That it's XML isn't completely meaningless. There are all kinds of tools out there for working with XML, so even without OOo, you can still access your documents. It's the availability - or just the possibility - of alternate tools to work with those documents that makes XML the best choice for an office data format.
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Did you click the "This login doesn't work" button?
For one site I had to try about 15 times before I got a working login, but I did, and it still works.
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I actually registered at nytimes years ago, and to date they haven't sent me a single message or sold the email address in question to anybody. So I'm not sure why they do it.
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A house with these panels can provide most of its energy, and on sunny days even feed excess back into the grid (electric company pays YOU)
And as you can imagine, the electric companies hate this. They oppose it everywhere they find out about it. Usually they claim it's on technical grounds (i.e. the installation isn't done properly, the equipment will cause massive blackouts, etc.) which are usually complete BS. Some installations might, but if it's done right, then it will work perfectly.
Considering the enery crisis, and terror threats to centralized power, it would seem irresponsible NOT to try and push for distributed solar power generation. It makes sense in almost every way (money, eco-friendly, security)
Unfortunately, solar panels aren't quite yet cost-effective enough to replace electricity, but they're getting closer and closer. Further research in this area could only help. If I were unfortunate enough to be stuck living in California, I would insist on having a solar-powered home, even if I had to build it myself. There are just way too many blackouts, brownouts and shortages there...
The U.S. has many thousands of unemployed or underemployed Linux admins who I'm sure would love to go to Europe for a few months to help ease the transition to open source. Where do I sign up?
To make things clear, no we don't hate Americans. We hate the way the American government is treating us
We Americans hate the way the American government is treating us, too. At this point we've mostly lost control of our government. This place looks like any other third-world banana republic, except we have a new dictator every few years.
And from a U.S. national's point of view, I really want you to get this thing up as soon as possible so I can have one in my pocket.
The US is too unstable to hold the keys to a globally relied on tech...
Indeed! I hope this new system will be available in the U.S. I suspect, though, that our increasingly fascist government will try to ban it. Anyone up for smuggling in GPS receivers?
One thing a lot of people seem to have missed (it helps to RTFA) is that the Naval Undersea Warfare Center is kicking in dollars for this project. What do you suppose they're monitoring down there?
And the most useful extension, SessionSaver, still isn't available for 1.0. The old version, if you can still find it, mostly works okay though. A site to grab it from is here. I hear a rumor that there's a SessionSaverPlus in the works which will fully work with 1.0, but I haven't seen any code yet. Any news on this?
That people misuse technology doesn't make the technology itself bad. The walkie-talkie feature is immensely useful, but you definitely have no business using it while driving.
I don't think you're going to need every single application you might have on your system "certified." Nobody cares about whether grep, sed and awk are certified. I doubt anybody's going to care if The GIMP is. But for things like DB2, Oracle, VMware, OpenOffice.org and other enterprise-targeted apps, these need certification so as to reassure the executives that "this is going to work."
Nextel caters to anybody who's actually trying to get work done. Those people aren't often in management. And Nextel's offerings are very good, though you do pay for it.
Sprint will take anybody. Of course, their "pay up front for the phone" approach generally keeps the worst non-payers away.
I've used both services, and they're definitely for different people and different circumstances. If Sprint pulls off this merger, they're going to be able to offer something to everyone. Whether they completely screw it up remains to be seen.
Are the makers of software liable for what their users do with the software? So far they're not and hopefully it's going to stay that way.
This cuts both ways. If software makers are liable for what the users do with their software, then Microsoft could finally be taken to court for unleashing Windows and Internet Exploiter on an unsuspecting populace. Mod this down if you feel you must, I don't care.
But if software makers are found liable for what their users do with the software, I'm getting completely out of IT. It would be a bad decision and cripple the industry.
(If you didn't get the above then you need to do some critical thinking. It is composed in four layers and contains 12 hidden messages, 4 double meanings, and 9 psychological facts.)
