As for Debian, it looks like unstable firewire stack implementation (JuJu) handles the security issues. However, that same article suggests that Lenny (the next version of Debian) will probably be released with the vulnerable, stable stack because it has more compatibility.
Amen to the point about Excel. OOCalc just doesn't cut it vs. Excel for many corporate tasks (pivot tables are a huge thing at some companies; their support is weak in OOcalc). Worse still, however, is the lock-in. Large companies may have tens of millions of dollars sunk into VBScript for Excel. To be a free "alternative" oocalc would have to be able to work flawlessly (read: bug-for-bug compatible).
The sad thing is, on the whole, I think Excel is a terrible product: I had to work with it extensively over the summer. For managing data I would rather write raw SQL queries against a database, instead of using a pivot table (there are so many silly quirks and limitations), but try selling that to management. What really needed is a powerful tool that doesn't try to emmulate Excel... like what (La)Tex does for typesetting vs. Word. Does anyone know of alternatives (I'm not talking about Gnumeric or KOffice)?
(and "recessions" aren't all bad... the corrections that are made often empower people to get lower interest loans, refinance debt to pay it off quicker, and often provide incentives to allow for businesses to grow)
Recessions are great for most people who keep their jobs. The problem is that some people lose their jobs.
(Not to steal your thunder on the other point; some industries are very much booming.)
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On that note, you may want to consider blocking /. ...
As for Debian, it looks like unstable firewire stack implementation (JuJu) handles the security issues. However, that same article suggests that Lenny (the next version of Debian) will probably be released with the vulnerable, stable stack because it has more compatibility.
For anybody who hasn't taken an electronics class, let me atest to this: (at least conventional) capacitors WILL explode if put in the wrong way.
Please mod parent up. Although an AC, parent raises a valid point. Moreover s/he is neither troll nor flamebait nor overrated.
Well, at least there's no danger of it being enforced, since it is OBVIOUSLY overbroad...
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Not in my opinion. This fact was the underlying theme in my textbook on cognitive psychology.
Amen to the point about Excel. OOCalc just doesn't cut it vs. Excel for many corporate tasks (pivot tables are a huge thing at some companies; their support is weak in OOcalc). Worse still, however, is the lock-in. Large companies may have tens of millions of dollars sunk into VBScript for Excel. To be a free "alternative" oocalc would have to be able to work flawlessly (read: bug-for-bug compatible).
The sad thing is, on the whole, I think Excel is a terrible product: I had to work with it extensively over the summer. For managing data I would rather write raw SQL queries against a database, instead of using a pivot table (there are so many silly quirks and limitations), but try selling that to management. What really needed is a powerful tool that doesn't try to emmulate Excel... like what (La)Tex does for typesetting vs. Word. Does anyone know of alternatives (I'm not talking about Gnumeric or KOffice)?
(Not to steal your thunder on the other point; some industries are very much booming.)
- in germ cells for "crossover" diversification of offspring, and
- in somatic cells to repair already damaged DNA.
Though there are other genetic mechanisms of aging (Telomere shrinkage), and still more non-genetic.Because "most people" aren't the problem. Potential threats would quickly learn to either modify their cell phone or just turn it off.
Mod parent +5 Funny.