Well, considering that the goatse trolls are still around, posting what Slash clearly labels are goatse links, I think you are overestimating the intelligence of the average Slashdot troll.
Some of these trolls even link to goat.cx, which isn't even a goatse mirror anymore.
After all, if my livelyhood depends on fixing problems with my code, what incentive do I have to ship it bug-free to begin with? After all, if my livelihood depends on selling new versions of the same software over and over again to fix bugs and add subtle features, what incentive do I have to ship it bug-free to begin with?
Really? I've never bought anything at Barnes and Noble, but so far pretty much every brick-and-mortar store I've even been to doesn't mind if I pay them in cash.
I like it, and like beating people over the head with it. I find it a lot more intuitive - the design/layout/format tabs don't appear if you don't have a chart, and do appear when you do, for example. I personally don't feel the learning curve is that steep, but if 2003 works for you, you shouldn't have to keep learning a new version "just because." Well, during the brief time I used the new 2007 suite, I must admit that at times the Ribbon was easier to use than wading through menus. It was just Microsoft's lack of considering throwing in a "Classic" UI for everyone who could not or did not want to re-learn the interface just to get work done that angered me enough to ditch the software, especially considering that Microsoft was more than happy to put in such "Classic" UIs for Windows XP (and Windows Vista to a lesser extent).
PS: I just found that a company called Addintools has made this Add-in to re-create the old toolbars and menus, so at least I have a fallback if my employer refuses to let me use OpenOffice.org.
Correct. You would be able to do whatever you want with your own copyrighted work, even if you already release it under a certain license. This is, after all, what makes dual licensing possible. Where you would run afoul of the EULA is when you post someone else's CC-BY-ND-* material on Facebook without permission. This probably applies to YouTube as well.
Then again, the legal code might have an exception for third-parties making money indirectly off of works in this matter.
For example, the film Office Space is considered to have a "cult following." Is Mike Judge a cultist? Of course not. The term just means that the film's popularity is relatively small and usually consists of a niche audience, hence the use of the word "cult." The same definition is being applied in this scenario to NewYorkCountyLawyer and those who follow his posts.
It shouldn't take 15 or 20 minutes to make a chart in Excel 2007. OK. I exaggerated. It took me 10 minutes, then I gave up and used Excel 2003.
Highlight your data. As I'm guessing you're aware of, all the different chart types have their own button under the "Insert" tab of the ribbon. Want a bar graph? Highlight your data and click the "Bar" button. You're done! 2 minutes => 1 mouse click. Ha! It has never been that easy to create a chart for me. For one, Excel has a terrible time telling whether or not the data is "across" or "down." 3/4 of the time I have to tell it to switch from one to the other. The chart wizard let me preview the chart gave me me the option to change this ahead of time, almost as if it knew that it would not be able to detect this for me. Secondly, I would rather Excel ask me stuff about axis labeling, legends, data labels, etc. up front rather than assume that it has enough information and just go ahead and create the chart. It makes the process much smoother for me. The way Excel 2007 does it reminds me of the horrible way Works did charts (at least, the 3.0-4.0 versions). In Works, I really did spend almost 20 minutes of trial and error trying to get the stupid chart to come out right, because post-processing in Works pretty much didn't exist and their chart creation system was cryptic and confusing at best. I suppose I love the chart wizard so much because I came to Excel from this horrible environment that Works created.
I'm curious... Was there something in the chart wizard that you simply can't do now? I hated it because 9 times out of 10 I really didn't care about all the screens it made you answer to, "like minor X and Y axis labels." Well, that's why there was that button on the dialog box labeled "Finish." If there were no problems you could pick the chart and click the button. The same quick-and-dirty approach that Excel 2007 now mandates can still be done optionally in the earlier versions. If you never used the wizard then that's fine. But I did. I used the hell out of it. That's why I now make my charts in either OpenOffice.org Calc or Excel 2003. I'm not going to re-learn a piece of software that I've grown accustomed to for almost 10 years now just because Microsoft says it's for my own good.
