This is a good kind of government intervention. We have several players who want to do the right thing, but it's hard to get everybody on board to build the momentum.
In BC, we did what you said, for bottles and electronics, and it works. Think about how convenient it is to just drop your old cell phone off at the corner store, or computer at a depot. We can do it with paint as well. The paint that is still in good condition is gathered at a paint exchange and given away for free. This system really improves lives in more ways than just environmental.
The deposits help the poor in that they can get a source of income, when they gather bottles. The businesses can benefit as well.
Just so that you know, I ask, because I have been making templates. I thought that maybe a template would be enough to get the ball rolling for you all.
Pretending that your bosses didn't care about what you use, would OO.o be able to produce the layouts, in your shop's format, with the same amount of effort or less?
I recommend the following corrections for your post.
"Being an OSS fan, I have, at various times, tried to..."
Most people will say that that is too many commas, but I find that it helps with readability. I think that the first comma is quite important.
"OpenOffice.org is commonly used here to style manuscripts. I find it better than Word for certain tasks, but there's nothing...".
I think that the first phrase works fine as its own sentence, and it would be incorrect to join it to the other phrase, without a word, like "and".
Just so that you know, I deliberately leave punctuation outside of quotes, parentheses and brackets, because of readability. It's wrong for me to do it, but many of us think that it is better that way.
Just so that you know, I wouldn't have noticed your English problem, if it weren't for your sig. Your English is quite good.
The reason that I disagreed with you was because I believe that the music notation, standards, and various other things are merely tools. That's the stuff that was carried out before he was born. The musical piece, itself, is his work. The sheet is a tool to give the consumer/performer what he created. If you really believe that, then let's not write anymore music, because you seem to imply that the modern music is not new, even though you say otherwise.
Just reading what you wrote gives me the impression that he only spent about 10 minutes, without trying. I've always found creativity hard. All of us can create, but not necessarily very well.
Another good illustration is writing documentation.
I could run a business, and get somebody to write up great documentation to prove himself to the company. After he writes it, at minimum wage, we terminate him, and say, "Well, we wouldn't have paid for it anyways, so he doesn't really lose anything, plus he gains all this valuable work experience.".
Yeah, I was kind of wondering something similar. How does an author get somebody to "assemble" the music? It doesn't make sense. From what I've seen, the creative process is much more challenging than that.
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Did you, at least, give them zero for their essays? This way, you'd, at least, not have to mark their papers.
You can't blame only the contractor. Many times the greatest ideas are turned down by the client, no matter how well you explain it. That's what makes government a necessary evil at best, and an enemy at worst.
I work for the government. We were just chatting once, and I casually expressed my disappointment at waste and this seasoned veteran [literally a military veteran] said something along the lines of, "You can't think of it that way. The military is a devouring animal and nothing more. We do try to prevent waste, but all we do is devour.". That's true. With social services, their main goal is to reach out to as many people as possible, so they always come close to spending their budget or over. They'll never ask how they can reduce their spending. With our government websites, they don't need bells and whistles, since they have a captive audience, anyways. Yet, they went the low road and chose non-standard HTML. The stories could go on and on with every kind of government organization.
For multilanguage web sites, even in the 90s, our government could have allowed the user to identify his language preference in his browser. I think that Netscape 4 and IE 4 had this capability, and it was an actual standard, but no, the government preferred to have a welcome page, with a "Please select the language of your choice.", and it still does. This current implementation creates 2 different web sites, instead of 1 web site with different languages.
Most web sites are *still* inaccessible for blind users, I bet.
If you ask for a floating house, and if you would just keep searching for a contractor until he says, "Yes.", then you can't blame him for not trying to "figure it out". In fact, just giving the government what it wants might actually save the government time, and thus reduce the costs of implementing the stupid project.
I'd like to add to your point. We don't consume the sun. Whether it disappears now or later is somewhat irrelevant. On the other hand, oil can be saved for a rainy day.
I like your voucher idea. I especially like it for basic consultations of problems that foreign to the individual.
Just a while ago, I had a bump in my mouth, that was similar to a blood blister, but it wasn't filled with liquid. I just needed to somebody to confirm that it wasn't a big problem. I'd be willing to spend a voucher on that.
It would be like food stamps, but it would be easy to save them, because people don't automatically have to spend it. I might go a whole year, without needing to see the doctor.
I agree. I would also appreciate being able to say, "Sorry.", or "Thanks.". I realize that I can wave, but it isn't as effective, in my opinion. I feel that if we could communicate with each other, then we'd be safer.
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That's really too bad. I get the impression that there isn't much that can be done about it. I really wish that governments could be held accountable.
I don't mean to invade your privacy, but which province do you live in? Are you from Canada? In BC, we have more places to recycle.
This is a good kind of government intervention. We have several players who want to do the right thing, but it's hard to get everybody on board to build the momentum.
In BC, we did what you said, for bottles and electronics, and it works. Think about how convenient it is to just drop your old cell phone off at the corner store, or computer at a depot. We can do it with paint as well. The paint that is still in good condition is gathered at a paint exchange and given away for free. This system really improves lives in more ways than just environmental.
The deposits help the poor in that they can get a source of income, when they gather bottles. The businesses can benefit as well.
Interesting. That's too bad for OO.o, I guess.
