yes. the "choice is easy to make" because *you* arent creating content. only consuming it.

look here is the deal:

flash is fine.

lets just leave the "proprietary" part aside for the moment.

the reason why "flash sucks" is because the developers cant be asked to optimize their code for memory leaks.

saying "flash sucks" because it makes your browser crash is like saying "c++ sux" because the developer forgot to delete a pointer causing a memory leak to crash yer box. you would never say "c++ sux!". in fact, you might even say the opposite, that it would "blow yer leg off if yer not careful...". i think the same consideration applies to AS3/Flex framework.

optimize your code. profile the flash app. and watch how yer flash experience improves. it really will be stable.

i promise. scout's honor.

if you want a better flash experience than you need to go to the source of the issue: inadvertant memory leaks caused by badly written poorly optimized code that was never, ever profiled.

the problem, however, also lies with Adobe. they continue to market Flash to "designers" who cant program their way out of a paper bag, instead of "developers" who might know a thing or two. and they continue to confuse the issue by having a timeline-based Flash creation tool in addition to their Enterpise-level toolchain that allows "designers" to add hack upon hack upon hack.

this is why "flash sux".

-0.

not only will you be cooler than anybody who has a tattoo (its true!) - you can feel safe in the knowledge that your "individualism" cant be questioned. -0.

no. one of the last things keeping people from switching to Linux is that Adobe doesnt have a Linux-compatible Creative Suite. if they did, LOL, there would be a "sea-change" for sure.

i have a friend who was a VP at a major bank. he got fired for looking at porn... it happens.

i pentaho once... her name was Steely Dan II. "Chewed to bits by a famished candiru in the Upper Baboonsasshole. And don't say 'wheeeeeeee!' this time."

no. the whole schtick about open source is that its 2 clues shy of a boardgame and everybody wants to play. -0.

lol. gotcha. ;)

who the f**k is James Gosling?

if one can prove that videogames affect the "subconscious", lawmakers could use this as a precedent that videogames "make people violent". it would hold as much weight as other experiences that affect a persons "subconscious", and by extension, their behavior.

i thought i was the only one who had seen that movie. lol.

i dont want some super-serious "oscar" contender with a pedigree. i want the 'tude. it should be scrappy. half of the enjoyment of film should be its "look". eye-candy all the way. i dont care if its written badly, acted badly, or whatever. as long is it LOOKS SWEET. the book was never about the dialogue or the "plot". it was always about the 'tude. in the writing. in the characters. in the plot. etc. that 'tude should permeate through the entire film.

rumor has CBS will show $#*! as a Bear Icon stuffed in a U-Haul logo across the show-title when marketing the show in order to comply.

clearly, they (the people who were outsourced to write the Constitution) were post-, before there was anything to be modern about.

lmao the qualification of "the useful arts" is hilarious.