expect everything from font selection, to headers and footers, to paragraphs, photo layout, etc., will need re-done in the other simplistic software. In short, it'll import, but editing and saving in a non-MS format will have problems. Expect MS to treat it like ANSI text.
Actually, as WordML and Open Document are both XML variations, I would expect it to be doable with a VERY BIG transform. I'm personally not that proficient, though.
It's a pretty well-documented issue in Firefox regarding "tab-leakage" or something. Comes when you keep a session open for a while and open and close a lot of tabs. Try the following suggestions:
Don't forget, Oregon is also the state where they both give you a tax credit for buying a hybrid, but charge you double for annual vehicle registration if you try to license one.
In general, the time to switch platforms in any direction is when you've finally got everything running smoothly on your current platform of choice after some major disaster.
Excellent point. In our house, my wife's laptop (P3@750) was getting to be a pain, and the wireless network connection was flighty, even after changing cards and WAPs. Her brother had given her his old iMac a month before, but we hadn't even powered it up yet. Once the network was going fine, she took the initiative in moving to the iMac (G4@450 with 1GB of RAM).
Dumped everything across the LAN from the notebook to a share in the basement. Laptop power kept dropping out for no reason. Wired up the iMac to the house net (found the broadband connection instantly), downloaded Quicken from Intuit, installed NeoOffice, and there's been no looking back. Just got a new digital camera - plugged it in and it was there. The iPod mini needed no help either.
Doesn't help much that affiliates like WRBW in Orlando would rather show fucking NBA games than the network content that they supposedly signed on for. When 1/3 your markets vanish on any given week, it's hard for ANY show to maintain decent numbers.
I willl henceforth call it the "Sunday Night Football" Syndrome. Really, the number of decent shows that got cancelled because of what can only be called "taking one for the team" scheduling is amazing. Legendary case-in-point: Futurama. You know that scheduling is a problem when you can cancel a show, yet still have an entire season's episodes laying around that nobody's seen, because they were all pre-empted.
And don't get me started on how they cut back from national pre-emptions (Presidential speeches, etc.) to say that "we now join 'Soon-To-Be-Gone', already in progress." WHAT BOZO STARTED THE TAPE UP FOR A SHOW THAT NOBODY WAS GOING TO SEE?
If he wasn't kicked out from Apple, NeXT would no doubt have Mac application compatibility.
I worked at a high school Mac/NeXT computer lab in the early 90s. We had 16 NeXT workstations, and were able to use a program called "Executor" by Ardis Software to run Mac apps on the NeXT station. Since the NeXTs were running on 68030/68040 chips, this wasn't a big leap.
Actually, as an ISV, if you want to put the shiny "Designed for Windows XP" sticker on your application, you have to pass a few Microsoft-administered tests.
Some criteria:
1) When app installs, all file and registry changes are contained in app directories and reg keys, unless such changes constitute system upgrades (MDAC, etc.) Start menu, etc. excluded.
2) App is fully usable under "user" level account (no write-backs to protected dirs, or HKLM registry).
3) App is fully usable under "fast user switching"
4) App cleanly fully uninstalls.
Actually, the full list is much longer, but the point is that MS gives brownie points to the dev. firms that can make apps run under "user" permissions. My guess is the game firms don't care about that level of certification, but for corporate-level apps, it makes all the difference. If you pass all of those tests, you can generally be assured of running under Citrix, Terminal Server, REALLY "locked down" desktops, etc.
I live in the Tri-City area, too, and was around to watch the first attempt go down two years ago. It really hurt to watch it go down again. The mailbombing was just as fierce as last time.
My wife and I both told everyone we could to vote for it, but the masses were (in general) fooled again.
Come on! I can't get my four year old to stop touching the laptop screen. Unless you mount some plexiglass over the front of it, plan to be staring at some pretty nasty fingerprints, gouges, and discolorations for quite a while.
Glass is hard.
Also: cords are a good thing. They will guarantee that the mouse will never really walk far from the computer.
I'll have to dig for the info, but about two years ago I remember that Phillips instituted a $4/player fee for playing VCD titles. Apex was one manufacturer that balked and dropped VCD support in the middle of a model run - the Apex 1200. The result that was the first batch had built-in VCD support, but models after-the-fact with a yellow sticker over the "VCD" logo did not.
And before you start typing your rebutal to my comment, let me add that I think it was stupid of the legislative branch to vote in favor of providing an option for the executive branch to make war....
I think Jon Stewart on the "Daily Show" had recently said something to the effect of: "I think that Congress had agreed with the doctrine of 'Speak softly and carry a big stick' and voted to give the president a stick. They didn't expect him to turn around and use it right away."
Not an exact quote, but close enough to the point.
Actually, I hadn't considered the idea until you mentioned it, and then ANOTHER idea came to mind...
Instant diversion.
If I wanted to actually get anything illegal accomplished, the best opportunity would be to cause an unrelated commotion a few miles away. If my activities themselves cause commotion (bombing, etc.) then law enforcement is tied up somewhere else. If my activities are quiet, the risk of getting caught is dramatically lower since there's less coverage at MY location.
Kinda like in "Smokey and the Bandit". Create your own diversion.
There's actually a small bug (fixed) in Windows XP where if you set your own net to NOT broadcast SSID, but configure your card to that SSID, the card will still periodically try to bind with the nearest station that DOES do SSID.
No. I get too much tv shoved in my face in restraunts,...
Fair enough. We don't watch too much TV at home - half an hour a day, tops. If we go out to eat someplace where there's a TV set, my 4yo daughter goes into 'zombie-land' and it's almost impossible to get her to eat or talk. It doesn't matter what it is: sports, CNN, etc. She just fades out on us.
