Maybe a stupid question but I'm only half as ubergeek as some of you-
if there were applications to run flash across platforms, wouldn't it become somewhat of a universal language like Java, with only the virtual machine changing on other systems?
What prevents flash applications from being used for productive things, instead of always being a bunch of vector cartoons?
Its easier for you to call me a troll and not prove a point than it is for you to make a legitimate argument, half wit. (I figure I can throw in a due insult since I'm already a "troll").
No, I've been reading slashdot 3 or more times a day for the last two and a half years. when I saw the comment "For those of you who have used all of them, I'm sorry" about the progession of Windows, I had to post, for hating windows is the epitomy of slashdot.
I tried the last three versions of redhat, the last two of mandrake... none of them supported my sound card, and I'm too stupid to know how to install a driver!
Oh, and RedHat doesn't seem to like to recognize both of my video cards, and once again, I'm SURE it is one trillion percent possible, but I don't know how, and there are thousands of pages to read before I could find the answer.
There you go.
I really should have specified the PC, my bad.
I agree, on a long enough timeline, though, anything is trivial. I'm just talking about the present, and near future.
You misunderstand.
I WISH I could use linux. I've tried, and can't seem to get the hang of it, yet I make my living as a computer technician, and before that I was a programmer.
I am definetly NOT zealous for Windows, I don't know how it works on the inside, and I don't know how linux works on the inside, so I can only go by what is apparent, and that is: Windows- right out of the box is by far more user friendly and easy.
Windows Zeal? Fuck microsoft. Screw Windows, I wish I didn't live in the world where it was my only decent choice-- but it seems to be.
Please go easy on me with your not necessarily insults, because everything I've said is only my personal views based on my personal experience, and, after all, isn't that what a message board is for?
You people are SLASH BOTS.
I realize bill gates is a monopolizing bastard, and very dominating of this industry, but you don't even take the time to realize, that because, and ONLY BECAUSE MS has so much money, they invest that money into designing what is a superior product. Yes, Windows has a lot of problems- guess what, Linux has more. Maybe the internals of Linux are much cleaner, but until I can assemble a completely random machine, have an install as easy as Windows, and NOT have to recompile a kernal each time I change something, Windows is going to stay maintstream.
Windows isn't popular because its a fad, it really is easier, and in today's world, easier is better.
It seems that some of you have so much fun hating microsoft that you forget that there is more than one reason they are so damn sucessful. Yes, part of it is a monopoly, but part of it is a superior product.
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Maybe a stupid question but I'm only half as ubergeek as some of you- if there were applications to run flash across platforms, wouldn't it become somewhat of a universal language like Java, with only the virtual machine changing on other systems? What prevents flash applications from being used for productive things, instead of always being a bunch of vector cartoons?
oh... sorry.
Its easier for you to call me a troll and not prove a point than it is for you to make a legitimate argument, half wit. (I figure I can throw in a due insult since I'm already a "troll"). No, I've been reading slashdot 3 or more times a day for the last two and a half years. when I saw the comment "For those of you who have used all of them, I'm sorry" about the progession of Windows, I had to post, for hating windows is the epitomy of slashdot.
I tried the last three versions of redhat, the last two of mandrake... none of them supported my sound card, and I'm too stupid to know how to install a driver! Oh, and RedHat doesn't seem to like to recognize both of my video cards, and once again, I'm SURE it is one trillion percent possible, but I don't know how, and there are thousands of pages to read before I could find the answer.
hehe, slashbot! no, i hate trolls.
There you go. I really should have specified the PC, my bad. I agree, on a long enough timeline, though, anything is trivial. I'm just talking about the present, and near future.
You misunderstand. I WISH I could use linux. I've tried, and can't seem to get the hang of it, yet I make my living as a computer technician, and before that I was a programmer. I am definetly NOT zealous for Windows, I don't know how it works on the inside, and I don't know how linux works on the inside, so I can only go by what is apparent, and that is: Windows- right out of the box is by far more user friendly and easy. Windows Zeal? Fuck microsoft. Screw Windows, I wish I didn't live in the world where it was my only decent choice-- but it seems to be. Please go easy on me with your not necessarily insults, because everything I've said is only my personal views based on my personal experience, and, after all, isn't that what a message board is for?
Correct, and because of this feature (about all kernals being compiled) being used by DEFAULT, which is easier? (to Joe Public)
You people are SLASH BOTS. I realize bill gates is a monopolizing bastard, and very dominating of this industry, but you don't even take the time to realize, that because, and ONLY BECAUSE MS has so much money, they invest that money into designing what is a superior product. Yes, Windows has a lot of problems- guess what, Linux has more. Maybe the internals of Linux are much cleaner, but until I can assemble a completely random machine, have an install as easy as Windows, and NOT have to recompile a kernal each time I change something, Windows is going to stay maintstream. Windows isn't popular because its a fad, it really is easier, and in today's world, easier is better. It seems that some of you have so much fun hating microsoft that you forget that there is more than one reason they are so damn sucessful. Yes, part of it is a monopoly, but part of it is a superior product.