So, Excel is the best product MS makes - how does *that* relate to Gnumeric being or not being better than Excel, or to the claim that he Excel developers have been coasting, adding eye candy rather than useful features? I see nothing "on the contrary" there, except for some unfounded claim that Excel developers are working on the solution to an obscure problem while no one else is working on the same problem in the free software world?
I wonder why it returns 403 when loaded into the w3 validator?:)
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Funny, the cats on our farm still play with their prey a little before eating it, as does most any cat that I've ever seen hunting. http://www.thecatsite.com/content/view/13/26/1/1/ agrees (just the first site on a google search)
The number of pissed off fans would've paled in comparison to the number of people who just don't care how similar the movie was to the books - the movies were entertaining to people who haven't read the book. That's why they were succesful. Similarly, this movie will have to be entertaining in general, because the number of people who've read anything by Douglas Adams is a pretty small percentage of the popupation. Go ahead and convince yourself that you're important and that I'm important - but to people funding production of movies, we're not terribly important. For each simgle person who's pissed that the heart's a ball and not a shoe, there's hundreds who'd say "what the hell are you talking about" or "I don't care, it's a movie, not a book" and go see the film anyway.:)
But if you drive for 15 minutes in any other direction, you're still in a city, right? I probably should've said "~15 minutes in any direction puts you in amid fields" to make that properly explicit.:)
And who grows hay in KC? Surely that's wheat or something? That land has gotta have more value than just a few alfalfa bales per year...;)
Kansas City is not rural. It may be a shade smaller than Boston, but if you've gotta drive more than 10-15 minutes to see farmland, you're not in a rural area. KC spans 2 friggin' states, has professional sports teams, and more than 1 Wal-Mart. Rural areas generally do none of those things.
It's cummulative. Lots of "just a little" adds up to a lot. Witness the affect of "feature creep" in software. Each feature contributes just a little slowdown, but lots of "features" gets you Windows XP.:)
BTW, in case you missed it, the price of bandwidth for consumers has gone down, largely driven by the increased multimedia content on the web. Flash is about the bigest non-porn reason people want bandwidth.
If the presenter exported his desktop using VNC, there are several ways to record. Stick a microphone in the middle of the room, and you've got the whole conversation along with what's on screen. Side benefit? All you need is a laptop with a mic built in, or just a mic and a decent computer.:)
Except that now, a few people will be wasting lots of bandwidth that could be used to, say, speed up my download of Firefox 1.0. 95% or more will probably be describing through video things that could just as easily be described through text. There exist several sites that use flash when they could use plain (or dynamic) HTML just as effectively - and with better cross-platform support. Basically, any boob can *already* link to a video from his text blog. Why does a new name have to be placed on something, encouraging a bunch of idiots to use a technology that may not be appropriate for their message, just because "they can"?
That's what I meant about a waste of bandwidth. Sure, there are videos online that are useful (and some that aren't), but this kind of thing encourages those that aren't.
I know several people who see "ohh, video link" and download it, but who may never watch said video. Also, I've seen several home movies / web cam captures. Both are wastes of bandwidth.:)
This month's linux journal has an article on making movies with Linux, and it was written several months ago. Though, Angula is neat...
Hooray for the next big bandwidth waster! Everyone needs to stream not just text describing what I did today, and not just pictures, but full-friggin-motion video showing just what I may have done today!
Seriously, whose life is 1) so exciting that video clips are required for full appreciation and 2) not too exciting to have enough time to record the whole thing on video?
Optically, the bottom layer is more important. The top layer can be scratched all to hell, so long as the scratches don't penetrate the surface. Even a fingerprint on the bottom will cause playback problems, and wiping that fingerprint off with a Tee-shirt can minorly scratch the disk. Those tiny scratches do nothing on the top, but can render the disk useless (unless they're polished back out) when they occur on the bottom.
Regarding the use of gold (or silver) over aluminum, it's not about reflectivity or prestige (well, mostly not), it's about corrosion resistance. Just like nicer stereo equipment regularly had gold-plated connectors to resist corrosion - and therefore allow better signal transfer - the fancy CDs with a gold/silver substrate have that because it won't corrode as easily.
