Well, I'd argue that what I write for the screen is in a different style (shorter paragraphs, smaller pages) than what I write for a printed manual, so I don't really need re-use.
I take the point of the other reply below about it looking slightly tacky in Word, though!
I'm a serious Tech Writer and I use MS Word all the time.
What's the point in using an insanely complex tech writing system when you can churn out manuals in Word? Autocomplete is awesome, if used correctly (e.g. to simplify often-repeated sentences).
Football players ('soccer' players to most of you, I guess) use this substance to boost their ability to run hard for the whole 90 minutes of a game.
As the poster said, it's a "subtle, but measureable effect".
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Re:Second Plane, Let's see TAM 5 what about 1-4
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Listen, lad, I built this plane up from nothing. All I had when I started was swamp... other kings said I was daft to build a plane on a swamp, but I built it all the same... just to show 'em. It crashed. So I built a another one... that crashed into the swamp. I built another one... That fell over and THEN crashed.... So I built another... and that made it across the Atlantic....
In the UK, this sort of thing could be nipped in the bud if the authorities got wind of the plans in advance:
under Clause 65, a chief police officer would be able, for the first time, to apply to the local council (and with the consent of the Home Secretary) to prohibit the holding of all trespassory assemblies he or she thinks are likely to take place for up to four days and within a radius of 5 miles from a specified centre. Trespassory assemblies are defined here as open air assemblies of 20 or more people which may result in "serious disruption to the life of the community" or which may damage a building or monument of historical, architectural, scientific or archaeological importance (tip o' the hat to charter88.org.uk)
This makes me rather angry. Hulk... smash... But what can I do? I'm only a voter.
I haven't seen it either. The plot sounds like a load of sixth-form philosophising dressed up in pretentious twaddle, hanging on to some great special effects for dear life.
Looks like you haven't read the article? Ardour is a multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio workstation (DAW); Audacity appears to be a simple audio editor!
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having to think about a dead guy
You sexist pig! Women are criminals too!
Er, I meant the comment from the AC:
"If you support the war, you *must* appreciate a good story..."
not the original post...
Dang slashcode
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Somebody mod this up "+1 Funny", please!
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Well, I'd argue that what I write for the screen is in a different style (shorter paragraphs, smaller pages) than what I write for a printed manual, so I don't really need re-use.
I take the point of the other reply below about it looking slightly tacky in Word, though!
Interesting discussion!
Rob
Wait... You painted your house blue?
>Serious tech writers don't use Office anyway
I'm a serious Tech Writer and I use MS Word all the time.
What's the point in using an insanely complex tech writing system when you can churn out manuals in Word? Autocomplete is awesome, if used correctly (e.g. to simplify often-repeated sentences).
Don't generalise from your own experience.
>Debian could be your Dad anyway
I believe you mean "Yo' Mother"...
Football players ('soccer' players to most of you, I guess) use this substance to boost their ability to run hard for the whole 90 minutes of a game.
As the poster said, it's a "subtle, but measureable effect".
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Listen, lad, I built this plane up from nothing. All I had when I started was swamp ... other kings said I was daft to build a plane on a swamp, but I built it all the same ... just to show 'em. It crashed. So I built a another one ... that crashed into the swamp. I built another one ... That fell over and THEN crashed .... So I built another ... and that made it across the Atlantic. ...
It's a slow day at work...
> There's a commercial solution using this system right now, although the URL escapes me
Spam Arrest?
>adopting the prefix -our over -or, -re over -er, -ise over -ize, and so on
You mean suffix
... PROFIT!
>Last me for the next 1x10^28 meters.__________(This sig Copyright 2003)
Open source your SIG! Don't you know where you are??
In the UK, this sort of thing could be nipped in the bud if the authorities got wind of the plans in advance:
under Clause 65, a chief police officer would be able, for the first time, to apply to the local council (and with the consent of the Home Secretary) to prohibit the holding of all trespassory assemblies he or she thinks are likely to take place for up to four days and within a radius of 5 miles from a specified centre. Trespassory assemblies are defined here as open air assemblies of 20 or more people which may result in "serious disruption to the life of the community" or which may damage a building or monument of historical, architectural, scientific or archaeological importance (tip o' the hat to charter88.org.uk)
This makes me rather angry. Hulk... smash... But what can I do? I'm only a voter.
.>a niche industry of boutique personal PC manufacturers who create customized and stylized computers for the consumer market
Would that be Apple?
(awaits flame, though I'm a Mac user myself)
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> certainly isn't going to raise share prices enough
Shares of the SCO Group surged 11% on Monday...
it says here
Rob
I haven't seen it either. The plot sounds like a load of sixth-form philosophising dressed up in pretentious twaddle, hanging on to some great special effects for dear life.
Rob
Whoah there!
Do you think you could mix any more metaphors into that post, please?
Possibly a case of the baby calling the kettle black, though
>It's unlikely you'll ever reach motoway speeds
Have you never been on the M25?
(London orbital ringroad for non-UK readers. Commonly referred to as the biggest car park in the South East)
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>These people were complete computer idiots. I mean their big problem with the Linux desktop was that they didn't like the fonts
You sir are the idiot. And it's Linux's problem if users don't like the fonts.
After all, what are computers for?
Dur... they're for users!
Ask Steve Jobs...
Rob
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Try Reason from propellerheads software (no, not the band)
Looks like you haven't read the article? Ardour is a multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio workstation (DAW); Audacity appears to be a simple audio editor!
Rob
"IBM's Opponent in Suit Criticizes Linux Advocate"
WTF?I thought it was the IBM guys who traditionally were in suits?
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...shoe size is 10, in case anyone was wondering ;-)
And pity the poor inhabitants of Scunthorpe...
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