So actually it's going to be only 1.6 times better than before, because before the first big repair to improve the optics the thing was mostly unusable. Am I right?
But McSoccer mom is always at autopilot, isn't she?
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You're lucky you were at school and had the choice. I was (and still am) working there, so I had to comply. Luckily ODF will be mandatory for gouvernmental organizations in the Netherlands next year so we can look forward to more choice in word processors. And the group I work for now has embraced LaTeX for articles and Ph.D. theses long ago.
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The problem is that shortly after WP 6 came out our University decided that Microsoft was the way to go, and there was nothing better than MS, and it isn't good if it isn't from MS. I always thought that a University was a place were smart people are kept, but apparently going to just one company for all your software is smart. Anyway, I lost sight of WP after that. And I swear a lot more since then.
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That's not Funny, that's Insightful! Please mod parent up.
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WP 5.1 is IMO still the best word processor ever. OK it took some time to learn how to operate it, but boy it did everything I wanted without all the crashes most people were used to in the mid- and late 1990s.
Well, my part of Europe (Netherlands) is definitely not growing colder. 12 years ago I moved from the middle of the country to the east part (Enschede, near Gronau). Back then winters with temperatures below -15 were not rare. We also used to have BIG thunderstorms with a LOT of rain falling in a short time. The sky would turn green before the rain, which was a sight to see. Now we have more rain but spread out over a lot of small showers. When there's snow (a normal occurrence in the years before the 1990s) the whole country is in turmoil, and last week, when temperatures were a tiny bit below freezing the weatherman kept going on about it being so very cold outside! The weather sure has changed a lot in the 12 years I live here. But that's not all. I just read a book about the development of the Netherlands in the Industial Age. Amazing: we had to use icebreakers almost every year because the big rivers froze all the way up to very near the German border! I never have experienced that in my lifetime.
I just hate having to part with a good LCD monitor every time I want to upgrade or switch computers.
Luckily, a 'good LCD monitor' still is a contradictio in terminus. I have a 24" Al iMac, and thought the picture is sharp and clear, the glare, uneven lighting and lack of contrast compared to a good CRT still makes the screen 'passable'. But I guess once we have big LED backlit screens with less glare (why did you do that Apple?) LCD will make a leap in picture quality and CRTs will be totally obsolete.
In this case, Dell has proven they care what the customer says, but if it comes down to the OS, I'll go with Apple. They have been known to listen to the customer at least once in a while. Microsoft? Vista was all about telling customers what they wanted instead of listening to them and the rest of the world (which explains the YouTube videos of Gates showing off features and being asked if they weren't the same as what Mac had already and Gates not realizing it).
If Dell would sell this machine with Ubuntu on it they could have a real winner.
And as always, Europe talks about striving to be the forerunner in science and technology, talks some more, makes a halfhearted attempt of achieving the goal, gets into fights with the different parties involved, and is now surpassed by Russia of all countries. I'm ashamed of my continent.
That's a very good idea! To 'give something back.' According to their webmaster it was all our fault for not using MS tools. And as I said, even in IE it often didn't work.
I have to work with this website on a regular basis. They have a database, made with some weird MS database program, where you can theoretically upload manuscripts. It's so bad it even doesn't work well in IE, and the webmaster tells you to download an ActiveX add-on for Firefox to be able to use the website! I'm a member of many forums and I never had problems uploading stuff to any of them. I've never come across anything as crappy as the NanoNed website. Utterly unbelievable.
That was true a few years ago but now there are so many open formats out there it really shouldn't matter anymore what platform you use. The only thing that keeps people on Windows is Office. Luckily that is changing fast now.
O boy did the BBC do it wrong! Now there is still 0.1 % of the people left without iPlayer! Terrible! Let's all raid their headquarters and demand better service for our tax money.
I take that to mean you like Office 2007 and don't see why other people wouldn't like it.
No. Most people who use Word are secretaries. Most of them just use what the boss provides and think about their children instead of pondering the existence of other software.
Transistors are really amazing devices. Imagine how big an iPod Nano would be if you had to make it using vacuum tubes! I guess you'd need a whole power plant just to keep it alive! And it wouldn't even work, because the tubes are too slow.
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So actually it's going to be only 1.6 times better than before, because before the first big repair to improve the optics the thing was mostly unusable. Am I right?
But McSoccer mom is always at autopilot, isn't she?
You're lucky you were at school and had the choice. I was (and still am) working there, so I had to comply. Luckily ODF will be mandatory for gouvernmental organizations in the Netherlands next year so we can look forward to more choice in word processors. And the group I work for now has embraced LaTeX for articles and Ph.D. theses long ago.
