You must be lucky. Whenever I have a word document with more than a couple of simple pictures, it takes weeks to get to the next page. LaTeX doesn't seem to have too many problems with this though.
If you're writing a short, simple document, why would you use a word processor? Then you have to mess about with manually type-setting, deciding what size your fonts are, which bits are in bold, how many newlines or tabs you put in. Far too much effort for a simple document. That's where something like LyX excels. Also, there is the advantage of it being extremely difficult to produce something horrible looking with LyX, compared to how many horrific messes I've seen done with word. "Comic sans ms" anyone?
>The only problem is that it requires you to remember too many commands.
If you think that, you must be mentally disabled. Seriously.
>Regarless, most people cannot remember all that a cli has to offer unless they use it all day long.
Who cares about most people? I care about myself, and I can use the CLI quickly and effectively.
>IMO, a gui is easier to use when you don't know anything and easier to remember.
If you don't know anything, then you're not going to get very far either way. If you don't want to learn how to use your tools, and you don't care about efficiency or productivity, then that's your problem.
>Most people can't touchtype. They have to look at the keyboard while they are typing to do anything.
Then maybe they should stick to the CLI: it will force them to learn how to type.
I don't see how it is that difficult to competently put together documentation.
I think we should steer away from technical documentation, and start writing stuff aimed at average users, such as "Linux for Idiots" style books or "Linux for the mentally disabled".
But the metric system is terrible. Centimetres are too small, metres are too big, kg are too small, metric tonnes are too big, centilitires are too small, litres are too big. Kilometres is too many syllables. The units are all crap.
The ideal measurement of a drink is the pint. The ideal measurement of weight is the stone. The ideal measurement of (small) distance is the inch. I will never take the metric system seriously until it addresses these issues.
Maybe he likes to be able to sit through a film for 5 seconds without someone's phone going off, or someone standing up in front of them, or someone farting, or someone talking, or someone throwing things at him, or someone giving away the plot etc.
No, he didn't. The fact that he knows something about what was in it is pure coincidence.
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Erm, I seem to be under the impression that the moon isn't geostationary. You'd need a much bigger area than that. You'd need a strip all round the world so it could receive all day.
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You must be lucky. Whenever I have a word document with more than a couple of simple pictures, it takes weeks to get to the next page. LaTeX doesn't seem to have too many problems with this though.
If you're writing a short, simple document, why would you use a word processor? Then you have to mess about with manually type-setting, deciding what size your fonts are, which bits are in bold, how many newlines or tabs you put in. Far too much effort for a simple document. That's where something like LyX excels. Also, there is the advantage of it being extremely difficult to produce something horrible looking with LyX, compared to how many horrific messes I've seen done with word. "Comic sans ms" anyone?
I don't know about you, but I'd rather press a couple of keys than navigate my way through irritating menus and dialogue-boxes.
Much more user-friendly and intuitive than bash.
Erm, how is the user going to "guess" that they have to right-click on the root window in order to change the resolution?
If you don't know they're names, then how do you know where you're supposed to be going?
Just like those women who went unveiled in Afghanistan are nasty criminals deserving of criminal records.
Fuck off and die.
>The only problem is that it requires you to remember too many commands.
If you think that, you must be mentally disabled. Seriously.
>Regarless, most people cannot remember all that a cli has to offer unless they use it all day long.
Who cares about most people? I care about myself, and I can use the CLI quickly and effectively.
>IMO, a gui is easier to use when you don't know anything and easier to remember.
If you don't know anything, then you're not going to get very far either way. If you don't want to learn how to use your tools, and you don't care about efficiency or productivity, then that's your problem.
>Most people can't touchtype. They have to look at the keyboard while they are typing to do anything.
Then maybe they should stick to the CLI: it will force them to learn how to type.
>does not crash
Sorry, but that's not a selling point. The fact that XP is advertised as not crashing just shows MS's previous incompetence.
>generally more suited to business and (especially) software development.
Can you elaborate on this?
I don't see how it is that difficult to competently put together documentation.
I think we should steer away from technical documentation, and start writing stuff aimed at average users, such as "Linux for Idiots" style books or "Linux for the mentally disabled".
It wouldn't be too difficult.
But the metric system is terrible. Centimetres are too small, metres are too big, kg are too small, metric tonnes are too big, centilitires are too small, litres are too big. Kilometres is too many syllables. The units are all crap.
The ideal measurement of a drink is the pint. The ideal measurement of weight is the stone. The ideal measurement of (small) distance is the inch. I will never take the metric system seriously until it addresses these issues.
Maybe he likes to be able to sit through a film for 5 seconds without someone's phone going off, or someone standing up in front of them, or someone farting, or someone talking, or someone throwing things at him, or someone giving away the plot etc.
Jesus Christ you are a miserable twat.
Erm, if you're going to boycott countries for having Draconian laws, you're going to be boycotting every single country ever.
Then use different ports. And how do they find out anything from the origin port? Isn't that randomly assigned?
In that case, why don't they charge by bandwidth?
And if Company A has an absolute monopoly on the product in question...?
What? Doesn't your calculator have a ! function?
And what's so good about RPN? It makes no sense at all.
I'd like to introduce you to Mrs Gander, because I hate you so much.
It wouldn't need to be bigger. As long as the rays are sent in a straight line, it makes no difference. It's not like there's any air in the way.
No, he didn't. The fact that he knows something about what was in it is pure coincidence.
Erm, I seem to be under the impression that the moon isn't geostationary. You'd need a much bigger area than that. You'd need a strip all round the world so it could receive all day.
Who cares if they know any of that? All you mean to them is an entry in a big database.
All they're going to do with the information is market to you, and try and sell you things that you might actually want.
So this is only going to work if people use MSN messaging to tell people "I really like advert X"?