I just want to know why they were always broadsword-style. There must have been plenty of Jedis with a use for a light-stiletto, or even a penknife. Talk about not being random and clumsy.
This is not a version of OOo, any more than Google Apps is. Rather, they are office suites that default to ODF. At worst, this is a lateral move (and the way IBM now sponsors two suites is mystifying). At best, this is the establishment of a whole ecosystem of ODF-centric software, which will thrive on its own internal competition, to the huge advantage of ODF users.
At my day job, my officemate just got Office 2007, which he was pleased as punch about... at first. Then he realized that no one else on any platform, using any software, can read Office 2007 files. He might as well write them in crayon, for what that's worth. He can select an earlier format, but then it saves as read-only.
At this point, my endless nudging about this whole Open Document Format thing is starting to make more sense for him. In fact, he'd be pleased to replace Word. However, he and some other co-workers are power Excel users, and are very reluctant to even consider replacing it.
Can anyone out there make a convincing case that Calc or Gnumeric are just as good as Excel, even for advanced users?
I was originally super-excited about the iPod Touch as a PDA, but I just found out that you can't enter calendar entries on it, you can only sync them from your computer.
That's why I want to know if you can use Google Calendar in Safari. If so, well, problem solved.
No, if it were metric, it would have said so. It's clearly bunches, as in Libraries of Congress per fortnight. As a shortcut, this is roughly equal to one VW Beetle*.
*Old model, not new model. As everyone knows, substantially fewer circus clowns fit into the newer models, due to reduced trunk space and assorted government regulations regarding imports from Mexico.
Bingo. This is what keeps me from recommending Linux (more enthusiastically) to my friends and co-workers. I find myself saying things like "They've come a long way on wireless... but they still have a ways to go." Same thing for hibernation. And don't get me started on installing -- I know what "make" does, but I've been at it for several years now. God forbid I try to get a Python app going. (Yes. I do know about the install front-ends on Ubuntu, SuSe, Fedora, etc.]
You want to be 31337? Great, more power to you. Some people have work to do, and aren't interested in matching skillz with you.
I'm aware this is boring shit to focus on. But that's the stuff I want to see.
Thank you. I was a huge fan of G-Force back in the day, and have yet to see any anime that was anywhere near as engaging or plausible. Well, given the target audience's age range. But even now, I wonder why G-Force doesn't have more of a following. At least now I know where it came from.
At least that what kids said when the School Board asked them. They also said the Internet was no longer dangerous.
As someone who campaigned for Nader in 2000...
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Let me say that most of the Greens I've talked to are not in favor of vote-swapping, for several reasons.
1. As you say, it's not enforceable. You might trust your cousin in another state to trade with you, but that doesn't scale, certainly not via an anonymous website.
2. It defeats the purpose of voting: to cast your ballot for what you believe in. There's an argument that vote-swapping could bring you closer to what you want in the long run, but picture trying to swap votes in different races with different people in assorted districts in your state -- the calculations get out of hand very quickly.
3. This is a distraction from the structural flaws in our voting system, such as prohibitive ballot-access laws, first-past-the-post, and the Electoral College.
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I just want to know why they were always broadsword-style. There must have been plenty of Jedis with a use for a light-stiletto, or even a penknife. Talk about not being random and clumsy.
This is not a version of OOo, any more than Google Apps is. Rather, they are office suites that default to ODF. At worst, this is a lateral move (and the way IBM now sponsors two suites is mystifying). At best, this is the establishment of a whole ecosystem of ODF-centric software, which will thrive on its own internal competition, to the huge advantage of ODF users.
The SCO software would be easy to wipe out and replace with Ubuntu (or [$DISTRO]), and the hardware will be going for fire-sale prices.
As for the bad SCO karma... well, my Excellent karma here on Slashdot would balance it out.
At my day job, my officemate just got Office 2007, which he was pleased as punch about... at first. Then he realized that no one else on any platform, using any software, can read Office 2007 files. He might as well write them in crayon, for what that's worth. He can select an earlier format, but then it saves as read-only.
At this point, my endless nudging about this whole Open Document Format thing is starting to make more sense for him. In fact, he'd be pleased to replace Word. However, he and some other co-workers are power Excel users, and are very reluctant to even consider replacing it.
Can anyone out there make a convincing case that Calc or Gnumeric are just as good as Excel, even for advanced users?
I was originally super-excited about the iPod Touch as a PDA, but I just found out that you can't enter calendar entries on it, you can only sync them from your computer.
That's why I want to know if you can use Google Calendar in Safari. If so, well, problem solved.
...there are cases where piracy is not easier than purchase?
You are correct. I hadn't had any coffee when I wrote that.
I'm disappointed that no one has quoted David Hume yet:
"Not all conservatives are stupid, but it is true that most stupid people are conservative."
Your Logicube is nothing compared to the Time Cube.
No, if it were metric, it would have said so. It's clearly bunches, as in Libraries of Congress per fortnight. As a shortcut, this is roughly equal to one VW Beetle*.
*Old model, not new model. As everyone knows, substantially fewer circus clowns fit into the newer models, due to reduced trunk space and assorted government regulations regarding imports from Mexico.
...have never heard of Mindbridge.
So, you're saying we're currently unable to do things that we're currently unable to do?
Thanks, I got it now.
Er... I'd like to be able to create and edit SVG files within a web browser, in a WYSIWYG format.
Is that helpful?
Dude. Wake me when there's Google Inkscape.
So... you'd like them to do real-world testing of a flu pandemic...?
Agonyyy and ecstacyyy live together in perfect harmonyyyy...
Bingo. This is what keeps me from recommending Linux (more enthusiastically) to my friends and co-workers. I find myself saying things like "They've come a long way on wireless... but they still have a ways to go." Same thing for hibernation. And don't get me started on installing -- I know what "make" does, but I've been at it for several years now. God forbid I try to get a Python app going. (Yes. I do know about the install front-ends on Ubuntu, SuSe, Fedora, etc.]
You want to be 31337? Great, more power to you. Some people have work to do, and aren't interested in matching skillz with you.
I'm aware this is boring shit to focus on. But that's the stuff I want to see.
...welcome our heaven-sent lasers.
And you will, too, if you know what's good for you.
See above.
You ain't seen nothin' 'til you've seen an ex muck everything up.
There's no possible way anything could go wrong with this plan.
I don't know why no one has done this. The ultimate way to make a chip cool:
Name it "Fonzie."
Thank you. I was a huge fan of G-Force back in the day, and have yet to see any anime that was anywhere near as engaging or plausible. Well, given the target audience's age range. But even now, I wonder why G-Force doesn't have more of a following. At least now I know where it came from.
School Boards rule!
At least that what kids said when the School Board asked them. They also said the Internet was no longer dangerous.
Let me say that most of the Greens I've talked to are not in favor of vote-swapping, for several reasons.
1. As you say, it's not enforceable. You might trust your cousin in another state to trade with you, but that doesn't scale, certainly not via an anonymous website.
2. It defeats the purpose of voting: to cast your ballot for what you believe in. There's an argument that vote-swapping could bring you closer to what you want in the long run, but picture trying to swap votes in different races with different people in assorted districts in your state -- the calculations get out of hand very quickly.
3. This is a distraction from the structural flaws in our voting system, such as prohibitive ballot-access laws, first-past-the-post, and the Electoral College.