Interesting side note: I took my mandatory "Microsoft Office 101" college class the semester before Office 2007 was released. Naturally, they taught the 2003 edition. Next semester, my university wiped out almost all of the 2003 editions in their computer labs and strongly encouraged everyone to upgrade their required Office purchases to Office 2007 without offering any justification. I can only imagine how frustrating it was to my technically-illiterate peers to have been taught a semester of Office, only to have the entire course be completely useless almost as soon as it was over.
Hmmm. I've seen a lot of these troll redirects recently. Is there a way that Slash can display the domain that the link is redirecting to instead of the domain of the link itself? So far all of these links have the redirected domain somewhere in the URL, which is how I've been able to avoid them.
The integrity of the data is meaningless if you can't access it ever again. You also need to either make regular backups or store all of your irreplaceable data on an external device, preferably not bundled with the laptop itself.
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...that I hate Google for their immense privacy violations, and yet can't help but get excited when the Summer of Code comes up?
I hear New Jerseyians don't have to pump their own gas.
That must be sweet.
But will SP3 install WGA?
Just use BitTorrent. I believe all of the mirrors are permanent seeds on the official torrents.
Well, considering that the goatse trolls are still around, posting what Slash clearly labels are goatse links, I think you are overestimating the intelligence of the average Slashdot troll.
Some of these trolls even link to goat.cx, which isn't even a goatse mirror anymore.
Nice try. Only the must gullible of readers are going to continue to fall for these redirects.
This was already covered less than a week ago.
Really? I've never bought anything at Barnes and Noble, but so far pretty much every brick-and-mortar store I've even been to doesn't mind if I pay them in cash.
PS: I just found that a company called Addintools has made this Add-in to re-create the old toolbars and menus, so at least I have a fallback if my employer refuses to let me use OpenOffice.org.
Correct. You would be able to do whatever you want with your own copyrighted work, even if you already release it under a certain license. This is, after all, what makes dual licensing possible. Where you would run afoul of the EULA is when you post someone else's CC-BY-ND-* material on Facebook without permission. This probably applies to YouTube as well.
Then again, the legal code might have an exception for third-parties making money indirectly off of works in this matter.
Cue the Soviet Russia jokes in 3,2,1...
There's a CrossOver Games? How did I not know about this?
This isn't what he meant by "cult following."
For example, the film Office Space is considered to have a "cult following." Is Mike Judge a cultist? Of course not. The term just means that the film's popularity is relatively small and usually consists of a niche audience, hence the use of the word "cult." The same definition is being applied in this scenario to NewYorkCountyLawyer and those who follow his posts.
What he said. "Backups" implied two copies. "Saving to an external device" implied one.
Now if only I had a Dreamcast. :(
That Guitar Hero Noid has five fingers! How am I supposed to compete with that? So far all of my attempts to grow a fifth finger have failed.
Interesting side note: I took my mandatory "Microsoft Office 101" college class the semester before Office 2007 was released. Naturally, they taught the 2003 edition. Next semester, my university wiped out almost all of the 2003 editions in their computer labs and strongly encouraged everyone to upgrade their required Office purchases to Office 2007 without offering any justification. I can only imagine how frustrating it was to my technically-illiterate peers to have been taught a semester of Office, only to have the entire course be completely useless almost as soon as it was over.
Hmmm. I've seen a lot of these troll redirects recently. Is there a way that Slash can display the domain that the link is redirecting to instead of the domain of the link itself? So far all of these links have the redirected domain somewhere in the URL, which is how I've been able to avoid them.
Or risk no longer having access to your precious files again once your laptop is stolen?
CNET has credibility?
The integrity of the data is meaningless if you can't access it ever again. You also need to either make regular backups or store all of your irreplaceable data on an external device, preferably not bundled with the laptop itself.
"You with knife" meets "TSA rep with gun."
I know which side I'm placing my bets on.