In all honesty, one of the main reasons I use Linux is because it has a nifty command prompt and all this other stuff. I was a Windows baby and all that shit is second nature to me, but Linux makes me feel like I'm exploring the depths of the unknown. Plus it's much more stable for when I'm writing papers in OpenOffice (I can't tell you how many times Word crashed on me) and all the upgrades are free, which is great too. Over time I've become addicted to some of the features of Linux (mostly WindowMaker and being able to fine-tune everything to a point) so now I can't switch although I do have a dual boot for games. Oh, and no annoying dialog boxes. I hate those damn things.
But seriously, people, is this really a whole lot of a surprise? Every fifty minutes, we have some article about Microsoft doing something anticompetitive. Fine. We know Microsoft is bad.
Anyone who is suprised by this hasn't been reading Slashdot very long...
AppleWorks (previously called ClarisWorks) pales in comparison to Microsoft Office XP. There's no equivalent for the versatility of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint®. Toolbars and menus customize themselves to the way I work. I wouldn't know how to function without the Track Changes and Comments features of Word. I adore the Office Clipboard, which copies multiple elements from one file and pastes them into another.
Nooo! Not the hidey menu thingy! That thing drove me insane! And here it's listed as a plus? I'm sorry, what?
All the Mac hardware--including my printer, broadband cable, Zip drive, and Palm handheld--works perfectly with my Windows-based PC.
Really? You don't say? What about your internal hard drive? And your old applications?
Well, really. From a company with a huge marketing budget, I expect something that isn't (1) a cheap copy of your competitor's and (2) can't be picked into little bits in 15.32 seconds.
Yes. Of course. "Yes sir, please take a 'relatively' low concentration of one of the world's most flammable substances on board!" Sounds like a GREAT idea. It's all too easy to start a fire with these, though. Unless the concentration is REALLY low, these are not safe. And if the concentration is too low, I would imagine the effectiveness declines. Also: can you take fuel cartriges aboard? That would be helpful the traveller, but also even more dangerous.
It's been codenamed "Mudpie". It's going to focus less on traditional Myst-style puzzles and more on Dn'i culture, traditions, etc. This may be a rumor, but I've heard that you can write your own ages (!) I actually can't wait, the screenshots look incredible.
atheist propaganda! Don't have link, sorry, but Pullman is apparently a rabid atheist and these books prove (esp. in the scenes where God is revealed, etc.) that the Church is really evil (the experements in the first book), etc.
Now of course, that's my remembering of an old Washington Post article. Someone else may have a different opinon.
How many do you think Two Towers is going to win?
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A little OT, but...
Next year's Oscars may not have as many other good films. Do you think that the Two Towers is the likely canidate for next years?
At the end of the announcement, there is the phrase: *bounce*bounce*bounce* Apparently the GNOME developers are bouncing with joy. I hope that is what it is, at least.
... After reading Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way (BSS:HtASPtRW), I decided I needed to...
Quite an abbrevation, doncha think?:D Abbreviations are supposed to be shorter than the word... how about BSS (Building Secure Software). One can normally omit the subtitle in an abbrevation
Moderators NB: This is intended as humor. The last bit (about an abbrevation suggestion) was tacked on 'cos it was a thought.
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Great, all we need now are for some actually funny webcomics to come out in book form.
In all honesty, one of the main reasons I use Linux is because it has a nifty command prompt and all this other stuff. I was a Windows baby and all that shit is second nature to me, but Linux makes me feel like I'm exploring the depths of the unknown. Plus it's much more stable for when I'm writing papers in OpenOffice (I can't tell you how many times Word crashed on me) and all the upgrades are free, which is great too. Over time I've become addicted to some of the features of Linux (mostly WindowMaker and being able to fine-tune everything to a point) so now I can't switch although I do have a dual boot for games. Oh, and no annoying dialog boxes. I hate those damn things.
The idea is for computers to learn how to use with users
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, computers use YOU!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, computers learn YOU
This looks eeirly familiar. Is that from the Mortal Kombat movie?
