The point is that Adobe keeps tight control of Flash, and as a result it is slow to be ported to non-traditional devices. I'm assuming it will be easier to get HTML5 support on these devices since one doesn't have to go through the logjam of dealing with Adobe. Sure, Flash will get you to more eyeballs right now, but in the future HTML5 will offer better coverage.
It's worse then that. They just built a whole new neighborhood in Beaverton, Oregon, designed to look like on old downtown shopping district. All the buildings are woodframe covered with brick facing!
Reason No. 5: Flash is write once, play everywhere. Flash 10 support on Wii? Nope. Flash support on Nintendo DS? Nope? Flash 10 support on Android 1.6? Nope. Flash support on iPhone/iPad? Nope. There's everything from Flash 7 to Flash 10 out there in the field; saying you can write something for Flash ten and have it "play everywhere" is blatant bullshit. Plus, some devices simply don't have enough memory to run bloated Flash apps! Flash apps takes a long time to load because they are BIG. Sure, embedding fonts in the app is a great idea -- if you don't care how big the app is.
A supernova can only effect us if it is within 25 light years of us. Betelgeuse is much farther away than that; new estimates say 640 light years. At any rate, it is way beyond the point at which I give a flying fuck because it doesn't effect me one whit. However, it may be really upsetting to Zaphod Beeblebrox!
If Betelgeuse goes supernova tomorrow, it will take 495 years for the light to reach us! Or are we arguing about whether or not it went supernova 495 years ago...
As of Android 2.2, I believe the platform can now be considered "mature". Yes, it sucks that my G1 is still running 1.6, which is still "immature". The problem is that iPhone apps are written in Objective C, while Android apps are written in Java with a completely different run time library, so switching platforms requires recoding everything.
Don't bother trying to force companies to prevent it... just make the company that leaked the data responsible for all losses as the result of identity theft, and then leave them up to their own devices to find a way to prevent it.
In 2007, Fiat has reintroduced the Fiat 500. First sold in 1957, the original got 55 mpg. The 2007 model using the latest technology was a vast improvement; it got a whopping 56 mpg! My point is, we've had the technology to build cars that get over 50mpg for over 50 years now. The problem is that nobody buys these cars, as they are considered "unsafe".
Reagan ran up record deficits both as governor of California and as President of the US. Personally I liked the guy, but an objective evaluation would have to conclude that the trends that have wrecked our economy started under Reagan, e.g. deficit spending, deregulation, interference in foreign governments. Yes, Reagan demonstrating that he was willing to spend the US into bankruptcy to "beat" the Soviets probably helped the Soviets decide to back down, but they were already heading in that direction anyway. Clinton did much to advance Globalization, but at least under him we had a surplus, not a deficit. It never fails to confound me how many so-called conservatives preach fiscal responsibility, then as soon as they get into office, spend like a sailor on a 2-day leave.
Flash - Ah - Saviour of the universe
Flash - Ah - He'll save ev'ry one of us
Seemingly there is no reason for these
Extraordinary intergalactical upsets (ha ha ha)
What's happening Flash?
Only Dr Hans Zarkov formerly at N A S A
Has provided any explanation
Flash - Ah - He's a miracle
This mornings unprecedented solar eclipse
Is no cause for alarm
Flash - Ah - King of the impossible
He's for ev'ry one of us
Stand for ev'ry one of us
He'll save with a mighty hand
Ev'ry man ev'ry woman ev'ry child
With a mighty Flash
General Kaka Flash Gordon approaching
What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching?
Open fire all weapons
Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body
Flash - Ah
Gordon's alive
Flash - Ah - He'll save ev'ry one of us
Just a man with a man's courage
He knows nothing but a man
But he can never fail
No one but the pure in heart
May find the golden grail oh oh oh oh
Flash Flash I love you
But we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth
Does something magical happen on the last night of your 17th year that renders you mature? Yes. If you're considered old enough to be sent to war to die for your country, you're also considered old enough to get laid first. (I believe in Chile the age of consent is also 13. I think we can all agree that using pre-teens is "child porn".
When I started sophomore year of high school in Fairbanks, I stayed with one of my dad's coworkers who had German porn featuring 14 year old girls naked. Of course, being 13 at the time, I didn't see any reason to suspect that it was illegal. He was just a sad, dirty old man whose work separated him from his wife for weeks at a time. Seemed pretty normal to me.
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"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." -- Andrew Jackson
Praise be to Ganesha that someone to be saying something about our lack of spelling bee champs!
They get the satisfaction of knowing their police reports are spelled perfectly when the ignorant kids get together and beat the crap out of them!
Why are Indian kids so bad as basketball?
Wow... China's had even more wangs than Paris Hilton!
Does scaleform work as a plugin to the Opera browser?
