Indeed. I'd LOVE to love OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice, but.... they really suck from a UI, performance, and stability perspective. I have used OpenOffice.org every day for more than a year. Formerly, I was using MS Office 2003, and I hate the fact that this archaic version of MS Office is easier to use and more stable than the most recent versions of OOo.
Using OOo to work with files created in MS Office exposes various import problems. Working in OOo with large files is nearly impossible due to performance and stability problems. Doing basic tasks such as working with a document that has chapters and different text styles exposes UI problems and sometimes other issues related to maintaining the table of contents.
I expect/hope things will improve with LibreOffice...
Whereas the bicycle just has a more powerful driver.
Of course, this is Slashdot... Neither of you is going to impress anyone until you stop parking that thing in your mom's basement. Zing!
Personally, I avoid both of those kinds of vehicles; in fear that the possible exposure to sunlight might detract from my ghostly pallor that makes me so appealing in the Goth scene. Or would if I ever made it out to the clubs, which I don't because, you know... this is Slashdot. D'oh!
I don't know, but could you list some real papers. You do realize that reporters for the National Enquirer are fact-checked more often than those for the NYT or the Wa-Po.
Is there evidence you can share that supports this statement?
Hmmm... I thought the follow-up comment actually was humble and accepting, in a self-deprecating humor sort of way. Props to the nitwit for admitting it.:-)
It seems to me it's really hard to tell how much stuff really has been prevented by the TSA. If their show of security is successful, they will never have a "first real capture", because the legitimate threats will look for a less inconvenient way to cause trouble.
But I do agree that it seems as if there's a large amount of silliness taking place.
The goal of the software publisher is to make software development financially worthwhile. They want to use a business model that compensates them for the use of their software in a consistent, predictable way. It's not a question of them being owed revenue; it's a question of being able to predict the business.
Many software developers want to be able to ensure that only the people who pay for their software get to use the software, but people who don't pay, don't get.
The XBL/PSN/connection-required model helps to ensure a developer can make this choice, and seems likely to continue growing.
In any case, game trading and sharing seems to be on its way out, along with the used game market. I don't buy used games either, partly because the used game market certainly doesn't reward the people I'd most want to get the money, that is, the people who developed the games I enjoy.
Good points, though console games with online interaction models either already do have or could have licensing that would make this an issue. In any case, I agree in general.
You're not getting the picture. Next to nobody uses Yahoo or Bing. The rest compete for title of "I thought they went out of business".
Oh, and to the point: Idiots like me who do fantasy sports use Yahoo. I think your question really is aimed at search, not at other internet time wasting, which Yahoo is pretty good at (and popular for).
Shame on me for having to amend my own dumb post. Ah, well.
Maybe it's just as well I don't have any mod points for you. I'm not sure whether this should be Funny, Insightful, or Informative, (since there's no Helpful).
Seriously, give credit where it's due. The Apple one watches you as much as (or more than?) the Google one.
And the "locked down" bit is a red herring. Apple devices can be jailbroken, and it's really a rare person who will load something other than official firmware on his device.
I think the differentiator you're looking for is which shiny piece of crap is Jobsified. There's a degree of polish and reassuring smugness that doesn't grow anywhere else but Apple. Not to mention the value of Apple as an attractant for the ladies.
As for me, I will only interested in one that plays well with my other media components.
Huh? Is there some special cachet around a 5 digit UID?
Yes. It means that there are thousands of Slashdotters who started contributing pithy bits of wisdom/humor/information before you. And apparently, there are more than a million (really? Holy crap!) who unleashed the full force of their wits after you did.
Baloney. I'm a narcissist, but I'm not a frequent user of Facebook. In fact, the only reason I use Facebook at all is that it prevents ISPs from automatically filtering as spam the frequent emails I used to send to each of my 2,351,672 female admirers with photographs of me engaged in my latest adventure, and the regular helpful advice I send to my 14,843,590 less fortunate male friends about how to improve their physique or... ahem... performance... to more closely resemble my own and benefit their flagging social lives.