"Johnny Carson, America's popular talk-show host, loved to affectionately mimic Carl - one of his favorite guests - by saying "billions and billions," until everyone associated it with Carl. Yet Carl never said that precise phrase in public until years later.
He grew quite tired of it. I remember a concert for Planetfest, a Planetary Society celebration of space exploration in 1981. He spoke about space exploration while accompanied by music conducted by John Williams, and inevitably had to use the word "billions." As soon as he did, tittering broke out in the audience. He glared at the offenders and continued."
Seriously, I would LOVE to use "Sagan" as a unit of counting "billions" or something.
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Actually, as WordML and Open Document are both XML variations, I would expect it to be doable with a VERY BIG transform. I'm personally not that proficient, though.
It's a pretty well-documented issue in Firefox regarding "tab-leakage" or something. Comes when you keep a session open for a while and open and close a lot of tabs. Try the following suggestions:
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When Oregon pushed this through a couple of years ago, there was a lot of complaining on it - guess "the people were heard!"
Thanks all! Good to hear that sanity sometimes prevails.
Like this.
Excellent point. In our house, my wife's laptop (P3@750) was getting to be a pain, and the wireless network connection was flighty, even after changing cards and WAPs. Her brother had given her his old iMac a month before, but we hadn't even powered it up yet. Once the network was going fine, she took the initiative in moving to the iMac (G4@450 with 1GB of RAM).
Dumped everything across the LAN from the notebook to a share in the basement. Laptop power kept dropping out for no reason. Wired up the iMac to the house net (found the broadband connection instantly), downloaded Quicken from Intuit, installed NeoOffice, and there's been no looking back. Just got a new digital camera - plugged it in and it was there. The iPod mini needed no help either.
I willl henceforth call it the "Sunday Night Football" Syndrome. Really, the number of decent shows that got cancelled because of what can only be called "taking one for the team" scheduling is amazing. Legendary case-in-point: Futurama. You know that scheduling is a problem when you can cancel a show, yet still have an entire season's episodes laying around that nobody's seen, because they were all pre-empted.
And don't get me started on how they cut back from national pre-emptions (Presidential speeches, etc.) to say that "we now join 'Soon-To-Be-Gone', already in progress." WHAT BOZO STARTED THE TAPE UP FOR A SHOW THAT NOBODY WAS GOING TO SEE?
I worked at a high school Mac/NeXT computer lab in the early 90s. We had 16 NeXT workstations, and were able to use a program called "Executor" by Ardis Software to run Mac apps on the NeXT station. Since the NeXTs were running on 68030/68040 chips, this wasn't a big leap.
Kinda neat running Word 5.1 on a NeXT box!
Some criteria:
1) When app installs, all file and registry changes are contained in app directories and reg keys, unless such changes constitute system upgrades (MDAC, etc.) Start menu, etc. excluded.
2) App is fully usable under "user" level account (no write-backs to protected dirs, or HKLM registry).
3) App is fully usable under "fast user switching"
4) App cleanly fully uninstalls.
Actually, the full list is much longer, but the point is that MS gives brownie points to the dev. firms that can make apps run under "user" permissions. My guess is the game firms don't care about that level of certification, but for corporate-level apps, it makes all the difference. If you pass all of those tests, you can generally be assured of running under Citrix, Terminal Server, REALLY "locked down" desktops, etc.
I'm game, too! Shipping is the big killer with CRT-style monitors, so if you've got extra and are close to the Chicago area, I want in!
tubgirl? Not safe for work?!?
.... anyone.
Seriously, not safe for
Can't be long though before the Chinese start making DVD TV recorders.
Apex has a cheap one out. DRX-9200. They were going for under $100 with rebates over Christmas.
I live in the Tri-City area, too, and was around to watch the first attempt go down two years ago. It really hurt to watch it go down again. The mailbombing was just as fierce as last time. My wife and I both told everyone we could to vote for it, but the masses were (in general) fooled again.
Glass is hard.
Also: cords are a good thing. They will guarantee that the mouse will never really walk far from the computer.
I'll have to dig for the info, but about two years ago I remember that Phillips instituted a $4/player fee for playing VCD titles. Apex was one manufacturer that balked and dropped VCD support in the middle of a model run - the Apex 1200. The result that was the first batch had built-in VCD support, but models after-the-fact with a yellow sticker over the "VCD" logo did not.
The Microsoft "Works Suite" includes a full and working copy of Word. It's Word 2002, but the going rate is ~$30 US.
Also: a discussion on Techreport.com on how to change the RDC listening/sending port, and a bunch of other RDC related info/links: here
I can see my house from here!!!
I think Jon Stewart on the "Daily Show" had recently said something to the effect of: "I think that Congress had agreed with the doctrine of 'Speak softly and carry a big stick' and voted to give the president a stick. They didn't expect him to turn around and use it right away."
Not an exact quote, but close enough to the point.
Instant diversion.
If I wanted to actually get anything illegal accomplished, the best opportunity would be to cause an unrelated commotion a few miles away. If my activities themselves cause commotion (bombing, etc.) then law enforcement is tied up somewhere else. If my activities are quiet, the risk of getting caught is dramatically lower since there's less coverage at MY location.
Kinda like in "Smokey and the Bandit". Create your own diversion.
Funny comparo of an iPod vs. cassette tape: here...
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Welcome our... nah, it's been done.
Ars link here.
Fair enough. We don't watch too much TV at home - half an hour a day, tops. If we go out to eat someplace where there's a TV set, my 4yo daughter goes into 'zombie-land' and it's almost impossible to get her to eat or talk. It doesn't matter what it is: sports, CNN, etc. She just fades out on us.
We don't eat at those places much.
Seriously, I would LOVE to use "Sagan" as a unit of counting "billions" or something.