Lemme quote what I posted: The top side doesn't need to resist surface scratches, so it can be textured to allow marking. It just needs to be durable enough to resist scratching *through* the surface. Now, please tell me, what part of that is "WRONG!"? Yes, the data's closer to the top, but a *surface* scratch won't hurt anything. You can take sandpaper over the top layer, and not affect the disk's usability in any way. The bottom layer, however, actually needs to be free of optical distortions - including scratches - to work properly.
Ergo, the top just needs to be strong, but can accept minor scratches. If the bottom gets scratched, then you have to fix the scratch.
Have you bought 00 shells recently? That stuff's way too valuable to waste on AOL disks. I'd suggest using that old beat up.22 with some of those silly little bird shot shells. Cheap, fun, and with far less recoil than the ol' 10 gauge.:)
The top side doesn't need to resist surface scratches, so it can be textured to allow marking. It just needs to be durable enough to resist scratching *through* the surface. It's the bottom that needs to be optically clear as well as durable. Besides, most disks I get have a writable surface chemically bonded to the polycarbonate, much like paint bonds to primer. I'd bet that something coul dpretty easily be made that would bond itself to the new hard coating, and would allow permanent marking...
My cat prefers either those mice covered with rabbit fur, or the plastic rings off of one-gallon milk/water containers. He'll fetch those things all day if your arm doesn't totally wear out. He floows me around, greets me each time I come home, sits in the window watching me when I'm outside in the garage, and brings me a toy to throw around when he wants to play.
He also knows how to shit in a litterbox, cleans himself well, and won't die (or crap all over the place in protest) if I'm gone a few days, as long as he has food and water - which is more than I can say for most dogs.:) Yeah, I like dogs, too, but the cat's way more convenient...
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So, Excel is the best product MS makes - how does *that* relate to Gnumeric being or not being better than Excel, or to the claim that he Excel developers have been coasting, adding eye candy rather than useful features? I see nothing "on the contrary" there, except for some unfounded claim that Excel developers are working on the solution to an obscure problem while no one else is working on the same problem in the free software world?
I wonder why it returns 403 when loaded into the w3 validator? :)
Funny, the cats on our farm still play with their prey a little before eating it, as does most any cat that I've ever seen hunting. http://www.thecatsite.com/content/view/13/26/1/1/ agrees (just the first site on a google search)
The number of pissed off fans would've paled in comparison to the number of people who just don't care how similar the movie was to the books - the movies were entertaining to people who haven't read the book. That's why they were succesful. Similarly, this movie will have to be entertaining in general, because the number of people who've read anything by Douglas Adams is a pretty small percentage of the popupation. Go ahead and convince yourself that you're important and that I'm important - but to people funding production of movies, we're not terribly important. For each simgle person who's pissed that the heart's a ball and not a shoe, there's hundreds who'd say "what the hell are you talking about" or "I don't care, it's a movie, not a book" and go see the film anyway. :)
But if you drive for 15 minutes in any other direction, you're still in a city, right? I probably should've said "~15 minutes in any direction puts you in amid fields" to make that properly explicit. :)
;)
And who grows hay in KC? Surely that's wheat or something? That land has gotta have more value than just a few alfalfa bales per year...
opinions=friend. :)
So wait, you want more good shows, or more shows like teh live-action Tick? Now, the cartoon "The Tick" was amusing, but the live action version?
Kansas City is not rural. It may be a shade smaller than Boston, but if you've gotta drive more than 10-15 minutes to see farmland, you're not in a rural area. KC spans 2 friggin' states, has professional sports teams, and more than 1 Wal-Mart. Rural areas generally do none of those things.
Wait, you thought that third wheel article (and anything else on that site) was serious? Ha ha ha ha. :)
It's cummulative. Lots of "just a little" adds up to a lot. Witness the affect of "feature creep" in software. Each feature contributes just a little slowdown, but lots of "features" gets you Windows XP. :)
BTW, in case you missed it, the price of bandwidth for consumers has gone down, largely driven by the increased multimedia content on the web. Flash is about the bigest non-porn reason people want bandwidth.
A few hours of high-quality video?
