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871.
by Qz 16y ago
Intro video could use a pause or mute button.
872.
by Qz 16y ago
Sounds good, but it's not really an 'assault' to play catchup on features.
873.
by Qz 16y ago
HTML5 etc. isn't starting from scratch -- the idea that Adobe has had extra years to refine their algorithms compared to potential competitors is pretty nonsensical,
874.
by Qz 16y ago
People still use the word boot for boots, and will use 'duck' for ducks, except when saying Duck Duck Go in which case they will think of 'that thing that replaced Google'.
875.
by Qz 16y ago
I know what you're saying, but I disagree. Modern english is literally littered with words that originally meant entirely different things than we currently use them for. Remember 'booting up' your computer? It comes from bootstrapping,
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by Qz 16y ago
VMWare and Parallels do very different things than Flash does. My (uninformed) guess would be that it has to do with the security sandbox. The kinds of things you would run on VMWare (installable applications) is very different than what
877.
by Qz 16y ago
No that is not what I am implying, although it is a valid fault with nearly all of the software we run on personal computers, not just Flash.
878.
by Qz 16y ago
Best quote: "Mum and her partner David sent this rug from USA as a thanks for talking them through formatting their laptop – that was fun over the phone !!!!!" Emphasis added.
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by Qz 16y ago
It's more than relevant whether something hogs a CPU compared to another program that does an equivalent thing. No one complains when Crysis hogs the CPU, because we all expect 3d games to hog the CPU. People complain when Flash hogs the
880.
by Qz 16y ago
OpenGL isn't really in the same class as Flash for this context -- we're not talking about Flash just as a method of rendering graphics, but as a content/application framework that can also render graphics. If OpenGL did the other stuf
881.
by Qz 16y ago
Except if you'd read the article you'd know that when running HTML5 things (apps?) that do similar things to Flash, the CPU gets a similar hit as to when Flash does it. This is the point of the article: multimedia web content along the lin
882.
by Qz 16y ago
Futility? The whole issue with Flash right now is that they do have market share, because they're the only one in the market. Either something has Flash (desktops, possibly Android), or it doesn't. And the non-Flash platforms are curre
883.
by Qz 16y ago
I think you're on the right track, and a 'document' oriented interface is what I think the next step will be, as opposed to Apple's dead-end app-oriented interface. Your meta-document is similar to something I have been envisioning... the
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by Qz 16y ago
A) My statement was in reference to video playback. B) Is there another cross-platform framework that does provide unilateral hardware acceleration for graphics rendering?
885.
by Qz 16y ago
"Or rather, it WILL use them soon. Mac HW acceleration isn't fully deployed yet, is it?" Hence where available . And it wasn't available on the mac because Apple hadn't opened up the APIs to do it. Your summary of the article is pretty po
886.
by Qz 16y ago
The point is, CPU hog compared to what?
887.
by Qz 16y ago
14 years of development can't do much against the fundamental complexity of whatever the product is supposed to do.
888.
by Qz 16y ago
You clearly know little about flash if you think its still using a decade-old implementation to do animations. Additionally, flash uses HW acceleration where available, so your first point is moot.
889.
by Qz 16y ago
What I was getting at is what happens when you get things that don't fit neatly into a database slot. For example, if you have a database that can store photos and text files, what to do with a document that has text and photos in it (like
890.
by Qz 16y ago
What do you do when files contain other files in a different 'standard'?
891.
by Qz 16y ago
I disagree -- I think they've acquired that 'nebulous quality' over time. In fact, I still think Yahoo! is a ridiculous name, and every time I hear them yodel it in a commercial it makes me cringe. My one quibble with DuckDuckGo is that it
892.
by Qz 16y ago
Thoughts: It will make or break depending on how well people can find the stuff being sold so they can buy it. $1 sounds expensive -- maybe for the beginning have it be $1 if the stuff actually sells, in order to build up a user base.
893.
by Qz 16y ago
To be succinct: Obv not.
894.
by Qz 16y ago
In my experience, school was incredibly boring for the most part. I'm far better at teaching myself than other people are at teaching me.
895.
by Qz 16y ago
Is there anything stopping you from claiming random people you know to be your 'mom'?
896.
by Qz 16y ago
Yeah, I recognize the 'old internet' look, having seen a zillion of those pages back when I was on 2400 baud via CompuServe... but still.
897.
by Qz 16y ago
Totally agree. At the same time, that is one ugly blog site.
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by Qz 16y ago
The example specifically referenced stocks going down to $1 from $15, so my statement holds true for what it was in response to.
899.
by Qz 16y ago
Androgen insensitivity is only one of a number of gender bending genetic disorders, there's about 5 more that are just as common.
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by Qz 16y ago
...and that trade would be canceled.

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