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Playing the Mario 64 port on the DS was already a painful enough experience without a joystick, I really REALLY would not want to attempt to play any n64 games on my iPhone without some sort of external gamepad attachment.

I wish they had gone with a few extra buttons. It gets irritating when I have to reach towards two different places depending on if I want to change volume or change tracks. It was a while before I had even noticed there WAS a button on my headphones.

The overloading on the home button annoys me a lot. For example, I have double-tap set to the iPod app. Double-tapping has an annoying tendency to exit my current app to lauch iPod when I just wanted the popup iPod contols. Not to mention that any lag and I suddenly find my double-tap turning into an exit to the home screen and then Spotlight opening.

All this extra work on that button makes me concerned it's the first thing that will break on my iPhone...

Why is nobody mentioning the fact that even if you got Flash for the iPhone, it would be incompatible with nearly everything on the internet?

Firstly, games. There is no "hover" effect on the iPhone, and have you ever seen a Flash game that will resize down to 320 × 480 px? Also, no keyboard, which a large portion of games require. I can't think of anything other than the most basic of flash games that would have a chance at working.

Secondly, video. This doesn't require Flash, and would be better suited for a standalone application. This is the only application I could see Flash possibly useful for, but then again why not transcode it onto YouTube?

Thirdly, Flash-based website navigation. Again, no hover, and again, 320 × 480 px? Most flash websites would fall apart when shrunk less than 800 x 600 px.

Fourthly, these interface problems would most certainly require separate iPhone-designed Flash files for everything, and if everything needs to be remade then the effort is better spent making JS or native apps instead.

I really find it hard to think of a valid use for a mobile version of a plugin that is designed for desktops with large screens, keyboards and mice.

@Todd

I would assume this could be done with the built in Google Maps. Get a fix on your current location, and then make a bookmark or pin.

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"flesh-hunting amnesiac mutants"

... you mean like Alex Mercer?

If you want to avoid spam bots here's a few tips:

1) Replace the captcha with your own unique anti-bot questions or homemade captcha images. Things like "What type of fruit is this?" or "Is this a cat or a dog?" work best. The reason they get past the captcha is because it's a common feature, and can be reverse engineered and automated. Of course, custom captcha could also be automated if spammers paid attention, but unless you're a high-profile target I doubt they would.

2) Check for security holes, some spam avoid captcha by bypassing it altogether, sending data directly to the back-end php/asp scripts or mysql database. You'll know this is the case if they do something "impossible" that has been disabled in the admin options.

3) If 1 and 2 aren't enough, then you'll need to find a programmer who can find more non-human behaviours to be exploited. Spambots are designed to send their payload as fast as possible so they can move on to the next target. Their inhuman speed and direct access to posting scripts can be spotted and blocked, but the methods involved need finesse to avoid blocking or delaying real humans.

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Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God. - Heywood Broun

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. - Eric Hoffer

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei

To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself. - Sophy Burnham

Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force. - Flavius Josephus

Pray as if everything depended upon God and work as if everything depended upon man. - Francis Cardinal Spellman

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse. - Emily Dickinson

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. - Frank Lloyd Wright

The gods help them that help themselves. - Aesop

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring. - Chuck Palahniuk

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. - Ellen DeGeneres

You can't count on God for jack. He pretty much told me so himself. - Bender Bending Rodríguez

The mechanic is that once you finish a level, you can't reuse the same stuff again in later levels, and hence forces you to get creative to solve problems

I wish I could find website that helped me locate the needles in the haystack. Obvious stuff like Rolando and Peggle I can find, but games like Critter Crunch I only discover by chance or word of mouth. I know there has to be some other good apps (and not just games either) but the App Store is incredibly irritating to search properly