As I said in my post, this is her home computer not her office computer. I don't see why she should be told to "get over it" if she's not satisfied with Open Office. For her, it's worth paying the money to get a better product.
Also, I don't like your idea of how to run an IT department. Where I work, we listen to what employees want and try to accommodate them, not the other way around. The price of software and computers is small compared to people costs. If buying software increases productivity, it's generally worth it.
Because she does all the real work at our workplace, we set up the secretary's home computer for her. She wanted an office suite, and we put Open Office on it.
Just yesterday she was telling me that she doesn't like it and wants Microsoft Office (for Word and Excel). Open Office is slow and ugly, according to her, and the default font size in Writer is way too small.
Oh, yeah, the "chick" part. Is that 3 buttons that she's left open in her shirt?
The basic version of the story for lamers is: since manufacturers for commodity hardware haven't built a special hardware channel for reading the physical memory of the system, the device hacks to do the same thing (PCI cards, usb devices, etc.) can be fooled. What a brilliant woman to deduce that! Genius! I wouldn't mind her barefoot and pregnant in my kitchen, if you know what I mean. *wink* *wink*
To be honest though, the sharp knees ruin it for me.
And you'd be right if this was a Canadian subsidiary. But you're wrong -- not through bad logic, but through ignorance. (I'm going to charitably assume that you don't know what you're talking about, instead of being a shill for Google.) One of Ireland's main industries is corporate tax evasion. They are a well known tax haven for multi-nationals. "Irish subsidiary" should set off the same warning bells in your head that "Madeira subsidiary" does.
I just submitted a post suggesting the lynching of the rich, and you reply to suggest a regressive tax system? I hope you're a billionaire trying to con foolish Slashdoters, because the alternative is just too stupid to contemplate.
I pay my taxes. I'm just a regular guy, and it's kind of hard to set up an "off-shore" subsidiary to avoid paying my taxes. When Google cheats on theirs by finding legal loopholes, millions of people like me pay for it. So yeah, fuck you, Google. I want my money back.
On the other hand every other company either does this or wishes they could. It may seem hopeless. But all I can say is that Judge Lynch never fails.
I am Chief Accountant with the National Oil Nigeria PLC (N/Oil) and member of 5 MAN Contract Executive Review Panel (comprising 2 Snr.Staff of CBN and 3 Snr,Staff Of (N/Oil) set up by present Civilian Regime of President Obasanjo. So far we have come across a surplus of the sum of US$27M.(Twenty-seven Million Dollars)which was as a result of deliberate over-invoicing of certain contracts awarded by Contract Award Committee of the cooperation. Also we have one SSI 2001 soundcard.
The last installments due has been paid to the various Contractors, while the said surplus still floats in our Apex Bank waiting Off-shore remittance which we want to carry out right now. As civil servants we not allowed operate foreign account, therefore seek your assistance in providing enabling Bank Account where the Fund would be lodged.
25% of the total Sum is for you 5% for expenses during transaction, and 70% for my colleagues and me. The SSI 2001 soundcard will be included with the 25%.
A friend who is a Staff of World Trading Center (WTC) here in Lagos made your contact available. Please notify me of your acceptance to carry out this transaction through the above E-mail address or fax number.
I decided to contact you base on the fact that I have no foreign partner to assist me in executing the transaction. If you accept to carry out this business with me, please note that my colleague and me will be in your Country to receive the fund together with you, the moment we secure all the necessary approvals.
You should also note that the transaction would only take (14) fourteen working days.
you can also reply me to my private email address:princemikeokoye57@safe-mail.net
The real purpose of an HPV vaccine to to prevent cervical cancer, which can be deadly.
Unless you're gay and you contract HPV-caused anal cancer because nobody told you about the HPV vaccine that could have saved your ass, instead preferring to inaccurately call it a cervical cancer vaccine as a way to dishonestly pressure opponents who were smart enough to know better anyway.
