As pointed out many times, turn off Java in the OOo options. It will start a *lot* faster.
I just tested this 5 times with the option on and with the option off. It averaged 10 vs 8 seconds. Twenty percent improvement is nothing to sneeze at generally, but 2 seconds just doesn't give a huge improvement feel.
I will never use an electronic device that forces me to write on it in my own handwriting or any other PDAish grafitti like trash.
My BioPhysics major son uses full-size LE1600 tablet with an 8-hr battery for hand-taking notes in Chemistry, Calculus, Physics, and Biology. He's scanned in the presently needed chapters from his heavier books that he bought for each class and they live in his computer. The keyboard stays in his room and during the day he carries it as a tablet. It'd be damn near impossible to take decent notes in those particular classes on a keyboard, so the handwriting and sketching is valuable. His backpack is way lighter than most of those around him with scanned in chapters and emailed teacher notes in PDF form, and he uses the machine and software to organize his student (and personal) life. About the only MSFT software he uses is OneNote - he otherwise prefers Firefox, using GMail. Between classes, when he has a paper to do, he organizes it and uses the wireless for re"surf"ch, since he has access to the proprietary on-campus-library subscriptions to various technical journals. That bit of hand-written organization saves time in typing longer documents in the evening.
We're all the same people, same manufacturing, same development and design. No one's been fired or left and nothing has really changed from an internal perspective! Just hoping to rid ourselves of some of the IBM bureaucracy and move a little faster now.
Well, it's not IBM. There's quite a few mp3 players out there - there's only one brand offered by Apple.
Now that is a pity, that fingerprint scanner is one really cool feature.
I've found the fingerprint scanner a complete waste of tablet weight and space. It takes only a few seconds to tap in a password to login. Afterwards, any web interaction uses the fine password manager that comes with Firefox.
I think you'll find the 'excepts' are usually the cases that will stop others from taking linux seriously as a replacement for windows, because for them, that 'exception' is the whole reason they use windows in the first place
Those that conciously choose to use Windows because they have researched those "exceptions" and found them the driving factor in their decision, are, well, the exception. The vast majority use it because they got it for "free" on their computer when they bought it, and because they are forced to use it where they work.
One project respects the wishes of copyright owners. The other doesn't give the copyright owners much consideration. Guess which project the majority of Slashdotters supports?
f you wanted people to think about the importance of virtual identity, you could have done so without making a personal rant. The fact of the matter is that it is a personal rant,
Bullshit. To discuss a concern of virtual identity without disclosing his own personal interest in it would be the height of dishonesty. Maybe you're just too used to reading journalists who write without a disclosed agenda, leading you gently by the hand down their path, and making you think the entire time it was all your idea.
Hey, it happens. It happened to me on Slashdot - long ago in a posting far away I had a coveted low(er) slahdot number, back when there were few posts and the server ran on coal-fired-steam. Moved a lot due to job. Lost email account(s). Lost coveted low(er) slashdot number - and preferred nick. Have to live with it - emails to slashdot staff (sounds like something nontreatable, eh?) asking for help went completely ignored - I'm sure more important (to them) things were under due consideration.
The social dynamics of, well, social groups are seldom thought of in advance - planned societies are hard work, and have to have room and workable, and non-bureaucratic process to allow change - they have to evolve, or they eventually die. A proper complaint system that actually considers and resolves people's actual concerns (hey, it's just a name, right?) doesn't exist at Blizzard, nor at Slashdot - and it should. The ability to address grievances, and get desired change, rather than to simply sit around and bitch with no productive visible path for change existant, is what makes a society, real or virtual, advance.
Productivy growth DOES NOT EQUAL percapita real income growth.
The heck it doesn't - nothing else drives per capita growth in a positive direction while a population is increasing!
Arnold Kling is author of Learning Economics.
From his article at TCS: "Labor productivity is perhaps the most important statistic in the economy. Over time, output per worker is what drives wage rates and the standard of living."
"Technological innovation is what drives productivity growth. Kurzweil argues that the rate of technological innovation is doubling every decade, which to me would imply that the rate of productivity growth will double every decade. If annual productivity growth was 3.5 percent in the decade ending in 2005, then it will be 7 percent in the decade ending in 2015 and 14 percent in the decade ending in 2025. By that time, productivity would be more than 7 times what it is today. Thus, if average income per person is $35,000 today, then it will be over $250,000 per person (in today's purchasing power) in 2025."
