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  1. Re:Accountants love Excel [OFFTOPIC] on Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the shared drive system they are using? I need one, but over the internet. I have a couple of computers connected to a local server where the files are stored, thus the files are locked if someone else is using it and this keeps the files always to the latest version (to everyone).
    But taking this over the internet, I can't seem to find anything, Nextcloud needs syncing and makes editing a mess, edits are late, not everyone has the latest files, etc. So, I'm wondering what system do they use. (Also tried WebDAV too, and it has the same problems, pain to upload-download files every time they are opened, etc).

    I think that I'm asking something impossible and nothing beats the local network, at least when talking about a centralized server to keep the files.

    Just in case: I'm not joking.

    Thanks

  2. I still use it on Apache OpenOffice: We're OK With Not Being Super Cool (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    I wanted to use LibreOffice, but couldn't. Having already lots of Excel spreasheets filled with information and formulas, I needed something compatible. Opening the .xls files with LO (Libre Office) would break the formulas because there's a function incompatibility (Indirect's syntax), where OpenOffice would open them just fine.
    Actually the incompatibility is this one:
    https://superuser.com/question...

    Why would they do that?? Can't understand. Even if there were a simple solution, I already have lots of macros written for OO and adapting them to LO would be a total waste of time.

    I'm not that sure about LO, STABLE software is really appreciated and OO is just fine. We need stuff that works fine for years, so we can get stuff done.

  3. Re:Facebook is written in php on Michael Abrash Joins Oculus, Calls Facebook 'Final Piece of the Puzzle' · · Score: 1

    +5 Interesting?? C'mon.

    "Actually, FB has a lot of technological excellence... it isn't seen:"

    1: They have done more for biometric security and automated facial recognition than virtually any other company out there.
    Security? that's kind of a freudian slip, not objetcive at all. But yes, they have done a lot.

    2: They have a very well made system for hunting down people who are actual people versus dummy/sock puppet accounts that get squashed.
    I'm not going for it. I've seen A LOT of phony/spam accounts.

    3: They are excellent at geolocation.
      What is this supposed to mean? Like if you are good at geolocation (is that a thing?), you achieved technological excelence?

    4: They created the "commodity hardware, have the backend application do all the redundancy" where the fault tolerance is in the top of the stack, as opposed to the hardware like the IBM mainframes. This allows for the absolute cheapest machines possible, and if they die, things continue on. Even entire data centers can drop off the face of the earth.
    Ok

    5: They have the best behavioral reporting and profiling tech out there. Want to check if people 18-25 are interested in your new widget? Easily done by a FB trial balloon.
    Ok. Granted, that's true I think.

    6: FB advertising is one of the few channels that work. People turn off their TV, but the FB ads will still come to them no matter what. I've used it to propagate info for a non-profit gathering... and attendance doubled.
      Me and a lot of friend don't see ads, there's a thing called AdblockPlus. And on top of that, didn't General freaking Motors back out because it didn't work for them?

    7: FB is one of the few enterprises that can actually get btrfs from an early beta state to a finished product that can handle production data. Without Facebook, btrfs would probably spend another five years being semi-ignored.
    Cool for that.

    8: FB is one of the few Internet based companies, who, a year after IPO, has stock prices higher than they were when hitting the market and still solid.
    And that doesn't mean squat for technological excellence.

    9: FB has very tight security. You never see a note about Facebook being hacked, and in security, no news is good news.
    They have security, sure. But may be you also live in a basement. (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/02/18/2023244/uk-student-jailed-for-facebook-hack-despite-ethical-hacking-defense) I'm not going to do the googling for you.

    10: FB is platform agnostic.

    +5 Interesting, really?? His point is about Facebook being a company of technologicall excelence.

    So out of 10 points you made. 6 were bulls**t.

    "So, even though people bag FB, it is one of the smartest-run businesses on the face of the planet."

    May be you should take Zuckerberg's shoe out of your mouth before you speak.

  4. Re:Alternatives? on Facebook To Buy WhatsApp · · Score: 1

    +1

    Mod up please.

  5. Bye bye WhatsApp on Facebook To Buy WhatsApp · · Score: 1

    Hello, Telegram. https://telegram.org/

    Make sure your friends know about this app, It needs critical mass, nobody is using it.

  6. Slashdot Poll.. on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    that would be Interesting.

  7. Re:Lesson from this story...don't be a glass hole! on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    Well, it's concerning the docile posture you took (judging for what you write). In my third-world country I would have made a fuss about it then get the refund. There are laws that protect you against abuses by companies. There is a department run by the government here that helps people freely protect their consumer rights. You can ask a layer anything, get counsel and start actions against companies.

    It's really common to be submissive when someone take over your rights, hell look what happened with the NSA scandal. In my country it's for granted that people working in the government get rich overnight. The president and their friends are billionares. (with a B). And not in other currency, in freaking dollars.

    I suggest to stand up for your rights, even if the trouble for defending them is more than the value of say right (always happens this). Once you lose it, you lose it for ever.

  8. Re:Monthy Python on Actually, It's Google That's Eating the World · · Score: 1

    Wrong story. Shame I can't delete it.

