If your objective is to be compatible with MS products then get the real thing and stop wasting your time.
If your objective is to improve your productivity in a framework where you are allowed only open formats to be used, then learn to use the correct tool and get around its quirks.
.. complaining about me (which in the case presented by the original poster, would be your boss or somebody with a position to take decisions) taking decisions I am entitled to, you would be out of the building looking for new employment faster than a chair thrown by Ballmer.
I experienced several earthquakes in Mexico City, including the big one 19th Sept, 1985 at 07:19 (yep, the date is ingrained in the memory of anybody that had to go through it).
A few hours after the incident the jokes were circulating in town (i.e. Q: What is similar between Mexico City and a doughnut? A: That both do not have a centre... Mexico City's downtown was obliterated...) the jokes helped everybody to cope with the situation.
There is only one way to watch sports, and that is live. Snobs like you will deride the notion of watching sports, but sports have a cohesive nature that give identity to whole communities (towns, regions, countries), so you ignore them at your own ignorant peril.
TV offers classic movies that you could not see elsewhere (unless you buy DVDs, not a cheaper proposition), popular science, quality dramas and investigative reporting that can't be offered elsewhere.
The smug attitude of somebody not using wisely one of the most important communication mediums we currently have, is indicative of a broad ignorance based in a false sense of intellectual entitlement and superiority made all the worst by pure laziness and lack of planning.
.... which have this nasty characteristic of being dead easy to copy, is an idiotic business model.
Music in digital format will only be an advertising medium for the real deal: live music, which thankfully will bring back the social and cultural dimension to the art that was so completely lost in the last 20 years.
Given the levels of corruption in procurement in the US and other countries (UK, France) companies based on those countries should not expect an easy ride in developing countries anymore.
That you try to twist this against Brazil speaks volumes about you and your ethics.
Now that some perspective has been achieved the right wingers are left with a an ignorant political pygmy that gives conservatism a worst name than it deserves.
In the other hand everybody around the world, except the most rabid US ayatollahs, recognize Al Gore's efforts to use his high profile to highlight the issue that may define politics for the next century.
The difference between the stature of both individuals could not be greater.
In the US you just experienced the quasi destruction of a major city (New Orleans) due to a severe climate event.
According to most models, events like this will become more common in the future if nothing is done about green gas emissions. The US more less managed to cope. In the case of countries like Bangladesh you would have millions or refugees looking for resources far from the current coastlines. If you think that is not going to create any issues, well, is nice to know that some people can live detached from all reality and practical considerations.
There are many examples like how climate change would strain severely geopolitics, but frankly I don't feel like throwing my pearls of wisdom to the pigsty.
Carter managed that Egyptians and Israelis, then sworn enemies, signed a peace treaty (which most certainly cost the Presidnet of Egypt, Anwar el Sadat is life).
After his presidency (failed according to right wing zealots) he has applied himself to quietly using his influence in worthwhile causes worldwide.
As for Gore, apart of being a real statesman (yes, that is boring and does not play well on TV, but I think by now most USians understand that choosing an uninformed idiot pretending to be your buddy is not the best choice of President), he has devoted his time to an issue that if unattended, will cause very serious conflicts in the future.
Sweden has a capitalist economic system mister Dumbo.
They have many socialized services provided by the government, but this does not mean that if you have the dosh you are forbidden to go to private doctors or hospitals (unlike a country with a socialist or communist system like Cuba or North Korea).
Your completely gratuitous Open Source jive is preposterous. All the people that matter in the Open Source movement make very clear that Open Source is a tool to create wealth by means of entrepreneurship in the most capitalistic of ways.
In all civilized countries you are given water when you request it in restaurants and shopping centers, independently of the climate.
Now check my very previous comment, I talk precisely about why this is all nonsense. You USians (but may the bunny help us when it comes to Texans) are not willing to do anything at all and frankly as dispendious beyond what is rationally acceptable.
You clearly don't understand how carbon credits work. Rwanda (or any other poor country) pollutes comparatively little (guys, screw this on your fucking head somewhere, you are 3% of the population, but contribute 25% of global pollution). Thus you buy credits from them so you can keep polluting (but it becomes an expense, so you will have to take measures against polluting to remain competitive) and they will use that money to finance those green technologies that you deride as expensive (go and for bunnies sakes visit Africa. Great people and you will stop the idiotic assumptions).
In Africa, with little or no infrastructure whatsoever, it is immensely cheaper to put solar panels in each house than to line expensive electric power lines for small villages scattered in big areas. The population of Africa is about the one in the US but the area is much bigger (check this for an idea: http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/materials/handouts/howbig.html). Local solar energy in a sunny continent becomes the only logic way forward, dispendious expensive mammoth projects are only economical for big towns, of which Africa hasn't got many.
As for Africa being where it is, it certainly does not help that both the EU and US keep subsidizing their agricultural industries (where the Africans could have a competitive advantage) and that they support the dictators your mention when it is convenient to their interests.
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Most people will think you are lousy at formatting.
And if they are too stupid to insist in word, I send the text with .doc extension ...
How many times do you have to start a program during the day?
To be talking about startup times (woah there, it was one minute instead of 30 seconds! The sucks!) is completely puerile.
Software is a tool to accomplish an objective.
If your objective is to be compatible with MS products then get the real thing and stop wasting your time.
If your objective is to improve your productivity in a framework where you are allowed only open formats to be used, then learn to use the correct tool and get around its quirks.
.. complaining about me (which in the case presented by the original poster, would be your boss or somebody with a position to take decisions) taking decisions I am entitled to, you would be out of the building looking for new employment faster than a chair thrown by Ballmer.
