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I'd also like to find out if anyone in the world other than Douglas Engelbart uses one of his "Chord keysets". Apparently Mr. Engelbart (for those who don't read and memorize every /. post, he's the inventor of the mouse) has long ago developed a left-hand device that lets him enter common commands or macros by hitting a "chord" (a set of simultaneous finger-presses). It sounds like it would be wonderful to use, far more interesting and powerful than "keyboard accelerators" or the all-but-forgotten function keys.

Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity

see:

http://www.m ercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/01 2315.htm

The story details how Richard Smith put out inquiries on the 'net, and was led to the VicodinES web site by a tipster.

http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ merc/docs/023550.htm

Today's story on the arrest notes that he was "snared with the help of America Online technicians."

see:

http://www.m ercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/01 2315.htm

The story details how Richard Smith put out inquiries on the 'net, and was led to the VicodinES web site by a tipster.

http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ merc/docs/023550.htm

Today's story on the arrest notes that he was "snared with the help of America Online technicians."

...I'm afraid you're going to have to vist a "real
news" site. (I recommend news.com, infoworld.com,
and theregister.co.uk.)

For a humor fix, you might try Humorix, Dilbert,
and Dave Barry's stuff at Mercury Center: Dave Barry,
I suppose. Or look up & re-visit the BOFH
chronicles.

In Microsoft's Office 2000 Preview they concur. Notice how every page of that brochure touts Office 2000's Web integration and how documents created with it can easily be viewed with a Web browser.

Ignorant sheeple have placidly accepted the numerous incompatible file formats when what they should have been doing is breaking down the doors of software vendors. "What do you mean I need a plugin/viewer to open this document?"

Fuck that.

Fuck Mac bigots and PC weenies.

Fuck Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

And Judith? Fuck her. Fuck her and fuck her Word.doc bearing journalist friends. Their kind is dead, too.

Anyone who takes issue with that should read the piece on Douglas Englebart, a.k.a. The Man Who Invented The Mouse, that was mentioned on Slashdot a while back. He saw it all. Pervasively networked computers and hyperlinked documents. Information flowing and being shared, all for the good of humanity.

Instead what we got was a bunch of money grubbing, near sighted bastards who have perpetuated bug ridden applications and unstable operating systems.

15 years to accept a common file format for documents?!!!

15 years to give your operating system memory protection and preemptive multi-tasking?!!!

L O S E R S.

These people have made billions off people's misery; by keeping them in the dark; by feeding and playing off their ignorance.

No longer. The Internet is the "killer application". All "Independant Software Vendors", as they like to call themselves, will conform to it, or die. I cite as proof the fact that the maker of the world's number one application is trumpeting not the spell checker in the next version of its product, but its ability to integrate with the Web.

So take your "Linux will suceed when it has a killer desktop application" and shove it up your ass. First of all, Linux is not the X Window System. Linux does not have an "easy to use desktop", and never will. Of course there will be mass confusion over this, because of companies like Red Hat and Corel. "Making Linux easier to use." "Linux for the everyman."

No, you are piling crap on top of the X Window System; and by the way, if your crap does not compile, with minimal tweaking, on every other UNIX running X, it is a failure. Of course, you think people are too stupid to understand the distinction between X and Linux. Well, you are wrong. People are ignorant because you keep them that way.

Why? So you can ensure your business's continued existance, of course. Breeding ignorance ensures they will be back for that upgrade, or will sign that service agreement.

"Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day..." ...you know the rest.

Standardize your company/office/school/home/girl scout troop on HTML/XML/Java(well...not until Sun really opens it up) now. When Office 2000 come out, you will be hailed as a visionary; and hopefully people will think twice before assuming the necessity of "upgrading" to it.
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"The Internet interprets censorship as damage,

• Get some roomates
• Get a flophouse in downtown San Jose

Flophouses (or 'boarding houses') are not-so-nice. The cheapest one I stayed at was $440 for four weeks. Did I mention the housemate who was too lazy to go to the bathroom to pee, so he peed in bottles in his room? The other place I had for $600/four weeks was slightly better. Slightly being the key word.

I (foolishly) never tried the "room for rent" thing in the newspaper. This may be a good idea.

Did I mention that you can look at San Jose/Palo Alto area classified for free at www.mercurycenter.com?

http://www.mercury center.com/opinion/perspective/docs/katz21.htm

Oops. It was OK on the preview, but was devoured by the concatenation process. Honest.

Jaws

Go to the San Jose Mercury News' search page and search for "Man 1, Bank 0" (with the quotes). Make sure you constrain the search to 1995; it defaults to 1998.