Yeah, a latte you had to make yourself. Living in the country suxors when you got to make your own lattes if you lived in the city, you could have paid some chump to make one for you.
I'm wondering if they have the option to differ my money directly from my paycheck, shit I would gladly replace my money loosing 401k with at&t broad band!
Ok, I'll give the LaTeX argument. I can see how people after not using it for a while would much rather open up word or something. - good point.
However, I work for an online emcomerce company. Not saying wich one:-). and I deal in LARGE amounts of data in which I use to use Access and Excel. I now use the linux tools to manipulate data. Now, it does happen from time to time that things get sooo complicated that I may use Perl, but that is super rare when it comes to that. When its all done, the person that needs my data can easily import it into excel if they want to.
With the tools I mentioned I can grep out data, sort it by different collums in different ways, yada yadda yada.
Now, I believe this whole conversation started talking about the "joe user". Which is why I mentioned those tools in the first place.
I do agree with you that things get so complicated you need databases (obviously). But the average user probably isn't going need to use a db.
I honestly believe they can get away with the tools I mentioned.
People like visuals, different pretty fonts and all that.. I know, like I said I use to do all the stuff I do now in access, and excel because I didn't relize it was possible another way.
Well, I'm sorry to say your wrong. I do consider my self a pro, I use to use all of the MS office applications (excel, access, word). I have no joke, replaced them with Emacs, join, sort, grep, and cut.
I realize that most Mac users barely use the command line, but I also realize that Mac users are intelligent people. If they wanted to they could figure those commands out. Its really not that hard after you learn the basics of the command line. Its even easier to learn if you tell yourself its easy. In fact go open a terminal in OS X right now, its in the applications directory. Mess around with it, look up some commands on the net.
Now, as far as you Grandma goes.. Well to be quite frank does your Grandma read/.? No? well than I wasn't talking to her. Shit, I would even want to try and teach my Grandmother how to use MS word. If she wants to write a letter she can pick up a pen and paper, nothing wrong with that.
I agree, the average joe does need to be educated that they don't need fancy $500 MS Software.
I don't believe that the tools I mentioned are hard to learn. The average home user isn't using spread sheets and database software, but you could do all of that with the tools I mentioned any way.
People feel they need super office apps, I just want to point out that if they don't:-)
I always liked the idea of the jiffy pop air bag on snl. Crash and you get to eat popcorn! plus it saves your life (not that you just couldn't continue).
Once they are in your system just look out the window at the teenagers in their parents mini van with a a light glow on there pimply face from their laptop.
please remember to proceed with caution when confronting the nerd.
This whole report regarding "stuff rushed to market over quality" reminds of buying fire works at an indain reservation. The guy I went up to was missing 2 fingers. Like I'm going to buy some m-80's from a guy who lost 2 fingers.
So, I wish I could see the state of the computer of the guy who's trying to sell me a computer.
Yale: I say o'l chap it appears you have been poking around in our computers. We can't have you hacking away at our students while they are playing tennis now can we?
Princeton: Good show on that discovery my dear friend. We just simply couldn't resist seeing how similar are credit card transactions were, I dare say we are quite a like in many respects.
Yale: Alright then, as long as its in good fun. I must be getting back to my weekly spa. Ta ta!
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Do penguins like sun?
because, you know I thought they didn't.
actually, I buy from a coffe house the supports coffe bean farmers. Meaning they buy from and support the farmers. But thanks for your assumptions
Yeah, a latte you had to make yourself. Living in the country suxors when you got to make your own lattes if you lived in the city, you could have paid some chump to make one for you.
sorry, man I do that a lot. I need to be a little less trigger finger on that submit button :-)
eh their mate, thats not a light.
Now that's a light.
ORDER! ORDER! I placed an order on Amazon where the hell is my book?!
Find out this and more in,
Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard
PC PVRs?
I don't think PerVeRts will ever be PC
I'm wondering if they have the option to differ my money directly from my paycheck, shit I would gladly replace my money loosing 401k with at&t broad band!
