The only remarkable thing about msoffice is the fact that it is the most compatible against itself. Beyond that, you could use any other competing product quite effectively. This isn't just an Open Source issue. This also impacts all of the proprietary Windows based competitors.
There will always be plenty of trolls waiting in the wings to help spread FUD about anything that's not the one true brand.
Once you've got Horatio Hornblower in space, Space Marines can't be far behind. It's just so terribly obvious. Ships in space? Forward enemy bases to be destroyed (in space)?
Marines in space are a painfully obvious idea at that point.
Any situation or problem that has a resolution that begins with "hire a lawyer" is inherently problematic for your average individual. Suing people costs a lot of money. Most people don't work for free. So unless you have a big pile of cash to spend on the matter, you just have to hope there's an ambulance chasing angle to get the lawyer's attention.
Welcome to the downside of tort reform.
You have no recourse because you have no money to pay for an attorney.
There's no need. Paleface speaks with forked tongue. What they say they stand for and what they actually stand for are miles apart. There are any number of things they support, push for, or exploit within the electorate that they should leave well enough alone.
Optical media likely still beats thumb drives in terms of cost and are still more standard. The problem with standard is that "just about good enough" isn't really good enough. If you're even acknowledging the fact that thumb drives aren't universal, then you've already got a serious problem with the format.
The market has been pretty stagnant for a couple of years now. Prices have remained high and capacities have not improved much. The really big drives are still relatively rare and rather absurdly priced. I am not looking forward to any new media purchases because there's simply nothing new to look forward to.
If they don't present me with a nice upgrade path, I will continue to just hold onto my old media longer.
> Obviously, if you are a C programmer, you will probably continue to program in C
Sure. That certainly explains why he's advocating for PYTHON.
Python would not be my first choice but I can at least understand why it might be chosen. Javascript is just another big fat WTF like everything else associated with Gnome3.
In 1998, there were car MP3 players with capacities comparable to some modern smart phones. Blank CD media was also getting pretty cheap and certainly comparable to MD media as CDs had an 8:1 advantage.
People never needed to use the Brand X tool for this. They just bought into the hype and propaganda. Now that there's something that looks like a new platform, people are willing to challenge old ideas. The notion that you need a particular brand of Word Perfect overkill is starting to look more and more silly.
No msoffice on the new shiny shiny is allowing people to realize that perhaps they never needed it at all.
Other applications are also much better at managing your own content. This is why jail breaking Apple devices is so popular. Once you break the DMCA, you can put some decent software on the thing.
Suggesting that you use iTunes as your DVD media manager is just so full of fail.
Apple is far less interesting when it comes to the living room and is eclipsed by a number of players, the least of which is Netflix.
This is especially relevant for the case of Israel. They or any other nation will immediately retaliate against anyone that can overwhelm their current missile defense strategies. It will be like 911. You get just one opportunity to use that tactic. After that, your ability to attack again will be destroyed as you will be taken apart.
A lot of problems resolve down to something simple and intuitive that any reasonably bright middle school student should be able to understand. Other things not so much. On the other hand, a lot of this is influenced more by politics and ideology than whether or not you understand the problem.
Too many missiles. Not being able to manage 100%. That's not something that that requires Diff Eq.
No. Because she doesn't find her jury foreman to be a disturbing failure of vor dire. It's a patent case and he's a wannabe patent troll. If she doesn't find that problematic, one wonders what it would take.
I am indifferent to the privatization of education. Public schools are a disgrace even in affluent suburbs. Anything that improves the quality of the output could not hurt. Even something that simply re-arranges the chairs is not likely to do any harm.
> Where does this idiocy about 'free software' and 'licenses' come from? Tribal thinking. Pseudo religious philosophies.
No. It comes from copyright law and personal experience.
This stuff doesn't form in a vacuum. The fact that you can't be bothered to read or acknowledge the relevant background material doesn't make you smarter than anyone.
Also, ALL software suffers from the same engineering challenges. It's just more visible when the process is democratic and transparent.
That's more background material that you are too lazy to read, acknowledge, or understand.
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The only remarkable thing about msoffice is the fact that it is the most compatible against itself. Beyond that, you could use any other competing product quite effectively. This isn't just an Open Source issue. This also impacts all of the proprietary Windows based competitors.
There will always be plenty of trolls waiting in the wings to help spread FUD about anything that's not the one true brand.
Crappy old hardware actually does rather well with Steam.
Not everyone confuses their genatalia with the graphics card in their PC.
His problem isn't even Ubuntu. His problem is that he's a poser troll. I have various ION boxes and they all run Ubuntu just fine.
Ubuntu nonsense isn't going to be any worse than the recent desktop nonsense from Microsoft or Apple.
Once you've got Horatio Hornblower in space, Space Marines can't be far behind. It's just so terribly obvious. Ships in space? Forward enemy bases to be destroyed (in space)?
Marines in space are a painfully obvious idea at that point.