Come on, how many sexually discriminating vaccines can you name off the top of your head? The fact is that there are a hell of a lot of gay men out there with anal cancer from HPV, and a number of straight men without cancer, but who are spreading HPV right and left that would almost certainly benefit from the vaccine. The FDA's lack of approval is silly. And Merck has studies in men going right now which will soon remedy that.
It's not a cervical cancer vaccine. It's an HPV vaccine. Notably, it protects men from contracting and spreading HPV -- so calling it a cancer vaccine is more than passively dishonest, it's actively evil if it fools men into thinking that the vaccine is just for women.
I'm all for vaccinating everyone with this. But the campaign to fool the public by calling it a cervical cancer vaccine deserved to fail. And shame on all the newspapers and news organizations that went along with it. (I'm talking about you, New York Times.)
Well, given a large enough population, it's simple to get a bunch of maximally fecund females together. (Also the intercourse frequency rate you quote mostly includes couples that have been together a while and is more than 2/3rds of the time constrained by the female.) After assuring fecund females, the main problem is sperm production in the male. The average non-smoking, non-drinking, fit 20-something male probably has 2 80% probability shots a day. It drops of fairly quickly after that. But all it takes is one. "Every Sperm is Sacred" as Monty Python would but it. But yes, statistically impossible in general to see any number of kids much above 1000. I wouldn't say that 500-700 is out of bounds at all though.
Hmm. I'm pretty sure that I could produce at least 2000 kids without really trying. Given enough attractive women (assuming 100% inception rate) and still having a day job. Without a day job, if I made it my only effort in life, I could possibly hit 3 times that.
And in case you're wondering, only some of my girlfriends complain about it.
As I'm sure that the Slashdoters here aren't pirates worrying about getting punished for their piracy (they're law-abiding Slashdoters!), I think we should help this developer protect his weeks and months of labor legally. And here's how he should do it:
Attention Users!
Version 2099.0999 X of my software now comes with a special new feature! File deletion! To enable this great new feature, please find a pirated software key on the web and enter it. Any files that you have in "C:\Documents and Settings" will be deleted.
FAQ for possible problems using this great new feature:
Some of my personal files aren't in "C:\Documents and Settings" and weren't deleted! -- At this time any files not in the "Documents and Settings" folder must be deleted by the user manually. We are exploring a great new "Format Drive C:" function for a future release.
But I have a tape backup of all my files! -- The best solution that our users have found for tape backups is fire. Be safe and go for your entire house just in case you've mislaid one or two tapes. Remember to save your pets! They aren't genetically related to you and can't pass on "pirate-genes."
I used a pirated key, but your software didn't delete by files! -- We apologize. Please forward us the offending keys and we will include them in the next release. However, you can still delete your files manually. Be sure to use shift-delete! Also see the above instructions concerning fire.
Yeah, same here. Mine was shipped back last week because of the DVD drive. This is actually the second time I've shipped it back. The first was because of a red circle of light resulting from a firmware upgrade. Fully covered under warranty both times.
Also, it was stolen and sold for rock cocaine once, but the police got it back for me.
I know that spelling, grammar, and punctuation, are lost causes for Slashdot editors, but proper use of quotations is easy. I didn't write the sentence "human trials could start later this year." Nor is it accurate exactly. The only "human trial" starting up later this year is a preliminary study of the effects of fatty acid supplements on autistic children aged 5-7.
Also, I'm not responsible for the story link that pops up a big Printer Dialog when you click it.
It would probably be a bad idea to ever build sentient intelligences that aren't completely subservient to us. I doubt we will. In fact, we'll probably build sentient intelligences just to watch out for and deal with any sentient intelligences that aren't subservient to us.
That's certainly one way of "bringing along the DNA." But since we can already synthesize the polio virus from the recorded genome, there's no reason to think that we'll need to bring along human DNA in any form but electronic -- assuming future technology.
Humans won't make the trip, if we ever do decide to colonize other planets. Instead:
Artificially intelligent computers will make the trip, bringing along only our DNA and sufficient robotics.
When they get there, they will either terraform marginal planets, or genetically engineer the DNA they brought with them into suitable forms. Probably a combination of both.
