So, I'm not using Windows too much these days, but looking at that screenshot I couldn't help noticing the ugly-ass fonts on the menus. Is that still par for the course on Windows XP these days? Are Windows users going to have to wait for Avalon before they can get decent fonts on their desktop? I mean, even my ancient Red Hat 9 desktop looks better than that.
I do see what you're saying, but consider this: if all you want to do is be able to take your OOo documents from Linux to OS X and back, you can do this already with the X11 version. The only reasons for having an Aqua version is (1) easier to use for people used to OS X interfaces, and (2) better integration with other OS X applications. (1) isn't an issue if you already know OOo, which presumably you do. And if (2) is important to you, well, sorry, but you have to make a choice between being integrated with a particular OS environment and getting platform independence. It ought to be easy to convert a Pages or a KeyNote document to OOo format, which was one of the (implicit) points of my post.
Other than being free, I don't see what OpenOffice has to offer on the OS X platform. KeyNote works great, version 2.0 looks even better, and for those who care (and I'm one of them), the file format is xml-based and completely transparent. The OS X paradigm of encapsulating applications and documents in a directory instead of some gigantic kludgy single file means you can go into a.key file and see all the images and movies you've added to the presentation, as well as a single "presentation.apxl" file that contains the presentation itself in a completely obvious xml format.
The new word processing program for the Mac announced at this year's MacWorld, called Pages, was written by the same team that wrote KeyNote and presumably uses the same open file formats.
And these programs together are $79; even less if you can get the.edu discount.
50k in text takes 2-3MB in the DB?? I don't think so, dude. Which version of BerkDB are you using? I just added a 75k text file and, according to du, got an increase of 40k, so it's clearly doing some on-the-fly compression, not expansion. Adding an 80k binary file resulted in the DB growing by 92k, also a ratio I'm willing to accept. This is on a Mac, with I believe the 4.2 version of berkdb (the Mac version requires a newer version than on Linux).
I laugh every time I see a story about caffeine not being addictive. It sure the hell is for me. The obvious conclusion to draw from all the contradictory studies about caffeine addiction is that different people react differently, kinda like how some people can some dope one weekend a month while others turn into potheads.
I was in the same situation as you once. I knew I was addicted to caffeine, I hated the fact that I was addicted to something (ever read Requiem for a Dream? It makes addiction seem not so fun), so I decided to quit. I was off caffeine completely - no soda, no coffee, nothing - for well over six months. During that time, I never really felt as sharp as I did when I was drinking coffee. My memory seemed to work poorly, I just didn't feel like myself. So, I experimented with having just one cappuccino per week, and... you can guess the rest. Now I'm happily back on caffeine, and I'm ok with that.
One thing I didn't expect that you might want to consider is that several of my friends told me after I went "back on the bean" that, during my caffeine-free phase, I had been rather self-righteous about it - I had no idea!
Bottom line - going off caffeine wasn't worth it for me. Someday, maybe I'll try it again, but until then, I think it's better to drink coffee in moderation so I can focus on my more important vices, like too much time spent reading slashdot.
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You're wrong;), but I just posted a wrong answer, too.
So you save, on average, 1.6 coins by eliminating the penny, which is still way better than his silly 18-er system.
I know we could do better...
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Just by eliminating the freakin' penny! Since you get an average of 2 pennies back with each cash transaction (NOT 2.5, as (0+1+2+3+4)/5=2), if everybody would just agree to round it to the nearest nickle you would save 1.0 coins. According to his data that gets you to 3.7 cents, which beats his 3.89, avoids having to do base-18 math, and gets rid of those useless pennies in your pocket which are really only good for leaving on train tracks anyway.
Yeah, I'm wondering where she got that, too. The LCD on my 12" iBook is frickin' gorgeous - bright, high contrast, and I've never seen these lines she's talking about. I admire her thoroughness but having read a few of her other reviews I get the impression that she likes to complain; maybe she's been reading too much Filthy Critic.
