the far worse era of continous pop-up adds.
Very few who criticize Flash have ever used it to any great extent. They've never explored it's benefits for rich web applications or cross-platform usability.
Many view HTML5 as the death nail in Flash's coffin. And think Adobe is greatly concerned. As the article says, Adobe makes tools. They will just as gladly make developer IDEs for HTML5. In fact, it'd probably be economical cause they could cut a large number of empoyees in both the Flash player and ActionScript development teams.
But there is something that is TERRIFYING in regards to the death of Flash. While so many rejoice in Flash's suffering. They are blind to the real horror on the horizon. They shout "Give us Barrabus".
Why is Flash dying? What killed Flash? Apple's decision to refuse the software to run on it's computers. And now Microsoft is joining Apple by proclaiming the death of the plugin in Windows 8.
And Slashdotters cheer blindly "Open source! HTML5! Yea! Yea!" failing to realize that there is something MUCH more dangerous than a closed source proprietary runtime such as Adobe's Flash.
The fact that it is being killed by closed proprietary platforms. I find it ironic that Slashdotters will cheer the death of the proprietary Flash at the hands of Apple saying "You can not run the software of choice on your own computers." And will applaud Microsoft joining the bandwagon. And call this "good"?
Seriously, Microsoft saw that Apple didn't even get a wrist slap for it's anti-competitive behavior. So is it any wonder that Microsoft has announced no more plugins. No one else's software but ours. Sure, we'll gain an open standard that will likely be split and marred by three main compatriots (Apple, Microsoft & Google).
The result is that you are being told what you can or cannot run on your own machine. And as this blends increasingly more with the cloud (ie: Kindle Fire). We will start to lose ownership and control over our own computers. We'll be locked into proprietary systems.
Ironically, for all Flash's proprietary aspects, it was still very accessible to both users and developers. Yes, Flash has it's problems. But it also has it's strengths. But most of all - it was there.
It's not being killed by a "technical victory". HTML5 is not killing Flash. Rather large companies are deciding to close their platforms. To limit what you can run on them. And THAT is what's killing Flash.
THIS IS NOT PROGRESS, THIS IS REGRESS BACK TO 1984.
All you bleeding heart liberals are too stupid to realize there is nothing to differentiate this man from George W. Bush. And as for copyrights & patents....he is showing himself to be a pimp for corporation.
Against the people at every turn. We're not talking about legality. We're talking about the Constitution that says a fine cannot outweigh the crime. Right now, in our courts. Copyright violation is a greater crime than rape. Think about that before you reply...
Yes, having individuals file patents is bad. We will raise prices (already around several thousand dollars) to even higher levels ensuring only large corporations can claim patents and steal all invention.
That's half the problem with education today. Adults are stupid, and think the children are too.
I've taught 1st graders fractions. How? Well, I didn't use 1/4, 1/8. That is meaningless to young children and a hard concept to understand. Essentially, you're trying to teach a concept with conceptual pronouns. BAD!!!!!
But take a few apples, and suddenly half an apple, a 1/4 apple. Eight kids getting a slice of an apple becomes a very understandable concept.
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How to teach programming. Seriously, start it on the play ground.
Create a game where the kids run in a circle. And do loops. Keep looping. Then have signs/placards.
If wearing a blue shirt, go left, otherwise loop right. Now you can create a series of game commands that essentially teach looping, sorting, if/then, etc.
Don't try to use technical terms. Their grasp of language concepts still doesn't tie as well as an adults do. But put the concepts into life application (ie: running on the playground). And you can open them up to the logic.
Now, after doing that game a couple of weeks. You can begin to bring the concepts in the classroom. Now they have real world experience to bridge them to conceptual concepts.
Let's admit it folks. We're in a bit of denial. Sure,
Chrome came out on top. Still not sure why it's not my default browser. And why I cling to Firefox. I think it's cause more sites are still tested with Firefox.
Safari, showed it's true colors (I've always found Safari on Windows to be slow and fail to load pages. These benchmarks just seemed to confirm my feelings.) I've not been a fan of Safari. Even on Mac it was my secondary browser.
