>>I just fired up the OpenOffice spreadsheet, inserted the data, saved it as an.xls file, and my distributor won't have any idea I don't even own Microsoft Office.
>Which gives them exactly ZERO impetus to switch away from MS formats.
But it gives you the ability to do so if you choose -- and isn't it all about choice anyhow?
Reminds me of a technical support story where a user called to complain that the new version of the software he purchased came on fewer disks than the previous version -- and wanted to know if they were shorting him on features.
Funny, I'd pay good money to get a ring tone that sounds like a ringing phone. The default ringtone on my Nokia 3560 starts out normal, then gets weird. The biggest difficulty I have, however, is that there is absolutly no way to move data on or off the phone without the internet -- which my service provider does not provide on TDMA phones.
In Korea, only old people want to stop the country jokes, you insensitive clod.
Of course, no one posts country jokes...in Japan!
I don't know why people want to stop the running jokes so much. (Hell, bitching about the running jokes seems to be getting as bad as the jokes themselves.) Without our subculture, Slashdot wouldn't be what it is today. We'd probably all just sit around thinking of Natalie Portman while pouring hot grits down our pants...except in Nebraska.
Well a meter/3 and a yard/3 both make as much sense as each other,
Yes, exactly my point.
I assume you are reffering to foot, but just because you named a third of a yard doesnt make it more sensible.
I never claimed one system was more sensible than the other.
he advantage of the metric system comes from the fact that you only have to remember one relationship. (ie 1000m in a km, 1000g in a kg) with imperial there are many different relationships to know, like 12inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard and so on.
That was the idea. Each system has it's strenghts and weaknesses. I didn't intend to advocate one system over another.
Notice how all science stuff is in metric, it makes more sense (Powers of ten).
Honestly, I don't 'get' how the metric system makes more sense (than, I assume, the imperial system). No system is perfect, and each has their own strenghts and weaknesses -- divide a meter and a yard by 3 and tell me which 'makes more sense'. Then tell me to measure something really small.
"You have a mat, and it's got some conclusions written on it, and you back up next to the mat, and think about a question, and then you jump to a conclusion. Right there on the mat, you jump to a conclusion..."
I was just looking at that site (an AC posted it) The whole time I was reading it, I was thinking "this has to be a hoax". Can anyone verify that this is a real product? If it is real (which I doubt) can anyone give some insight into the technology?
I read about somthing similar in a book titled "Where mathmatics comes from". The text read as though it was a single isolated case. Would you happen to have a good link to more information on the subject?
Why is it that everytime I see a creationist reply with some nonsense like this they're always anonymous?
In case you silly creationists haven't figured it out -- science could not care less about whatever religion you believe is true. You're fighting for no good reason! Science isn't attacking you -- you're just afrade that science will discover somthing that makes your religion obviously false.
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Females can more difficult to deal with...
What next...vacuum tubes?
You bet! Except they'll be nanovacuum tubes -- The problem, of course, is changing them when they burn out...
Wow, you totally missed that joke!
That's free as in freedom -- not free as in beer.
He's a major body if ever I saw one ;)
Especially covered in hot grits.
>>I just fired up the OpenOffice spreadsheet, inserted the data, saved it as an .xls file, and my distributor won't have any idea I don't even own Microsoft Office.
>Which gives them exactly ZERO impetus to switch away from MS formats.
But it gives you the ability to do so if you choose -- and isn't it all about choice anyhow?
Reminds me of a technical support story where a user called to complain that the new version of the software he purchased came on fewer disks than the previous version -- and wanted to know if they were shorting him on features.
Funny, I'd pay good money to get a ring tone that sounds like a ringing phone. The default ringtone on my Nokia 3560 starts out normal, then gets weird. The biggest difficulty I have, however, is that there is absolutly no way to move data on or off the phone without the internet -- which my service provider does not provide on TDMA phones.
Don't solar panels produce heat as a by-product?
So does the sun...
"Moments of Silence are part of the Music." -Anonymous
2. Don't get an ex - choose your relationship carefully and don't treat it lightly.
That is, quite possibly, the most naive statement I've ever seen. I'm guessing you don't have much experience with long-term relationships.
No, but I have a go-cart that's powered by my own sense of self-satisfaction...
In Korea, only old people want to stop the country jokes, you insensitive clod.
Of course, no one posts country jokes...in Japan!
I don't know why people want to stop the running jokes so much. (Hell, bitching about the running jokes seems to be getting as bad as the jokes themselves.) Without our subculture, Slashdot wouldn't be what it is today. We'd probably all just sit around thinking of Natalie Portman while pouring hot grits down our pants...except in Nebraska.
Mostly in divisions.
Well a meter/3 and a yard/3 both make as much sense as each other,
Yes, exactly my point.
I assume you are reffering to foot, but just because you named a third of a yard doesnt make it more sensible.
I never claimed one system was more sensible than the other.
he advantage of the metric system comes from the fact that you only have to remember one relationship. (ie 1000m in a km, 1000g in a kg) with imperial there are many different relationships to know, like 12inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard and so on.
That was the idea. Each system has it's strenghts and weaknesses. I didn't intend to advocate one system over another.
. If you want to measure something small then metric makes ALOT more sense,
That was exactly my point -- neither system 'makes more sense' than the other. How this point was missed is beyond me.
anything besides a factor of 3 divided by 3 is evil,
You're intitled to your own religious beliefs. I won't argue those. (Though I think you mean multiple of 3, not factor.)
Somebody set up us the bomb.
Shouldn't that be Somebody set up us the bios. ?
someone trying in vain to cram a regular PCI card into a laptop.
Yeah, don't try it -- I cut my thumb...
Notice how all science stuff is in metric, it makes more sense (Powers of ten).
Honestly, I don't 'get' how the metric system makes more sense (than, I assume, the imperial system). No system is perfect, and each has their own strenghts and weaknesses -- divide a meter and a yard by 3 and tell me which 'makes more sense'. Then tell me to measure something really small.
You shouldn't jump to conclusions about people.
"You have a mat, and it's got some conclusions written on it, and you back up next to the mat, and think about a question, and then you jump to a conclusion. Right there on the mat, you jump to a conclusion..."
Maybe if you pronounce it "Gee En You Wine" and not "New Wine"
I was just looking at that site (an AC posted it) The whole time I was reading it, I was thinking "this has to be a hoax". Can anyone verify that this is a real product? If it is real (which I doubt) can anyone give some insight into the technology?
I read about somthing similar in a book titled "Where mathmatics comes from". The text read as though it was a single isolated case. Would you happen to have a good link to more information on the subject?
I'm curious as to what evidence you can present for the existance of God. Please be specific, so that it may be seriously considered.
Why is it that everytime I see a creationist reply with some nonsense like this they're always anonymous?
In case you silly creationists haven't figured it out -- science could not care less about whatever religion you believe is true. You're fighting for no good reason! Science isn't attacking you -- you're just afrade that science will discover somthing that makes your religion obviously false.