Flash

Steve Jobs was at least mostly, if not completely wrong about Flash on mobile devices. There. I said it.

Let me start by saying that I don’t care about Flash. I am completely indifferent about Adobe and anything they do or have done. I feel the same way about flash as I feel about HTML, High Def TV, 3D movies or speed limits on highways. They exist, they serve their purpose, and we have to live with them. Does Flash cause problems? Sure. Would the world be better off if Flash had never existed? It’s a moot point, because it does exist. Does ignoring flash make it go away? This is a resounding “no”!
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Smoke Detectors – A Rant

[With Apologies to Dennis Miller]

People’s lives are saved by smoke detectors every day. This is a good thing. But, how many people’s lives are inconvenienced each day because of smoke detectors?

I don’t want to get off on a rant here, but the people who design smoke detectors must be smoking something. Here’s a vital piece of your house, one that can save your life when fire threatens to destroy it, and most of them run on the same battery that powers your TV remote control. The battery powering these things has a life expectancy that is typically shorter than the people the smoke detectors are designed to protect. So, the genius engineers have worked to devise a way to warn you if your batteries are starting to die.
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