Firefox has been growing slower, and slower. And these tests just seem to confirm what we already know.
Opera, hmm...the little browser that's still there. Why has Opera never taken off. Not really sure.
But let's talk about the dirty little secret. IE9. How many tests was IE9 at the top? A lot...in fact, it and Chrome were doing most of the battling in performance. IE pretty much lost in one area. And granted to many that's an important area. But the truth is, IE is really making some big gains.
My point being, is if further improvements to IE10, particularly in standards compliance, are made. Will we be honest without ourselves and give it it's due?
I've had to start admitting that IE9 is loading many pages faster than Firefox for me. It's a hard pill to swallow.
Just wait, once those advertizers dump Flash for HTML5. You'll have no way to block those ads. And even slower performance. Than you'll wish for those days when complex visuals and animations were done in a plug-in.
Same here, I have a large pack. And then I have a separate bealt with just a camera pouch. I've got several other cases I can swap between the pack and the hip case using Tamrac's M.A.S. accessories.
Has several nice camera back packs that have laptop areas. Best of all, they're compatible with Tamrac's modular component system. So you can buy additional lens and accessories pouches and mount them on the back pack for expansion.
"Or here is an even better idea, how about you don't use your cell phone for the damned Internet and instead either use the Wifi which is all over the damned place or wait until you get home?"
Why don't you just go a step further and stay of the internet completely. It'd probably do you some good.
The issue, is when we pay $200 for unlimited service, which seldom is unlimited, and then have further limits. Consumer's get annoyed. When said corporations are fueled by government endorsed monopolies there is little for consumers to do but vent and maybe called a Congressmen or two.
Lastly, now that we've been relegated from unlimited data to 2 gb of data. It shouldn't make a damnable difference how we use our 2gb of data. Sorry, if we're already annoyed by the fact that text messages are the most over-priced commodity in the world.
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2% I guess will have to make do. There is a ton of software the "rest of us" can't run.
It's akin to asking "what about me" when you pull up to a gas station with a Nissan Leaf and wonder why you can't just fill up your batteries.
Cause you're in the minority. You get your advantages, and your disadvantages. Such is life.
Intriguing concept...especially if tied to a Cloud.
Crap, Amazon to buy Adobe. We already sell all those books on how to use Adobe's complicated tools. Why not sell the software and turn Flash into an OS.
I think you might be onto something there.
Granted, it is now bearable since they did the folders. But seriously, before that. I thought it was the most useless launch tool ever.
Granted, I love it's "activity" indicator and bouncing icons.
But it is woefully pitiful for organizing your apps. I like my app grouped, and even sub-grouped. Essentially, to me the Dock is nothing more than the Windows taskbar "quick launch" area with some nice intuitive activity behaviors.
OMG...they went bankrupt and sold a portion of their company to...to...to...um the other big box book store.
Um, gee, considering 90% of those who went to Borders also frequently B&N. Is this really an issue. Yes, I am sure there is that rare handful of people who were so offending by the fact that B&N put Glenn Beck's book on a front stand that they vowed never to do business with B&N again.
But seriously, for most book reading folks. We're not bothered. And heck, we're waiting for that 40% off one item B&N coupon to all former Borders subscribers. ;-)
I really don't think ANYONE but the MORONIC are concerned when a company goes out of business and merges/sells off their info to a single other business in the same market.
Those of us concerned with privacy are worried by the likes of a company continually selling their lists off to any business that wants it. To make all this hype over a passing of the torch is just ridiculous.
In fact, it's kind of like a dying man looking to his his brother, and greatest rival, and saying "Take care of my family for me when I'm gone."
Yes...
This is NOT a technology issue, it is a legal issue. Apple simply decided that no competitor's software could run on a computer it made and sold to you.
That is all, it's not about capabilities. There are plenty of alternatives that could run on an iPhone. This is a legal game.
And it's bringing us back to 1984 when your software was tied to your machine. And your OS was the operating system of your hardware manufacturer. As were all development tools.
This is regression. And Slashdotters rejoice because a very broad and very accessible technology was proprietary instead of open-source. And they'll choose a closed system instead.
