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Though I will worry when the most purchased robot app is "machinegun control".
I will worry more when this project leads to a situation in which there is little or no diversity in the robot OS. Then the outsiders will be like us Linux users today, but worse off.
"Oh, you use Debian instead of Windows For Robots? We don't serve your kind here"
Write to Sony, Samsung, and the other TV manufacturers and ask _them_ which of their products work with Linux. Even though you will probably get a disappointing answer, you will have expressed interest in having consumer electronics work with Linux. If even one one-hundreth of the Linux community were to express interest in Linux-compatible hardware and Linux ports of software, you wouldn't even need to ask the question. Lets make things better for those of us who will be in the submitter's shoes five years from now: write to the hardware manufacturers and ask about Linux support!
Well, I am interested in the laws of my own country but often I find out about them by comparing to other nations. I will ask my lawyer about "unconscionable", thanks.
The issue here isn't "free" because nothing ever is. The issue here is who is going to pay the journalists and the webhost. Will it be the advertisers, or the readers? Because if nobody pays. and the webhost doesn't get paid, the site goes down. That should be simple enough to understand.
Thanks. It looks like that simply set precedent in the US, and may not apply in other countries. I specifically asked my lawyer about "contract inequity" and he had no idea what that is.
Its a nice idea, I guess, and I understand that if you keep it closer to that one big name competitor, then you can make it easier for people to transition, but I prefer to dedicate my limited real estate on my screen to what I'm actually trying to work on, not the tools that I can use to get the job done. I can't imagine this interface on my eeePc. I think the only thing I'll be trying out on this interface is the option to set it back to the old one.
The default MSO 2007 installation with the Ribbon takes up _less_ screen real estate for the UI than does the default MSO 2003 with toolbar, despite the larger icons.
Let me be the first to assure that the interface is also out of place in Windows OS'es. I'm still at a loss to figure out exactly what functionality that new interface added to Office. It did require us to purchase all new manuals and devote a considerable amount of time to retraining our users. Perhaps that was the "goal"?
Seceond of all, for non-trained users, the Ribbon is easier to use. So long as the menu-driven interface is optional (whether is it the default or not) then power users can continue as they always have.
The Ribbon is no good even in Windows. And isn't it patented? There's no reason Open Office needs to ape Microsoft's mistakes.
As a casual user with no time or interest to do a full OOo course (or even RTFM usually) I welcome the Ribbon UI. I understand that experienced and advanced users may not like it, but assuming that the original interface is not removed then the addition of the ribbon would certainly help weekend users like myself.
I have googled it, but I can find nothing concrete, at least nothing that states this as a clause that the consumer can use. Can you provide a link or two? Thanks!
This is an actual, verbatim representation of Orwell's vision for the future (today's present). There isn't any needed for interpretation, it's literally 1984. Wow.
Somebody should give Amazon a call, I hear they have experience in making these "1984" matters disappear.
The poster specifically said that he does not want to force the students to purchase Windows, which would be needed with VirtualBox. In any case, if $insertOShere cannot run the software that one needs, then that OS is useless for a particular person. So why run Windows in VirtualBox when the the user could just run Windows on the hardware?
Write to them and ask about a Linux or Wine-supported version of the software. If we do not express interest in Linux software, then obviously no one is going to write it.
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Though I will worry when the most purchased robot app is "machinegun control".
I will worry more when this project leads to a situation in which there is little or no diversity in the robot OS. Then the outsiders will be like us Linux users today, but worse off.
"Oh, you use Debian instead of Windows For Robots? We don't serve your kind here"
I expect this basement to stay nice and cool (read: inhabitable) so long as my parents keep paying the rent.
And when web searches fail to find what you need, Wikipedia often has you covered:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/58.44
This was more than social engineering. You should listen to the guy fighting with the couple and insisting when the man refused:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0803091pranknet1.html
Go down the panel on the right side of the page, there are recordings of the calls in Flash. It's funny, but it's sad and scary.