If the presenter exported his desktop using VNC, there are several ways to record. Stick a microphone in the middle of the room, and you've got the whole conversation along with what's on screen. Side benefit? All you need is a laptop with a mic built in, or just a mic and a decent computer. :)
Except that now, a few people will be wasting lots of bandwidth that could be used to, say, speed up my download of Firefox 1.0. 95% or more will probably be describing through video things that could just as easily be described through text. There exist several sites that use flash when they could use plain (or dynamic) HTML just as effectively - and with better cross-platform support. Basically, any boob can *already* link to a video from his text blog. Why does a new name have to be placed on something, encouraging a bunch of idiots to use a technology that may not be appropriate for their message, just because "they can"?
That's what I meant about a waste of bandwidth. Sure, there are videos online that are useful (and some that aren't), but this kind of thing encourages those that aren't.
I know several people who see "ohh, video link" and download it, but who may never watch said video. Also, I've seen several home movies / web cam captures. Both are wastes of bandwidth. :)
This month's linux journal has an article on making movies with Linux, and it was written several months ago. Though, Angula is neat...
pico is a [bad] text editor, not a mail reader.
What, something under Win32 crashes consistently? That's news for nerds!
BTW, works fine with Firefox PR-1 on Linux... Perhaps it's your plugin?
Hooray for the next big bandwidth waster! Everyone needs to stream not just text describing what I did today, and not just pictures, but full-friggin-motion video showing just what I may have done today!
Seriously, whose life is 1) so exciting that video clips are required for full appreciation and 2) not too exciting to have enough time to record the whole thing on video?
Optically, the bottom layer is more important. The top layer can be scratched all to hell, so long as the scratches don't penetrate the surface. Even a fingerprint on the bottom will cause playback problems, and wiping that fingerprint off with a Tee-shirt can minorly scratch the disk. Those tiny scratches do nothing on the top, but can render the disk useless (unless they're polished back out) when they occur on the bottom.
Regarding the use of gold (or silver) over aluminum, it's not about reflectivity or prestige (well, mostly not), it's about corrosion resistance. Just like nicer stereo equipment regularly had gold-plated connectors to resist corrosion - and therefore allow better signal transfer - the fancy CDs with a gold/silver substrate have that because it won't corrode as easily.
Lemme quote what I posted: The top side doesn't need to resist surface scratches, so it can be textured to allow marking. It just needs to be durable enough to resist scratching *through* the surface. Now, please tell me, what part of that is "WRONG!"? Yes, the data's closer to the top, but a *surface* scratch won't hurt anything. You can take sandpaper over the top layer, and not affect the disk's usability in any way. The bottom layer, however, actually needs to be free of optical distortions - including scratches - to work properly.
Ergo, the top just needs to be strong, but can accept minor scratches. If the bottom gets scratched, then you have to fix the scratch.
I think maybe that's elbow grease, also known as hard work. Maybe something to do with putting one's nose to the grindstone?
I dunno - the boob didn't even read the post he replied to, so it stands to reason that the contents would be illogical...
Have you bought 00 shells recently? That stuff's way too valuable to waste on AOL disks. I'd suggest using that old beat up .22 with some of those silly little bird shot shells. Cheap, fun, and with far less recoil than the ol' 10 gauge. :)
Otherwise, it'll make it all too easy to get trapped inside, especially if you start your experience in the back seat
In my best Homer Simpson voice: "Mmmm, amusing image generated from out-of-context quote..."
The top side doesn't need to resist surface scratches, so it can be textured to allow marking. It just needs to be durable enough to resist scratching *through* the surface. It's the bottom that needs to be optically clear as well as durable. Besides, most disks I get have a writable surface chemically bonded to the polycarbonate, much like paint bonds to primer. I'd bet that something coul dpretty easily be made that would bond itself to the new hard coating, and would allow permanent marking...
Ahhh, Manuel, where have you gone? :)
My cat prefers either those mice covered with rabbit fur, or the plastic rings off of one-gallon milk/water containers. He'll fetch those things all day if your arm doesn't totally wear out. He floows me around, greets me each time I come home, sits in the window watching me when I'm outside in the garage, and brings me a toy to throw around when he wants to play.
:) Yeah, I like dogs, too, but the cat's way more convenient...
He also knows how to shit in a litterbox, cleans himself well, and won't die (or crap all over the place in protest) if I'm gone a few days, as long as he has food and water - which is more than I can say for most dogs.