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  1. Maslows hierarchy of needs on eGovOS 3 Announced · · Score: 1

    "The essential human trait is desire for liberty. Second to this is desire for security. Unfortunately these two desires are often mutually exclusive."

    Really? I would have thought food, shelter etc. were a little bit higher up on the list.

  2. Re:Selling Free Software on Red Hat Posts Its Best Quarter Yet · · Score: 1

    Absolte rubbish, public domain (or BSD) are free because anyone can do what they like with them.

    GPL isn't free because it places restrictions on what people can do with it.

    Big difference.

  3. Re:SO 6.1 beta has PDF output on MS vs. Open Source Office Suite Compatibility · · Score: 1

    Can't show you the code directly sorry, but if you download the SDK and look at TextDocuments.java this covers most of the bits (ie. inserting text, replacing bookmarks, filling tables and so on).

    I can show you the saving to PDF bit though....

    XStorable xStorable = (XStorable)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XStorable.cla ss, xDoc);
    PropertyValue[] storeProps = new PropertyValue[1];
    storeProps[0] = new PropertyValue();
    storeProps[0].Name = "FilterName";
    storeProps[0].Value = "writer_pdf_Export";

    xStorable.storeToURL(storeUrl, storeProps)

    where xDoc is your xComponent (your document). It's all a little tricky, but once you've got your head around it it becomes a lot clearer.

  4. Re:SO 6.1 beta has PDF output on MS vs. Open Source Office Suite Compatibility · · Score: 1

    Yep, it's an incredibly handy feature especially when programmed via UNO.

    Entirely from within my java programs I can open a writer template, fill it with data and then store it as a PDF.

    This is with OpenOffice.org1.1RC3.

  5. Re:Mayan Apocalypse on Armageddon... in 2014. Almost. · · Score: 1

    According to the Mayan Prophecies it's more to do with the cycles of the sun rather than asteriods, although whether that's coincidence or not is another matter.

  6. Re:silence! on Australian Court Doubles CD Importers' Fines · · Score: 1

    What, the australian penal colonies?

  7. Re:Specialized computers on Supercomputers To Move To Specialization? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think I hear your mommy calling you, better run along now...

  8. Re:Why this is sick... on Pentagon Lets You Bid on Terrorism? · · Score: 1

    Which "they" are you talking about there?

  9. Re:White House Obfuscates Email? on White House Obfuscates Email · · Score: 1

    Because obviously democracy's only for people above a certain IQ. While you're at it it would seem that perhaps it should be restricted to, say, white male landowners. It's what the founding fathers wanted isn't it?

  10. Re:OT: +1 Troll on AOL Lays Off 50 Netscape Coders · · Score: 1

    And you're proud of that?

  11. Re:TigerDirect are SCUM on Will Microsoft Subsidize WinXP For Lindows Buyers? · · Score: 1

    Plus the fact that he's just posted them on a public website probably wont help the spam problem.

  12. Re:What about Acorn on Celebrating 26 Years of the Apple ][ · · Score: 1

    Late 80s, early 90s?
    What about the Acorn Atom,BBC Micro and Electron, all from the early 80's and definately not RISC.

  13. Why not help yourself? on NASA Launching Two Mars Rovers in June · · Score: 1

    I hear there are quite a lot of people in the USA without medical cover, why not spend the money on that?

  14. EBCDIC on Universal Ebook Format Debated · · Score: 1

    Pah, Ascii. I want them in EBCDIC.

  15. Re:Language implications on GPS Used To Monitor Continental Drift · · Score: 1

    Heresy! The earth is obviously flat.

  16. Rhodesia on IBM Launches Linux Desktop in India · · Score: 1

    Was that North or South Rhodesia?

  17. Re:teh on Chinese Moon Base by 2012 - or 2006? · · Score: 1

    So what's a tranposition then?

  18. teh on Chinese Moon Base by 2012 - or 2006? · · Score: 1

    Learn to spell a three letter word you moron, it's THE.

  19. Name One on SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement? · · Score: 1

    "Since most of the great ideas are invented in the open source community - "

    Please name one.

  20. Re:Corporations are at fault? on Asia Running Out Of IP Addresses · · Score: 1

    "We have 30 guys running through a single linksys router hooked up to a cable modem, and we're thankful for that. "

    Must be all that hazing we've been hearing so much about.

  21. Re:gimmie a break on HTML: Is it Art? · · Score: 1

    No, it's a formatting code, you can call HTML programming as much as you can call RTF programming, or ANSI escape sequences.

  22. Re:No Blood for Water on Bombing the Moon for Water · · Score: 1

    ...but I though global warming was a eurotrash conspiracy? At least get your propoganda straight, comrade.

    PS: If you're still feeling gung-ho, USA-Number 1 then take a look at this and let me know what you think.

  23. Re:VMS on Itainum on Windows Server 2003 Is A Small Step Forward · · Score: 1

    For VMS, I would have thought that you won't be running it on commodity hardware, pretty much like how nowadays it's run on alpha system's supplied by HP, in the future it'll be itanium systems provided by HP.

  24. VMS on Itainum on Windows Server 2003 Is A Small Step Forward · · Score: 1

    Ummm, how wrong can you be. Assuming Itaniums (or their decendants) are still going to be around in 20 years, VMS will be running on it, they've already managed to boot the port and should be commonly available soon. How many people that actually use it is another question though.

  25. Re:Socialist idiocy on EFF Lawyer Argues For Compulsory Music Licenses · · Score: 1

    No, no, you're very much mistaken. Doesn't matter what it really is, if it's bad then it's socialism and if it's good its the American Way.

    Don't forget, you're either with us or against us.