Mebbe it's just me, but "00 or 01" is no different than "0 or 1" except that it takes up twice as much space because of a (useless) leading zero. But it's much more precise now with double the digits !
Maybe because more computers have an HTML viewer pre-installed than an ODF presentation viewer? Well, yes, HTML is always good of course but isn't ODF the format for the other Google apps ?
So what do you do if the power goes out? Your laptop runs on batteries; does the projector? What do you do if your laptop's hard drive dies? Or your RAM slowly starts to go bad? And what do you do if *you* die midway through the presentation ? Did you make sure your corpse could be carried off stage with a minimum of fuss and someone could carry on without the audience noticing ?
Come on, grab a paperboard and a pen and get on with it. jeez.
At least read the summary. You can present from a copy stored on your computer. What I don't get is why it doesn't save as Open Document. Apparently it only exports to HTML.
I'm mad about the chemistry sets too, but didn't we already debunk the idea that the terrorists hate us for our freedom? At any rate, in the case that this were true, there is some logic in the reasoning that if you remove the freedom, "they" shouldn't hate us any more. Not to mention the numerous other advantages. Sort of a win-win situation.
There's not going to some insane coup, there's a going to be a slow change, which has, in fact, already happened, or have you not looked at the telecom immunity stuff? That's classic fascism. The government breaks the law, the government gets private companies to break the law, the government gives said companies huge amounts of cash, the government attempts to make such behavior legal retroactively. From what I gathered by reading posts from "freedom loving gun totin' US people" in here (assuming those guns are indeed for protecting their freedom and not for fondling at night), there should have been lots of shootings involving telco personnel already. I must be reading the wrong news sites.
A new Ubuntu user which comes to forums and ask questions like "what does -t do in ls command" without even looking for the manual, is what I fear from. An OS should be GUIish, but not to over react with it, a user should know how to disable things running from rc.d (or/etc/init.d), a user should know how to chmod -x stuff, to understand the "/" directory base, and what things belong where. Because new RH users don't come to forums asking the exact same questions ??
The presence of GUI tools doesn't change anything to the underlying system, you can use one or the other. GUI configuration tools which were there in such friendly systems as SunOS ages ago BTW. Or on pretty much any CDE compliant desktop for that matter (the horror).
i was just wondering... What are they gonna call the ubuntu that comes after the Zesty Zephyr? From what I gathered either the world will end or will have reached the singularity making the issue moot. Didn't fully convince me either.
The thing that I never understood, defense hawks are not really for a strong defense, a cost-effective way of protecting our home soil. Defense hawks are about big contracts and big paychecks. They'd rather pay a billion bucks for the platinum-plated solid gold whiz-bang wonderweapon but don't want to spare a nickel for the soldiers who man them. Why should they ? Do soldiers maximize investor revenue ?
You could very well replace the name "Russia" in the article with "United States" and I don't think it would surprise most here. I guess the pro-kremlin bloggers would then be Fox News? Shouldn't that be "Bear News" so it sounds a bit more local ?
It's not possible to receive this PC without XP or OS.
We of HP cannot help you any further, you have the possibility to enjoy the payback conditions via Microsoft.
I contacted MS by phone and they claimed I could get a payback in the order of 51 euros.
Because XP costs nearly 300 euros I decided not to take their offer and make this a dual boot computer.
In other words, at least here in The Netherlands it's Microsoft that sells the OS on a HP computer. What I find surprising is that MS actually replied.
This kind of inquiry typically goes like : Shop : not our problem go see MS MS : not our problem go see your shop goto Shop
In your case it also contradicts the EULA (and basic commercial principles in which you deal with your seller not its sellers as pointed out by others).
The amount is also fairly low. Although it's probably close to what HP actually pays to MS when it buys a million licences for resale.
Nevertheless reading the full article you can see that the guy who sued works for a Consumer Association and on his side there were not legal expenses. This is a win/win situation. If he wins he gets the money and attorneys get paid + pubblicity for the association - If he loses noone gets hurt. I know for a fact it is so in France, but I believe it can be done in quite a few places in the EU, you can get a consumer association to sue with/for you and provide you with legal counsel if they can be interested in the case.
The bundling problem has been considered several times in France but hasn't been really tested in court yet. Whenever it seemed it was going to go legal a settlement has been reached. On the side the DGCCRF (which stands for Direction générale de la concurrence,de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes - General Directorate for Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control) is also considering whether software bundling is legal or not (forced bundling is normally illegal). So far they heven't reached a decision.
Of course as elsewhere, either a legal decision or a clear judgement, especially if it could be used as jurisprudence would be better.
I'm in Australia. Does anyone know how I can get one within the next few weeks? I'm sure there is some sort of international delivery service in place to Australia via FedEx or whatever similar global corporation. Just buy it wherever it's currently being sold and have it shipped. (Asus typically has worldwide warranty, your keyboard might have amusing characters on it depending on country of purchase, you may have to pay customs tax)
What's dreadfully bad about webcams is that even with the same model number/name you can end up with a completely different bridge or sensor chip inside either due to a revision change or locality, really, it's pot luck at best. Webcams are really painful that way. My "fix" was to refrain from buying any camera worth more than 10 €s. Worked once when I got a poseable dog shaped webcam that I could clamp on top of my monitor or just sit anywhere. Except now it seems to not work anymore for some odd reason (whether module or camera related I can't really say).
Regarding WiFi I just get laptops with intel Wifi. Of course this means they have intel audio which is yet another problem. *sigh*
This is one of a number of devices that can produce some fusion, but don't put out more energy than is put in. Forty years ago, this idea looked more promising. There was a fusion demo of a "plasma pinch" fusion system at the General Electric pavilion of the 1964 World's Fair. So far, no variation on this scheme has come even close to breakeven.
