I have a eeePC myself and I love the ribbon after I've minimized it, after that it works like a horizontal dropdown menu which is a plus because of the limited screen size. A minimized ribbon is actually smaller than menubars and toolbars. YMMV
I'm not new to Linux desktops, I've been using them on and off since RedHat 7.2. I've used ready-out-of-the-box distros and customized, compiled from scratch distros (e.g. Gentoo).
Recently I've stopped using them because I found myself increasingly productive on Windows Vista and I also find it much better in terms of screen real estate than the themes I've found for the common widget toolkits used in KDE and Gnome (blasphemy, I know).
One day I'll switch 100% to the Linux/Unix desktop, even if I'd need to create my own desktop environment. I'm just not yet ready for the future, I guess:)
I agree, it was a little too cold. I personally didn't like the 4.x but this looks like something I might actually like to use, a step to the right direction. I just find the difference from 4.2->4.3 that noticeable that I allowed myself to call previous versions a "train wreck". YMMV
I'm not trying to troll here. It certainly looks more polished than the train wreck that 4.1 and 4.2 was, but is it just me or do QT4 and GTK applications just look... bigger/clunky/unpolished when compared to Windows / KDE3.5 applications?
The year is 1984 in a dystopian future, in a repressive, totalitarian state. Historical facts and documents have been rewritten and revised so many times that even the correct year is uncertain. Posters of the ruling Party's leader, "Amazon", bearing the caption AMAZON IS WATCHING YOU, dominate the city landscapes, while two-way Kindles (the e-book reader) which dominate the "private" and public spaces of the populace are being re-written at Amazon's will to change facts, censor illegal words or to delete/burn ebooks that get in the way of its propaganda...
They sounded a little weird to me also. Perhaps it is actually "correctly" synthesized but sounds weird because the sounsd from a real life splash (which we're used to) is a bit distorted before it hits our ears (echo, noise and other variables). I'm sure this could be made to sound even better (normal) with a sound equalizer and other lightweight tools.
If you double click on the title (i.e. "Home", "Insert") the ribbon auto-hides much like a menu, giving you even more screen real estate than Office 2003
Keyboard shortcuts are very accessible, for example: Press Alt + H to get the home menu with a visual list of access keys.
I can't really say that I share your pain. I find the ribbon very usable and there's no way I'm going back to OpenOffice or Office 2003.
I think that HR departments try to prove that they need to exist some times.
My sister works at a bank which has a HR department. When her baby was due and she had to take parental leave she was called to a meeting with HR. Her manager had previously asked her to work longer and take shorter leave. Scared that they'd find some reason to fire her she offered to work longer and drop in every now and then after the baby was born to take some of the workload of her co-workers. HR did not accept this proposal and insisted that she would take her paid leave and come back to work when she'd be ready.
Moral of the story; HRs' sole purpose is not hiring but keeping good staff members happy and in the company and more importantly protect the staff from management abuse.
Jabber already seems to handle spam okay (in that I have never gotten spam on any Jabber account)
I've gotten a lot of spam on MSN IM. Using social engineering the convince people to "log in" to a site using their msn login. In the EULA you give them the rights to use your account to promote their services.
My idea of a social network is pretty much the same as email is today. You could pay for blog hosting etc, host it yourself on your computer or use any of the free services (facebook, myspace compared to gmail, hotmail).
I think the distribution is really important to the future of the web... I'm glad I'm not the only one with that point of view
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XML can store any type of data at all.
So... XML is like physics?
I have a eeePC myself and I love the ribbon after I've minimized it, after that it works like a horizontal dropdown menu which is a plus because of the limited screen size. A minimized ribbon is actually smaller than menubars and toolbars. YMMV
I'm not new to Linux desktops, I've been using them on and off since RedHat 7.2. I've used ready-out-of-the-box distros and customized, compiled from scratch distros (e.g. Gentoo).
Recently I've stopped using them because I found myself increasingly productive on Windows Vista and I also find it much better in terms of screen real estate than the themes I've found for the common widget toolkits used in KDE and Gnome (blasphemy, I know).
