The problem is that using a hyphen, the "-" character, within a sentence is incorrect usage.
What should be used is the em dash.
The em dash is twice as wide as the hyphen, and is most frequently used to punctuate an abrupt change in thought for emphasis. In no circumstances are there spaces on either side of the mark.
So OpenOffice doesn't really have a "dash" problem; it is flagging incorrect usage. If the author were to use two hyphens--like this--without spaces OpenOffice would change them to em dashes, which would be correct usage.
By the way, journalists aren't know for their command of grammar or spalling.:)
I look at it this way: Your current employer was exploiting you by paying you 1/2 of what you are worth. They are only paying you what you are worth because you were going to leave. To me this is deceitful.
Maybe you could ask them why they weren't paying you what you were actually worth. If they can't give you a satisfactory answer that you are comfortable with, leave. If you can live with their answer, maybe you stay.
I had a friend who, right before his annual review, told his supervisor that when it came to salary increase, the starting point should be the ammount of money they would offer if he told them he was leaving. It worked.
I'm an English major AND in marketing; even I can explain KDE, Gnome, and XFree86. (Notice the subtle, proper use of the semicolon to prove that I am an English major.)
Maybe it was just the excitement of finding something new and interesting on the Internet, but I don't think the Slashdot of late holds a candle to what it was three years ago.
The editors (or self-proclaimed authors (I wouldn't call them authors, because I tend to think an author should have at least a rudimentary command of grammar and spelling, which these guys don't.)) began to become heavy handed with their moderation of user comments. This was shown during the Great Karma Burn of 2002. What the Karma Burn proved was that the users of Slashdot were dissatisfied with the way Slashdot was being run, and the editors were arrogant enough to basically say "So what." Also, the infamous Bitch Slap capability demonstrates the editors' heavy handedness.
Use my material for content. Censor what does not fit your world view. Punish me for being honest. And now ask me to pay for it.
It reminds me of buying a Nike tee-shirt with the swoosh on it. I pay for the honor of advertising for Nike. I just won't do it.
I wouldn't say it is a "shell game" necessarily. (Although it could be.)
I work for a large, enterprise class software company. In the recent past we were looking for a tool to help us "wireless-enable" our product. We were turned on to a company called ILT which did handheld development and had a standalone handheld product.
During our initial meetings with ILT, they let us know that they were being bought by a company that manufactured a handheld computer--Icras. Okay, makes sense right?
It turns out that Icras was a venture funded incarnation of a company that first developed its own OS and hardware and was looking for applications to be ported to their platform. ILT, in turn, was funded by the same firm, but was not expanding at the rate the VC's were looking for. The VC's paired the two firms to consolidate their investment and reduce their risk.
So, indeed the VC were shuffling things around, but in this case it seemed to made good business sense. This is why I hesitate to deem it a shell game; however, Icras went out of business, and ILT--now Akula Software--bought it's own intellectual property back at auction (I think it went for $1) and is back in action.
Knowing I will probably burn some Karma... It is interesting that these guys always have some smarmy comment to make after every article. Couldn't they just post the damn thing?
Ever seen "Das Boot?" It is from the point of view of a WWII German U-boat crew. I for one felt the same way about that movie. And since it got international acclaim, I would say a good deal of people did as well. Please watch it and then ask your question.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, "volatile" semiconductor memory does not entirely lose its contents when power is removed. Both static (SRAM) and dynamic (DRAM) memory retains some information on the data stored in it while power was still applied. SRAM is particularly susceptible to this problem, as storing the same data in it over a long period of time has the effect of altering the preferred power-up state to the state which was stored when power was removed. Older SRAM chips could often "remember" the previously held state for several days. In fact, it is possible to manufacture SRAM's which always have a certain state on power-up, but which can be overwritten later on - a kind of "writeable ROM".
The baseball player Moe Berg, was sent to Europe as part of the OSS during the war to attend lectures and try to glean how close the Germans were to making the bomb.
There was an article in Wired in 1999 that is about the dirty little secret in corporate America. The secret? A lot of companies are still using punch cards for critical applications. It is a good read.
Personally, I will sorta miss that "thwupp!" sound when the tape drive grabbed the tape to feed it onto the take-up reel. (Okay, not really, but I wanted to somehow work in the fact that I had used 9-track.)
It has been ages since my Russian and Polish language days, but...
IIRC, the root of the word Ukraine is kraj pronounced "cry," which means country or state. It is related to the word granica or, in English, border or frontier.
Basically, the word Ukraine means "the frontier," but since Slavic languages don't use articles it becomes "frontier."
I remember that when it was a Soviet state, the media ALWAYS called it The Ukraine, but when it reverted back to its own state, there was a huge debate on the proper name and Ukraine won out.
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You are absolutely correct. A bike is a much better deal. Besides you actually would get health benefits from a bike.
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I didn't notice them offering crack at the movie when I went.
Caveat: I am an English major.
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The problem is that using a hyphen, the "-" character, within a sentence is incorrect usage.
What should be used is the em dash.
The em dash is twice as wide as the hyphen, and is most frequently used to punctuate an abrupt change in thought for emphasis. In no circumstances are there spaces on either side of the mark.
So OpenOffice doesn't really have a "dash" problem; it is flagging incorrect usage. If the author were to use two hyphens--like this--without spaces OpenOffice would change them to em dashes, which would be correct usage.
