Three or four weeks ago, FLASH was corrupted. It changed from cute entertainment with a possible future as UI to vehicle to save Salon and ZDNET. The noise the noise the noise.
Until I removed FLASH from my browser a few days ago, 99% of my FLASH interactions were always looping, blinking, oversized advertisements.
Death to FLASH.
(When can I get a scriptable browser that will let ME determine which URL's to chase and when?)