I live less than 100 miles from the southern border of the US, and there are aliens all around. But damn, their restaurants make some of the best damn enchiladas in the world.
I'm not so much concerned about incompatibility, instability or user-unfriendliness.
The license would be expensive and I'd have to upgrade 100 machines which are all comfortably running XP. XP works for everybody. Nobody has any applications which require Vista. So there's really no motivation to buy it.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Sadly, once security updates cease, a lot of those people in that 90% will have no choice but to reconsider the switch.
I'm pretty sure Jupiter's magnetosphere is still the largest object in the solar system. I wouldn't really call that an object, per se. Of course, I wouldn't really call a coma an object either, though it is at least a cloud-like mass of particles which makes it more of an object than a magnetic field.
But, I'm no scientist, so I digress. I had no clue that Jupiter had that much magnetic influence. How large is the sun's magnetosphere?
Funny you say that, because yeah--- I did have one by the end of Monday. =) I hope my use of the word "elitist" didn't come across as insulting or rude. Most people on/. in the past have just scoffed others off as incompetent losers for simple things like not knowing that there's a better way to do something in any form of code. That's where I get the term "elitist." Thanks for the large post though, it was quite informative. I'm by no means a professional web designer, but I do make pages for projects and things every now and then. I just never really saw divs as nothing more than just a different, more time-consuming mean to the same end. But, I'm giving them more patience. The only thing that drives me crazy is that if you want all columns to match the same height, you're pretty much required to fabricate a fix. I got a javascript to do it, and while I'm not a fan of it, it gets the job done. Thanks for the helpful information!
Why? Is there a non-elitist reason to not use tables for a layout?
I use tables because that's the one thing that'll work consistently between all the major browsers without having to spend several extra hours messing with the divs and underlying.
Sure, we could have the positive effects of long life and faster running speed.
But the genetic engineering could bring about side effects like... I don't know, dry mouth, headaches, constipation, and peeing a corrosive acid that could instantly dissolve steel.
I've actually had dreams about all the major browsers coming to an agreement about consistent standards with HTML, CSS and Javascript. I have actually had dreams about designing an elaborate webpage layout for Firefox and then having it turn out perfect when it came time to load it in IE. But then I woke up and went about another busy day of using tables and NOT divs for webpage layouts...
there have been no major problems and (compared to other OS launches) No need to be snide about it, Slashdot. We all know the general consensus loves to take jabs at Vista, so just go ahead and say it.
I guess it's fine that ICANN doesn't really care about protecting potentially private information. Where the focus should really be pointed is toward domain registrars.
When you register a domain, you give them your address so they can charge you their yearly fee. Which is acceptable. However, what always struck me as unacceptable is that they take your address and slap it directly in to the WHOIS database without telling you or informing you that this is being done. I've been shocked and also appalled a number of times to see my address, apartment and telephone numbers all printed right out in the open. Because of that, I supply them with bogus information for the WHOIS. (1234 Main St. Anytown, USA 12345 (555) 555-1234)
Registrars should at least give people an explicit FYI about what information they're making public.
A Run Through Windows Server 2008 *Holds breath and closes eyes*
Actually, as a Win2k3 admin, I can honestly say that there's nothing truly bad about the OS itself. It has held very solid for me. I say that in part because I don't have to use it for anything more than managing Active Directory.
I would be willing to look into purchasing a new version of the Exchange server if they could redesign it in such a way that it has a clean, easily backed-up pool. As it is right now, I really don't know whether or not my backups of the Exchange server would really be accepted in a system restore. And that scares me.
For the money it is costing them to develop this software, they could just pay some guy to look at people's facial expressions and say what they are...
the mother of a 13-year-old girl who said after installing Vista on her daughter's computer she decided only two days later to switch back to XP because Vista was so difficult Regardless of whether or not it shipped with XP, she apparently had to sit through the installation of both. If the computer also shipped with a specialized XP disc (which doesn't always happen) then it makes the driver installation much easier. But even still, Vista's whole installation is more friendly. (Not that I am advocating the OS; I recommend not choosing it.)