They'll use system local resources to build more of themselves and set out again.
This is all because of people whining about how violence isn't treated equally with sex on television.
Well, it shouldn't be. Seeing violence doesn't have nearly the social effect that seeing sex on TV does. Seeing TV murders doesn't make people want to commit murders. On the other hand the MTV generation is generation of female sluts and irresponsible little boys.
I knew that reply was coming. Yes, the expert user can force synaptic into running without root privileges. However the new Ubuntu user who tries to start it up is simply going to hit a "enter your password" prompt at the get-go.
The expert Vista user can get around running installation programs as the Administrative user as well. It's the same issue.
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As I said in my post, this is her home computer not her office computer. I don't see why she should be told to "get over it" if she's not satisfied with Open Office. For her, it's worth paying the money to get a better product.
Also, I don't like your idea of how to run an IT department. Where I work, we listen to what employees want and try to accommodate them, not the other way around. The price of software and computers is small compared to people costs. If buying software increases productivity, it's generally worth it.
Because she does all the real work at our workplace, we set up the secretary's home computer for her. She wanted an office suite, and we put Open Office on it.
Just yesterday she was telling me that she doesn't like it and wants Microsoft Office (for Word and Excel). Open Office is slow and ugly, according to her, and the default font size in Writer is way too small.
Obviously he didn't forget to eat while playing.
Oh, yeah, the "chick" part. Is that 3 buttons that she's left open in her shirt?
The basic version of the story for lamers is: since manufacturers for commodity hardware haven't built a special hardware channel for reading the physical memory of the system, the device hacks to do the same thing (PCI cards, usb devices, etc.) can be fooled. What a brilliant woman to deduce that! Genius! I wouldn't mind her barefoot and pregnant in my kitchen, if you know what I mean. *wink* *wink*
To be honest though, the sharp knees ruin it for me.
God, but that was an awesome comment.
And you'd be right if this was a Canadian subsidiary. But you're wrong -- not through bad logic, but through ignorance. (I'm going to charitably assume that you don't know what you're talking about, instead of being a shill for Google.) One of Ireland's main industries is corporate tax evasion. They are a well known tax haven for multi-nationals. "Irish subsidiary" should set off the same warning bells in your head that "Madeira subsidiary" does.
I just submitted a post suggesting the lynching of the rich, and you reply to suggest a regressive tax system? I hope you're a billionaire trying to con foolish Slashdoters, because the alternative is just too stupid to contemplate.
I pay my taxes. I'm just a regular guy, and it's kind of hard to set up an "off-shore" subsidiary to avoid paying my taxes. When Google cheats on theirs by finding legal loopholes, millions of people like me pay for it. So yeah, fuck you, Google. I want my money back.
On the other hand every other company either does this or wishes they could. It may seem hopeless. But all I can say is that Judge Lynch never fails.
Dear Sir,
I am Chief Accountant with the National Oil Nigeria
PLC (N/Oil) and member of 5 MAN Contract Executive
Review Panel (comprising 2 Snr.Staff of CBN and 3
Snr,Staff Of (N/Oil) set up by present Civilian Regime
of President Obasanjo. So far we have come across a
surplus of the sum of US$27M.(Twenty-seven Million
Dollars)which was as a result of deliberate
over-invoicing of certain contracts awarded by
Contract Award Committee of the cooperation. Also we
have one SSI 2001 soundcard.
The last installments due has been paid to the various
Contractors, while the said surplus still floats in
our Apex Bank waiting Off-shore remittance which we
want to carry out right now. As civil servants we not
allowed operate foreign account, therefore seek your
assistance in providing enabling Bank Account where
the Fund would be lodged.
25% of the total Sum is for you 5% for expenses during
transaction, and 70% for my colleagues and me. The SSI
2001 soundcard will be included with the 25%.
A friend who is a Staff of World Trading Center (WTC)
here in Lagos made your contact available. Please
notify me of your acceptance to carry out this
transaction through the above E-mail address or fax
number.
