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by octane 6249 days ago
When the fuck did "killer" replace "competitor" in the English language?
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replicatorblog 6249 days ago
Good point, It is a parallel to the arms race between colas and EXTREME energy drinks. Every description needs to be turned to "11".
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adammarkey 6249 days ago
I disagree, it should be a "killer" because flash uses a closed source for-profit runtime from adobe. The javascript standard is free to use and implement and doesn't require me to have any browser plugins to view great looking websites.
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