Scalar vector graphics and sound are cool, but Flash was not wonderful technology. Adobe was not to blame; they just bought the existing monster.

Flash was foremost a huge CPU waster. And an easy to use vector for all sorts of security exploits (because the original code from Macromedia was an abomination).

And don't forget, Flash was so important you shouldn't even be able to uninstall it.

Oops... this reply was meant to be in response to "Thank you" above.

Bitching about Adobe only accounts for the last 10 years of Flash vulnerabilities. But, don't forget Flash was created by Macromedia, which was far more evil than Adobe. Macromedia used to not have an uninstaller for Flash, because they didn't want you to be able to uninstall it!

(this is where my reply meant to go, but I screwed it up and added it as a separate comment below)

Bitching about Adobe only accounts for the last 10 years of Flash vulnerabilities. But, don't forget Flash was created by Macromedia, which was far more evil than Adobe. Macromedia used to not have an uninstaller for Flash, because they didn't want you to be able to uninstall it!

Is there an extension to prevent Chrome from automatically updating extensions?

(I'm tired of finding something I was depending upon no longer working because I got an "update")

An assembly line worker is no more an accomplice then the maker of the computer Andrus used.

On the other hand, I suspect if you were a worker hired to take a car and specifically enhance it to be part of the armed robbery (e.g,. make it a better getaway car), then they could try you as an accomplice.

Mod this up, please!

I don't think I want to take that same performance hit on my phone and tablet!

They were actually interesting space-themed adventure/action movies. It was a shame he slapped the Star Trek name on them.

I stopped using Chrome the *second* time it just stopped working correctly, because an extension I depended upon got "updated" and thus no longer worked. I can't stand having to figure out why things aren't working correctly anymore when I haven't changed anything. As long as it's impossible to lock down the software until *I* want to update it, I'll just opt out of Chrome.

+1 for "Classic Theme Restorer"

I'm going to hit you with my modem.

Shouldn't that be "Winter for Pluto and Uranus"?

To be even more fair, the Slashdot summary is the first paragraph of the article. The dumb line comes straight from the article.

Does that mean we have to file a bug report if they decide to kill a human?