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Re: Flash update



On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 19:49:29 +0100
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 19:05:21 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 20:30:29 +0100
> > Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100
> > > > Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.uk> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth
> > > > > mentioning that BBC IPlayer now works without Flash. If you
> > > > > go to the BBC IPlayer web page it says you can access the
> > > > > programs using HTML5. You just have to install a cookie to do
> > > > > this. It's still in beta but it works for me, at least with
> > > > > recent versions of Firefox and Chromium.
> > > > 
> > > > Wonderful. So all the kerfuffle about getting Flash to work
> > > > with DRM in Debian was for nothing after all. Huzzah!
> > > 
> > > Flash was talked about but I do not think DRM was ever a factor
> > > in the discussion. Hence - no kerfluffle.
> > 
> > The kerfuffle turns into a "kerfluffle"- I like it.
> 
> Its meaning is basically the same but with the implication of "give
> 'em 'ell". I'll get me coat.

I have never heard it as "kerfluffle", so I was pleasantly surprised. A
kerfuffle is just a nice Scotsy word for a fuss, but a "kerfluffle"
sounds remarkably... cute. "Fluffle". Aww.

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