Favorite critical quote that, when used in an ad, demonstrated spectacular ignorance;
"...with a gag-to-laugh ratio that's even higher than the original." -- said about "Ace Ventura 2"
If the gag-to-laugh ratio increases, wouldn't that mean that there are fewer laughs per joke (gag), or that the reviewer gagged on his popcorn more than he laughed -- to a greater extent than he did when watching Ace Ventura 1?
VHS movies were $100 at launch, CDs were $25 or more, and DVDs were $30 or more. Prices will drop. I've seen a lot of $19.99-MSRP movies in the $5 DVD bin at Wal-Mart.
The robot in question is named Spinner, not "Spiner." Both of the linked articles say so; it's just the article submitter that put in the accidental Star Trek TNG reference.
Microsoft Exchange Server has been released and is actively supported commercially; Google Calendar and Mail are both in beta and only GMail-for-domains offers support to corporate clients.
The iCalendar standard is used by Google Calendar. Google Calendar doesn't synchronize bidirectionally with iCal.app*, so you can't access your Google Calendar when you're without Internet access. (It happens.)
* iCal.app doesn't support two-way synchronization by itself; iSync does but there's no Google Calendar plugin for iSync.
Get a PicoPad and put it in your wallet. Use the miniature pen and pad to manage your calendar. There's no battery to replace or costly per-kilobyte charge for data access, either:)
Does Kontact support free-busy sharing? Outlook/Exchange does and Outlook will also publish free-busy times to a WebDAV server without an Exchange server. Free-busy sharing lets you say "I want to meet with John, Mike, and Mary... when are they all free tomorrow?"
I like iCal. Of all the calendars listed, iCal works the best when I'm in an airport and I don't want to spend $8 for Internet access during a 1-hour layover.:)
Jeez, sorry. I regret saying "every." I should have said "many," because using a word like "every" or "all" or "unlimited" on Slashdot brings the inevitable "BZZT! WRONG! PROOF BY COUNTEREXAMPLE!" response.
Unicenter qualifies as a "major piece of business software." It comes with a 6- to 7-digit price tag. You can get it installed by a qualified professional or in a copy of Unicenter for Dummies*. It runs on major, business-critical servers. Certain monitoring servers do call home to make sure that your license is current. If that's not possible, CA will pay you a visit to make sure everything's on the up and up.
Every major piece of software already phones home. Most software intended for businesses is given away in the form of a free trial download or CD; the only thing you need to do to keep using is to obtain a full license key. The software periodically phones home to make sure the license is still valid.
It's only on home computers where paranoid Slashdot posters have taken exception to software phoning back to the distributor.
Re:Google Calendar Reviewed in PC World...
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Kiko has supported features like the command-line event entry you stated, it's free, and it supports both Safari and iCal.
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I have tried Mozilla Calendar, but until they release a Cocoa Mac OS X application I don't see how they can displace iCal for me. iCal may be feature-limited with regard to calendar synchronization, but it supports Cocoa services and AppleScript (not to mention iSync and an incredibly useful Dashboard widget). Mozilla Calendar is only available in clients that use the same mishmash of XUL and Quickdraw that make Firefox and Thunderbird feel so "un-Mac-like."
I didn't mention a 14" or larger laptop since the post to which I replied asked for a subcompact notebook. My 12" PowerBook gets about 3 1/2 hours tops. I've seen 2-3 hour battery times termed acceptable on ultraslim laptops (Sony VAIOs, Sharp Mebius, etc).
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iCal doesn't support two-way syncing by itself (i.e. without iSync). You can either publish a calendar to the web or subscribe to a calendar from the web. Unless you have two records for every calendar for which you want two-way sync, I haven't found an elegant solution that lets you both modify a calendar on your local computer and on the web.
Yahoo! Calendar offered IntelliSync six years ago to synchronize my PalmPilot with their on-line calendar, but that software ended up duplicating every event on my PalmPilot.
My old PalmPilot ran for 35 hours on two AAA batteries. It's considered about average for a small laptop to get one-tenth that much before you start strapping giant heavy batteries on all sides of it.
Anyone who takes planes frequently (i.e. salespeople who tend to own PDAs) might actually benefit from a device with more than 5 hours of battery life.
Try Word's outline view to navigate through sections. You can also navigate by various things (next section, page, etc) by clicking the dot near the bottom of the vertical scroll bar and using the double-up and double-down arrows on that same scroll bar.
I typed "Master Document" into the "Type a question" box and found a wealth of information about them.
What is so awful about using styles? They have a big pane on the side in Word 2002 and they've had a dropdown in the Formatting toolbar since around Word 6. You can even assign a shortcut key to any style for quick access.
Back in the OS X 10.1 days, I plugged a USB memory device into a friend's Mac. I then unplugged said device without dragging it to the trash can first. Kernel panic. In OS X 10.4 I've seen a couple of kernel panics when an external/network device suddenly stops responding.
Every "reliable" OS has its Achilles heels. Try running Paintbrush for Windows (PBRUSH.EXE) in OS/2 and see how good "Crash Protection" really is.
I can't use the CD that came with my Dell to install Windows on a Mac. Virtually every computer today comes with a restore CD, not a Windows install disc. You need a full install CD to put Windows on a Mac, and that will set you back $200 or more. (You could get an OEM version, but to make that legal wouldn't you also have to buy a piece of hardware and use it with your Mac somehow?)
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Favorite critical quote that, when used in an ad, demonstrated spectacular ignorance;
"...with a gag-to-laugh ratio that's even higher than the original." -- said about "Ace Ventura 2"
If the gag-to-laugh ratio increases, wouldn't that mean that there are fewer laughs per joke (gag), or that the reviewer gagged on his popcorn more than he laughed -- to a greater extent than he did when watching Ace Ventura 1?