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One of the goals of the Reagan "Revolution" was to destroy the Unions. One of the tactics was to import compliant, cheap labor. This was supposed to bring us higher growth rates.
From an article at Federal Reserve Bank: "The performance of productivity in the U.S. economy has delivered some big surprises over the last several years. One surprise was in the latter half of the 1990s, when productivity growth surged to average an annual rate of over 3%, more than twice as fast as the rate in the previous two decades. A bigger surprise has been the further ratcheting up...productivity growth averaged around 3.8% for the 2001 through 2004 period."
From TCS: "Annual economic growth in the eurozone has averaged less than 2 percent since 2000. The unemployment rate has averaged 9 percent thus far in 2005, compared to 5.1 percent in the U.S. Half of Germany's unemployed are classified as "long-term" compared to just 12 percent in the U.S."
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I am not sure what you are trying to say or why it was modded insightful.
Because making comments implying US companies (or anything else US) are racist (or anything else negative) gets modded as insightful at slashdot.
Why is it unethical? Because you don't like it? Do you think these foreign workers sould be entitled to some sort of guaranteed wage minimum, comparable to those holding similar skills that are native to the country? Should we have a central committee determining what everyone's value is? Screw that free market concept?
It's already been screwed in many industries by union-forced excessive wages - look at those industries on their ass today because they can't lower their expenses enough to compete with the availability of cheaper, yet sufficiently skilled labor.
Everybody wants cheaper prices - until it's their rice bowl being looked at. Anything that can be done cheaper should be done cheaper - to do otherwise eventually leads to unsupportable economies - look at the (approaching negative) "growth" rate of many of the EU members.
I'm not arguing what the courts have found. I'm arguing what the Constitution SAYS.
Snicker. That's what the courts do - determine the meaning of apllicability of laws and Constitutional edict. Until the Supreme Court says otherwise, or Congress codifies it with new law or Amendment, the law as understood and practiced by the government, as affirmed to date by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, does allow the holding of certain persons without charge - specifically in this (and these) cases, persons engaged in terrorist activity against the United States.
"has even restricted their use to non-US-citizens" Except for ones named Jose Padilla.
Would that be the José Padilla, aka José Rivera, José Alicea, José Hernandez, José Ortiz and finally Abdullah al-Muhajir, after his conversion to Islam under the "guidance" of Adham Amin Hassoun, arrested himself in 2002 after accusations of funding terrorism via a "charity". I want to be sure we're talking about the same guy - the one arrested in May 2002 at O'Hare after leaving the country in 1998 and travelling to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and being accused of trying to set off a dirty bomb after training by al-Queda members?
Yep, you got me - he's a NY born, of Puerto Rican parents, US citizen. We'll just ignore that only a month ago the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Bush does indeed have the authority to detain Padilla without charges, regardless of his citizenship.
If you don't want to be treated as a terrorist, don't take up arms with terrorists.
So, in other words, there's no Constitutional basis whatsoever for the abridgement of due process.
You do yourself poorly by twisting words. There was no statement that due process has been abridged, for either citizens or noncitizens - a military tribunal is not a violation of due process. Not all crimes against the US require trial in the civil court system. The application of a military tribunal has a long history and has never been shown to be in violation of the Constitution. There are many historical precedents for their application, and the current administration has even restricted their use to non-US-citizens, of which historically there has been no such restriction.
The... enemy combatant who without uniform comes secretly through the lines for the purpose of waging war by destruction of life or property, are familiar examples of belligerents who are generally deemed... to be offenders against the law of war subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals.
President Lincoln used military tribunals to try US citizens committing espionage against the Union.
In November 2001 the President authorized the use of military tribunals for non-US-citizens whom the President has determined are engaged in international terrorism that threatens the United States. Historically, he did not need to the non-US-citizen restriction.
Until Congress or the Supreme Court overrides the President this is the approach the administration will take. These illegal combatants will be questioned and tried at the pace the military deems fit, being held and questioned as needed for additional intelligence information. Upon their eventual trial they will be convicted or released.
These people were not acting as citizens of another country. A few countries have asked for release of those who hold their citizenship. The US has taken the postion that each case will be handled individually.