Many people dislike Flash because of how it is used. Mainly, heavy visual advertisements which replaced the far worse era of continous pop-up adds.
Very few who criticize Flash have ever used it to any great extent. They've never explored it's benefits for rich web applications or cross-platform usability.
Many view HTML5 as the death nail in Flash's coffin. And think Adobe is greatly concerned. As the article says, Adobe makes tools. They will just as gladly make developer IDEs for HTML5. In fact, it'd probably be economical cause they could cut a large number of empoyees in both the Flash player and ActionScript development teams.
But there is something that is TERRIFYING in regards to the death of Flash. While so many rejoice in Flash's suffering. They are blind to the real horror on the horizon. They shout "Give us Barrabus".
Why is Flash dying? What killed Flash? Apple's decision to refuse the software to run on it's computers. And now Microsoft is joining Apple by proclaiming the death of the plugin in Windows 8.
And Slashdotters cheer blindly "Open source! HTML5! Yea! Yea!" failing to realize that there is something MUCH more dangerous than a closed source proprietary runtime such as Adobe's Flash.
The fact that it is being killed by closed proprietary platforms. I find it ironic that Slashdotters will cheer the death of the proprietary Flash at the hands of Apple saying "You can not run the software of choice on your own computers." And will applaud Microsoft joining the bandwagon. And call this "good"?
Seriously, Microsoft saw that Apple didn't even get a wrist slap for it's anti-competitive behavior. So is it any wonder that Microsoft has announced no more plugins. No one else's software but ours. Sure, we'll gain an open standard that will likely be split and marred by three main compatriots (Apple, Microsoft & Google).
The result is that you are being told what you can or cannot run on your own machine. And as this blends increasingly more with the cloud (ie: Kindle Fire). We will start to lose ownership and control over our own computers. We'll be locked into proprietary systems.
Ironically, for all Flash's proprietary aspects, it was still very accessible to both users and developers. Yes, Flash has it's problems. But it also has it's strengths. But most of all - it was there.
It's not being killed by a "technical victory". HTML5 is not killing Flash. Rather large companies are deciding to close their platforms. To limit what you can run on them. And THAT is what's killing Flash.
THIS IS NOT PROGRESS, THIS IS REGRESS BACK TO 1984.
Search "Computer", it then searches a variety of drives, etc.
That should have been enough to invalidate such a patent. But we all know, the Patent Office is like a whorehouse for trolls.
"The car that never sleeps!"
Mind you, if I recall correctly, the 2nd biggest commodity after oil is coffee. If true, we could find ourselves bound by "BIG COFFEE"
But Obama is a f***kwad....
All you bleeding heart liberals are too stupid to realize there is nothing to differentiate this man from George W. Bush. And as for copyrights & patents....he is showing himself to be a pimp for corporation.
Against the people at every turn. We're not talking about legality. We're talking about the Constitution that says a fine cannot outweigh the crime. Right now, in our courts. Copyright violation is a greater crime than rape. Think about that before you reply...
Yes, having individuals file patents is bad. We will raise prices (already around several thousand dollars) to even higher levels ensuring only large corporations can claim patents and steal all invention.
This shows up on the next James Bond or MIssion Impossible flic.
Laser Headlights, with booster to turn them into weapons grade headlights.
That's half the problem with education today. Adults are stupid, and think the children are too.
I've taught 1st graders fractions. How? Well, I didn't use 1/4, 1/8. That is meaningless to young children and a hard concept to understand. Essentially, you're trying to teach a concept with conceptual pronouns. BAD!!!!!
But take a few apples, and suddenly half an apple, a 1/4 apple. Eight kids getting a slice of an apple becomes a very understandable concept.
---
How to teach programming. Seriously, start it on the play ground.
Create a game where the kids run in a circle. And do loops. Keep looping. Then have signs/placards.
If wearing a blue shirt, go left, otherwise loop right. Now you can create a series of game commands that essentially teach looping, sorting, if/then, etc.
Don't try to use technical terms. Their grasp of language concepts still doesn't tie as well as an adults do. But put the concepts into life application (ie: running on the playground). And you can open them up to the logic.