If you think the EU would allow that, you are sorely mistaken.
I experienced several earthquakes in Mexico City, including the big one 19th Sept, 1985 at 07:19 (yep, the date is ingrained in the memory of anybody that had to go through it).
A few hours after the incident the jokes were circulating in town (i.e. Q: What is similar between Mexico City and a doughnut? A: That both do not have a centre... Mexico City's downtown was obliterated...) the jokes helped everybody to cope with the situation.
If you have something to say, say it, most people don't have time to play your mindfuck games....
There is only one way to watch sports, and that is live. Snobs like you will deride the notion of watching sports, but sports have a cohesive nature that give identity to whole communities (towns, regions, countries), so you ignore them at your own ignorant peril.
TV offers classic movies that you could not see elsewhere (unless you buy DVDs, not a cheaper proposition), popular science, quality dramas and investigative reporting that can't be offered elsewhere.
The smug attitude of somebody not using wisely one of the most important communication mediums we currently have, is indicative of a broad ignorance based in a false sense of intellectual entitlement and superiority made all the worst by pure laziness and lack of planning.
.... which have this nasty characteristic of being dead easy to copy, is an idiotic business model.
Music in digital format will only be an advertising medium for the real deal: live music, which thankfully will bring back the social and cultural dimension to the art that was so completely lost in the last 20 years.
Corruption exists because people pay bribes.
In any case, I don't want to make a long case, suffice to say Halliburton or Saudi Royal family and those British planes.
In other words no country can lecture any other.
Given the levels of corruption in procurement in the US and other countries (UK, France) companies based on those countries should not expect an easy ride in developing countries anymore.
That you try to twist this against Brazil speaks volumes about you and your ethics.
"He said his beliefs had made him an outsider in popular science".
So he is in the minority.
Great, wake us up when the colling he mentions happens (next 15 years according to him).
Holly shit Batman? Really?
You need to source better your statistics....
US.
Population: 3% of total.
Pollution in green house gases: 25% of total.
Commitment to control this: pretty much zero.
What a fucking great hero the US is playing.
Lying through your teeth and enjoying it.
Yes buddy, the world is also 4000 years old and the fossils are all fake.
Whatever you want buddy, whatever.
SO should we wait that millions of people die to raise the alarm?
You can work for peace by preventing the causes that give rise to conflict.
By large most Indians have little or nothing...
Now that some perspective has been achieved the right wingers are left with a an ignorant political pygmy that gives conservatism a worst name than it deserves.
In the other hand everybody around the world, except the most rabid US ayatollahs, recognize Al Gore's efforts to use his high profile to highlight the issue that may define politics for the next century.
The difference between the stature of both individuals could not be greater.
Oh yes, and 4000 years old.
In the US you just experienced the quasi destruction of a major city (New Orleans) due to a severe climate event.
According to most models, events like this will become more common in the future if nothing is done about green gas emissions. The US more less managed to cope. In the case of countries like Bangladesh you would have millions or refugees looking for resources far from the current coastlines. If you think that is not going to create any issues, well, is nice to know that some people can live detached from all reality and practical considerations.
There are many examples like how climate change would strain severely geopolitics, but frankly I don't feel like throwing my pearls of wisdom to the pigsty.
Carter managed that Egyptians and Israelis, then sworn enemies, signed a peace treaty (which most certainly cost the Presidnet of Egypt, Anwar el Sadat is life).
After his presidency (failed according to right wing zealots) he has applied himself to quietly using his influence in worthwhile causes worldwide.
As for Gore, apart of being a real statesman (yes, that is boring and does not play well on TV, but I think by now most USians understand that choosing an uninformed idiot pretending to be your buddy is not the best choice of President), he has devoted his time to an issue that if unattended, will cause very serious conflicts in the future.
Sweden has a capitalist economic system mister Dumbo.
They have many socialized services provided by the government, but this does not mean that if you have the dosh you are forbidden to go to private doctors or hospitals (unlike a country with a socialist or communist system like Cuba or North Korea).
Your completely gratuitous Open Source jive is preposterous. All the people that matter in the Open Source movement make very clear that Open Source is a tool to create wealth by means of entrepreneurship in the most capitalistic of ways.
In all civilized countries you are given water when you request it in restaurants and shopping centers, independently of the climate.
Now check my very previous comment, I talk precisely about why this is all nonsense. You USians (but may the bunny help us when it comes to Texans) are not willing to do anything at all and frankly as dispendious beyond what is rationally acceptable.
You clearly don't understand how carbon credits work. Rwanda (or any other poor country) pollutes comparatively little (guys, screw this on your fucking head somewhere, you are 3% of the population, but contribute 25% of global pollution). Thus you buy credits from them so you can keep polluting (but it becomes an expense, so you will have to take measures against polluting to remain competitive) and they will use that money to finance those green technologies that you deride as expensive (go and for bunnies sakes visit Africa. Great people and you will stop the idiotic assumptions).
In Africa, with little or no infrastructure whatsoever, it is immensely cheaper to put solar panels in each house than to line expensive electric power lines for small villages scattered in big areas. The population of Africa is about the one in the US but the area is much bigger (check this for an idea: http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/materials/handouts/howbig.html). Local solar energy in a sunny continent becomes the only logic way forward, dispendious expensive mammoth projects are only economical for big towns, of which Africa hasn't got many.
As for Africa being where it is, it certainly does not help that both the EU and US keep subsidizing their agricultural industries (where the Africans could have a competitive advantage) and that they support the dictators your mention when it is convenient to their interests.