Not to you, of course, or to other PC enthusiasts, but there are still the millions who can't even conceptualize installing a new operating system on their computer. There are already problems with many thinkpads (e.g. lm_sensors) that you have to tiptoe around to make Linux work properly. If IBM doesn't sell any laptops with Linux (and I mean Linux, because this is a kernel issue;), they won't have any incentive to provide the open standards necessary to work around these problems. Our federal government seems to be more sympathetic to those who would require digital watermarking hardware in every digital device than those who think computers of the future should be able to run free operating systems.
Maybe I'm overstating the importance of pre-loaded Linux, but I would at least feel better knowing that a few companies had a stake in the compatibility of Linux hardware.
Except when it is. The NYT does this all the time, very often with a significant tone change between revisions. I first noticed this during the coverage of the Presidential debates.
How hard would it be for these web sites to hold on to the old versions of the articles and have the front-page URL redirect visitors to whatever version is the "current" version? That way you could bookmark a version and have it stay _that_ version. When new versions of the article become available they could be added as links at the bottom of the older pages. I think this might be less work than explaining what's changed between versions because you don't have to mess with any actual content, it could be completely automated.
For me, it's all about the weapons, but hey, out of 50 game play options, some of them ought to be good;-)
Seriously, though, I have no problem with UT picking up on Q3A styles; it's also good to see recognizable industrial-theme levels, like that diagonal metal flooring in one of the screenshots, makes me feel right at home.
I have to contest your characterization of quake as being insufficient for the hard core gamer. Have you ever watched the movies from QuakeCon? Seen Zero4 take apart his opponent like he was reading his mind? It's breathtaking. The way Q3A makes you use your weapons, I just can't imagine that level of play taking place with UT weapons, there's just too much slop.
of the one true FPS: Quake 3 Area. Let's see, the enforcer is replaced with a Q3A-style machine gun, the sniper rifle has been replaced with a rail gun (trail back to shooter)... And you can't "load up on rockets" quite so much anymore - those poor UT players might have to actually learn to aim now;-)
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So, I'm not using Windows too much these days, but looking at that screenshot I couldn't help noticing the ugly-ass fonts on the menus. Is that still par for the course on Windows XP these days? Are Windows users going to have to wait for Avalon before they can get decent fonts on their desktop? I mean, even my ancient Red Hat 9 desktop looks better than that.
I do see what you're saying, but consider this: if all you want to do is be able to take your OOo documents from Linux to OS X and back, you can do this already with the X11 version. The only reasons for having an Aqua version is (1) easier to use for people used to OS X interfaces, and (2) better integration with other OS X applications. (1) isn't an issue if you already know OOo, which presumably you do. And if (2) is important to you, well, sorry, but you have to make a choice between being integrated with a particular OS environment and getting platform independence. It ought to be easy to convert a Pages or a KeyNote document to OOo format, which was one of the (implicit) points of my post.
Other than being free, I don't see what OpenOffice has to offer on the OS X platform. KeyNote works great, version 2.0 looks even better, and for those who care (and I'm one of them), the file format is xml-based and completely transparent. The OS X paradigm of encapsulating applications and documents in a directory instead of some gigantic kludgy single file means you can go into a .key file and see all the images and movies you've added to the presentation, as well as a single "presentation.apxl" file that contains the presentation itself in a completely obvious xml format.
.edu discount.
The new word processing program for the Mac announced at this year's MacWorld, called Pages, was written by the same team that wrote KeyNote and presumably uses the same open file formats.
And these programs together are $79; even less if you can get the
There's no Apple spreadsheet program (yet)...
It's a ConferenceTrike, duh. *sigh*
If this had come out before I got my gmail account, I would have been interested, but now, what's the point?
gmail r000lz!!!11111oneone
50k in text takes 2-3MB in the DB?? I don't think so, dude. Which version of BerkDB are you using? I just added a 75k text file and, according to du, got an increase of 40k, so it's clearly doing some on-the-fly compression, not expansion. Adding an 80k binary file resulted in the DB growing by 92k, also a ratio I'm willing to accept. This is on a Mac, with I believe the 4.2 version of berkdb (the Mac version requires a newer version than on Linux).
I laugh every time I see a story about caffeine not being addictive. It sure the hell is for me. The obvious conclusion to draw from all the contradictory studies about caffeine addiction is that different people react differently, kinda like how some people can some dope one weekend a month while others turn into potheads.