The point is that Adobe keeps tight control of Flash, and as a result it is slow to be ported to non-traditional devices. I'm assuming it will be easier to get HTML5 support on these devices since one doesn't have to go through the logjam of dealing with Adobe. Sure, Flash will get you to more eyeballs right now, but in the future HTML5 will offer better coverage.
Visual Cobol.
It's worse then that. They just built a whole new neighborhood in Beaverton, Oregon, designed to look like on old downtown shopping district. All the buildings are woodframe covered with brick facing!
Reason No. 5: Flash is write once, play everywhere. Flash 10 support on Wii? Nope. Flash support on Nintendo DS? Nope? Flash 10 support on Android 1.6? Nope. Flash support on iPhone/iPad? Nope. There's everything from Flash 7 to Flash 10 out there in the field; saying you can write something for Flash ten and have it "play everywhere" is blatant bullshit. Plus, some devices simply don't have enough memory to run bloated Flash apps! Flash apps takes a long time to load because they are BIG. Sure, embedding fonts in the app is a great idea -- if you don't care how big the app is.
Theft of services is still theft. If you have sex with a prostitute and then don't pay her, it's still theft.
And the best part of a simple cold normal beer is that you can have more than one. Unlike women.
A supernova can only effect us if it is within 25 light years of us. Betelgeuse is much farther away than that; new estimates say 640 light years. At any rate, it is way beyond the point at which I give a flying fuck because it doesn't effect me one whit. However, it may be really upsetting to Zaphod Beeblebrox!
Sure, but of all the places to go for bad rumors and conspiracy theories, slashdot is my favorite!
If Betelgeuse goes supernova tomorrow, it will take 495 years for the light to reach us! Or are we arguing about whether or not it went supernova 495 years ago...
As of Android 2.2, I believe the platform can now be considered "mature". Yes, it sucks that my G1 is still running 1.6, which is still "immature". The problem is that iPhone apps are written in Objective C, while Android apps are written in Java with a completely different run time library, so switching platforms requires recoding everything.
Don't bother trying to force companies to prevent it... just make the company that leaked the data responsible for all losses as the result of identity theft, and then leave them up to their own devices to find a way to prevent it.
What happens when you put a greyhound on qualudes?
Can he make a customizable version of the software, so that I can use it to block any slashdot articles posted by samzenpus?
In 2007, Fiat has reintroduced the Fiat 500. First sold in 1957, the original got 55 mpg. The 2007 model using the latest technology was a vast improvement; it got a whopping 56 mpg! My point is, we've had the technology to build cars that get over 50mpg for over 50 years now. The problem is that nobody buys these cars, as they are considered "unsafe".
Have you tried Alice?
Reagan ran up record deficits both as governor of California and as President of the US. Personally I liked the guy, but an objective evaluation would have to conclude that the trends that have wrecked our economy started under Reagan, e.g. deficit spending, deregulation, interference in foreign governments. Yes, Reagan demonstrating that he was willing to spend the US into bankruptcy to "beat" the Soviets probably helped the Soviets decide to back down, but they were already heading in that direction anyway. Clinton did much to advance Globalization, but at least under him we had a surplus, not a deficit. It never fails to confound me how many so-called conservatives preach fiscal responsibility, then as soon as they get into office, spend like a sailor on a 2-day leave.
Really? The Honda N600 introduced to the US in 1971 got 45 mpg. We've actually gone backwards since then.
Flash - Ah - Saviour of the universe
Flash - Ah - He'll save ev'ry one of us
Seemingly there is no reason for these
Extraordinary intergalactical upsets (ha ha ha)
What's happening Flash?
Only Dr Hans Zarkov formerly at N A S A
Has provided any explanation
Flash - Ah - He's a miracle
This mornings unprecedented solar eclipse
Is no cause for alarm
Flash - Ah - King of the impossible
He's for ev'ry one of us
Stand for ev'ry one of us
He'll save with a mighty hand
Ev'ry man ev'ry woman ev'ry child
With a mighty Flash
General Kaka Flash Gordon approaching
What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching?
Open fire all weapons
Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body
Flash - Ah
Gordon's alive
Flash - Ah - He'll save ev'ry one of us
Just a man with a man's courage
He knows nothing but a man
But he can never fail
No one but the pure in heart
May find the golden grail oh oh oh oh
Flash Flash I love you
But we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth
Flash!
Does something magical happen on the last night of your 17th year that renders you mature? Yes. If you're considered old enough to be sent to war to die for your country, you're also considered old enough to get laid first. (I believe in Chile the age of consent is also 13. I think we can all agree that using pre-teens is "child porn".
When I started sophomore year of high school in Fairbanks, I stayed with one of my dad's coworkers who had German porn featuring 14 year old girls naked. Of course, being 13 at the time, I didn't see any reason to suspect that it was illegal. He was just a sad, dirty old man whose work separated him from his wife for weeks at a time. Seemed pretty normal to me.