Oh, and as it happens, I DO have one eye in the mirror as I watch myself go by.
Hmm.... During an election year, politicians proclaim a love for lowering people's taxes. During other years, they try to lower taxes for businesses in their areas.
Okay, the picture is definitely not as simple as I suggested it is, but in any case, I would suggest the history of corporate tax rates is not as significant as the corporate tax rates relative to other countries. Here are a few references that discuss tax rates and history:
Well, at least Slashdot continues the tradition of not naming the party of a politician when it's a Democrat and making sure to note when the politician is a Republican.
I guess by "Slashdot" you mean the submitters? Since we know the editors don't actually, you know, edit anything.... Also, I've seen this claim in the past, and observed that it's largely untrue; identity of the political party likely to be included in the summary regardless of party.
On a side note, the comment that it's the business community that pays the taxes seems as likely to be a Republican position as a Democratic position. The Republican party is not shy about pointing out impacts of the tax burden on US corporations.
There seems to be a desire by some folks to label one group as "anti-business" and the other as "pro-business", but the major political parties are both guilty of trying to hide taxes by removing tax costs from individuals and foisting them on businesses.
The problem is that politicians in both parties are trying to serve groups with some contradictory interests, and hide the fact that they're doing that.
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Hmmm.. The article includes no cited data AT ALL about known or estimated usage rates.
Indeed. I'd LOVE to love OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice, but.... they really suck from a UI, performance, and stability perspective. I have used OpenOffice.org every day for more than a year. Formerly, I was using MS Office 2003, and I hate the fact that this archaic version of MS Office is easier to use and more stable than the most recent versions of OOo.
Using OOo to work with files created in MS Office exposes various import problems. Working in OOo with large files is nearly impossible due to performance and stability problems. Doing basic tasks such as working with a document that has chapters and different text styles exposes UI problems and sometimes other issues related to maintaining the table of contents.
I expect/hope things will improve with LibreOffice...
Whereas the bicycle just has a more powerful driver.
Of course, this is Slashdot... Neither of you is going to impress anyone until you stop parking that thing in your mom's basement. Zing!
Personally, I avoid both of those kinds of vehicles; in fear that the possible exposure to sunlight might detract from my ghostly pallor that makes me so appealing in the Goth scene. Or would if I ever made it out to the clubs, which I don't because, you know... this is Slashdot. D'oh!
I'm guessing that the anonymous submitter meant for the subject to be "IDIOTS!" Irony for the win.
First, let's figure out what this "Nature" is and what it wants. Then, let's stop it in its tracks!
Don't pretend that you care about firearms when what you really want to do is bash on the United States.
I read the comment more as a complaint of "why can't the US be more the way we hoped it was?"
I don't know, but could you list some real papers. You do realize that reporters for the National Enquirer are fact-checked more often than those for the NYT or the Wa-Po.
Is there evidence you can share that supports this statement?
Hmmm... I thought the follow-up comment actually was humble and accepting, in a self-deprecating humor sort of way. Props to the nitwit for admitting it. :-)
You're expecting a particularly informed, insightful article about rocket science in NetworkWorld? Seriously?
I appreciate the genuine reply.
It seems to me it's really hard to tell how much stuff really has been prevented by the TSA. If their show of security is successful, they will never have a "first real capture", because the legitimate threats will look for a less inconvenient way to cause trouble.
But I do agree that it seems as if there's a large amount of silliness taking place.
Security theater is not security.
True, in the same sense that "security through obscurity" is not security.
There are more cases of passengers stopping lunatics on planes than there are of TSA stopping lunatics from getting on planes.
Is there data you can share that supports this statement?
The goal of the software publisher is to make software development financially worthwhile. They want to use a business model that compensates them for the use of their software in a consistent, predictable way. It's not a question of them being owed revenue; it's a question of being able to predict the business.
Many software developers want to be able to ensure that only the people who pay for their software get to use the software, but people who don't pay, don't get.
The XBL/PSN/connection-required model helps to ensure a developer can make this choice, and seems likely to continue growing.
