However, some states have successfully required in-patient treatement for prior sex offenses. Conceivably, monitoring could be part of such "treatment."
>MS are completly unable to produce a decent PDF RIP for windows !
PDF? Heck, they still don't have *word* down.
I just corrected a stack of term papers. The footnote spacing bug is *still* there. For the handful of people that have never been bitten by it, when word gets somewhat near the end of the page, it incorrectly calculates remaining space and prematurely betings a new page. For example, with four full text lines left available above the existing footnote, I've seen it jump to the next page with only a one line (which uses less than one line of text) footnote in bot the next line and in the line after that (that's right, it skips a line that doesn't have a footnote in it anyway!).
This bug goes back to Word 1.0, at least on the mac. It got better somewhere around 4.0 or 5.1--with "better" meaning that there was, typically, no more than an inch or two blown, instead of six or even eight inches wasted. (No, I'm not exaggerating).
If they can't properly lay out line in a basic word processor, whcih takes simple counting, what chance do they possibly have to lay out pages of any complexity???
Probably also hasn't seen the results of a collison between an american car and a European or Japanese car of similar size.
They're just plain built differently--the american design tends to have more steel reinforcement at the cost of mileage/performanc, and tries to protect passengers by staying intact, while the euro/asian cars tend to be more agressive at crumpling the car to absorb energies.
Different approaaches, each with their ups and downs--but they do have the result that the foreign car hitting a chevy almost always comes out worse int he collison.
Actually, though, I assumed that this was flagged by the grwoing clique of french nationalist moderators . ..
The Germans built a pure jet engine in WWII, and we had at least an experimental one.
Since then, it's been turbojets, turbofans, and turboblades. *both* power and fuel consumption are better on a turbojet than a plain jet. Turboblades are more common than turbojet these days on at least fightercraft in the U.S.
For the pedantic record, "decimation" refers to *reducing* the opposition to one in ten, i.e. 90% killing.
No, that's for the uninformed.
Decimation was an old roman military punishment for cowardice or mutiny. One legionnaire in 10 was slain. Killing 90% wouldn't leave you with a unit that could still fight.
We also have a seemingly limitless supply of other "inernational" airports. Some (most?) have a single flight to Candada or Mexico, or at least had one in the past. Other's not on that list have their own transoceanic flights, even though we might not classify them as "major" international gateways.
Once you have customs and an international flight at one of these, adding more isn't much of an issue . ..
and judging by recent performance, buying fancy new Russian airplanes will not prevent the american Airforce from decimating any of the worlds airforces except for Russian itself.
Not very likely. Decimation eliminates one part in ten. The day someone has 9 parts in 10 left after a U.S. air campaign . ..
It's entirely possible that what makes sense for the US and in much denser Europe aren't the same. Trains are practical for transportation in Europe, even between countries, while they just plain aren't in the US.
Why should anyone have to take any action whatsoever to unsubscribe from something they never subscribed to in the first place?
What does that have to do with anything? They're talking about lists people subscribe to.
I see this fairly regularly on my cheese-making list (bizarrely many, given the small size of the list). I've seen it on football lists,, and most of the computer lists I've used for any amount of time. These are all lists that require a confirmation for subscription, using majordomo or other software.
For crying out loud, I've even seen these folks on usenet!
Really? I thought it was either Elizabeth Taylor or Oprah Winfrey. I suppose I could figure it out if I'd look up the different sizes of Jabba and googled a bit . ..
heh, you must have a lot more control of the desktop software at your company than I do.
There was a fight when I first got here about my putting unix on my machines. I won. My research would be a nightmare on windows. Other people's machines aren't my problem . ..
Wasn't it uu.net that got the "usenet death penalty" in 1997 or so? This is hardly the first time.
Though the one I'd *really* like to see on the list is ebay until they both actually accept complaints at abuse@ebay.com, and actually do something about them . ..
I have a much simpler solution: If it's running windows, it can't talk to the internet. At all.
Yes, perhaps I'll eventually set up a hyper-paranoid web proxy to allow some connectivity, but even the kids only use windows for games. Sure, there's one game that my daguhter would like to play that needs an internet connection, but that box has been around so long I wonder if the servers even still exist.
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However, some states have successfully required in-patient treatement for prior sex offenses. Conceivably, monitoring could be part of such "treatment."
hawk
Where does it say a company has to make their stuff open source, where does it say a company has to accomdate the client?
:(
That would be the preamble to the GPL
hawk
>MS are completly unable to produce a decent PDF RIP for windows !
PDF? Heck, they still don't have *word* down.
I just corrected a stack of term papers. The footnote spacing bug is *still* there. For the handful of people that have never been bitten by it, when word gets somewhat near the end of the page, it incorrectly calculates remaining space and prematurely betings a new page. For example, with four full text lines left available above the existing footnote, I've seen it jump to the next page with only a one line (which uses less than one line of text) footnote in bot the next line and in the line after that (that's right, it skips a line that doesn't have a footnote in it anyway!).