If you don't want to be treated as a terrorist, don't take up arms with terrorists.
it's not an actual threat, you won't be sent to the Gulag (unless you're a Muslim, that is).
Odd. I know quite a few Muslims who are unhappy about US policies, and none of them are in a "gulag". Perhaps you want to paint the US government with a broad brush of hatred of Muslims, leaving out the small matter that the people at Guantanamo were all captured on the battlefield against US soldiers, operating under the control of no nation, not signatories to any of the Geneva conventions, are not US citizens, and in many cases have been shown to have attended training events on terrorism tactics.
But, what the hell - don't let facts and actual threats from terrorism get in the way of pimping for some anti-US "Insightful" points.
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Not for me ... nor for 300 million of my closest friends.
I just tested this 5 times with the option on and with the option off. It averaged 10 vs 8 seconds. Twenty percent improvement is nothing to sneeze at generally, but 2 seconds just doesn't give a huge improvement feel.
My BioPhysics major son uses full-size LE1600 tablet with an 8-hr battery for hand-taking notes in Chemistry, Calculus, Physics, and Biology. He's scanned in the presently needed chapters from his heavier books that he bought for each class and they live in his computer. The keyboard stays in his room and during the day he carries it as a tablet. It'd be damn near impossible to take decent notes in those particular classes on a keyboard, so the handwriting and sketching is valuable. His backpack is way lighter than most of those around him with scanned in chapters and emailed teacher notes in PDF form, and he uses the machine and software to organize his student (and personal) life. About the only MSFT software he uses is OneNote - he otherwise prefers Firefox, using GMail. Between classes, when he has a paper to do, he organizes it and uses the wireless for re"surf"ch, since he has access to the proprietary on-campus-library subscriptions to various technical journals. That bit of hand-written organization saves time in typing longer documents in the evening.
It works very well for him.
Well, it's not IBM. There's quite a few mp3 players out there - there's only one brand offered by Apple.
I've found the fingerprint scanner a complete waste of tablet weight and space. It takes only a few seconds to tap in a password to login. Afterwards, any web interaction uses the fine password manager that comes with Firefox.
Those that conciously choose to use Windows because they have researched those "exceptions" and found them the driving factor in their decision, are, well, the exception. The vast majority use it because they got it for "free" on their computer when they bought it, and because they are forced to use it where they work.
Ahhh ... just a second ... yep - I've got it right here.
Some consider it the beginning of political correctness when the name was changed from the "War Department".
The one that will be most useful?
Captain \Cap"tain\, v. t.
To act as captain of; to lead. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Bullshit. To discuss a concern of virtual identity without disclosing his own personal interest in it would be the height of dishonesty. Maybe you're just too used to reading journalists who write without a disclosed agenda, leading you gently by the hand down their path, and making you think the entire time it was all your idea.
The social dynamics of, well, social groups are seldom thought of in advance - planned societies are hard work, and have to have room and workable, and non-bureaucratic process to allow change - they have to evolve, or they eventually die. A proper complaint system that actually considers and resolves people's actual concerns (hey, it's just a name, right?) doesn't exist at Blizzard, nor at Slashdot - and it should. The ability to address grievances, and get desired change, rather than to simply sit around and bitch with no productive visible path for change existant, is what makes a society, real or virtual, advance.
Not yet - but the UN wants to someday be in charge of "these here Internets".
Excellent care of my pink little body is one thing I'm willing to pay a premium for.
The heck it doesn't - nothing else drives per capita growth in a positive direction while a population is increasing!
Arnold Kling is author of Learning Economics. From his article at TCS: "Labor productivity is perhaps the most important statistic in the economy. Over time, output per worker is what drives wage rates and the standard of living."
"Technological innovation is what drives productivity growth. Kurzweil argues that the rate of technological innovation is doubling every decade, which to me would imply that the rate of productivity growth will double every decade. If annual productivity growth was 3.5 percent in the decade ending in 2005, then it will be 7 percent in the decade ending in 2015 and 14 percent in the decade ending in 2025. By that time, productivity would be more than 7 times what it is today. Thus, if average income per person is $35,000 today, then it will be over $250,000 per person (in today's purchasing power) in 2025."
