I have a splitting migraine. Had one all day long. I tried to explain to you nicely that Inge's statement wasn't overly bold. You didn't like that and have been arguing throughout the thread over something you don't know anything about.
KOffice already has one application that runs natively on Windows: Kexi. The other large applications... KWord, KSpread, KPresenter don't have hard dependencies on X11. They have a hard dependency on kdelibs, yes, but this has already been ported to Qt4 which is already working just fine on Windows. If you don't want to take my word for it, fine. If you don't want to take Inge's word for it, fine.
Regardless, he only said it was 'likely', not definite. You want to knock him for it preemptively when his forecast hasn't even yet proven incorrect? Inventing future dialog between the Open Source community and Microsoft? That's on you, pal. But, do you realize how silly it is making you look?
You've already been told that the statement that KOffice will be ported to Windows within a year isn't a statement of courage. This is likely only a few man months worth of work. Inge knows this. I know this. Why? See... because we actually work on KOffice. You?... you know shit, but feel comfortable talking out your ass on something you know nothing of. Feel comfortable getting into an argument with KOffice developers about our project roadmap do you? Feel you know our codebase better than us?
You may argue Inge's usage of the word 'comprehensive', but he plainly spelt out his _intended_ usage. Thus any claim that he was trying to mislead is, in itself, misleading.
As for Inge's statement that KOffice will likely run on Windows within a year. This is not a statement of courage. It is an entirely reasonable and obvious assumption. Plans are afoot as we speak to do just that. KOffice, much as all of KDE, will be ported to Qt4. Qt4 is now GPL'd on Windows. The internals of kdelibs are being redesigned to acknowledge this fact and allow us to target non-X11 desktops.
KOffice will be coming to Windows/Mac OSX desktops in the near-to-mid future.
Sure, these guys turn out some amazing technology...
Yes, they have the whole "do no evil" thing...
Ok, they run their whole setup on Linux...
Major karma points for the Google SOC project...
BUT, DAMN IT! I WANT GOOGLE EARTH FOR LINUX!
Not to mention, Google Desktop and the whole gamut of their desktop offerings. Someone at Google needs to step up and start making this stuff available to the Free desktops.
!!And to think that Google Earth was made with Qt!!
You are kidding yourself. The major broadcast TV companies will be switching to HD in the next decade. That will mean that all the DVD's of your favorite shows will be in HD format and this will require much more space than a regular DVD allows. Enter BlueRay... etc, etc.
As others have pointed out, the dialogue was originally written to be spoken, which it was in the original radio play, and it worked very, very well, thank you.
If you can't imagine that dialogue in your head being funny when spoken then you are either not a fan, have a shitty sense of humor, or are entirely devoid of imagination. Possibly all of the above.
Well, only if you follow the "watch what I say, not what I do" rule.
Bush isn't particularly interested in making Health Care more affordable unless by that you mean, "don't allow class action lawsuits across state boundaries".
Likewise, he isn't for (in the sense of watching what he does) helping the poor or making sure our environment is taken care of. He's atrocious on all levels here.
I doubt very much that Bush would be willing to stipulate Tax Reform should be based on a "People should pay according to their means more or less" policy. He's more like, "the richer you are the less you should pay" policy.
As for a foreign policy that doesn't promote lying to the people to foster support for wars of aggression... Seriously, try to say Bush is for that without laughing.
"But his views on things like health care, welfare, social security, environmental policy, tax reform and foreign policy range from the standard liberal platform to extremism."
Here is a translation for those people who don't speak extreme wingnuttian...
Dean's Views on:
Health care? People should be able to afford it. EXTREME!
Welfare? We should take care of our poor. EXTREME!
Social Security? We should keep it and protect it. EXTREME!
Environmental policy? We should take care of it for us and for our kids. EXTREME!
Tax Reform? People should pay according to their means more or less. EXTREME!