Your Celeron 366 can probably run MOO3 just fine. Really.
haven't people been saying that for quite a while now?
Dear lord god, NO! This is disgusting... /me has this image stuck in his head.
KPheonix would imply that it's related to the K Desktop project (which it is not).
Pheonixx sounds like the name of an adult film (The Pheonixxx always rises!).
X-Pheonix might work, though.
sky blue; earth round.
But seriously, people, is this really a whole lot of a surprise? Every fifty minutes, we have some article about Microsoft doing something anticompetitive. Fine. We know Microsoft is bad.
Anyone who is suprised by this hasn't been reading Slashdot very long...
AppleWorks (previously called ClarisWorks) pales in comparison to Microsoft Office XP. There's no equivalent for the versatility of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint®. Toolbars and menus customize themselves to the way I work. I wouldn't know how to function without the Track Changes and Comments features of Word. I adore the Office Clipboard, which copies multiple elements from one file and pastes them into another.
Nooo! Not the hidey menu thingy! That thing drove me insane! And here it's listed as a plus? I'm sorry, what?
All the Mac hardware--including my printer, broadband cable, Zip drive, and Palm handheld--works perfectly with my Windows-based PC.
Really? You don't say? What about your internal hard drive? And your old applications?
Well, really. From a company with a huge marketing budget, I expect something that isn't (1) a cheap copy of your competitor's and (2) can't be picked into little bits in 15.32 seconds.
Yes. Of course. "Yes sir, please take a 'relatively' low concentration of one of the world's most flammable substances on board!" Sounds like a GREAT idea. It's all too easy to start a fire with these, though. Unless the concentration is REALLY low, these are not safe. And if the concentration is too low, I would imagine the effectiveness declines. Also: can you take fuel cartriges aboard? That would be helpful the traveller, but also even more dangerous.
In other news, sky is blue, white, or grey, Slashdot color theme teal, BASH superior to ASH.
You really didn't know most people can't afford broadband? Yikes.
It's been codenamed "Mudpie". It's going to focus less on traditional Myst-style puzzles and more on Dn'i culture, traditions, etc. This may be a rumor, but I've heard that you can write your own ages (!) I actually can't wait, the screenshots look incredible.
It seems oxymoronic...
I understand what you mean, but oxymoron is a noun. It cannot be transmuted into an adjective or adverb.
the sky is more or less blue, the Earth is more or less round.
Honestly. Everyone who uses Linux knows that UNIX isn't dead: on the contrary, it seems to be on the upswing.
Stop the insanity! No more blatant april fool's jokes! Please! Stop!
atheist propaganda! Don't have link, sorry, but Pullman is apparently a rabid atheist and these books prove (esp. in the scenes where God is revealed, etc.) that the Church is really evil (the experements in the first book), etc.
Now of course, that's my remembering of an old Washington Post article. Someone else may have a different opinon.
A little OT, but...
Next year's Oscars may not have as many other good films. Do you think that the Two Towers is the likely canidate for next years?
All these years I've said "the problem isn't on my end, it's on YOURS!". Now I have proof.
of all the different MacWorlds? There sure do seem to be a lot of them... A schedule, perhaps? It would be nice.
See, you can go to Pluto (Charon too). What's really incredible is that they figured out what they look like...
At the end of the announcement, there is the phrase:
*bounce*bounce*bounce*
Apparently the GNOME developers are bouncing with joy. I hope that is what it is, at least.
Quite an abbrevation, doncha think?
Abbreviations are supposed to be shorter than the word... how about BSS (Building Secure Software). One can normally omit the subtitle in an abbrevation
Moderators NB: This is intended as humor. The last bit (about an abbrevation suggestion) was tacked on 'cos it was a thought.
is said to be one of the differences between OpO and StO. No spell check? Aaargaarghaarg...
Not only that, but also Mozilla is reaching! Gasp! Could the Doom of the World be upon us?