In any case, game trading and sharing seems to be on its way out, along with the used game market. I don't buy used games either, partly because the used game market certainly doesn't reward the people I'd most want to get the money, that is, the people who developed the games I enjoy.
Good points, though console games with online interaction models either already do have or could have licensing that would make this an issue. In any case, I agree in general.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. If this ruling holds, the used video game market is on its last legs.
You're not getting the picture. Next to nobody uses Yahoo or Bing. The rest compete for title of "I thought they went out of business".
Oh, and to the point: Idiots like me who do fantasy sports use Yahoo. I think your question really is aimed at search, not at other internet time wasting, which Yahoo is pretty good at (and popular for).
Shame on me for having to amend my own dumb post. Ah, well.
You're not getting the picture. Next to nobody uses Yahoo or Bing. The rest compete for title of "I thought they went out of business".
Maybe it's just as well I don't have any mod points for you. I'm not sure whether this should be Funny, Insightful, or Informative, (since there's no Helpful).
As for me, I will only interested in one that plays well with my other media components.
Doh! Not to mention my interest in a device that helps me avoid posting broken grammar in this intellectually rigorous forum.
Seriously, give credit where it's due. The Apple one watches you as much as (or more than?) the Google one.
And the "locked down" bit is a red herring. Apple devices can be jailbroken, and it's really a rare person who will load something other than official firmware on his device.
I think the differentiator you're looking for is which shiny piece of crap is Jobsified. There's a degree of polish and reassuring smugness that doesn't grow anywhere else but Apple. Not to mention the value of Apple as an attractant for the ladies.
As for me, I will only interested in one that plays well with my other media components.
Huh? Is there some special cachet around a 5 digit UID?
Yes. It means that there are thousands of Slashdotters who started contributing pithy bits of wisdom/humor/information before you. And apparently, there are more than a million (really? Holy crap!) who unleashed the full force of their wits after you did.
Baloney. I'm a narcissist, but I'm not a frequent user of Facebook. In fact, the only reason I use Facebook at all is that it prevents ISPs from automatically filtering as spam the frequent emails I used to send to each of my 2,351,672 female admirers with photographs of me engaged in my latest adventure, and the regular helpful advice I send to my 14,843,590 less fortunate male friends about how to improve their physique or... ahem... performance... to more closely resemble my own and benefit their flagging social lives.
Oh, and as it happens, I DO have one eye in the mirror as I watch myself go by.
Hmm.... During an election year, politicians proclaim a love for lowering people's taxes. During other years, they try to lower taxes for businesses in their areas.
Okay, the picture is definitely not as simple as I suggested it is, but in any case, I would suggest the history of corporate tax rates is not as significant as the corporate tax rates relative to other countries. Here are a few references that discuss tax rates and history:
First, A little old, but paints the current picture
Also, the ultimate reference for everything paints a bizarre picture of corporate tax rates.
And this, from the IRS, gives a long history.
Then there's this interesting article
You mean, like Blackwater/Xe Services?
Well, at least Slashdot continues the tradition of not naming the party of a politician when it's a Democrat and making sure to note when the politician is a Republican.
I guess by "Slashdot" you mean the submitters? Since we know the editors don't actually, you know, edit anything.... Also, I've seen this claim in the past, and observed that it's largely untrue; identity of the political party likely to be included in the summary regardless of party.
On a side note, the comment that it's the business community that pays the taxes seems as likely to be a Republican position as a Democratic position. The Republican party is not shy about pointing out impacts of the tax burden on US corporations.
There seems to be a desire by some folks to label one group as "anti-business" and the other as "pro-business", but the major political parties are both guilty of trying to hide taxes by removing tax costs from individuals and foisting them on businesses.
The problem is that politicians in both parties are trying to serve groups with some contradictory interests, and hide the fact that they're doing that.
I bought the new iPad, and it made my penis grow 2 inches longer! True story!
Mmm... It is an iPad, but I guess that comment means there's better than 50% chance that you're male.
Nice moderation on this post, by the way. :-)