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Re:Replacing a Thinkpad X60 Bootflash Chip by randyrand on Thursday May 08, 2014 @08:03PM (#7718520)
Damn, I hope I didn't just eat a lot of my data plan. I am on iOS...
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Re:Replacing a Thinkpad X60 Bootflash Chip by nwh on Thursday May 08, 2014 @09:28PM (#7718820)
Luckily no Flash to speak of there.
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Re:Replacing a Thinkpad X60 Bootflash Chip by ewoodrich on Thursday May 08, 2014 @10:11PM (#7718942)
Apparently, that's not what they mean:

"Flash proxy" is a name that should make you think "quick" and "short-lived." Our implementation uses standard web technologies: JavaScript and WebSocket. (In the long-ago past we used Adobe Flash, but do not any longer.)

http://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/

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Re:Replacing a Thinkpad X60 Bootflash Chip by nwh on Thursday May 08, 2014 @10:12PM (#7718946)
That's truly unpleasant. I don't get how anybody thinks that is acceptable behavior.
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Re:Replacing a Thinkpad X60 Bootflash Chip by middleclick on Thursday May 08, 2014 @10:13PM (#7718950)
The name is Flashproxy but it doesn't actually use Flash (it used to). It uses WebSocket.
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