There was a small window of opportunity before JavaScript established itself and now its gone. No one would switch to Lua when JavaScript is deployed.
Consider it a network effect of millions of sites which run JavaScript today and people write code for these sites. It would be much harder to change the base language then to upgrade it gradually.

And its built on JavaScript.
If they they create a framework or engine which internet would be dependent on, they would control the web. The plugins which try to compete against JavaScript will lose their place when its achieve this speed and Google Gears integration.
I think what would happen is Chrome framework being (a restricted) interface to the OS and media control libraries which would try to be what ActiveX,Flash and Java do today(within their plugin interface). Except it would be built-in into Chrome and executed inside the content.

How much it faster then speed of light?

Another language which is in widespread use gets (specific) linux support. Why you complain?
Is linux suppose to be scripted via "pure" languages only? No alternatives?

When 'indie' company tries to competes at the field dominated by larger studios hey become more corporate and less 'indie'.
Real indie developers code for the PC and rarely even cooperate.

I use exactly this methods for months:
Before that i tried to use two-letter RSS feeds to fill it.

Proprietary information restricts freedom of expression. Its basically a patented way of thinking(which only corporations can afford to use).
Yet, chinese copies could be called Smackey Mice with slightly altered looks and still sell. Its the people who want to use Mickey Mouse in their works who are affected.

I laughed at "Year of Linux Desktop" every year. Never expected MS itself would make it happen.
(moderate me -5,since Its a parallel universe where its 5th year of Linux Desktop)

There is no reason to not assemble them outside US. The process is "security by obscurity".

Who wouldn't download a car?

Its for debugging.The code works on release versions(if (1)),but for debugging people need the ability to turn on/off certain parts of code(if (!1)).

Could you read the post carefully? Especially the words 7-10.

They are not secure.What are hashes relying on is reversible,with clever algorithmic tricks and without quantum computing.Today we know about rainbow tables,but tomorrow there would be far faster ways to break hashes.The complexity of some hash algorithm is just "security by obscurity"(the secret is not in expensive computation/bruteforce required ).The point about the approach is that sooner or later the algorithm would be "refactored" by people who understand the idea behind the algorithm far better then its designers.
Then all this security gets out the window.

Action Script is harder to learn for people customized to javascript.
If it was more optimized(e.g. even removing/replacing eval) and had some graphic capability it would replace everything else quickly.Its such a design which can be cross-platformed and adapted easily(every modern browser runs the code).
Plus alot(probably more then all other languages) of people have at least some knowledge of programming in JavaScript.
Its inherent advantage over everything else and even Adobe understands it(Air is targeted to such programmers).
There is an possibility JavaScript would be replaced by something like Python or Lua,but they must be clearly superior to switch(in all cases people will not see advantages until they are painfully obvious to everyone).
JavaScript will stay for several decades otherwise.

Its exactly the opposite.The closed groups of people playing on a private server are better community then the masses playing the legit version.