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Unfortunately, one/second is not nearly fast enough to flash out obscene messages in Morse code. :-)
Is anyone else imagining people watching Seinfeld reruns and the Simpsons during their evening commute home?...and not paying attention to driving?
That it's XML isn't completely meaningless. There are all kinds of tools out there for working with XML, so even without OOo, you can still access your documents. It's the availability - or just the possibility - of alternate tools to work with those documents that makes XML the best choice for an office data format.
...now I have to buy a new phone again.
For one site I had to try about 15 times before I got a working login, but I did, and it still works.
I actually registered at nytimes years ago, and to date they haven't sent me a single message or sold the email address in question to anybody. So I'm not sure why they do it.
Here's a login and password.
Sweet Hack! One thing concerns me, though: he had to remove the keyboard. How in the world does he type on this thing?
And as you can imagine, the electric companies hate this. They oppose it everywhere they find out about it. Usually they claim it's on technical grounds (i.e. the installation isn't done properly, the equipment will cause massive blackouts, etc.) which are usually complete BS. Some installations might, but if it's done right, then it will work perfectly.
Unfortunately, solar panels aren't quite yet cost-effective enough to replace electricity, but they're getting closer and closer. Further research in this area could only help. If I were unfortunate enough to be stuck living in California, I would insist on having a solar-powered home, even if I had to build it myself. There are just way too many blackouts, brownouts and shortages there...
Tabbrowser Preferences 1.1.1 has no options I can see for saving sessions. Does it still cause the browser to crash when you click on a PDF file?
The U.S. has many thousands of unemployed or underemployed Linux admins who I'm sure would love to go to Europe for a few months to help ease the transition to open source. Where do I sign up?
We Americans hate the way the American government is treating us, too. At this point we've mostly lost control of our government. This place looks like any other third-world banana republic, except we have a new dictator every few years.
And from a U.S. national's point of view, I really want you to get this thing up as soon as possible so I can have one in my pocket.
Indeed! I hope this new system will be available in the U.S. I suspect, though, that our increasingly fascist government will try to ban it. Anyone up for smuggling in GPS receivers?
One thing a lot of people seem to have missed (it helps to RTFA) is that the Naval Undersea Warfare Center is kicking in dollars for this project. What do you suppose they're monitoring down there?
And the most useful extension, SessionSaver, still isn't available for 1.0. The old version, if you can still find it, mostly works okay though. A site to grab it from is here. I hear a rumor that there's a SessionSaverPlus in the works which will fully work with 1.0, but I haven't seen any code yet. Any news on this?
That people misuse technology doesn't make the technology itself bad. The walkie-talkie feature is immensely useful, but you definitely have no business using it while driving.
I don't think you're going to need every single application you might have on your system "certified." Nobody cares about whether grep, sed and awk are certified. I doubt anybody's going to care if The GIMP is. But for things like DB2, Oracle, VMware, OpenOffice.org and other enterprise-targeted apps, these need certification so as to reassure the executives that "this is going to work."
Sprint will take anybody. Of course, their "pay up front for the phone" approach generally keeps the worst non-payers away.
I've used both services, and they're definitely for different people and different circumstances. If Sprint pulls off this merger, they're going to be able to offer something to everyone. Whether they completely screw it up remains to be seen.
This cuts both ways. If software makers are liable for what the users do with their software, then Microsoft could finally be taken to court for unleashing Windows and Internet Exploiter on an unsuspecting populace. Mod this down if you feel you must, I don't care.
But if software makers are found liable for what their users do with the software, I'm getting completely out of IT. It would be a bad decision and cripple the industry.
All of Microsoft's flaws, security holes, bugs, etc., are specifically designed to create and maintain an aftermarket for technical support.
And 78 buzzwords.
You asked for it: Adblock for real life.
I hope someone comes up with a way to block these flash animations on these devices. The last thing I need is a cash register showing cartoons at me.
This would be governed by the Outer Space Treaty, I'd think.