Yes, and that's why some consumers are attracted by their image, just the same way as some women are attracted to their abusers. The same idea - Apple look like they're tough guys, rebels, "think different" and so on.

I don't think the game generates any revenue for BioWare anymore, they've stopped doing expansions a long time ago, etc. CD keys are all compromised now as well - they were the last line of protection.
Can't they just make the sources available so all the fans can go on improving the game?

If there is a demand for some kind of games - there will be an offer. In a short time - especially considering the current game market saturation. If there are no games of some particular kind - that means that the demand is way too low to be on the radar of publishers, or even independent studios.

Because Adobe is losing the PR battle to Apple.

Not unless you allow Flash in Flashblock. Everyone has a kind of Flashblock today - even Chrome.

Nonsense. Flash performance is much better than performance of JS, doing the same task.

Oh, really? I thought it was bad designers/programmers who hurt usability. A well-designed RIA in Flex is much better than JS/CSS/HTML mess when it comes to usability. I don't even mention support.

Most PC games do not have 64bit versions. Should we hate them too?

Again, how it it the problem of Flash? And again - flashblock is an easy answer. Just like NoScript is the answer to many JS abuses.

OSMF does support SMIL - to a much better degree than any browser out there. You do know, what OSMF is, don't you?

Oh... right! Here is the reason - it's not Apple. Should I start hating Java/Scala/Python too since Jobs didn't bless them either?

Again - a lie. There is Flex SDK for Linux. It's free (open source). You can use it with VIM - or with Intellij IDEA, if you prefer.

Ever tried decompiling minified/obfuscated JS? Or looking into the "source" of GMail, which is JS/HTMLCSS? If someone wants you to have sources - he will give you the _sources_. BTW, there are many SWF decompilers out there, if you really need one.

So what? It's a problem of a webmaster - not yours, as a user. BTW, GWT and many other HTML/JS/CSS monsters are not exactly SEO-friendly by default either. Any AJAX/RIA application contradicts with SEO friendliness - you've got to find a way around, and they do exist. And again - GP question was not "what problems we have with Flash?". It was "why all the hate on Flash?". Everything has problems - just as CSS/JS/WebGL do. The more features it has, the more potential problems it can bring.

Absolutely ANY code you produce will be EOL'ed at some point.
Just as your children will (surprise) die one day.
Does it make the life worthless?

Or just proves that Slashdot readers still don't check calendars :)

I would understand if for the price I'd get IPS screen. But Apple's screens are just "good" old TN ones. Granted, those of a bit better quality than ones on the cheap Acer notebooks - but it's still a TN, with screwed up vertical angles.

Either this - or MS "usability testing" is flawed.

It takes quite a long time for the engine to cool down to the level where the low temperature can be an issue for an engine start. I'd be more concerned with an accumulator battery discharging during those stops - since driver will obviously not going to turn off the car stereo or the climate control. But engineers will probably take that into the account and will not stop the engine if the battery charge is below some limit.

You don't need an anti-free-speech law to cut someone off of the funds they need in order to exercise their rights. You don't need it to arrest a troublemaker for rape accusation (which basically means just "didn't do exactly what a woman said" today). In other words, laws are one thing. But their application, the day-to-day practice, is a completely different beast.

The problem with MSE is that it causes latency/sound problems after working for long on systems with high network activity. This problem will definitely affect anyone running uTorrent, for example. Check Google for "MSE DPC latency". This problem exists from the very beginning, MS acknowledged it several months ago, but still there is no fix.

You mean... like Linux has been killed by RHEL?

No, he talks about new Operating System: GUN/Linux.

An easy explanation: admin from India has messed up timezone settings on the missile computer and set TZ to "Delhi".