[FRIAM] New York Times Photo Opp=

2010-05-01 Thread Victoria Hughes
For those of you with slow uploads info re the link below: The NYT is running 'A Moment in Time' global photography gig.  They ask people around the world to take a picture of their locations at the same moment, with any kind of camera (they even mention phones, etc- Owen, maybe you can just wave

Re: [FRIAM] Thoughts on Flash

2010-05-01 Thread sarbajit roy
Dear Owen, I would like to disagree with some aspects of your post The one deep issue which goes out clearly from Steve Job's essay is that Apple is deeply against "cross platform" applications. As I mentioned in an earlier post the only time I''ve ever used an Apple software product is a really

Re: [FRIAM] Thoughts on Flash

2010-05-01 Thread Roger Critchlow
Owen -- But when push comes to shove, standards can go hang themselves. The iTaser that Jon Stewart showed on The Daily News only runs on Apple electrons. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-28-2010/appholes Don't iTase me bro! -- rec -- On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Owen Densmore

Re: [FRIAM] Thoughts on Flash

2010-05-01 Thread Owen Densmore
It is clear the WSJ doesn't get the deeper issues. For example, they refer to flash as a video format. It isn't. It is a very complete, and siloed, environment. Thus my as yet unanswered question about factoring out just the flash video without the complete suite of actionscript and the byte co

Re: [FRIAM] Palenque, Chichen Itza and Katyn

2010-05-01 Thread Saul Caganoff
Were these activities there to support a reign of terror, or was there another motivation? I think it was Joseph Campbell who pointed out that only agricultural civilizations practiced large scale human sacrifice. If the basis of your economy depends on mysterious and capricious weather forces then