Now, after doing that game a couple of weeks. You can begin to bring the concepts in the classroom. Now they have real world experience to bridge them to conceptual concepts.
Yes, but it's a lot easier to bribe a Mexican official to give a record of properly imported wood.
That they're both misguided. And should be voting libertarian. (small "l" not big "L")
Let's admit it folks. We're in a bit of denial. Sure,
Chrome came out on top. Still not sure why it's not my default browser. And why I cling to Firefox. I think it's cause more sites are still tested with Firefox.
Safari, showed it's true colors (I've always found Safari on Windows to be slow and fail to load pages. These benchmarks just seemed to confirm my feelings.) I've not been a fan of Safari. Even on Mac it was my secondary browser.
Firefox has been growing slower, and slower. And these tests just seem to confirm what we already know.
Opera, hmm...the little browser that's still there. Why has Opera never taken off. Not really sure.
But let's talk about the dirty little secret. IE9. How many tests was IE9 at the top? A lot...in fact, it and Chrome were doing most of the battling in performance. IE pretty much lost in one area. And granted to many that's an important area. But the truth is, IE is really making some big gains.
My point being, is if further improvements to IE10, particularly in standards compliance, are made. Will we be honest without ourselves and give it it's due?
I've had to start admitting that IE9 is loading many pages faster than Firefox for me. It's a hard pill to swallow.
Um, they're betas...
Guess they should be testing IE10 beta as well.
Just wait, once those advertizers dump Flash for HTML5. You'll have no way to block those ads. And even slower performance. Than you'll wish for those days when complex visuals and animations were done in a plug-in.
"Be careful what you wish for..." ;-)
I must admit, Microsoft is showing a lot of positive progress.
1. Windows 7 was a big improvement in stability & usability. (I can't attest to security as I pretty much never have been infected since 98 days).
2. IE 9 is actually showing itself somewhat impressive on HTML5 rendering, and more...
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Rather than demonize Microsoft, I think we should laud them in finally starting to turn the ship around (technically) if not (ideologically).
Same here, I have a large pack. And then I have a separate bealt with just a camera pouch. I've got several other cases I can swap between the pack and the hip case using Tamrac's M.A.S. accessories.
Packs
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/584104-REG/Tamrac_338501_3385_Aero_Speed_Pack.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/544651-REG/Tamrac_558801_5588_Expedition_8x_Backpack.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/425852-REG/Tamrac_554903_5549_Adventure_9_Backpack.html
Belt pouch
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/149821-REG/Tamrac_51901_519_Pro_Zoom_Pak.html
All compatible with their M.A.S. series of pouches
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/M-A-S-System-Accessories/ci/4312/N/4232860979
Sorry, first one I posted was a 15"
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/584104-REG/Tamrac_338501_3385_Aero_Speed_Pack.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/544651-REG/Tamrac_558801_5588_Expedition_8x_Backpack.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/425852-REG/Tamrac_554903_5549_Adventure_9_Backpack.html
Has several nice camera back packs that have laptop areas. Best of all, they're compatible with Tamrac's modular component system. So you can buy additional lens and accessories pouches and mount them on the back pack for expansion.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/544650-REG/Tamrac_558701_5587_Expedition_7x_Backpack.html
How is the government mandating something "Capitalism", sounds more like "fascism" to me.
Oh, and let me add that I almost never come across free/open WiFi outside the likes of McDonald's or Panera's.
"Or here is an even better idea, how about you don't use your cell phone for the damned Internet and instead either use the Wifi which is all over the damned place or wait until you get home?"
Why don't you just go a step further and stay of the internet completely. It'd probably do you some good.
The issue, is when we pay $200 for unlimited service, which seldom is unlimited, and then have further limits. Consumer's get annoyed. When said corporations are fueled by government endorsed monopolies there is little for consumers to do but vent and maybe called a Congressmen or two.
Lastly, now that we've been relegated from unlimited data to 2 gb of data. It shouldn't make a damnable difference how we use our 2gb of data. Sorry, if we're already annoyed by the fact that text messages are the most over-priced commodity in the world.
Simple, you successfully load and play Flash on an iPhone. They know you're tethered. LOL