Write to Sony, Samsung, and the other TV manufacturers and ask _them_ which of their products work with Linux. Even though you will probably get a disappointing answer, you will have expressed interest in having consumer electronics work with Linux. If even one one-hundreth of the Linux community were to express interest in Linux-compatible hardware and Linux ports of software, you wouldn't even need to ask the question. Lets make things better for those of us who will be in the submitter's shoes five years from now: write to the hardware manufacturers and ask about Linux support!
Well, I am interested in the laws of my own country but often I find out about them by comparing to other nations. I will ask my lawyer about "unconscionable", thanks.
Prior art. Well, they're already going to have to outsource to Russia soon anyway...
then again, how many slashdotters actually RTFA?
What is that A in there for? Is there some part of this whole slashdot thing that I'm missing?
The issue here isn't "free" because nothing ever is. The issue here is who is going to pay the journalists and the webhost. Will it be the advertisers, or the readers? Because if nobody pays. and the webhost doesn't get paid, the site goes down. That should be simple enough to understand.
Thanks. It looks like that simply set precedent in the US, and may not apply in other countries. I specifically asked my lawyer about "contract inequity" and he had no idea what that is.
The best ending of any story, ever. Well, with the possible exception of Pink Floyd's "Vera".
Its a nice idea, I guess, and I understand that if you keep it closer to that one big name competitor, then you can make it easier for people to transition, but I prefer to dedicate my limited real estate on my screen to what I'm actually trying to work on, not the tools that I can use to get the job done. I can't imagine this interface on my eeePc. I think the only thing I'll be trying out on this interface is the option to set it back to the old one.
The default MSO 2007 installation with the Ribbon takes up _less_ screen real estate for the UI than does the default MSO 2003 with toolbar, despite the larger icons.
Let me be the first to assure that the interface is also out of place in Windows OS'es. I'm still at a loss to figure out exactly what functionality that new interface added to Office. It did require us to purchase all new manuals and devote a considerable amount of time to retraining our users. Perhaps that was the "goal"?
First of all, TFM is available for free here:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/
Seceond of all, for non-trained users, the Ribbon is easier to use. So long as the menu-driven interface is optional (whether is it the default or not) then power users can continue as they always have.
The Ribbon is no good even in Windows. And isn't it patented? There's no reason Open Office needs to ape Microsoft's mistakes.
As a casual user with no time or interest to do a full OOo course (or even RTFM usually) I welcome the Ribbon UI. I understand that experienced and advanced users may not like it, but assuming that the original interface is not removed then the addition of the ribbon would certainly help weekend users like myself.
The earth's orbit is an ellipse, with the sun at one of the two focal points. WHAT IS AT THE OTHER FOCAL POINT?
Your wife. Nice on-topic sig you have there.
For more research, google "contract inequity"
I have googled it, but I can find nothing concrete, at least nothing that states this as a clause that the consumer can use. Can you provide a link or two? Thanks!
OMG 1984!!!!1!1!1!1!
This is an actual, verbatim representation of Orwell's vision for the future (today's present). There isn't any needed for interpretation, it's literally 1984. Wow.
Somebody should give Amazon a call, I hear they have experience in making these "1984" matters disappear.
That's bad, isn't it?
Describe "bad".
That'd be HAARP, not DARPA.
Worse, it might be their LHC.
Why the hell was this modded "insightful?" Mods are on crack again...
Because the mods read War of the Worlds? Probably between crack puffs.
I believe its called wine.
No, it's Whine.
Or you could try VirtualBox.
The poster specifically said that he does not want to force the students to purchase Windows, which would be needed with VirtualBox. In any case, if $insertOShere cannot run the software that one needs, then that OS is useless for a particular person. So why run Windows in VirtualBox when the the user could just run Windows on the hardware?
The real solution here is to contact the OrCAD developers and ask about Linux support. Here is their address:
http://www.cadence.com/products/orcad/
Specifically, their contact page is here:
http://www.cadence.com/alliances/channel_partner/pages/default.aspx
Write to them and ask about a Linux or Wine-supported version of the software. If we do not express interest in Linux software, then obviously no one is going to write it.
If you're already thinking about it, that means that it's time. For you.