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|    mark lewis to Ed Vance    |
|    Flash Player    |
|    28 Aug 14 19:33:24    |
       On Thu, 28 Aug 2014, Ed Vance wrote to mark lewis:               BK> Is it just me, or is anyone else running XP and getting a lot of        BK> "script stopped running", or "flash player crashed" notices?               ml> what version of flash?               BK> Anyone hear anything about why this happens?               ml> farkled script? ;)               EV> Howdy! Mark and Bob,               EV> Script Kiddies?              hehe... nah... but the idea is similar... flash stuff is script (activescript       i think they call it) that is then "compiled" and fed to the flash engine for       execution...              most script kiddies are using scripts or code that they are throwing together       with no clue how it works... some of them are not even using scripts but       pre-compiled stuff... in either case, they can't even fix it since they don't       understand it... they are generally trying to break into systems for various       purposes...               EV> With MY Knowledge I'd probably write scripts that behave that way        EV> and cause problems for Bob and Others Too.              it only takes time to perfect one's skills ;)              )\/(ark               * Origin: (1:3634/12)    |
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