What, exactly, is the problem with the Word document format? Couldn't open source programmers add features after Microsoft stops using it (anaylise it, "emulate" it, build off it)?
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I second this. The only beef I have with Linux right now (and the only reason I'm currently using Win2000) is usability. They really haven't made many strides here, despite many who claim otherwise (sorry, any window manager my grandmother has to first compile is not innately "user-friendly").
You shouldn't have mentioned the software, though. You know you're going to get flamed brutally by the followers of Freshmeat.:)
If you don't like the restriction codes, why not buy VHS copies of foreign films you are interested in? That's what I do (owning a DVD player and a movie player have distinct advantages).
I got pissed off at the editors one time for not putting one of my stories up, and submitted a "story" with four of the classic Slashdot components: Linux, UNIX, open source, and Microsoft. And it got posted for about 10 minutes.:)
It was something like "RedHat press release introduces new Sun-like mouse. Software to be open source. Has optical features like Microsoft mice. Check out the story here." with the "here" link pointing to www.geekporn.com.
Just goes to show you that:
a.) Slashdot will post just about anything without checking the link.
b.) As long as you have elements of Rob's "omelete" (see the faq) you're in.
(Note: after this was posted, the editors seemed to take my normal news posts far more seriously. I think they had to realize that even though the name was "Fervent", it doesn't mean I can't input intelligent stories.)
Or...... you could purchase a cheap copy of Windows 98 SE (or burn one off your friends) and grab a few copies of American McGee's Alice, NHL 2001, Giants Citizen Kabuto...
This is not a constitutional democracy. This is a website run by people who can choose what goes and does not go on it.
As I said before, it's free speech to make your point, even make it a few times repeatedly. But when your point is, in my opinion, dumb, and you repeat it constantly, one begins to wonder if we're arguing free speech or just giving stupid people ammunition to piss others off.
Is anybody else on Slashdot tired of these childish goatsex links? It really is a distraction, even after I set my threads to +1 and above (occasionally I want to dip down to see what AC's say, and most of what I read are these links).
Two suggestions: AC's who post this, get a new hobby. Even the juvenile posts about grits were better than this (no image to fill up my workscreen).
Second, Rob, Hemos, whoever's in charge of these decisions: ban the dumb link. It's one thing if it's "freedom of expression". It's another thing to see the same damn picture over and over and over again. If you cry "first amendment right", let me just say we heard you the first time, poster. Now grow up.
My reasons for wanting binaries (preferably RPMs) is simple: I don't want to develop Linux apps, only use them. There is a whole host of people who dabble in Linux because they like developing it, and I understand that. By the same token, however, I'm not at all interested in determining what variables are used in KCalc.
It may have something to do with being raised on Windows machines (or, even before that, TI/99-4A), but I've never had an interest in seeing the code of "professional" applications. Writing code for my own little apps is a different matter (also, whenever I produce something open source, I compile it for a few major distributions as binaries).
It was my understanding that the "big" benchmark Spec (the one that supposedly everyone relies on) is platform-independent. That it doesn't really use a "OS" to run, per se.
This whole "look for water in space" thing reminds me of SeaQuest. The whole concept of the show, if I remember it correctly, was that in the future the ocean was the last great place to pioneer.
It calls to question, if we're looking for the same things in space that we already haven't fully studied on earth, that we should be spending more time studying our ocean's depths. Who knows what "alien" life we might find?
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Where's the UT story? :(
Where are the TI/99-4A ads with Bill Cosby???
So if I write a funny comparison that says Windows is better, it will make it's way to Slashdot?
What, exactly, is the problem with the Word document format? Couldn't open source programmers add features after Microsoft stops using it (anaylise it, "emulate" it, build off it)?
You shouldn't have mentioned the software, though. You know you're going to get flamed brutally by the followers of Freshmeat. :)
Again, buy VHS for the movies that are not yet available in DVD in your area.
If you don't like the restriction codes, why not buy VHS copies of foreign films you are interested in? That's what I do (owning a DVD player and a movie player have distinct advantages).
Name one country where a copyrighted movie, coming from another country, is "legal" to be released for free.
If I want a PS2, I wait for it to be released in the US. I don't go out and import one from Japan. How will they know where it ends up?
Does the smiley face come up if they win?
It was something like "RedHat press release introduces new Sun-like mouse. Software to be open source. Has optical features like Microsoft mice. Check out the story here." with the "here" link pointing to www.geekporn.com.
Just goes to show you that:
a.) Slashdot will post just about anything without checking the link.
b.) As long as you have elements of Rob's "omelete" (see the faq) you're in.
(Note: after this was posted, the editors seemed to take my normal news posts far more seriously. I think they had to realize that even though the name was "Fervent", it doesn't mean I can't input intelligent stories.)
And just try to get all the emblems in Sonic Adventure...
Or...... you could purchase a cheap copy of Windows 98 SE (or burn one off your friends) and grab a few copies of American McGee's Alice, NHL 2001, Giants Citizen Kabuto...
As I said before, it's free speech to make your point, even make it a few times repeatedly. But when your point is, in my opinion, dumb, and you repeat it constantly, one begins to wonder if we're arguing free speech or just giving stupid people ammunition to piss others off.
Is anybody else on Slashdot tired of these childish goatsex links? It really is a distraction, even after I set my threads to +1 and above (occasionally I want to dip down to see what AC's say, and most of what I read are these links).
Two suggestions: AC's who post this, get a new hobby. Even the juvenile posts about grits were better than this (no image to fill up my workscreen).
Second, Rob, Hemos, whoever's in charge of these decisions: ban the dumb link. It's one thing if it's "freedom of expression". It's another thing to see the same damn picture over and over and over again. If you cry "first amendment right", let me just say we heard you the first time, poster. Now grow up.
Office 95. The most stable office app ever produced by Microsoft with the least security/nag issues (e.g. the paper clip).
It may have something to do with being raised on Windows machines (or, even before that, TI/99-4A), but I've never had an interest in seeing the code of "professional" applications. Writing code for my own little apps is a different matter (also, whenever I produce something open source, I compile it for a few major distributions as binaries).
It was my understanding that the "big" benchmark Spec (the one that supposedly everyone relies on) is platform-independent. That it doesn't really use a "OS" to run, per se.
Here here. One questions why this is news when other topics, such as the impending AOL/Time Warner merger, carry much more weight.
Uh, Rob, the henchman's name is "Kronk" not "Crank". Kind of makes a world of difference, huh?
It calls to question, if we're looking for the same things in space that we already haven't fully studied on earth, that we should be spending more time studying our ocean's depths. Who knows what "alien" life we might find?
...I can finally get Java running on my NES?
One more step to getting pictures of my girlfriend showering every night at .5 meters...
Back in MY day, we worked all 365 days of the year.
I agree. 3DFX cards easily were the most reliable I'd ever seen. And XF86 loved them.