Ok, I'll give the LaTeX argument. I can see how people after not using it for a while would much rather open up word or something. - good point.
:-). and I deal in LARGE amounts of data in which I use to use Access and Excel. I now use the linux tools to manipulate data. Now, it does happen from time to time that things get sooo complicated that I may use Perl, but that is super rare when it comes to that.
However, I work for an online emcomerce company. Not saying wich one
When its all done, the person that needs my data can easily import it into excel if they want to.
With the tools I mentioned I can grep out data, sort it by different collums in different ways, yada yadda yada.
Now, I believe this whole conversation started talking about the "joe user". Which is why I mentioned those tools in the first place.
I do agree with you that things get so complicated you need databases (obviously). But the average user probably isn't going need to use a db.
I honestly believe they can get away with the tools I mentioned.
People like visuals, different pretty fonts and all that.. I know, like I said I use to do all the stuff I do now in access, and excel because I didn't relize it was possible another way.
Well, I'm sorry to say your wrong. I do consider my self a pro, I use
/.? No? well than I wasn't talking to her. Shit, I
to use all of the MS office applications (excel, access, word). I have
no joke, replaced them with Emacs, join, sort, grep, and cut.
I realize that most Mac users barely use the command line, but I also
realize that Mac users are intelligent people. If they wanted to they
could figure those commands out. Its really not that hard after you
learn the basics of the command line. Its even easier to learn if you
tell yourself its easy. In fact go open a terminal in OS X right now, its in the applications directory. Mess around with it, look up some commands on the net.
Now, as far as you Grandma goes.. Well to be quite frank does your
Grandma read
would even want to try and teach my Grandmother how to use MS word.
If she wants to write a letter she can pick up a pen and paper,
nothing wrong with that.
I agree, the average joe does need to be educated that they don't need fancy $500 MS Software.
:-)
I don't believe that the tools I mentioned are hard to learn. The average home user isn't using spread sheets and database software, but you could do all of that with the tools I mentioned any way.
People feel they need super office apps, I just want to point out that if they don't
Given the sad fact that all our politicians (not just in america but worldwide are elected by money)
Not all politicians. Nader does not except any donations from Corporations.
Its called emacs, join, sort, grep and cut.
:-)
Learn these tools my Mac friends and you will not have to shell out $500 for MS Office.
I always liked the idea of the jiffy pop air bag on snl.
Crash and you get to eat popcorn! plus it saves your life (not that you just couldn't continue).
lol, sorry I couldn't help my self (it just sounded funny).
:-)
If I'm reading a book and start to seriously dislike I'll stop. I think its a good habit to get into
I using mine as an apache web server.
/. article :-)
I would post the link but I really think it deserves its own
Sooo why didn't you stop after the first one?
ya big idiot.
Just a side note they left out.
:-)
All three "Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe" will be created using cgi.
If you truly want to stop corporate greed, support the guy that's been fighting it this whole time.
If your fed up with corperate crime:
vist this link
http://www.citizenworks.org/
their users found 95% considered it the most annoying part of the Internet.
/. . Apperently they are all haning out at iVillage thinking its the internet. :-)
Man, no wonder there doesn't seem to be any women on
Once they are in your system just look out the window at the teenagers in their parents mini van with a a light glow on there pimply face from their laptop.
please remember to proceed with caution when confronting the nerd.
This whole report regarding "stuff rushed to market over quality" reminds of buying fire works at an indain reservation. The guy I went up to was missing 2 fingers. Like I'm going to buy some m-80's from a guy who lost 2 fingers.
So, I wish I could see the state of the computer of the guy who's trying to sell me a computer.
Yale: I say o'l chap it appears you have been poking around in our computers. We can't have you hacking away at our students while they are playing tennis now can we?
Princeton: Good show on that discovery my dear friend. We just simply couldn't resist seeing how similar are credit card transactions were, I dare say we are quite a like in many respects.
Yale: Alright then, as long as its in good fun. I must be getting back to my weekly spa. Ta ta!
If I were Bill Gates, I would totaly pay someone to make me one these.