By the way, journalists aren't know for their command of grammar or spalling.
I look at it this way: Your current employer was exploiting you by paying you 1/2 of what you are worth. They are only paying you what you are worth because you were going to leave. To me this is deceitful.
Maybe you could ask them why they weren't paying you what you were actually worth. If they can't give you a satisfactory answer that you are comfortable with, leave. If you can live with their answer, maybe you stay.
I had a friend who, right before his annual review, told his supervisor that when it came to salary increase, the starting point should be the ammount of money they would offer if he told them he was leaving. It worked.
I'm an English major AND in marketing; even I can explain KDE, Gnome, and XFree86. (Notice the subtle, proper use of the semicolon to prove that I am an English major.)
Yes, I use it to sync with mine.
What a hoot! Now the homepage is down.
But its $100,000 Canadian. What's that? About $1.25?
If you had posted using your ID I might have mod'ed you as funny.
I have installed LTSP and it works like a charm. No client maintenance issues. Can be booted from the NIC. And best of all it's FREE.
Maybe it was just the excitement of finding something new and interesting on the Internet, but I don't think the Slashdot of late holds a candle to what it was three years ago.
I would say things took a turn for the worse when Michael came on board. And we all know about Michael's tendency toward censorship, don't we?
The editors (or self-proclaimed authors (I wouldn't call them authors, because I tend to think an author should have at least a rudimentary command of grammar and spelling, which these guys don't.)) began to become heavy handed with their moderation of user comments. This was shown during the Great Karma Burn of 2002. What the Karma Burn proved was that the users of Slashdot were dissatisfied with the way Slashdot was being run, and the editors were arrogant enough to basically say "So what." Also, the infamous Bitch Slap capability demonstrates the editors' heavy handedness.
Use my material for content. Censor what does not fit your world view. Punish me for being honest. And now ask me to pay for it.
It reminds me of buying a Nike tee-shirt with the swoosh on it. I pay for the honor of advertising for Nike. I just won't do it.
Damn, of all the times not to have mod points!
You are absolutely right on the spot with this!
That should be "Microsoft and I do!"
I wouldn't say it is a "shell game" necessarily. (Although it could be.)
I work for a large, enterprise class software company. In the recent past we were looking for a tool to help us "wireless-enable" our product. We were turned on to a company called ILT which did handheld development and had a standalone handheld product.
During our initial meetings with ILT, they let us know that they were being bought by a company that manufactured a handheld computer--Icras. Okay, makes sense right?
It turns out that Icras was a venture funded incarnation of a company that first developed its own OS and hardware and was looking for applications to be ported to their platform. ILT, in turn, was funded by the same firm, but was not expanding at the rate the VC's were looking for. The VC's paired the two firms to consolidate their investment and reduce their risk.
So, indeed the VC were shuffling things around, but in this case it seemed to made good business sense. This is why I hesitate to deem it a shell game; however, Icras went out of business, and ILT--now Akula Software--bought it's own intellectual property back at auction (I think it went for $1) and is back in action.
Knowing I will probably burn some Karma... It is interesting that these guys always have some smarmy comment to make after every article. Couldn't they just post the damn thing?
Ever seen "Das Boot?" It is from the point of view of a WWII German U-boat crew. I for one felt the same way about that movie. And since it got international acclaim, I would say a good deal of people did as well. Please watch it and then ask your question.
In the words of Gen. George Patton: You don't win wars by dying for your country. You win by making the other poor bastard die for his.
You should read the book. Bowden makes a comment about the race make-up of the Rangers. The movie was attempting to use a bit of verisimlitude.
"I pity the fool that thinks they don't need IT."
Apparently, this isn't 100% effective:
Contrary to conventional wisdom, "volatile" semiconductor memory does not entirely lose its contents when power is removed. Both static (SRAM) and dynamic (DRAM) memory retains some information on the data stored in it while power was still applied. SRAM is particularly susceptible to this problem, as storing the same data in it over a long period of time has the effect of altering the preferred power-up state to the state which was stored when power was removed. Older SRAM chips could often "remember" the previously held state for several days. In fact, it is possible to manufacture SRAM's which always have a certain state on power-up, but which can be overwritten later on - a kind of "writeable ROM".
This is from Peter Gutmann's paper Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory
The baseball player Moe Berg, was sent to Europe as part of the OSS during the war to attend lectures and try to glean how close the Germans were to making the bomb.
The book The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg is a really interesting read if you get a chance.
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There was an article in Wired in 1999 that is about the dirty little secret in corporate America. The secret? A lot of companies are still using punch cards for critical applications. It is a good read.
Personally, I will sorta miss that "thwupp!" sound when the tape drive grabbed the tape to feed it onto the take-up reel. (Okay, not really, but I wanted to somehow work in the fact that I had used 9-track.)
This might adddress some of the plot development issues you had with the first part the trilogy.
It has been ages since my Russian and Polish language days, but...
IIRC, the root of the word Ukraine is kraj pronounced "cry," which means country or state. It is related to the word granica or, in English, border or frontier.
Basically, the word Ukraine means "the frontier," but since Slavic languages don't use articles it becomes "frontier."
I remember that when it was a Soviet state, the media ALWAYS called it The Ukraine, but when it reverted back to its own state, there was a huge debate on the proper name and Ukraine won out.
You are absolutely correct. A bike is a much better deal. Besides you actually would get health benefits from a bike.