"But seriously, is there enough of a market to justify the cost of a code port to Linux?"
"No. If there was, they'd have done one already."
Since your brain obviously doesn't function correctly, I'll hold your hand and walk you through this. He asked if there was enough of a market, meaning enough of a demand, to make porting Flash to Linux a good idea. My statement was that no, there is not enough of a demand for Macromedia to give a shit about porting Flash. What part of this extremely simple concept do you not get? I would advise shutting the fuck up, all you are doing is making yourself look like more of a moron with every post.
No, you're wrong. What I'm saying is that if there was a substantial enough reason for Macromedia to give a fuck about porting Flash, they'd do it. That is, present conditions dictate FUTURE actions. Moron.
You are STILL missing the point. It's called contract work, moron. This is like saying it's not right to hire an architect to design your building, then firing him when it's done. No, it's not wrong. They work on a contract basis and have absolutely no guarantees of future employment. Most game artists have contracts for the life of a project, after that they're on their own.
Look at the credits for any game and I'd wager from 30-50% of the names there are contract workers or outright temps.
That right there is all that needs to be said. These people are hired with the knowledge that when the project is over, their employment WILL BE TERMINATED. They are on a contract or temp basis. I know quite a few game artists. Most of them are run through revolving doors like crazy. One guy I know worked for three different companies on three different projects in one year. One would get done with whatever he was doing, so he had to move on. It's an accepted thing with videogame artists/programmers/designers/producers that for the first few years of their career they WILL be jumping from company to company.
Hey, moron, since you know DICK about the games industry... ANY industry, actually, I'll explain it to you. Not every game development team stays together forever. In fact, most change from game to game. You'll have a core team of developers (lead programmers and artists, producers, level designers, etc.) that move from one project to another, but most everyone else is hired on a TEMPORARY BASIS for the duration of the project development. They know this up front, and they accept it. It is a standard practice. If you're going to boycott everyone that does that, you'll never play a commercially developed game again.
I can say with absolutely no hint of humour or sarcasm, or even smartassyness, that Google's computer systems are much, much faster than whatever computer you have.
Actually, I was explaining something and did so quite well. You're too anti-Flash biased to understand it with your puny human brain. Content is COMPLETELY independent of the tool. That was my entire fucking point. Again, when was the last time you went to Geocities? A few million plain HTML pages of vapid horseshit. Still, no matter how valid and correct my point is you're not going to go for it because, as we all know, "FLASH IS TEH SUx0RZ!"
W3.org doesn't determine a fucking thing except HTML and other web standards. They don't sit there spewing shit like "FLASH IS TEH SUX0RZ!" In fact, I'm pretty sure they don't care about Flash. While I agree it's stupid to use Flash and ONLY Flash for your site, I'm not going to bitch about it. I don't give a fuck about software freedom, open standards, or any of this other geek-ass bullshit. I'm done with it, and stupid fucking arguments like this are the reason why. I know for a fucking FACT that if Flash were an open standard you and every other Flash-hating moron would be spooging your pants in anticipation of putting in everyplace you could.
I've still never seen anyting done by someone that knew how to used Dreamweaver properly that didn't work just as well as a hand coded HTML page. I've seen a ton of shitty HTML pages though. It's not the tool, it's the tool using the tool.
That's fucking stupid. Again, go read some Slashdot threads regarding P2P apps, or the RIAA. Linux users only respect copyright as long as it helps them.
How to feel like a tit:
1. Go to Geocities.
2. Count the number of pages that use no Flash, but still have no content.
3. Realize that you're a complete tit for thinking Flash has a fucking thing to do with a lack of content, and that it's the vapid crap the user spews that is responsible for said lack of anything interesting.
4. Shut the fuck up.
And so is DNS, and BIND, and EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU MORON. Being open does NOT preclude something from having security holes. Get off your high horse and shut the fuck up.
Then you know what? DON'T GO TO THOSE FUCKING SITES, MORON. Who the FUCK do you think you are to determine what does and does not belong on the web? Fucking hypocritical idiot. Do you want the internet to be an open and all encompassing forum, or do you want it to be a bunch of socially retarded geeks sitting in their parent basement jerking off to ASCIIpr0n. Make up your fucking mind. You have it one way or the other. Not both.
*yawn* Whatever, dude. YOU are the one missing the point. You have a choice. Use it or don't. Proprietary or not, YOU HAVE A FUCKING CHOICE. Make it and shut the fuck up.
YOU don't see a reason for it. There are people out there that see no reason for a GUI on a computer, but are you going to give a shit what they say? I mean, you can do stuff just as fast on the command line! Faster, even!
That's nice. You can verbally suck your own cock. Lovely. Meanwhile, the people that design websites that aren't based on byzantine concepts such as "NO IMAGES! EVER! AND FLASH SUCKS!" prefer to have immediate visual feedback on what they're developing.
But don't ask me about it. I just use Nedit for everything. Still, I guarantee you someone using DW could probably do everything I do in about a quarter the time and I don't work slow.
I have a hardware volume knob. It's right there on the front of my speakers. I don't know of any computer speakers, ever, that haven't included a bigass knob right on the front. Maybe I'm missing something?
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"But seriously, is there enough of a market to justify the cost of a code port to Linux?"
"No. If there was, they'd have done one already."