One day I'll switch 100% to the Linux/Unix desktop, even if I'd need to create my own desktop environment. I'm just not yet ready for the future, I guess :)
Btw, I like your theme
I agree, it was a little too cold. I personally didn't like the 4.x but this looks like something I might actually like to use, a step to the right direction. I just find the difference from 4.2->4.3 that noticeable that I allowed myself to call previous versions a "train wreck". YMMV
I'm not trying to troll here. It certainly looks more polished than the train wreck that 4.1 and 4.2 was, but is it just me or do QT4 and GTK applications just look ... bigger/clunky/unpolished when compared to Windows / KDE3.5 applications?
That said, I like that it's making progress!
int getRandomNumer() // chosen by fair dice roll.
// guaranteed to be random.
{
return 4;
}
Only in the USA I think. It's public domain in many countries:
http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/books/1984.htm
http://wikilivres.info/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html
http://orwell.ru/library/novels/1984/english/
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021.txt
How is that any different than Ethernet over Power?
(I'm not an engineer, someone please explain)
Thinkgeek has sold wireless extension cords for a long time. I wonder if Witricity has solved the issue about domestic cats getting in between the source and destination...
Better yet, imagine this:
The year is 1984 in a dystopian future, in a repressive, totalitarian state. Historical facts and documents have been rewritten and revised so many times that even the correct year is uncertain. Posters of the ruling Party's leader, "Amazon", bearing the caption AMAZON IS WATCHING YOU, dominate the city landscapes, while two-way Kindles (the e-book reader) which dominate the "private" and public spaces of the populace are being re-written at Amazon's will to change facts, censor illegal words or to delete/burn ebooks that get in the way of its propaganda...
Every time I get DDoS attacks I stop being DDoSed and start being awesome instead. True story!
It's not a basement! It's a command center!
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I like money :)
Please reply to this message with your contact information
Which is exactly what this guy did... sneaky bastard!
He even had me fooled for a couple of seconds.
They sounded a little weird to me also. Perhaps it is actually "correctly" synthesized but sounds weird because the sounsd from a real life splash (which we're used to) is a bit distorted before it hits our ears (echo, noise and other variables). I'm sure this could be made to sound even better (normal) with a sound equalizer and other lightweight tools.
and other sneaky tricks...
You mean something like that?
I know. I was also joking :-p
I bet he's feeling pretty stupid right now.
Actually I do feel kind of stupid for not clearing this up. Should have used a thin space as a thousand separator, it's less confusing to some.
Lets see:
2^57 = 144.115.188.075.855.872
2^52 = 4.503.599.627.370.496
2^52 / 2^57 = 0,03125 = 3,125%
I didn't read TFA but if my math is correct this is a pretty serious attack. The seriousness didn't really show in the 52 vs 57 but wow, 96% is a lot.
I disagree. I like the ribbon.
If you double click on the title (i.e. "Home", "Insert") the ribbon auto-hides much like a menu, giving you even more screen real estate than Office 2003
Keyboard shortcuts are very accessible, for example: Press Alt + H to get the home menu with a visual list of access keys.
I can't really say that I share your pain. I find the ribbon very usable and there's no way I'm going back to OpenOffice or Office 2003.
Mod parent up!
Cross-extension scripting anyone?
Is this a behavior that could be disabled with new security features in Firefox?
If a extension wants to modify/extend another extension it has to get permission first or something like that... meh... I'm pissed off
I'm from iceland, most people are not _that_ superstitious although I see no difference between christianity and elves... it's both rediculous
I think that HR departments try to prove that they need to exist some times.
My sister works at a bank which has a HR department. When her baby was due and she had to take parental leave she was called to a meeting with HR. Her manager had previously asked her to work longer and take shorter leave. Scared that they'd find some reason to fire her she offered to work longer and drop in every now and then after the baby was born to take some of the workload of her co-workers. HR did not accept this proposal and insisted that she would take her paid leave and come back to work when she'd be ready.
Moral of the story; HRs' sole purpose is not hiring but keeping good staff members happy and in the company and more importantly protect the staff from management abuse.
Jabber already seems to handle spam okay (in that I have never gotten spam on any Jabber account)
I've gotten a lot of spam on MSN IM. Using social engineering the convince people to "log in" to a site using their msn login. In the EULA you give them the rights to use your account to promote their services.
My idea of a social network is pretty much the same as email is today. You could pay for blog hosting etc, host it yourself on your computer or use any of the free services (facebook, myspace compared to gmail, hotmail).
I think the distribution is really important to the future of the web... I'm glad I'm not the only one with that point of view