Of course fifty years ago we didn't know about the time cube so it's no wonder it didn't work...
(haven't read TFA, so don't really have an opinion on focus fusion anyway)
I find your ideas interesting. I would add: 5) the OLPC not being "capable" of running Windows makes Windows look bad : a fat system that wastes resources etc. They probably want to show that there OS can run on the OLPC and is therefore not technically inferior to Linux. It probably would run Windows 2. Or 3.
is stealing from microsoft. the world's users are theirs. period. that's just the way it is. any computing device without windows is just taking from them what is rightfully theirs. just ask em Oddly enough if you talk with people from MS that's exactly what they tell you (although in a circumlocutory way). It can be downright surreal at times.
The One Cow per Child Project (OCPC) applauds this initiative. The One Cow per Child Project (OCPC) needs your charity donation to save children from cowlessness. For only $1 a day you can feed a cow and make a child happy! Thank you for your attention. And meanwhile the OCPC (One Child Per Cow) is still dramatically underfunded and numerous cows are still lonely in the fields with nobody to read them bedtime stories.
Castrating a bull doesn't seem that respectful. YEEEE-OUCH! Castration isn't painful, you just have to be careful not to catch you fingers between the bricks.
and I quote... " We will plug up your networking gear for performance." WTF??? this is a college grad! As long as they write it politely, as in "Yo, we will plug up your networking gear for performance, man", I suppose it's acceptable.
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What do you do if your laptop's hard drive dies? Or your RAM slowly starts to go bad? And what do you do if *you* die midway through the presentation ?
Did you make sure your corpse could be carried off stage with a minimum of fuss and someone could carry on without the audience noticing ?
Come on, grab a paperboard and a pen and get on with it. jeez.
Not to mention the numerous other advantages. Sort of a win-win situation.
I must be reading the wrong news sites.
The presence of GUI tools doesn't change anything to the underlying system, you can use one or the other. GUI configuration tools which were there in such friendly systems as SunOS ages ago BTW. Or on pretty much any CDE compliant desktop for that matter (the horror).
Did you ever use anything *but* Linux ?
*A gold star to the person that figures it out "M-X doctor" is *not* social networking despite what you might have been told.
What are they gonna call the ubuntu that comes after the Zesty Zephyr? From what I gathered either the world will end or will have reached the singularity making the issue moot.
Didn't fully convince me either.
It's not possible to receive this PC without XP or OS.
We of HP cannot help you any further, you have the possibility to enjoy the payback conditions via Microsoft.
I contacted MS by phone and they claimed I could get a payback in the order of 51 euros.
Because XP costs nearly 300 euros I decided not to take their offer and make this a dual boot computer.
In other words, at least here in The Netherlands it's Microsoft that sells the OS on a HP computer. What I find surprising is that MS actually replied.
This kind of inquiry typically goes like :
Shop : not our problem go see MS
MS : not our problem go see your shop
goto Shop
In your case it also contradicts the EULA (and basic commercial principles in which you deal with your seller not its sellers as pointed out by others).
The amount is also fairly low. Although it's probably close to what HP actually pays to MS when it buys a million licences for resale.
The bundling problem has been considered several times in France but hasn't been really tested in court yet. Whenever it seemed it was going to go legal a settlement has been reached. On the side the DGCCRF (which stands for Direction générale de la concurrence,de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes - General Directorate for Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control) is also considering whether software bundling is legal or not (forced bundling is normally illegal). So far they heven't reached a decision.
Of course as elsewhere, either a legal decision or a clear judgement, especially if it could be used as jurisprudence would be better.
Just buy it wherever it's currently being sold and have it shipped.
(Asus typically has worldwide warranty, your keyboard might have amusing characters on it depending on country of purchase, you may have to pay customs tax)
Regarding WiFi I just get laptops with intel Wifi. Of course this means they have intel audio which is yet another problem. *sigh*
Of course fifty years ago we didn't know about the time cube so it's no wonder it didn't work...This is one of a number of devices that can produce some fusion, but don't put out more energy than is put in. Forty years ago, this idea looked more promising. There was a fusion demo of a "plasma pinch" fusion system at the General Electric pavilion of the 1964 World's Fair. So far, no variation on this scheme has come even close to breakeven.
(haven't read TFA, so don't really have an opinion on focus fusion anyway)
Ah, this makes much more sense than this "introduction to US politics" book I found on Amazon. Thank you for the summary.
Will it blend ?
The motorcycle style helmet does hint at "low budget dystopias" though.
5) the OLPC not being "capable" of running Windows makes Windows look bad : a fat system that wastes resources etc. They probably want to show that there OS can run on the OLPC and is therefore not technically inferior to Linux. It probably would run Windows 2. Or 3.
the world's users are theirs. period. that's just the way it is.
any computing device without windows is just taking from them what is rightfully theirs.
just ask em Oddly enough if you talk with people from MS that's exactly what they tell you (although in a circumlocutory way). It can be downright surreal at times.
(OCPC) needs your charity donation to save children from cowlessness. For only $1 a day you
can feed a cow and make a child happy! Thank you for your attention. And meanwhile the OCPC (One Child Per Cow) is still dramatically underfunded and numerous cows are still lonely in the fields with nobody to read them bedtime stories.
At least with a dehydrated cow it could still have had a chance at being a laptop computer.
As it is the OLPC looks like it's going to be the first 800kg laptop (including power supply). Way to go !