Just so that you know, I ask, because I have been making templates. I thought that maybe a template would be enough to get the ball rolling for you all.
Maybe in the future. Thanks for your feedback.
:^D Wow.
Pretending that your bosses didn't care about what you use, would OO.o be able to produce the layouts, in your shop's format, with the same amount of effort or less?
Why do you not use OpenOffice.org to deal with layout?
What kind of text software do you use? What are some of the challenges for word processing?
Hi.
I'm trying to come up with various ODF templates for OpenOffice.org, and other compatible software. Would you tell me what obstacles you encounter with OpenOffice.org, please? I'm more interested in making templates for Writer & Draw.
I recommend the following corrections for your post.
"Being an OSS fan, I have, at various times, tried to..."
Most people will say that that is too many commas, but I find that it helps with readability. I think that the first comma is quite important.
"OpenOffice.org is commonly used here to style manuscripts. I find it better than Word for certain tasks, but there's nothing...".
I think that the first phrase works fine as its own sentence, and it would be incorrect to join it to the other phrase, without a word, like "and".
Just so that you know, I deliberately leave punctuation outside of quotes, parentheses and brackets, because of readability. It's wrong for me to do it, but many of us think that it is better that way.
Just so that you know, I wouldn't have noticed your English problem, if it weren't for your sig. Your English is quite good.
No, no. I agree with the "standing on the shoulders of giants". It's *still* hard to create a piece.
The reason that I disagreed with you was because I believe that the music notation, standards, and various other things are merely tools. That's the stuff that was carried out before he was born. The musical piece, itself, is his work. The sheet is a tool to give the consumer/performer what he created. If you really believe that, then let's not write anymore music, because you seem to imply that the modern music is not new, even though you say otherwise.
Just reading what you wrote gives me the impression that he only spent about 10 minutes, without trying. I've always found creativity hard. All of us can create, but not necessarily very well.
Another good illustration is writing documentation.
I could run a business, and get somebody to write up great documentation to prove himself to the company. After he writes it, at minimum wage, we terminate him, and say, "Well, we wouldn't have paid for it anyways, so he doesn't really lose anything, plus he gains all this valuable work experience.".
Yeah, I was kind of wondering something similar. How does an author get somebody to "assemble" the music? It doesn't make sense. From what I've seen, the creative process is much more challenging than that.
Did you, at least, give them zero for their essays? This way, you'd, at least, not have to mark their papers.
Forgive my ignorance, but does a crown-affiliated corporation get government funding?
You can't blame only the contractor. Many times the greatest ideas are turned down by the client, no matter how well you explain it. That's what makes government a necessary evil at best, and an enemy at worst.
I work for the government. We were just chatting once, and I casually expressed my disappointment at waste and this seasoned veteran [literally a military veteran] said something along the lines of, "You can't think of it that way. The military is a devouring animal and nothing more. We do try to prevent waste, but all we do is devour.". That's true. With social services, their main goal is to reach out to as many people as possible, so they always come close to spending their budget or over. They'll never ask how they can reduce their spending. With our government websites, they don't need bells and whistles, since they have a captive audience, anyways. Yet, they went the low road and chose non-standard HTML. The stories could go on and on with every kind of government organization.
For multilanguage web sites, even in the 90s, our government could have allowed the user to identify his language preference in his browser. I think that Netscape 4 and IE 4 had this capability, and it was an actual standard, but no, the government preferred to have a welcome page, with a "Please select the language of your choice.", and it still does. This current implementation creates 2 different web sites, instead of 1 web site with different languages.
Most web sites are *still* inaccessible for blind users, I bet.
If you ask for a floating house, and if you would just keep searching for a contractor until he says, "Yes.", then you can't blame him for not trying to "figure it out". In fact, just giving the government what it wants might actually save the government time, and thus reduce the costs of implementing the stupid project.
I'd like to add to your point. We don't consume the sun. Whether it disappears now or later is somewhat irrelevant. On the other hand, oil can be saved for a rainy day.
I like your voucher idea. I especially like it for basic consultations of problems that foreign to the individual.
Just a while ago, I had a bump in my mouth, that was similar to a blood blister, but it wasn't filled with liquid. I just needed to somebody to confirm that it wasn't a big problem. I'd be willing to spend a voucher on that.
It would be like food stamps, but it would be easy to save them, because people don't automatically have to spend it. I might go a whole year, without needing to see the doctor.
Yeah. If they cut me off and try to give thanks, then it only makes me feel worse.
The technology won't eliminate problems, but it would help.
I see your point, but what about a display with non-customizable messages?
:^D I understood your second sentence only right now. That's good.
Well, yes, ban texting, but I'd like to display basic messages at the push of a button.
For example, if I cut somebody off, then I want to admit that I was wrong, by pressing a button, and then a display lights up, displaying, "Sorry!".
Actually, at night time, cities could easily turn a lot of lights into a flashing red.
I agree. I would also appreciate being able to say, "Sorry.", or "Thanks.". I realize that I can wave, but it isn't as effective, in my opinion. I feel that if we could communicate with each other, then we'd be safer.
Thank you for sharing that link with us. I find the results very surprising and fascinating.
1 thing that I love about slashdot is the way that we share information that I would have never thought to even look up.
I was just kidding around. I wanted to practise my humour. :^)
I was just kidding. :^) I'm no expert comedian.