The problem is that shortly after WP 6 came out our University decided that Microsoft was the way to go, and there was nothing better than MS, and it isn't good if it isn't from MS. I always thought that a University was a place were smart people are kept, but apparently going to just one company for all your software is smart. Anyway, I lost sight of WP after that. And I swear a lot more since then.
That's not Funny, that's Insightful! Please mod parent up.
WP 5.1 is IMO still the best word processor ever. OK it took some time to learn how to operate it, but boy it did everything I wanted without all the crashes most people were used to in the mid- and late 1990s.
Well, my part of Europe (Netherlands) is definitely not growing colder. 12 years ago I moved from the middle of the country to the east part (Enschede, near Gronau). Back then winters with temperatures below -15 were not rare. We also used to have BIG thunderstorms with a LOT of rain falling in a short time. The sky would turn green before the rain, which was a sight to see. Now we have more rain but spread out over a lot of small showers. When there's snow (a normal occurrence in the years before the 1990s) the whole country is in turmoil, and last week, when temperatures were a tiny bit below freezing the weatherman kept going on about it being so very cold outside! The weather sure has changed a lot in the 12 years I live here.
But that's not all. I just read a book about the development of the Netherlands in the Industial Age. Amazing: we had to use icebreakers almost every year because the big rivers froze all the way up to very near the German border! I never have experienced that in my lifetime.
If you mess with kernel support functions you have to use the GPL because the Linux kernel is GPL'd. That is what the GP's post is about.
My thoughts exactly. This is the second Dell Slashvertisement in a week! Come on editors, enough is enough.
I want to give one to my mother to get her on the Internet. She only needs to be able to do some light email and web browsing on it.
I just hate having to part with a good LCD monitor every time I want to upgrade or switch computers.
Luckily, a 'good LCD monitor' still is a contradictio in terminus. I have a 24" Al iMac, and thought the picture is sharp and clear, the glare, uneven lighting and lack of contrast compared to a good CRT still makes the screen 'passable'. But I guess once we have big LED backlit screens with less glare (why did you do that Apple?) LCD will make a leap in picture quality and CRTs will be totally obsolete.
In this case, Dell has proven they care what the customer says, but if it comes down to the OS, I'll go with Apple. They have been known to listen to the customer at least once in a while. Microsoft? Vista was all about telling customers what they wanted instead of listening to them and the rest of the world (which explains the YouTube videos of Gates showing off features and being asked if they weren't the same as what Mac had already and Gates not realizing it).
If Dell would sell this machine with Ubuntu on it they could have a real winner.
And as always, Europe talks about striving to be the forerunner in science and technology, talks some more, makes a halfhearted attempt of achieving the goal, gets into fights with the different parties involved, and is now surpassed by Russia of all countries. I'm ashamed of my continent.
That's a very good idea! To 'give something back.' According to their webmaster it was all our fault for not using MS tools. And as I said, even in IE it often didn't work.
I have to work with this website on a regular basis. They have a database, made with some weird MS database program, where you can theoretically upload manuscripts. It's so bad it even doesn't work well in IE, and the webmaster tells you to download an ActiveX add-on for Firefox to be able to use the website! I'm a member of many forums and I never had problems uploading stuff to any of them. I've never come across anything as crappy as the NanoNed website. Utterly unbelievable.
That was true a few years ago but now there are so many open formats out there it really shouldn't matter anymore what platform you use. The only thing that keeps people on Windows is Office. Luckily that is changing fast now.
That's funny, you may have a point there. I wonder how many % of Macs are bought by women...
Who says that all /.-ers are IT professionals? I, for one, am not, and I even have a low /. ID.
The iPhone certainly deserves the #1 spot in this list.
Speling is zooo last senturie.
Or you visit piratebay and download the whole series in ebook format, then read it on your pocket reader. Cost: zero.
If everyone had your mentality soon there would be no more books published. Way to go man.
O boy did the BBC do it wrong! Now there is still 0.1 % of the people left without iPlayer! Terrible! Let's all raid their headquarters and demand better service for our tax money.
I take that to mean you like Office 2007 and don't see why other people wouldn't like it.
No. Most people who use Word are secretaries. Most of them just use what the boss provides and think about their children instead of pondering the existence of other software.
The people who don't like Office 2007 are mostly people who are not computer savvy enough to even know about the existence of OpenOffice.
Transistors are really amazing devices. Imagine how big an iPod Nano would be if you had to make it using vacuum tubes! I guess you'd need a whole power plant just to keep it alive! And it wouldn't even work, because the tubes are too slow.