Comment Pianola's have been shredding (Score 1) 88
since the 1800's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc
Comment Re:Google is smarter than that (Score 1) 500
Flash/Actionscript has had communication between Flash and the browser since Flash 3 (over 10 years ago). It started out as function calls like fscommand(), and is now a formal API in the form of ExternalInterface.
Comment Re:It's the tools stupid (Score 1) 500
You had me at computer types making the kind of buggy crap and lost me at HATE flash and anything I can't name off the top of my head can go STRAIGHT to hell.
Do you hate flash and similar technologies that much? I guess that means you hate all the web video you get to watch for free daily? You must also hate google analytics and google street view? Do you hate that many sites allow you to embed their flash applications into your site?
The point is, Flash has it's place and can play nicely with HTML websites.
IPv4 Unallocated Addresses Exhausted by 2010 419
An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica is reporting on how the unallocated IPv4 address pool could run out as soon as 2010. The IPv4 Address Report gives details on just how fast the available pool of IPv4 addresses is diminishing. Will ISPs be moving towards IPv6 any time soon? Or will IPv4 exhaustion become the next Y2K?"
Submission + - Dell PCs with Ubuntu are Less Expensive
Chandon Seldon writes: "Contrary to many earlier expectations, it turns out that Dell's prices for its Ubuntu PCs are cheaper than similar Windows Vista PCs for all three Models. With the savings for skipping the Microsoft Tax ranging from $50 to $140, it looks like kickbacks for pre-installed software weren't that big a deal after all."
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