Once a upon a time you used to be able to walk into a hamburger joint and find... well hamburgers. Now we have salads, chicken, ribs(?) and yes, hamburgers. But the hamburgers aren't as good as they used to be, and neither are the salads or chicken for that matter.
Quit trying to be everything (think Yahoo) and stick to being the best search engine on the net or one day you will find yourself in the back room frying chicken and tossing salads and wondering WTF went wrong.
I like the fact that this document is a PDF which stangely enough I can generate quite easily from OO. To do the same thing in Word however I have to be running Acrobat... ($$$$)
Good to see Microsoft 'debating' these things though - means that OO is popping up on their radar.
Basically I think in the future you'll see NASA shying away from anything even remotely risky.
"He added that Hubble offers no "safe haven" for astronauts seeking refuge from a damaged shuttle, while the ISS does."
Oh good grief. What's next airbags and OnStar onboard the Shuttle?
It's space dammit. If you can't accept the risks then give the money to someone who does. Personally I'd fly to the freakin Hubble just so it can beam me back these bitching desktop images.
It is just like over complicated phones. All I need it to do is keep time. Why does every device have to do 11,274 different things?
I've had countless digital watches, most are in the garbage. I also have one or two 'analog' watches that I simply wind up and they work. No batteries, no looking for the manual to figure out how to set the time in Tokyo, no calibrating altitude and temp.
Shopping used to be so easy, go out - kill something - bring it home and eat it. Now we're faced with people yapping on phones, tight aisles, screaming kids and my favorite - those damn discount cards that I need one of for each store (I have none) so I get screwed on my discount. Now I get beeping carts and weather.
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To the folks at Mozilla and Firefox for whatever bastard spawn Netscape is going to spew forth onto the unwashed masses of AOL.
I saw a screenshot. Dear Netscape - why bother? Why not donate whatever money, time and resources you are wasting on this to back Firefox and Mozilla?
It's fun to watch my kids and see what they play with and what holds their interest.
:)
We have a closet full of unused, battery powered 'interactive learning' gizmos.
What DO they like? Legos. Crayons. Sidewalk chalk. Wooden train tracks. Puzzles. Simple things that fire their imagination.
My five year old DOES love TuxPaint however
Jeez dude. Even W knows there is more than one. I have one Internet on my PC at home and another one on my PC at work. So do my co-workers.
Firefox - Ruler of the Internets
I commute daily on a motorcycle and this is just what we need - more distractions for already mindless drivers.
Here's an idea - LOOK OUT THE F--KING WINDOW!
Instead of jacking with your: phone, make-up, hair, GPS, kid in the backseat, TV, etc.
Of course Microsoft will make this easy to use and safe I'm sure so why worry. Right?
Well not to thrilled about the IE only. Be nice if it would search Mozilla stuff as well.
Does anyone know if it'll search Outlook/Exchange mail?
I grew up in the 70's dreaming of being an astronaut and going into space. That dream of course crumbed along with NASA.
Now at least my children can have that dream again.
I wish I could set my volume control to a certain level and then it would adjust if for example I rolled my window down, or had the AC fan on high.
The Honda Goldwing (motorcycle) has it and I always wondered why cars never did.
Fishing is good around that thing...
Look it's a GIANT TUNA! And it glows in the dark. And has 3 eyes.
Dear Microsoft,
Please visit www.mozilla.org. See what your crappy IE browser should be, if it's 'innovation' hasn't been frozen since the late 90's...
Geesh.
Huh? You mean insecure, bloated, and integrated into your OS? Just use IE? Or change your habits?
Well, maybe if they did this then Firefox could support all the standards like IE does. Oh wait.
Note to Microsoft - please fix your crappy browser before telling someone else how to 'improve' things.
Once a upon a time you used to be able to walk into a hamburger joint and find... well hamburgers. Now we have salads, chicken, ribs(?) and yes, hamburgers. But the hamburgers aren't as good as they used to be, and neither are the salads or chicken for that matter.
Quit trying to be everything (think Yahoo) and stick to being the best search engine on the net or one day you will find yourself in the back room frying chicken and tossing salads and wondering WTF went wrong.
I like the fact that this document is a PDF which stangely enough I can generate quite easily from OO. To do the same thing in Word however I have to be running Acrobat... ($$$$)
Good to see Microsoft 'debating' these things though - means that OO is popping up on their radar.
Just 'upgraded' from 2000 to XP and besides a lot of eye candy I don't really see squat that is new enough to warrant beind called an update.
And hang them on your Linux box!
I fly RC aircraft and don't see anything remarkable about this? It's a flying wing. Whoopee. I got one sitting in my office.
And why the weight restriction - just get a bigger engine? Duh.
Basically I think in the future you'll see NASA shying away from anything even remotely risky.
"He added that Hubble offers no "safe haven" for astronauts seeking refuge from a damaged shuttle, while the ISS does."
Oh good grief. What's next airbags and OnStar onboard the Shuttle?
It's space dammit. If you can't accept the risks then give the money to someone who does. Personally I'd fly to the freakin Hubble just so it can beam me back these bitching desktop images.
jim
It is just like over complicated phones. All I need it to do is keep time. Why does every device have to do 11,274 different things?
I've had countless digital watches, most are in the garbage. I also have one or two 'analog' watches that I simply wind up and they work. No batteries, no looking for the manual to figure out how to set the time in Tokyo, no calibrating altitude and temp.
I once worked in a plant where they made Chapstick. If you can imagine sitting in a huge noisy room smelling Cherry chapstick 12hr a day...
Occasionally it'd be some kind of mint that would just make your eyes water. Ugh.
The Russian's space station was in orbit how many years, and this one's only been up for a few and it's already falling apart? WTF?
How is my post 'off-topic' - WTF? Didn't you ever read Bloom County? Little yellow computer running around with legs?
Geez.
The Banana Jr. ran SCO code.
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#&*@&$*$ car pc... grumble
What?
screeeeeeeeeeeeech
CRASH
Shopping used to be so easy, go out - kill something - bring it home and eat it. Now we're faced with people yapping on phones, tight aisles, screaming kids and my favorite - those damn discount cards that I need one of for each store (I have none) so I get screwed on my discount. Now I get beeping carts and weather.
The Delaware folks are Gnome fans...