No, I'm sorry, there's no way you can write that detailed of a piece without having extensive experience with both products (not just writing one-off letters).
Besides, it's a welcome relief to the thought that says Word is better in every way. It's not.
If you've ever used Word or Writer for serious work, you know how true his points are. Picking out a few:
-Word doesn't have Page formats. Glaring omission that leads to weird workarounds in big documents. -Word crashes for big documents. YMMV, but for me writing huge 200-page documents with pictures, screenshots, diagrams, etc., I know it's going to crash once a day.
Yeah, it is possible. In fact, if you compare Quebecois French to Paris French, you'll find that new world French preserves a lot of archaisms.
Black people learned English from (former) Englishmen who had come over to the new world. Hence, it's entirely reasonable that old-style words were preserved by American language communities.
>By the way, in my example I didn't say the bottle would be called Coca Cola (that would be a trademark violation regardless of a design patent), I said "Cola Cola", but your brain pattern matched and turned that into "Coca Cola". Isn't it funny how that works?
Wait, I thought it was claimed above that design patents are only for 5 years?
While agreeing with you on the Coca Cola example (exact same packaging + it says "Coca Cola"), I have a problem when Apple tries to patent black, which has been used for computer gear forever (in computer years).
Something like Ferrari Red might have been understandable--like the Acer Ferrari laptops.
A Slashdot user, known for his misspelings in his bad analogies, car analogies, and Soviet-era Russia jokes has sued Slashdot's owner, geek.net.
The user alleges that the editors saw him use these corny techniques for replying to Slashvertisements, and they copied the technique for use in their own story summaries.
Geeknet offered to buy him out, but negotiations came to a standstill when the user also demanded that the company buy his "in Korea, only old people read email" technique. The 23-year old negotiating for Geeknet had responded, "What's email?"
Was that supposed to be a macro to "insert standard Slashdot anti-Javascript text here"?
Anyways- Why Javascript: 1. It's easy to learn 2. It's based on the same syntax that C/C++/Java and some others are based on (PHP, too, kinda). So most people already know it, in a way. 3. It's everywhere, which also means your local high-schooler (including your interns and graduate TAs) probably already know it. 4. It benchmarks near Julia
Oh, and by, the way, I turn Javascript off for most of my browsing, since I just don't need it. And so I'm an anti-FX snob in that way, but that doesn't mean I'm going to irrationally be against the language itself.
While I agree that the 200-page NDAs are unfounded, I've signed 3-4 page NDAs before being read into a project, and I think that is eminently defensible. Especially if it has a time limit.
By the way, if you think you're already familiar with every idea out there, you should have a pretty long disclosure list.
Yeah, on the one hand, it seems good that Apple is capitulating. On the other, I would have really liked to have seen Apple get smacked.
As it is, by licensing "rounded corners" and "the color black", won't Samsung be adding weight to Apple's ridiculous claims, and thereby making it more likely for them to be able to extract dollar$ from other manufacturers?
>Here's what "idea guys" don't realize: Their idea is very unlikely to be unique. If it is, it's very likely to be complete shit.
Yeah, you'll only be saying that after you hear the idea.
And in many cases (as in Facebook's), the programmer will complete the app separately, having gotten the idea from the idea people.
Also, the idea may not be unique as in all of the population of the world, but it may be new to you (who has the skills in iOS, Android, web frameworks, etc., appropriate to that app).
Well, given that it's likely the Feds are going to use this (along with other cases) as an excuse to shut down Tor, it seems pretty reasonable to assume (or at least think of the possibility) of meaning #2.
Sort of like:
Feds Shut Down Filesharing Using Megaupload Site
(They are indeed shutting down fileshare sites using the example of MegaUpload)
Well, given that hyphens are dispensed by Grammar Nazis, and, according to Hollywood, Nazis have all sorts of exotic weapons, yeah, I guess they could have shut down down Tor like that.
I've just been fooling around with KDE because I had some problems with my graphics card, and the builtin graphics don't do 3D. That means no compiz, and no window placement.
That means I was being driven nuts manually bringing down browser windows to the bottom half of my screen where I like them.