Foreign Policy? We should work with allies, promote democracy and rationality, not lie to the American people to promote wars of aggression. EXTREME!
Google really should develop a language tool for extreme wingnuttian.
F/911 was a film produced for cinemas. You know, the kind you have to actively seek out and pay for!
Stolen Honor is an extended ad for the Swift Boat liars that all of the major networks ran away from. So, Sinclair, is using the public airwaves (which they don't own) to broadcast a nakedly partisan *smear* for the Bush campaign.
The two are entirely different. If you can't see that, well, then you are an idiot.
Again, you had to actively seek out and pay for F/911. OTHO, Sinclair is illegally making use of *public* airwaves to broadcast a Bush campaign smear.
They should be sued by their shareholders for such a stupid move.
Link through and you'll find the incriminating photo as well as other instances of the Pres caught red handed with an earpiece -- see the CNN d-day footage.
No self-respecting, heterosexual, republican male, should go without a visit every couple days to General JC Christian, patriot. The general provides a welcome tonic for all the inner frenchmen leaking out of the mainstream press.
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I have a splitting migraine. Had one all day long. I tried to explain to you nicely that Inge's statement wasn't overly bold. You didn't like that and have been arguing throughout the thread over something you don't know anything about.
KOffice already has one application that runs natively on Windows: Kexi. The other large applications... KWord, KSpread, KPresenter don't have hard dependencies on X11. They have a hard dependency on kdelibs, yes, but this has already been ported to Qt4 which is already working just fine on Windows. If you don't want to take my word for it, fine. If you don't want to take Inge's word for it, fine.
Regardless, he only said it was 'likely', not definite. You want to knock him for it preemptively when his forecast hasn't even yet proven incorrect? Inventing future dialog between the Open Source community and Microsoft? That's on you, pal. But, do you realize how silly it is making you look?
Dear He-Who-Blathers-Inanely-On-And-On-Out-His-Ass-On-T opics-About-Which-He-Knows-Nothing,
... you know shit, but feel comfortable talking out your ass on something you know nothing of. Feel comfortable getting into an argument with KOffice developers about our project roadmap do you? Feel you know our codebase better than us?
You've already been told that the statement that KOffice will be ported to Windows within a year isn't a statement of courage. This is likely only a few man months worth of work. Inge knows this. I know this. Why? See... because we actually work on KOffice. You?
Typical... Slashdot... IDIOT.
You may argue Inge's usage of the word 'comprehensive', but he plainly spelt out his _intended_ usage. Thus any claim that he was trying to mislead is, in itself, misleading.
As for Inge's statement that KOffice will likely run on Windows within a year. This is not a statement of courage. It is an entirely reasonable and obvious assumption. Plans are afoot as we speak to do just that. KOffice, much as all of KDE, will be ported to Qt4. Qt4 is now GPL'd on Windows. The internals of kdelibs are being redesigned to acknowledge this fact and allow us to target non-X11 desktops.
KOffice will be coming to Windows/Mac OSX desktops in the near-to-mid future.
You shouldn't care. Nothing at all to see. Move along. Nothing to see here.
"/WinFS is not a filesystem/"
Then what does the FS stand for in the name? "Full 'o Shit"?
And on the other side, I think I'm going to trust that Hans fucking Reiser knows what a filesystem is. Idiot.
Too hard. NEXT!
Yah, but then you don't get a good seat if it is crowded.
So, you are either left with showing up late and getting a bad seat or having to endure 30 minutes of commercials.
Sure, these guys turn out some amazing technology...
Yes, they have the whole "do no evil" thing...
Ok, they run their whole setup on Linux...
Major karma points for the Google SOC project...
BUT, DAMN IT! I WANT GOOGLE EARTH FOR LINUX!
Not to mention, Google Desktop and the whole gamut of their desktop offerings. Someone at Google needs to step up and start making this stuff available to the Free desktops.
!!And to think that Google Earth was made with Qt!!
