Chris brought my attention to a discussion about Actionscript Viewer 3.0 on Flazoom

I am not surprised by comments like:

«Im really dissapointed that this new version of this product has come out. The purpose of this produt is to allow people to steal code, if stealing wasnt the motive then there would be a way to prevent decompilation»

Luckily, the discussion is balanced and it seems that people understand that programs such as Actionscript Viewer does exist and deal with it.

BTW: There is another product decompiling SWFs out there, its called Sothink SWF Decompiler MX 2002 Pro - it can take apart Flash 4, 5 and MX SWFs.

O'Reilly Network: SWF Is Not Flash (and Other Vectored Thoughts) by Jacek Artymiak

Interesting article from O'Reilly Network and Jacek Artymiak. He writes about SWF and takes the time to inform people about the openess of the file format, and how it compares to SVG etc.

Many interesting quotes from the article. I thought I would quote a couple:

Quote 1:

True, raw SWF is just as comprehensible as an .EXE file. To understand it, we have to use an SWF parser. But is that a problem? Graphics or animation are very different from text encased in HTML, and being able to view the raw code of an image does not make it any easier to understand, no matter what file format is used.

Quote 2:

And there's a lot to like about Flash: one platform to develop for, no need to worry about the Web-safe color palette, all components can be bundled into a single file, good authoring tools, support for forms, an XML parser, and a powerful programming language.

[Via: swfnews]

Linux for PlayStation 2 Community: Home

The kit constist of a 40 GB Hard disk, 10/100 Mbit/s Network Adaptor, USB Keyboard, USB mouse, Monitor Cable and DVD discs that contain the Linux installation, RTE and hardware manuals.

The kit should be available all over the world by the end of this summer. Some more information over at linuxplay.com

Personally I am looking forward to converting my favorite game machine to a PC running Linux! :-)

Today Microsoft made the Flash 5 player for Pocket PC available for download. With Flash 5 support for mp3 sound, advanced scripting, and XML is added to the Pocket PC 2002 platform, making it easier to deploy advanced applications on mobile devices running Pocket PC.

While its nice that we have finally gotten access to a Flash 5 player for the Pocket PC 2002 platform, its kind of sad that it would take so long for the player to be ported to this fast expanding platform. I hope Macromedia will be able to make available the Flash MX player for Pocket PC faster than the Flash 5 player was made available.

[Via Flashenabled.com]

[Update: The download from Microsoft makes it look like the update is only for Pocket PC 2002, but I have sucsessfully installed and gotten the Flash 5 player to work on my iPaq 3660 running Pocket PC - Please disregard my earlier comments about the player. BTW: Still seems impossible to get the Pocket PC 2002 upgrade anywhere in Europe]

Things my girlfriend and I have argued about

Nothing keeps a relationship on its toes so much as lively debate. Fortunate, then, that my girlfriend and I agree on absolutely nothing. At all.

Combine utter, polar disagreement on everything, ever, with the fact that I am a text book Only Child, and she is a violent psychopath, and we're warming up. Then factor in my being English while she is German, which not only makes each one of us personally and absolutely responsible for the history, and the social and cultural mores of our respective countries, but also opens up a whole field of sub-arguments grounded in grammatical and semantic disputes and, well, just try saying anything and walking away.

I think I will snap Remco's comments about this site, since it pretty much sums it all up:

A friend of mine stumbled across this page a couple of days ago, and instantly collapsed on the floor in hysteric laughing fits after reading a few lines. This is the story of Mil's arguments with Margret, presented with great humour and obviously not intended to be taken too serious. A very good read, recommended for anyone with an hour to spare!