This bug goes back to Word 1.0, at least on the mac. It got better somewhere around 4.0 or 5.1--with "better" meaning that there was, typically, no more than an inch or two blown, instead of six or even eight inches wasted. (No, I'm not exaggerating).
If they can't properly lay out line in a basic word processor, whcih takes simple counting, what chance do they possibly have to lay out pages of any complexity???
hawk
Probably also hasn't seen the results of a collison between an american car and a European or Japanese car of similar size.
.
They're just plain built differently--the american design tends to have more steel reinforcement at the cost of mileage/performanc, and tries to protect passengers by staying intact, while the euro/asian cars tend to be more agressive at crumpling the car to absorb energies.
Different approaaches, each with their ups and downs--but they do have the result that the foreign car hitting a chevy almost always comes out worse int he collison.
Actually, though, I assumed that this was flagged by the grwoing clique of french nationalist moderators . .
hawk
I've gotten quick response from their tech support every time.
:)
Of course, every single response has been, "we don't support that"
(usually assorted mod_rewrite features and php functions).
hawk
The Germans built a pure jet engine in WWII, and we had at least an experimental one.
Since then, it's been turbojets, turbofans, and turboblades. *both* power and fuel consumption are better on a turbojet than a plain jet. Turboblades are more common than turbojet these days on at least fightercraft in the U.S.
hawk
For the pedantic record, "decimation" refers to *reducing* the opposition to one in ten, i.e. 90% killing.
No, that's for the uninformed.
Decimation was an old roman military punishment for cowardice or mutiny. One legionnaire in 10 was slain. Killing 90% wouldn't leave you with a unit that could still fight.
That wasn't where the insult stopped.
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It couldn't recline, so I had *significantly* less space than the regular seats . .
hawk
When I'm flying, I realise there are benefits to being 5'2" high. I can't imagine how people 6 foot and over manage.
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In general: poorly, and getting worse.
I asked if there were exit row seats available last week. They told me I was already in one? Huh? Sure enough, that's what my ticket said.
Turns out that some idiot had bolted two more seats (aisle and middle) into the exit row space between rows . .
hawk
We also have a seemingly limitless supply of other "inernational" airports. Some (most?) have a single flight to Candada or Mexico, or at least had one in the past. Other's not on that list have their own transoceanic flights, even though we might not classify them as "major" international gateways.
.
Once you have customs and an international flight at one of these, adding more isn't much of an issue . .
hawk
hawk
and judging by recent performance, buying fancy new Russian airplanes will not prevent the american Airforce from decimating any of the worlds airforces except for Russian itself.
.
Not very likely. Decimation eliminates one part in ten. The day someone has 9 parts in 10 left after a U.S. air campaign . .
hawk
It's entirely possible that what makes sense for the US and in much denser Europe aren't the same. Trains are practical for transportation in Europe, even between countries, while they just plain aren't in the US.
hawk
hawk, ducking and running
But how close to *full* will each typically fly? I'd expect the smaller plane to have the edge there . . .
hawk
[* shakes head *]
Seems that someone doesn't know better than to speak ill of the BOFH . .
He'll learn . .
hawk, who always buys BOFH's a beer
What in the world would we use for coasters???
hawk, who had to keep himself fromm laughing as he brought in an XP disk for replacement--his wife had thought that it was a coaster
Why should anyone have to take any action whatsoever to unsubscribe from something they never subscribed to in the first place?
What does that have to do with anything? They're talking about lists people subscribe to.
I see this fairly regularly on my cheese-making list (bizarrely many, given the small size of the list). I've seen it on football lists,, and most of the computer lists I've used for any amount of time. These are all lists that require a confirmation for subscription, using majordomo or other software.
For crying out loud, I've even seen these folks on usenet!
hawk
I've seen it so many places that I doubt we can ever find the original . . .
hawk
Really? I thought it was either Elizabeth Taylor or Oprah Winfrey. I suppose I could figure it out if I'd look up the different sizes of Jabba and googled a bit . .
hawk
heh, you must have a lot more control of the desktop software at your company than I do.
.
There was a fight when I first got here about my putting unix on my machines. I won. My research would be a nightmare on windows. Other people's machines aren't my problem . .
hawk
Wasn't it uu.net that got the "usenet death penalty" in 1997 or so? This is hardly the first time.
.
Though the one I'd *really* like to see on the list is ebay until they both actually accept complaints at abuse@ebay.com, and actually do something about them . .
hawk
I have a much simpler solution: If it's running windows, it can't talk to the internet. At all.
Yes, perhaps I'll eventually set up a hyper-paranoid web proxy to allow some connectivity, but even the kids only use windows for games. Sure, there's one game that my daguhter would like to play that needs an internet connection, but that box has been around so long I wonder if the servers even still exist.
hawk
"I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather--not screaming in terror like his passengers."
hawk, who was once offered condolences when he said this . . .
hawk