My GOD I know! God, it's as if, GOD, Slashdot is full of IDIOTS! God! IT is enough to make, god, a man go ABSOLUTELY batshit, god, CRAZY!
You are kidding yourself. The major broadcast TV companies will be switching to HD in the next decade. That will mean that all the DVD's of your favorite shows will be in HD format and this will require much more space than a regular DVD allows. Enter BlueRay... etc, etc.
As others have pointed out, the dialogue was originally written to be spoken, which it was in the original radio play, and it worked very, very well, thank you.
If you can't imagine that dialogue in your head being funny when spoken then you are either not a fan, have a shitty sense of humor, or are entirely devoid of imagination. Possibly all of the above.
What a complete CROCK!
The age old concept of share and share alike is "juvenile" and "elitist"?
I can't stand people like you.
You mean, kinda like Bush's medicaid budget? A half-ass, Big Pharm rigged monstrosity who's cost is spiraling out of control?
Well, only if you follow the "watch what I say, not what I do" rule.
Bush isn't particularly interested in making Health Care more affordable unless by that you mean, "don't allow class action lawsuits across state boundaries".
Likewise, he isn't for (in the sense of watching what he does) helping the poor or making sure our environment is taken care of. He's atrocious on all levels here.
I doubt very much that Bush would be willing to stipulate Tax Reform should be based on a "People should pay according to their means more or less" policy. He's more like, "the richer you are the less you should pay" policy.
As for a foreign policy that doesn't promote lying to the people to foster support for wars of aggression... Seriously, try to say Bush is for that without laughing.
"But his views on things like health care, welfare, social security, environmental policy, tax reform and foreign policy range from the standard liberal platform to extremism."
Here is a translation for those people who don't speak extreme wingnuttian...
Dean's Views on:
Google really should develop a language tool for extreme wingnuttian.
"Iraq Survey Group's search for WMDs. Prior to the war, WMDs were named as a justification for a 'preemptive' invasion."
... not so much.
Prior to the war, WMDs were named as the justification for a 'preemptive' invasion.
After the war and during the war, when WMDs were not being found,
"What I don't understand is how this guy keeps himself grounded..."
It is very simple, this guy loves the truth more than he loves himself.
The folks over at pchdtv.com are now taking orders for the new HD-3000 *linux only* HDTV video capture card.
And yes, they are working on QAM digital cable support for this new card. Here is a nice FAQ about what is new in this card.
Yah, get *this* straight:
F/911 was a film produced for cinemas. You know, the kind you have to actively seek out and pay for!
Stolen Honor is an extended ad for the Swift Boat liars that all of the major networks ran away from. So, Sinclair, is using the public airwaves (which they don't own) to broadcast a nakedly partisan *smear* for the Bush campaign.
The two are entirely different. If you can't see that, well, then you are an idiot.
Again, you had to actively seek out and pay for F/911. OTHO, Sinclair is illegally making use of *public* airwaves to broadcast a Bush campaign smear.
They should be sued by their shareholders for such a stupid move.
Drudge is a partisan hack who shouldn't be trusted to report on anything related to Kerry. Besides, the video is not clear at all.
This is just desperate carping by those who are terrified the President will be outed as a cheat for his obvious use of an electronic earpiece system.
Link through and you'll find the incriminating photo as well as other instances of the Pres caught red handed with an earpiece -- see the CNN d-day footage.
That's right. The facts are bias against Bush. Idiot.
No self-respecting, heterosexual, republican male, should go without a visit every couple days to General JC Christian, patriot. The general provides a welcome tonic for all the inner frenchmen leaking out of the mainstream press.
I ask because this would be a stupendous feat given that no NX server for windows exists. Perhaps you should read/research before berating others.
Which, in and of itself, is no small feat!
Hmmm, me thinks that Oracle & Co. might quickly change their minds about only certifying RH and SuSE if IBM decides to role their own... Come on, man!