I decided to contact you base on the fact that I have
no foreign partner to assist me in executing the
transaction. If you accept to carry out this business
with me, please note that my colleague and me will be
in your Country to receive the fund together with you,
the moment we secure all the necessary approvals.
You should also note that the transaction would only
take (14) fourteen working days.
you can also reply me to my private email
address:princemikeokoye57@safe-mail.net
Best Regards,
Prince mike okoye.
Come on, how many sexually discriminating vaccines can you name off the top of your head? The fact is that there are a hell of a lot of gay men out there with anal cancer from HPV, and a number of straight men without cancer, but who are spreading HPV right and left that would almost certainly benefit from the vaccine. The FDA's lack of approval is silly. And Merck has studies in men going right now which will soon remedy that.
It's not a cervical cancer vaccine. It's an HPV vaccine. Notably, it protects men from contracting and spreading HPV -- so calling it a cancer vaccine is more than passively dishonest, it's actively evil if it fools men into thinking that the vaccine is just for women.
I'm all for vaccinating everyone with this. But the campaign to fool the public by calling it a cervical cancer vaccine deserved to fail. And shame on all the newspapers and news organizations that went along with it. (I'm talking about you, New York Times.)
A feat to you maybe. But really, there's only one valid way to test my claims. I think it's time to be scientific about this.
Well, given a large enough population, it's simple to get a bunch of maximally fecund females together. (Also the intercourse frequency rate you quote mostly includes couples that have been together a while and is more than 2/3rds of the time constrained by the female.) After assuring fecund females, the main problem is sperm production in the male. The average non-smoking, non-drinking, fit 20-something male probably has 2 80% probability shots a day. It drops of fairly quickly after that. But all it takes is one. "Every Sperm is Sacred" as Monty Python would but it. But yes, statistically impossible in general to see any number of kids much above 1000. I wouldn't say that 500-700 is out of bounds at all though.
Hmm. I'm pretty sure that I could produce at least 2000 kids without really trying. Given enough attractive women (assuming 100% inception rate) and still having a day job. Without a day job, if I made it my only effort in life, I could possibly hit 3 times that.
And in case you're wondering, only some of my girlfriends complain about it.
Attention Users! Version 2099.0999 X of my software now comes with a special new feature! File deletion! To enable this great new feature, please find a pirated software key on the web and enter it. Any files that you have in "C:\Documents and Settings" will be deleted.
FAQ for possible problems using this great new feature:
Funny? It's true. I even made Kotaku.
Yeah, same here. Mine was shipped back last week because of the DVD drive. This is actually the second time I've shipped it back. The first was because of a red circle of light resulting from a firmware upgrade. Fully covered under warranty both times.
Also, it was stolen and sold for rock cocaine once, but the police got it back for me.
I know that spelling, grammar, and punctuation, are lost causes for Slashdot editors, but proper use of quotations is easy. I didn't write the sentence "human trials could start later this year." Nor is it accurate exactly. The only "human trial" starting up later this year is a preliminary study of the effects of fatty acid supplements on autistic children aged 5-7.
Also, I'm not responsible for the story link that pops up a big Printer Dialog when you click it.
It would probably be a bad idea to ever build sentient intelligences that aren't completely subservient to us. I doubt we will. In fact, we'll probably build sentient intelligences just to watch out for and deal with any sentient intelligences that aren't subservient to us.
That's certainly one way of "bringing along the DNA." But since we can already synthesize the polio virus from the recorded genome, there's no reason to think that we'll need to bring along human DNA in any form but electronic -- assuming future technology.
This is all because of people whining about how violence isn't treated equally with sex on television.
Well, it shouldn't be. Seeing violence doesn't have nearly the social effect that seeing sex on TV does. Seeing TV murders doesn't make people want to commit murders. On the other hand the MTV generation is generation of female sluts and irresponsible little boys.
You don't run Vista, do you?
I knew that reply was coming. Yes, the expert user can force synaptic into running without root privileges. However the new Ubuntu user who tries to start it up is simply going to hit a "enter your password" prompt at the get-go.
The expert Vista user can get around running installation programs as the Administrative user as well. It's the same issue.