  9. Monthy Python on Actually, It's Google That's Eating the World · · Score: 1

    How would you react to THIS

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dWMIuipn_c

  10. My Places on Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap · · Score: 1

    I agree, we should use OSM, so we make it bigger and better. But as I have to make a website were there're pinned points in a city map so everyone can see it, OSM is not useful for me. Sadly, it can't replace "Google My Places"..yet

    This is currently inavailable: http://open.mapquest.com/

    Or may be I'm overlooking, I just need a map where I can mark places and probably attach photos to it (like to show the front of a starbucks store). But in a whole country. As far as I can know, can't do it with OSM, without serious work.

  11. Re:Under the rug bullshit on Time For a Warrant Canary Metatag? · · Score: 1

    “When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.”
      Thomas Jefferson

    What, did he mean like.. people apply terrorism on the govermnet or something?

    NSA: Just kidding!

  12. Re:God is great? on Astronomers Discover Largest Structure In the Universe · · Score: 2

    "yourmom"

  13. Re:British? on GOCE Satellite Burned Up Over Falkland Islands · · Score: 2

    Exactly. And as "dfk" says, it's a universal government tactic.

    I'm form Argentina and I've got to say it's insulting the way they use this. They not only just focuses on the target for a few months (furiously I may say) but appeal on feelings like patriotism, because the target ALWAYS want to destroy the country and the democracy. (resemble other country of America?)

    The worst of all is.. a lot of people buy it.

    So moronic.

  14. OFFTOPIC on Valve Announces Family Sharing On Steam, Can Include Friends · · Score: 1

    Have anyone noticed that a lot of the news articles don't even get 100 comments? Some do and just a few pass the 200 mark.
    May be I see just a few articles a day and that is what I get. Is someone keeping statistics?

  15. Re:Another Job for RequestPolicy on Cookieless Web Tracking Using HTTP's ETag · · Score: 1

    Luckily for us, most sites have petitions to domains like wetrackyou.com, adsadsandmore.com, doubleclick, exoclick, and so on. The CDNs are identifiable by the name too. And lots of petitions to googleapis, googleanalytics, googleajax (or something like that).

    But yes, every time you go to a site never visited before it may be a struggle. That's something to think about when designing websites.

    *Surprisingly way more cross site petitions to google domains than to facebook's. WAY more. It's actually really impressive, like if google owns the frickin internet.

  16. Re:cognitive science on Talking On the Phone While Driving Not So Dangerous After All · · Score: 2

    Sure .. way to make your family shut up!

  17. About to Reverse Polarity on NASA Data Suggests Solar Magnetic Field About To Flip · · Score: 2

    Oh my God!

  18. Re:"Web forums" on UK ISP Filter Will Censor More Than Porn · · Score: 1

    Web forums are the heart of the Internet, seriously. If you're looking for info about a subject, I have no doubt that you'll find a forum, within seconds, full of users talking about that and willing to give you more information, tips and tricks.

    From TFA: "The company argued that porn filters will not solve the problem of child pornography and will only create new problems." I don't think that kind of pornography is in the 'open' web, but buried in parallel networks. That move is obviously for other reasons.

  19. Re:Open source spying program? on After LinkedIn Clues, FOIA Nets New Details On NSA's ANCHORY Program · · Score: 1

    A couple years ago he came to my university to talk about, well.. free software. When he finished his presentation, he would take some questions from the audience to answer. The conference room was full, so It was great to hear doubts and questions answered by sir RMS.

    So, I asked him something like "Is it okay to use free software for military purpose?". To my surprise he said yes.
    Great Isn't it? If a missile is going to be conducted by software, it should be free software! privative software is EVIL!!

    My opinion is that the developer of such software should refuse or not to do it according whit his/her principles and code of ethics. But dunno if it's more important the license of the program than it's true nature, which would be, for example, killing people.

  20. That summary has SO many words. I can't even make early assumptions from it, just.. too long.

  21. Re:Norway on Edward Snowden Files For Political Asylum In Russia · · Score: 1

    What about privacy in Norway? I'd really like to know as I consider Norway the most advanced country in the world (that i'm aware of).
    I thought of Sweden the same way but after the Assange and TPB case, I'm pretty confident it's a US lapdog. So now I don't know what to think of other Sandinavian countries

  22. Alternate Method of Accesing TPB on New Pirate Bay Greenland Domains Suspended · · Score: 5, Informative

    As is a DNS problem just tupe TPB's ip directly http 194.71.107.80 /81/82/83. Works like charm.

    Pretty useful info here: http://proxybay.info/alternate-methods.html

  23. Body Language on US Election's Only VP Debate Tonight: Weigh In With Your Reactions · · Score: 2

    What does it mean in body language terms to repeatedly tick the table whit the index finger, Biden is over doing it. Like reaffirming what he is saying. May be there is something else with that gesture, this is /. so I'm assuming someone will know (and that someone will answer to FTFG).

    Ryan looks really calm about everything, he for sure know about non-verbal communication.

  24. Re:Bloated or obsolte? Make up your mind. on Firefox 16 Released: More HTML5 Support · · Score: 1

    But it doesn't escalate 160mb on every tab or something. Running for about an hour, 15 tabs open, like 14 addons (which include noscript, ghostery, requestpolicy, adblock and firebug) and just taking 360MB. Firefox 15.0.1 by the way.

  25. Tag on The Case That Apple Should Buy Nokia · · Score: 1

    No comments. Fix it.

    [...] doing maps 'for a long time now, and they a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/194130/why-apple-should-buy-nokia-to-fix-their-mapping-disaster/">have access to even more data than Google." Next, Nokia has a treasure [...]