I was in the same situation as you once. I knew I was addicted to caffeine, I hated the fact that I was addicted to something (ever read Requiem for a Dream? It makes addiction seem not so fun), so I decided to quit. I was off caffeine completely - no soda, no coffee, nothing - for well over six months. During that time, I never really felt as sharp as I did when I was drinking coffee. My memory seemed to work poorly, I just didn't feel like myself. So, I experimented with having just one cappuccino per week, and... you can guess the rest. Now I'm happily back on caffeine, and I'm ok with that.
One thing I didn't expect that you might want to consider is that several of my friends told me after I went "back on the bean" that, during my caffeine-free phase, I had been rather self-righteous about it - I had no idea!
Bottom line - going off caffeine wasn't worth it for me. Someday, maybe I'll try it again, but until then, I think it's better to drink coffee in moderation so I can focus on my more important vices, like too much time spent reading slashdot.
You're wrong ;), but I just posted a wrong answer, too.
Here's what happens:
0 pennies : 0 nickles
1 penny : 0 nickles
2 pennies : 0 nickles
3 pennies : 1 nickle
4 pennies : 1 nickle
total: 2.0 coins : 0.4 coins
So you save, on average, 1.6 coins by eliminating the penny, which is still way better than his silly 18-er system.
Just by eliminating the freakin' penny! Since you get an average of 2 pennies back with each cash transaction (NOT 2.5, as (0+1+2+3+4)/5=2), if everybody would just agree to round it to the nearest nickle you would save 1.0 coins. According to his data that gets you to 3.7 cents, which beats his 3.89, avoids having to do base-18 math, and gets rid of those useless pennies in your pocket which are really only good for leaving on train tracks anyway.
Yeah, I'm wondering where she got that, too. The LCD on my 12" iBook is frickin' gorgeous - bright, high contrast, and I've never seen these lines she's talking about. I admire her thoroughness but having read a few of her other reviews I get the impression that she likes to complain; maybe she's been reading too much Filthy Critic.
Not to you, of course, or to other PC enthusiasts, but there are still the millions who can't even conceptualize installing a new operating system on their computer. There are already problems with many thinkpads (e.g. lm_sensors) that you have to tiptoe around to make Linux work properly. If IBM doesn't sell any laptops with Linux (and I mean Linux, because this is a kernel issue ;), they won't have any incentive to provide the open standards necessary to work around these problems. Our federal government seems to be more sympathetic to those who would require digital watermarking hardware in every digital device than those who think computers of the future should be able to run free operating systems.
Maybe I'm overstating the importance of pre-loaded Linux, but I would at least feel better knowing that a few companies had a stake in the compatibility of Linux hardware.
Except when it is. The NYT does this all the time, very often with a significant tone change between revisions. I first noticed this during the coverage of the Presidential debates.
How hard would it be for these web sites to hold on to the old versions of the articles and have the front-page URL redirect visitors to whatever version is the "current" version? That way you could bookmark a version and have it stay _that_ version. When new versions of the article become available they could be added as links at the bottom of the older pages. I think this might be less work than explaining what's changed between versions because you don't have to mess with any actual content, it could be completely automated.
For me, it's all about the weapons, but hey, out of 50 game play options, some of them ought to be good ;-)
Seriously, though, I have no problem with UT picking up on Q3A styles; it's also good to see recognizable industrial-theme levels, like that diagonal metal flooring in one of the screenshots, makes me feel right at home.
I have to contest your characterization of quake as being insufficient for the hard core gamer. Have you ever watched the movies from QuakeCon? Seen Zero4 take apart his opponent like he was reading his mind? It's breathtaking. The way Q3A makes you use your weapons, I just can't imagine that level of play taking place with UT weapons, there's just too much slop.
of the one true FPS: Quake 3 Area. Let's see, the enforcer is replaced with a Q3A-style machine gun, the sniper rifle has been replaced with a rail gun (trail back to shooter)... And you can't "load up on rockets" quite so much anymore - those poor UT players might have to actually learn to aim now ;-)
Hmm, looks an awful lot like that felicitous union of Python and Perl I've been hearing so much about... what was that called again?