So I tried KDE. Turns out I like it. And you can basically set it up the way I had Gnome set up:
-Focus follows mouse with delayed raise -Choice of keyboard shortcuts for keyboard layout change -You can set desktop switching to have the same shortcut as in Gnome (Ctrl+Alt+arrow) -You can use the Documents, Music, Pictures, etc. folders in KDE. You just have to set up the shortcuts/bookmarks once. -Best of all, you can set automatic window placement without compiz (i.e., no need for 3D for something which manifestly doesn't require it)
Still missing: -The neat world clock/weather applet (anybody know of a good one for KDE?) -Also keyboard shortcuts seem to double send (i.e., do Ctrl+Tab in Chrome, and it goes two tabs over sometimes, not just one)
Google Maps: yeah. But is there a problem? I mean how was Google Maps supposed to be done without JavaScript? As far as I'm concerned, it works just fine.
I've never looked at the Google Maps JavaScript, but I've never needed to, either. Maybe the code is ugly in parts, but, really, so what? Did you want it to be done in C? Or LISP? Browsers don't include those languages. (Well, OK, there's NSAPI, but it's a lot better to just be able to browse to maps.google.com as opposed to having to install yet another plugin.)
Facebook: No, I'm not really into FaceBook, they can do what they want.
1. I'm talking about a scripting language that is used for selecting your state, and then up pops a city selector, and it gives you a list of retailers where you can buy a given product. Stuff like that.
2. You're talking about esoteric language features.
What's the need for #2 when JavaScript is just fine for #1?
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The strange thing is, who are all these "noobs"?
High-school kids in 2007 were using Word for the first time?
What did they use prior to that? 5-year olds can run Word (or Writer).
No, I'm sorry, there's no way you can write that detailed of a piece without having extensive experience with both products (not just writing one-off letters).
Besides, it's a welcome relief to the thought that says Word is better in every way. It's not.
If you've ever used Word or Writer for serious work, you know how true his points are. Picking out a few:
-Word doesn't have Page formats. Glaring omission that leads to weird workarounds in big documents.
-Word crashes for big documents. YMMV, but for me writing huge 200-page documents with pictures, screenshots, diagrams, etc., I know it's going to crash once a day.
Yeah, it is possible. In fact, if you compare Quebecois French to Paris French, you'll find that new world French preserves a lot of archaisms.
Black people learned English from (former) Englishmen who had come over to the new world. Hence, it's entirely reasonable that old-style words were preserved by American language communities.
>By the way, in my example I didn't say the bottle would be called Coca Cola (that would be a trademark violation regardless of a design patent), I said "Cola Cola", but your brain pattern matched and turned that into "Coca Cola". Isn't it funny how that works?
Slashdot hive mind at work.
Wait, I thought it was claimed above that design patents are only for 5 years?
While agreeing with you on the Coca Cola example (exact same packaging + it says "Coca Cola"), I have a problem when Apple tries to patent black, which has been used for computer gear forever (in computer years).
Something like Ferrari Red might have been understandable--like the Acer Ferrari laptops.
OK, fair enough, thanks.
I'm sure the language will be useful for many.
A Slashdot user, known for his misspelings in his bad analogies, car analogies, and Soviet-era Russia jokes has sued Slashdot's owner, geek.net.
The user alleges that the editors saw him use these corny techniques for replying to Slashvertisements, and they copied the technique for use in their own story summaries.
Geeknet offered to buy him out, but negotiations came to a standstill when the user also demanded that the company buy his "in Korea, only old people read email" technique. The 23-year old negotiating for Geeknet had responded, "What's email?"
And there aren't any imaginary property remedies other than design patents?
Anyway, the Samsung is not in the same category as the knockoff "Eyephone" (props to the guy who made it for the corniest knockoff).
And yeah, it happens to be black with round corners, but so is half the stuff on my desk (the other half is grey with rounded corners).
And it prominently states SAMSUNG.
Finally, is the new judicial standard going to the "dumbest smartphone user alive" standard?
>Because JavaScript.
Was that supposed to be a macro to "insert standard Slashdot anti-Javascript text here"?
Anyways- Why Javascript:
1. It's easy to learn
2. It's based on the same syntax that C/C++/Java and some others are based on (PHP, too, kinda). So most people already know it, in a way.
3. It's everywhere, which also means your local high-schooler (including your interns and graduate TAs) probably already know it.