I don't cry. I just use the other guy's product.
Any situation or problem that has a resolution that begins with "hire a lawyer" is inherently problematic for your average individual. Suing people costs a lot of money. Most people don't work for free. So unless you have a big pile of cash to spend on the matter, you just have to hope there's an ambulance chasing angle to get the lawyer's attention.
Welcome to the downside of tort reform.
You have no recourse because you have no money to pay for an attorney.
There's no need. Paleface speaks with forked tongue. What they say they stand for and what they actually stand for are miles apart. There are any number of things they support, push for, or exploit within the electorate that they should leave well enough alone.
A hard drive is still a whole hell of a lot less bother than an equivalent stack of BD media.
Any "stack o media" approach is just a deranged nightmare scenario out of the 80s.
Optical media likely still beats thumb drives in terms of cost and are still more standard. The problem with standard is that "just about good enough" isn't really good enough. If you're even acknowledging the fact that thumb drives aren't universal, then you've already got a serious problem with the format.
It's a bit like Zip disks or MD disks.
"Almost standard" isn't quite good enough.
The market has been pretty stagnant for a couple of years now. Prices have remained high and capacities have not improved much. The really big drives are still relatively rare and rather absurdly priced. I am not looking forward to any new media purchases because there's simply nothing new to look forward to.
If they don't present me with a nice upgrade path, I will continue to just hold onto my old media longer.
No. You're the idiot.
That distinction is entirely imaginary and is dependent entirely upon the intent of the end user.
> Obviously, if you are a C programmer, you will probably continue to program in C
Sure. That certainly explains why he's advocating for PYTHON.
Python would not be my first choice but I can at least understand why it might be chosen. Javascript is just another big fat WTF like everything else associated with Gnome3.
In 1998, there were car MP3 players with capacities comparable to some modern smart phones. Blank CD media was also getting pretty cheap and certainly comparable to MD media as CDs had an 8:1 advantage.
People never needed to use the Brand X tool for this. They just bought into the hype and propaganda. Now that there's something that looks like a new platform, people are willing to challenge old ideas. The notion that you need a particular brand of Word Perfect overkill is starting to look more and more silly.
No msoffice on the new shiny shiny is allowing people to realize that perhaps they never needed it at all.
> What would you rather do:
Let the kid decide. Otherwise you're just wasting money. If you're forcing your brand fetish on your kids, then that's just sad.
Also, not all console games are $60.
Plus the kid has his own money. Let him buy whatever console he wants.
Other devices support more services.
Other applications are also much better at managing your own content. This is why jail breaking Apple devices is so popular. Once you break the DMCA, you can put some decent software on the thing.
Suggesting that you use iTunes as your DVD media manager is just so full of fail.
Apple is far less interesting when it comes to the living room and is eclipsed by a number of players, the least of which is Netflix.
Yes. And you're the perfect example of it.
A lot of hype surrounds Apple interfaces but quite often then are just crippled. They aren't really easy. You just can't do much of anything.
The simplicity is a mirage.
Gabe here is falling into the usual trap of over-estimating Apple and buying into their whole hype machine.
The whole argument is ignoring retaliation.
This is especially relevant for the case of Israel. They or any other nation will immediately retaliate against anyone that can overwhelm their current missile defense strategies. It will be like 911. You get just one opportunity to use that tactic. After that, your ability to attack again will be destroyed as you will be taken apart.
You are confusing test scores with insight.
A lot of problems resolve down to something simple and intuitive that any reasonably bright middle school student should be able to understand. Other things not so much. On the other hand, a lot of this is influenced more by politics and ideology than whether or not you understand the problem.
Too many missiles. Not being able to manage 100%. That's not something that that requires Diff Eq.
No. Because she doesn't find her jury foreman to be a disturbing failure of vor dire. It's a patent case and he's a wannabe patent troll. If she doesn't find that problematic, one wonders what it would take.
You're the one that needs a check up.
You really have 0.0 imagination.
in a lot of cases could mean any number of things. Words and phrases are exclusive property of the RIAA.
Not really. It's great for tyrants though.
I am indifferent to the privatization of education. Public schools are a disgrace even in affluent suburbs. Anything that improves the quality of the output could not hurt. Even something that simply re-arranges the chairs is not likely to do any harm.
> Where does this idiocy about 'free software' and 'licenses' come from? Tribal thinking. Pseudo religious philosophies.
No. It comes from copyright law and personal experience.
This stuff doesn't form in a vacuum. The fact that you can't be bothered to read or acknowledge the relevant background material doesn't make you smarter than anyone.
Also, ALL software suffers from the same engineering challenges. It's just more visible when the process is democratic and transparent.
That's more background material that you are too lazy to read, acknowledge, or understand.
> Nothing. The Open Source movement is supposed to be about freedom, remember? Why are you so keen to limit it?
Anarchy is not liberty. Anarchy just leads to despotism and leaves the guy with the biggest gun in charge.