Well, Pages is more like Publisher then it is Word. Its not just a word processor at all: its a user friendly, easy, "less intense" page layout application, really.
Microsoft does have a 'multiple desktop' doohickey. Only four desktops, yes, but the feature is there.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/ In stall/2/WXP/EN-US/DeskmanPowertoySetup.exe
This is not a difficult feature, but have you considered that they may not have it integrated it because they simply don't like it? It is NOT that easy for a new user to use; windows do get lost in different places on different windows. Yes, its nice for power-users; and for them, they have multiple options to get it..
Its unfortunate. I was looking over that list of features that KDE 3.2 has, looking for ways it may have surpassed what's available in XP. There's really very little.
"giving into the Empire"? Its an open source product implementing a standard protocol.. So what if they also support the various MS extensions out there. If you want everyone to talk together, you have to do it in a way that most of the machines will understand.
That said, I am in a similar situation at work, but have no problems. My primary workstation is win2k, and my secondary one is OS X or OS 9 depending on where i'm booting any moment, and over there *points* is a red hat (blah) box. I have no difficulty sharing files anywhere.
Drop the silly moral objection and go with what *works*.
Numenor is a Kingdom off in the sea, halfway between Middle-Earth and the Undying Lands where the elves come from (the Gray Havens). It was a gift to Men when they helped the elves recover the Samril(sp?) long ago.
The Kings of Numenor lived longer then other men, due to their proximity to the Undying Lands, and held great favor with the elves. However, they were given one edict-- do not sail further west, do not attempt to reach the Undying Lands.
Eventually, they got somewhat greedy. There were two factions, the ruling ones who wished to reach the Undying Lands, because it was their birthright, and such, and then the Faithful, who wished to obey the edict of the elves. The attempt was made, nevertheless, and a great wave swept over and destroyed Numenor, which is now 'under the sea', as it is stated in the books a few times.
The Faithful escaped back to Middle-earth, and established Gondor, a great Kingdom under Elendil. The Kingdoms to the north, such as Angmar, are the ones which were destroyed due to war, not Numenor.
One final note-- the Numenorian blood has finally run true in the line of the Kings (and even the House of the Stewards)-- both Aragorn and Faramir are essentially full-Numenor-Men, with all the power, strength, and extended-lifespan it possesses.
There.:) Read the appendix of Return of the King for such history.
Here's the thing -- they're throwing propaganda at you. Misinformation and deceptive little claims wrapped around a few vague truths. They can not audit you, they must take you to court and the court must order the audit. And to do that they'll need some real evidence that an audit is nessecary, I'd think.
They might be/insinuating/ that they have all the power of the IRS and law enforcement, but they do not. Don't trust big corporations to tell you the truth!
The thing is -- these problems don't occur. You don't get 'subtle errors' that are hard to find from improper indentation.. you get glaring syntax errors that tell you exactly where you have to fix the problem.
Its *far* easier to screw up a complicated logical structure with a missing } and *far* harder to find just where that is, then to look over a Python script with a line improperly indented and where your problem is.
The neat thing about enforced indentation is that such errors become immediately and glaringly obvious once you are used to them; and it doesn't take long to do that. I've had such a problem precisely once.. and that took absolutely no time to fix. Now, a missing or misplaced end-brace can be much harder to find.
Actually, the interpreter would raise a SyntaxError exception. It doesn't care what you use -- spaces, or tabs, or how many spaces... all it expects is consistancy.
And if you are inconsistant, it is a syntax error, and it will tell you about it.
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Well, Pages is more like Publisher then it is Word. Its not just a word processor at all: its a user friendly, easy, "less intense" page layout application, really.
Microsoft does have a 'multiple desktop' doohickey. Only four desktops, yes, but the feature is there.
/ In stall/2/WXP/EN-US/DeskmanPowertoySetup.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler
This is not a difficult feature, but have you considered that they may not have it integrated it because they simply don't like it? It is NOT that easy for a new user to use; windows do get lost in different places on different windows. Yes, its nice for power-users; and for them, they have multiple options to get it..
Its unfortunate. I was looking over that list of features that KDE 3.2 has, looking for ways it may have surpassed what's available in XP. There's really very little.
Forgive my ignorance, but what's the difference between jail and Linux' chroot?
:)
I'm not trying to start an argument, just curious
"giving into the Empire"? Its an open source product implementing a standard protocol.. So what if they also support the various MS extensions out there. If you want everyone to talk together, you have to do it in a way that most of the machines will understand.
That said, I am in a similar situation at work, but have no problems. My primary workstation is win2k, and my secondary one is OS X or OS 9 depending on where i'm booting any moment, and over there *points* is a red hat (blah) box. I have no difficulty sharing files anywhere.
Drop the silly moral objection and go with what *works*.
Wait-- no.
:) Read the appendix of Return of the King for such history.
Numenor is a Kingdom off in the sea, halfway between Middle-Earth and the Undying Lands where the elves come from (the Gray Havens). It was a gift to Men when they helped the elves recover the Samril(sp?) long ago.
The Kings of Numenor lived longer then other men, due to their proximity to the Undying Lands, and held great favor with the elves. However, they were given one edict-- do not sail further west, do not attempt to reach the Undying Lands.
Eventually, they got somewhat greedy. There were two factions, the ruling ones who wished to reach the Undying Lands, because it was their birthright, and such, and then the Faithful, who wished to obey the edict of the elves. The attempt was made, nevertheless, and a great wave swept over and destroyed Numenor, which is now 'under the sea', as it is stated in the books a few times.
The Faithful escaped back to Middle-earth, and established Gondor, a great Kingdom under Elendil. The Kingdoms to the north, such as Angmar, are the ones which were destroyed due to war, not Numenor.
One final note-- the Numenorian blood has finally run true in the line of the Kings (and even the House of the Stewards)-- both Aragorn and Faramir are essentially full-Numenor-Men, with all the power, strength, and extended-lifespan it possesses.
There.
Here's the thing -- they're throwing propaganda at you. Misinformation and deceptive little claims wrapped around a few vague truths. They can not audit you, they must take you to court and the court must order the audit. And to do that they'll need some real evidence that an audit is nessecary, I'd think. They might be /insinuating/ that they have all the power of the IRS and law enforcement, but they do not. Don't trust big corporations to tell you the truth!
The thing is -- these problems don't occur. You don't get 'subtle errors' that are hard to find from improper indentation.. you get glaring syntax errors that tell you exactly where you have to fix the problem.
Its *far* easier to screw up a complicated logical structure with a missing } and *far* harder to find just where that is, then to look over a Python script with a line improperly indented and where your problem is.
The neat thing about enforced indentation is that such errors become immediately and glaringly obvious once you are used to them; and it doesn't take long to do that. I've had such a problem precisely once.. and that took absolutely no time to fix. Now, a missing or misplaced end-brace can be much harder to find.
Actually, the interpreter would raise a SyntaxError exception. It doesn't care what you use -- spaces, or tabs, or how many spaces... all it expects is consistancy.
And if you are inconsistant, it is a syntax error, and it will tell you about it.