At the end of the year, my sixth grade math teacher brought in the first calculator I had ever seen, a TI-83 I think. It couldn't have been a TI-83 that you saw, since that model is TI's most prolific graphing calculator which was introduced in 1996. You probably saw a TI-30 something.
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I live less than 100 miles from the southern border of the US, and there are aliens all around.
But damn, their restaurants make some of the best damn enchiladas in the world.
Think of it as representing the ability to open something up and then look to see what's inside.
And anyway, I think computer parts would make for fantastic lawn art.
As a sysadmin, I would fall in that 90%.
I'm not so much concerned about incompatibility, instability or user-unfriendliness.
The license would be expensive and I'd have to upgrade 100 machines which are all comfortably running XP. XP works for everybody. Nobody has any applications which require Vista. So there's really no motivation to buy it.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Sadly, once security updates cease, a lot of those people in that 90% will have no choice but to reconsider the switch.
A fart isn't an object either but it can be perceived by the sense of hearing, smelling, feeling, and if you're unlucky, tasting.
But, I'm no scientist, so I digress. I had no clue that Jupiter had that much magnetic influence. How large is the sun's magnetosphere?
Stalemate?
Maybe.
Stale?
Hell yes.
It doesn't seem like there have been any useful developments in this format war for quite some time.
Funny you say that, because yeah--- I did have one by the end of Monday. =) /. in the past have just scoffed others off as incompetent losers for simple things like not knowing that there's a better way to do something in any form of code. That's where I get the term "elitist." Thanks for the large post though, it was quite informative. I'm by no means a professional web designer, but I do make pages for projects and things every now and then. I just never really saw divs as nothing more than just a different, more time-consuming mean to the same end. But, I'm giving them more patience. The only thing that drives me crazy is that if you want all columns to match the same height, you're pretty much required to fabricate a fix. I got a javascript to do it, and while I'm not a fan of it, it gets the job done.
I hope my use of the word "elitist" didn't come across as insulting or rude. Most people on
Thanks for the helpful information!
Why? Is there a non-elitist reason to not use tables for a layout? I use tables because that's the one thing that'll work consistently between all the major browsers without having to spend several extra hours messing with the divs and underlying.
Must be a slow news day.
Sure, we could have the positive effects of long life and faster running speed.
But the genetic engineering could bring about side effects like... I don't know, dry mouth, headaches, constipation, and peeing a corrosive acid that could instantly dissolve steel.
I've actually had dreams about all the major browsers coming to an agreement about consistent standards with HTML, CSS and Javascript. I have actually had dreams about designing an elaborate webpage layout for Firefox and then having it turn out perfect when it came time to load it in IE. But then I woke up and went about another busy day of using tables and NOT divs for webpage layouts...
*sigh*
I guess it's fine that ICANN doesn't really care about protecting potentially private information. Where the focus should really be pointed is toward domain registrars.
When you register a domain, you give them your address so they can charge you their yearly fee. Which is acceptable.
However, what always struck me as unacceptable is that they take your address and slap it directly in to the WHOIS database without telling you or informing you that this is being done. I've been shocked and also appalled a number of times to see my address, apartment and telephone numbers all printed right out in the open. Because of that, I supply them with bogus information for the WHOIS. (1234 Main St. Anytown, USA 12345 (555) 555-1234)
Registrars should at least give people an explicit FYI about what information they're making public.
And sadly, those of us who are involved programmers in the FOSS community aren't social enough to have a Facebook profile.
Actually, as a Win2k3 admin, I can honestly say that there's nothing truly bad about the OS itself. It has held very solid for me. I say that in part because I don't have to use it for anything more than managing Active Directory.
I would be willing to look into purchasing a new version of the Exchange server if they could redesign it in such a way that it has a clean, easily backed-up pool. As it is right now, I really don't know whether or not my backups of the Exchange server would really be accepted in a system restore. And that scares me.
For the money it is costing them to develop this software, they could just pay some guy to look at people's facial expressions and say what they are...
...a real distro like Red Hat Debian... God, I hope that never happens.Why?
And I'm still calling for a gold-plated toilet, but that just ain't in the cards.
Man, I wish I had some mod points to give ya to raise that post... That's really ultimately all this web-based MS Office software will be.