Google has a financial obligation to show you parked domain link-farms: see Google AdSense for Domains.
VHS movies were $100 at launch, CDs were $25 or more, and DVDs were $30 or more. Prices will drop. I've seen a lot of $19.99-MSRP movies in the $5 DVD bin at Wal-Mart.
Don't give anything away! I Motorola-DCT6412ed that episode too and I haven't watched it.
Never mind. The submitter got it right. It's just a few knee-jerk commenters that confused "Spinner" with "Spiner."
The robot in question is named Spinner, not "Spiner." Both of the linked articles say so; it's just the article submitter that put in the accidental Star Trek TNG reference.
Microsoft Exchange Server has been released and is actively supported commercially; Google Calendar and Mail are both in beta and only GMail-for-domains offers support to corporate clients.
The iCalendar standard is used by Google Calendar. Google Calendar doesn't synchronize bidirectionally with iCal.app*, so you can't access your Google Calendar when you're without Internet access. (It happens.)
* iCal.app doesn't support two-way synchronization by itself; iSync does but there's no Google Calendar plugin for iSync.
Get a PicoPad and put it in your wallet. Use the miniature pen and pad to manage your calendar. There's no battery to replace or costly per-kilobyte charge for data access, either :)
Does Kontact support free-busy sharing? Outlook/Exchange does and Outlook will also publish free-busy times to a WebDAV server without an Exchange server. Free-busy sharing lets you say "I want to meet with John, Mike, and Mary... when are they all free tomorrow?"
I like iCal. Of all the calendars listed, iCal works the best when I'm in an airport and I don't want to spend $8 for Internet access during a 1-hour layover. :)
...which is the same as Yahoo!'s My Web, which is similar to del.icio.us (since bought by Yahoo!), etc., etc.
But it has TAGS! They're like meta keywords but they're totally Web 2.0ified with scriptaculity!
Yup. You win. Congrats.
Jeez, sorry. I regret saying "every." I should have said "many," because using a word like "every" or "all" or "unlimited" on Slashdot brings the inevitable "BZZT! WRONG! PROOF BY COUNTEREXAMPLE!" response.
Unicenter qualifies as a "major piece of business software." It comes with a 6- to 7-digit price tag. You can get it installed by a qualified professional or in a copy of Unicenter for Dummies*. It runs on major, business-critical servers. Certain monitoring servers do call home to make sure that your license is current. If that's not possible, CA will pay you a visit to make sure everything's on the up and up.
* Not making that up
I deeply appreciate that the virtual Richard M. Stallman is in the unstable Debian repository. :)
Every major piece of software already phones home. Most software intended for businesses is given away in the form of a free trial download or CD; the only thing you need to do to keep using is to obtain a full license key. The software periodically phones home to make sure the license is still valid.
It's only on home computers where paranoid Slashdot posters have taken exception to software phoning back to the distributor.
Kiko has supported features like the command-line event entry you stated, it's free, and it supports both Safari and iCal.
I have tried Mozilla Calendar, but until they release a Cocoa Mac OS X application I don't see how they can displace iCal for me. iCal may be feature-limited with regard to calendar synchronization, but it supports Cocoa services and AppleScript (not to mention iSync and an incredibly useful Dashboard widget). Mozilla Calendar is only available in clients that use the same mishmash of XUL and Quickdraw that make Firefox and Thunderbird feel so "un-Mac-like."
I didn't mention a 14" or larger laptop since the post to which I replied asked for a subcompact notebook. My 12" PowerBook gets about 3 1/2 hours tops. I've seen 2-3 hour battery times termed acceptable on ultraslim laptops (Sony VAIOs, Sharp Mebius, etc).
iCal doesn't support two-way syncing by itself (i.e. without iSync). You can either publish a calendar to the web or subscribe to a calendar from the web. Unless you have two records for every calendar for which you want two-way sync, I haven't found an elegant solution that lets you both modify a calendar on your local computer and on the web.
Yahoo! Calendar offered IntelliSync six years ago to synchronize my PalmPilot with their on-line calendar, but that software ended up duplicating every event on my PalmPilot.
My old PalmPilot ran for 35 hours on two AAA batteries. It's considered about average for a small laptop to get one-tenth that much before you start strapping giant heavy batteries on all sides of it.
Anyone who takes planes frequently (i.e. salespeople who tend to own PDAs) might actually benefit from a device with more than 5 hours of battery life.
Try Word's outline view to navigate through sections. You can also navigate by various things (next section, page, etc) by clicking the dot near the bottom of the vertical scroll bar and using the double-up and double-down arrows on that same scroll bar.
I typed "Master Document" into the "Type a question" box and found a wealth of information about them.
What is so awful about using styles? They have a big pane on the side in Word 2002 and they've had a dropdown in the Formatting toolbar since around Word 6. You can even assign a shortcut key to any style for quick access.
Back in the OS X 10.1 days, I plugged a USB memory device into a friend's Mac. I then unplugged said device without dragging it to the trash can first. Kernel panic. In OS X 10.4 I've seen a couple of kernel panics when an external/network device suddenly stops responding.
Every "reliable" OS has its Achilles heels. Try running Paintbrush for Windows (PBRUSH.EXE) in OS/2 and see how good "Crash Protection" really is.
I can't use the CD that came with my Dell to install Windows on a Mac. Virtually every computer today comes with a restore CD, not a Windows install disc. You need a full install CD to put Windows on a Mac, and that will set you back $200 or more. (You could get an OEM version, but to make that legal wouldn't you also have to buy a piece of hardware and use it with your Mac somehow?)