Since your brain obviously doesn't function correctly, I'll hold your hand and walk you through this. He asked if there was enough of a market, meaning enough of a demand, to make porting Flash to Linux a good idea. My statement was that no, there is not enough of a demand for Macromedia to give a shit about porting Flash. What part of this extremely simple concept do you not get? I would advise shutting the fuck up, all you are doing is making yourself look like more of a moron with every post.
Actual personal employment, zero. All of my information comes from friends that have worked in the industry for several years.
No, I resort to abuse when I'm fucking bored of dealing with imbeciles that can't grasp simple supply and demand.
No, you're wrong. What I'm saying is that if there was a substantial enough reason for Macromedia to give a fuck about porting Flash, they'd do it. That is, present conditions dictate FUTURE actions. Moron.
Absolutely none, which is the entire point. Duh.
So as long as people aren't making money off of it, it's okay to read other people's email? Huh?
You are STILL missing the point. It's called contract work, moron. This is like saying it's not right to hire an architect to design your building, then firing him when it's done. No, it's not wrong. They work on a contract basis and have absolutely no guarantees of future employment. Most game artists have contracts for the life of a project, after that they're on their own.
Hey, moron, since you know DICK about the games industry... ANY industry, actually, I'll explain it to you. Not every game development team stays together forever. In fact, most change from game to game. You'll have a core team of developers (lead programmers and artists, producers, level designers, etc.) that move from one project to another, but most everyone else is hired on a TEMPORARY BASIS for the duration of the project development. They know this up front, and they accept it. It is a standard practice. If you're going to boycott everyone that does that, you'll never play a commercially developed game again.
I can say with absolutely no hint of humour or sarcasm, or even smartassyness, that Google's computer systems are much, much faster than whatever computer you have.
Well... pretty much. Except that the focus is on walking around and beating things up instead of talking to people.
I'm a he, first of all.
Actually, I was explaining something and did so quite well. You're too anti-Flash biased to understand it with your puny human brain. Content is COMPLETELY independent of the tool. That was my entire fucking point. Again, when was the last time you went to Geocities? A few million plain HTML pages of vapid horseshit. Still, no matter how valid and correct my point is you're not going to go for it because, as we all know, "FLASH IS TEH SUx0RZ!"
Whatever.
W3.org doesn't determine a fucking thing except HTML and other web standards. They don't sit there spewing shit like "FLASH IS TEH SUX0RZ!" In fact, I'm pretty sure they don't care about Flash. While I agree it's stupid to use Flash and ONLY Flash for your site, I'm not going to bitch about it. I don't give a fuck about software freedom, open standards, or any of this other geek-ass bullshit. I'm done with it, and stupid fucking arguments like this are the reason why. I know for a fucking FACT that if Flash were an open standard you and every other Flash-hating moron would be spooging your pants in anticipation of putting in everyplace you could.
Yes, let's not extend the appeal of Linux to a group of people who had no previous reason to even look twice at it. That would be stupid.
Oh, wait... no it wouldn't.
I've still never seen anyting done by someone that knew how to used Dreamweaver properly that didn't work just as well as a hand coded HTML page. I've seen a ton of shitty HTML pages though. It's not the tool, it's the tool using the tool.
That's fucking stupid. Again, go read some Slashdot threads regarding P2P apps, or the RIAA. Linux users only respect copyright as long as it helps them.
And what's your point? Mine is that currently there is not enough demand for Flash on Linux. If there was, Macromedia would have already ported it.
How to feel like a tit:
1. Go to Geocities.
2. Count the number of pages that use no Flash, but still have no content.
3. Realize that you're a complete tit for thinking Flash has a fucking thing to do with a lack of content, and that it's the vapid crap the user spews that is responsible for said lack of anything interesting.
4. Shut the fuck up.
Dude, this is either the funniest damn thing I've read all day... or the dumbest... possibly both, actually. ;)
And so is DNS, and BIND, and EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU MORON. Being open does NOT preclude something from having security holes. Get off your high horse and shut the fuck up.
Then you know what? DON'T GO TO THOSE FUCKING SITES, MORON. Who the FUCK do you think you are to determine what does and does not belong on the web? Fucking hypocritical idiot. Do you want the internet to be an open and all encompassing forum, or do you want it to be a bunch of socially retarded geeks sitting in their parent basement jerking off to ASCIIpr0n. Make up your fucking mind. You have it one way or the other. Not both.
*yawn* Whatever, dude. YOU are the one missing the point. You have a choice. Use it or don't. Proprietary or not, YOU HAVE A FUCKING CHOICE. Make it and shut the fuck up.
YOU don't see a reason for it. There are people out there that see no reason for a GUI on a computer, but are you going to give a shit what they say? I mean, you can do stuff just as fast on the command line! Faster, even!
I'm making a point I hope you'll get.
That's nice. You can verbally suck your own cock. Lovely. Meanwhile, the people that design websites that aren't based on byzantine concepts such as "NO IMAGES! EVER! AND FLASH SUCKS!" prefer to have immediate visual feedback on what they're developing.
But don't ask me about it. I just use Nedit for everything. Still, I guarantee you someone using DW could probably do everything I do in about a quarter the time and I don't work slow.
I have a hardware volume knob. It's right there on the front of my speakers. I don't know of any computer speakers, ever, that haven't included a bigass knob right on the front. Maybe I'm missing something?