Today we celebrate 100 years since the Wright Brothers' legendary flight... and as usual, controversy is along for the ride :-)
And new software... firstly Macromedia have released version 7.0r19 of the Flash player today. Misc bugfixes, and some security updates. Release notes can be found here. Most interesting for me is that policy files (introduced in v7) can now have their location specified before the player tries to load them, and (finally:-) if you're loading via an XML socket, you can specify location AND port (and any port to boot, not just 1024 and above). Thanks Macromedia, that's a great improvement.
Secondly there's a new version of Trillian - 2.01 Pro Beta 4. As usual, finding out what has actually changed is a real pain (Cerullean, where is your change log?!), so that's left as an exercise for the reader:-) .
Thirdly WinAmp 5 is out - woo hoo! This is now the best MP3 player on the planet.
And finally, yet another reason why i'd absolutely love to work at Google HQ: the Jasmin Washlet.
And new software... firstly Macromedia have released version 7.0r19 of the Flash player today. Misc bugfixes, and some security updates. Release notes can be found here. Most interesting for me is that policy files (introduced in v7) can now have their location specified before the player tries to load them, and (finally
A new syntax allows policy files to be retrieved directly from an XMLSocket server:
System.security.loadPolicyFile("xmlsocket://foo.com:414");
This causes Flash Player to attempt to retrieve a policy file from the specified host and port. Any port may be used, not only ports 1024 and above. Upon establishing a connection with the specified port, Flash Player transmits
System.security.loadPolicyFile("xmlsocket://foo.com:414");
This causes Flash Player to attempt to retrieve a policy file from the specified host and port. Any port may be used, not only ports 1024 and above. Upon establishing a connection with the specified port, Flash Player transmits
Secondly there's a new version of Trillian - 2.01 Pro Beta 4. As usual, finding out what has actually changed is a real pain (Cerullean, where is your change log?!), so that's left as an exercise for the reader
Thirdly WinAmp 5 is out - woo hoo! This is now the best MP3 player on the planet.
And finally, yet another reason why i'd absolutely love to work at Google HQ: the Jasmin Washlet.
; "hannah grace mcphail")
; "Beach Run")
; "hannah grace mcphail")
; "phoenix-mars-lander.jpg")
; "here-we-go-again-small.JPG")
; "seti-radio-telescope.jpg")
; "proudly South African")
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