Also, Flash often, rather surprisingly, uses more CPU cycles when a video is paused than e.g. VLC does actually playing the darned thing (on OS X). I guess thi

Also, Flash often, rather surprisingly, uses more CPU cycles when a video is paused than e.g. VLC does actually playing the darned thing (on OS X). I guess this must be because Apple doesn't allow Adobe access to its proprietary, hardware based empty loop optimizations...