4. It benchmarks near Julia
Oh, and by, the way, I turn Javascript off for most of my browsing, since I just don't need it. And so I'm an anti-FX snob in that way, but that doesn't mean I'm going to irrationally be against the language itself.
While I agree that the 200-page NDAs are unfounded, I've signed 3-4 page NDAs before being read into a project, and I think that is eminently defensible. Especially if it has a time limit.
By the way, if you think you're already familiar with every idea out there, you should have a pretty long disclosure list.
Yeah, on the one hand, it seems good that Apple is capitulating. On the other, I would have really liked to have seen Apple get smacked.
As it is, by licensing "rounded corners" and "the color black", won't Samsung be adding weight to Apple's ridiculous claims, and thereby making it more likely for them to be able to extract dollar$ from other manufacturers?
Confused customers?
What are, fresh off the boat? (Substitute your own expression - fresh off the farm, whatever.)
If so, what are they doing with a smartphone?
They don't know they have a Samsung instead of an iPad? Even with it saying "SAMSUNG" on the front?
Also: Knight-Ridder Tablet.
If you read the article, JavaScript is competitive with Julia in most of the Benchmarks.
So why yet another language.
It even looks vaguely like JavaScript, so why bother?
>Here's what "idea guys" don't realize: Their idea is very unlikely to be unique. If it is, it's very likely to be complete shit.
Yeah, you'll only be saying that after you hear the idea.
And in many cases (as in Facebook's), the programmer will complete the app separately, having gotten the idea from the idea people.
Also, the idea may not be unique as in all of the population of the world, but it may be new to you (who has the skills in iOS, Android, web frameworks, etc., appropriate to that app).
I hope your friend's OK. There's a chance of getting std's like that.
Was it both Gnome 2 and 3, mate?
Well, given that it's likely the Feds are going to use this (along with other cases) as an excuse to shut down Tor, it seems pretty reasonable to assume (or at least think of the possibility) of meaning #2.
Sort of like:
Feds Shut Down Filesharing Using Megaupload Site
(They are indeed shutting down fileshare sites using the example of MegaUpload)
Well, given that hyphens are dispensed by Grammar Nazis, and, according to Hollywood, Nazis have all sorts of exotic weapons, yeah, I guess they could have shut down down Tor like that.
Thanks a lot! KDE's a great option for people who don't care for Marc Shuttleworth's latest whim.
One word: Curtis Mathes
I've just been fooling around with KDE because I had some problems with my graphics card, and the builtin graphics don't do 3D. That means no compiz, and no window placement.
That means I was being driven nuts manually bringing down browser windows to the bottom half of my screen where I like them.
So I tried KDE. Turns out I like it. And you can basically set it up the way I had Gnome set up:
-Focus follows mouse with delayed raise
-Choice of keyboard shortcuts for keyboard layout change
-You can set desktop switching to have the same shortcut as in Gnome (Ctrl+Alt+arrow)
-You can use the Documents, Music, Pictures, etc. folders in KDE. You just have to set up the shortcuts/bookmarks once.
-Best of all, you can set automatic window placement without compiz (i.e., no need for 3D for something which manifestly doesn't require it)
Still missing:
-The neat world clock/weather applet (anybody know of a good one for KDE?)
-Also keyboard shortcuts seem to double send (i.e., do Ctrl+Tab in Chrome, and it goes two tabs over sometimes, not just one)
No, bro, I can't say I do use multiple monitors.
I did want to get that xorg config out there because I had to struggle to get that exact incantation to make xrandr work for my Nvidia setup.
Google Maps: yeah. But is there a problem? I mean how was Google Maps supposed to be done without JavaScript? As far as I'm concerned, it works just fine.
I've never looked at the Google Maps JavaScript, but I've never needed to, either. Maybe the code is ugly in parts, but, really, so what? Did you want it to be done in C? Or LISP? Browsers don't include those languages. (Well, OK, there's NSAPI, but it's a lot better to just be able to browse to maps.google.com as opposed to having to install yet another plugin.)
Facebook: No, I'm not really into FaceBook, they can do what they want.
I concur
Are we talking about the same thing?
1. I'm talking about a scripting language that is used for selecting your state, and then up pops a city selector, and it gives you a list of retailers where you can buy a given product. Stuff like that.
2. You're talking about esoteric language features.
What's the need for #2 when JavaScript is just fine for #1?