From an article at Federal Reserve Bank: "The performance of productivity in the U.S. economy has delivered some big surprises over the last several years. One surprise was in the latter half of the 1990s, when productivity growth surged to average an annual rate of over 3%, more than twice as fast as the rate in the previous two decades. A bigger surprise has been the further ratcheting up...productivity growth averaged around 3.8% for the 2001 through 2004 period."
From TCS: "Annual economic growth in the eurozone has averaged less than 2 percent since 2000. The unemployment rate has averaged 9 percent thus far in 2005, compared to 5.1 percent in the U.S. Half of Germany's unemployed are classified as "long-term" compared to just 12 percent in the U.S."
Because making comments implying US companies (or anything else US) are racist (or anything else negative) gets modded as insightful at slashdot.
Why is it unethical? Because you don't like it? Do you think these foreign workers sould be entitled to some sort of guaranteed wage minimum, comparable to those holding similar skills that are native to the country? Should we have a central committee determining what everyone's value is? Screw that free market concept?
It's already been screwed in many industries by union-forced excessive wages - look at those industries on their ass today because they can't lower their expenses enough to compete with the availability of cheaper, yet sufficiently skilled labor.
Everybody wants cheaper prices - until it's their rice bowl being looked at. Anything that can be done cheaper should be done cheaper - to do otherwise eventually leads to unsupportable economies - look at the (approaching negative) "growth" rate of many of the EU members.
Snicker. That's what the courts do - determine the meaning of apllicability of laws and Constitutional edict. Until the Supreme Court says otherwise, or Congress codifies it with new law or Amendment, the law as understood and practiced by the government, as affirmed to date by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, does allow the holding of certain persons without charge - specifically in this (and these) cases, persons engaged in terrorist activity against the United States.
Would that be the José Padilla, aka José Rivera, José Alicea, José Hernandez, José Ortiz and finally Abdullah al-Muhajir, after his conversion to Islam under the "guidance" of Adham Amin Hassoun, arrested himself in 2002 after accusations of funding terrorism via a "charity". I want to be sure we're talking about the same guy - the one arrested in May 2002 at O'Hare after leaving the country in 1998 and travelling to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and being accused of trying to set off a dirty bomb after training by al-Queda members?
Yep, you got me - he's a NY born, of Puerto Rican parents, US citizen. We'll just ignore that only a month ago the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Bush does indeed have the authority to detain Padilla without charges, regardless of his citizenship.
If you don't want to be treated as a terrorist, don't take up arms with terrorists.
You do yourself poorly by twisting words. There was no statement that due process has been abridged, for either citizens or noncitizens - a military tribunal is not a violation of due process. Not all crimes against the US require trial in the civil court system. The application of a military tribunal has a long history and has never been shown to be in violation of the Constitution. There are many historical precedents for their application, and the current administration has even restricted their use to non-US-citizens, of which historically there has been no such restriction.
The ... enemy combatant who without uniform comes secretly through the lines for the purpose of waging war by destruction of life or property, are familiar examples of belligerents who are generally deemed ... to be offenders against the law of war subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals.
President Lincoln used military tribunals to try US citizens committing espionage against the Union.
In November 2001 the President authorized the use of military tribunals for non-US-citizens whom the President has determined are engaged in international terrorism that threatens the United States. Historically, he did not need to the non-US-citizen restriction.
Until Congress or the Supreme Court overrides the President this is the approach the administration will take. These illegal combatants will be questioned and tried at the pace the military deems fit, being held and questioned as needed for additional intelligence information. Upon their eventual trial they will be convicted or released.
These people were not acting as citizens of another country. A few countries have asked for release of those who hold their citizenship. The US has taken the postion that each case will be handled individually.
If you don't want to be treated as a terrorist, don't take up arms with terrorists.
Odd. I know quite a few Muslims who are unhappy about US policies, and none of them are in a "gulag". Perhaps you want to paint the US government with a broad brush of hatred of Muslims, leaving out the small matter that the people at Guantanamo were all captured on the battlefield against US soldiers, operating under the control of no nation, not signatories to any of the Geneva conventions, are not US citizens, and in many cases have been shown to have attended training events on terrorism tactics.
But, what the hell - don't let facts and actual threats from terrorism get in the way of pimping for some anti-US "Insightful" points.
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But if the commander of the vessel decides he wants to use it, he shouldn't need to to worry if he has a mother-may-I from Greenpeace to do so.