when you announce that you don't use these technologies, all you show us is that you are indulging in some sort of odd attention-seeking disorder with a strange misplaced pride
What you are saying is people should be ashamed of controlling what they view.
If someone likes the way things are, you are cool with it, but if they say they do not like it they are 'indulging in some sort of odd attention-seeking disorder with a strange misplaced pride.'
It is funny you take the high position of just accepting what is newer than '1994', and the rest of the population is wrong because they do not accept java scripts or flash.
Bottom line--
Taking what you want is the right choice, taking what what someone else wants you to have is the wrong one.
Flash is indeed evil, but it's also necessary to get anything out of an increasing number of sites. The choice is basically live with the occasional Flash abuse or cut yourself off from an ever-growing amount of content on the web. Whether that additional content is worth the annoyance of the occasional Flash ad is a personal decision.
Turn it on when you want.
If you use IE, then visit http://www.flashswitch.com/
If you use firefox, then read on. Other posted how to control flash in firefox.
The challenge is going to be scaling the technology from a "2cm" boat to something useful.
It is fairly obvious how a bug moves about on the surface of still water, but the article says boats or small aquatic objects. A boat requires a lot of power to move against waves, wind and ocean currents.
Am I alone in imagining water surface tension is never going to be enough to overcome the resistances to the forces found on our oceans?
Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence.
