Positive, apart from that one time when it crashed hard
That was my issue:-) It's back to the days of MacWrite 1.0 wrt stability. MSWord hasn't lost work for me recently (since the horrible "fast save" in previous versions which corrupted files) but OO has.
When the document got to 40 pages the paste graphics consistently crashed - so what I have to do now is open a blank OO document, paste from PrtSrcn into that, then copy from that into the actual document. Bizarre! I suspect it has something to do with automatic reformatting or something like that (i.e. happens after the paste itself).
Is there a "debug" version available, and a debugger comparable in quality to visual studio with which to track down the bug? That is one area in which it could trounce closed source software if it was organised right...
Offering OpenOffice as an alternative to MS Office, on the other hand, can be compelling
AFAIK there are arguments on both sides, with the word processor anyway.
MSword - can paste graphics from the clipboard (PrtScrn) without crashing, unlike OO. Has an outline mode unlike OO. Supports "Table of Contents" instead of mysteriously deleting it each time you select "Update Index and Tables" unlike OO. More mature, although tables within tables took years to happen (Netscape supported them ages before MSword IIRC).
OO - has a much more sane file format. Has "Export to PDF" as standard. Cheaper.
Watch "Jamies Dinners" on UK tv and be shocked by the terrible quality of school food here (turkey twizzlers etc.) - reheated processed junk.
Lots of cheese is high in fat. Over the last few week I've given up mozarella, gruyere, roquefort, emmenthal, stilton, brie, camembert, feta and just stuck to cottage cheese (which is mostly water:-) and it does seem to help. But oh the humanity! Edam and Gouda I don't miss as much:-) (flavourless dutch cheeses!)
At school I used to have (and make my own) peanut butter (no jam) sandwiches or vegemite sandwiches, which can't have been that healthy. At least they didn't force feed kids sugar water like they do in the USA.
IIRC The euro coins are the "leftover" sizes. All the good sizes were taken by 15 or so countries whose vending machines had to co-exist with the new coins. Maybe in a decade or so when national coins are less common they could resize all the euro coins to be sensible, like they did with the UK coins in the 1990s. The only thing that might improve the current UK set would be if the 2 cent coin had a hole in it, cos that would be cute.
My local paper had a front page on the line for the star wars 3 tickets last week. Well, the *one guy* who turned up at midnight when the tickets went on sale that is.
And, looking at the picture of his ticket, it was free seating anyway:-)
My devkit doesn't work with XP SP2 - the USB port goes bye-bye after a while and the PC refuses to talk to the target hardware. I uninstalled SP2 and hey, it works again. Thanks a lot guys:-/
At the UK cinemas I visit it is always 20 mins (10 mins of commercial + 10 mins of trailer) so I turn up at the time the movie starts, or the trailers start (if I'm looking forward to a trailer). It has been like that for decades. What catches me out now is if I go to a concert (which starts on the dot).
The former Prime Minister of New Zealand had his home address and home phone number in the phone book, under
Muldoon, Rt. Hon Sir Robert.
But it seems this is not the case with the current one.
Public figures seem more worried about nutters these days.
$39 if the US charity has the same efficiency as the UK charity "78 pence out of every pound goes to the children" (2% on administration and 20% on fundraising - UK budget £50 million).
By comparison Oxfam UK which has nothing to do with the UN claims 82% goes on programs (budget £120 million) but their administration slice is 5%.
Have you tried to dial an outside line from the USA? Those funny digits (e.g. 44 for United Kingdom, 81 for Japan, 61 for Australia) are allocated by the organisation in question (the ITU), not just made up by Sprint and AT&T. The ITU predates the rest of the UN by decades (founded 1865) and predates the telephone let alone the internet.
It may well be a power grab on the telecomms administrators part, but I can understand why they feel it is grabbable (whether its a good idea or not is another question).
If US companies (Network Solutions etc.) screw up the internet then they would make such a power grab easier.
I have to say I'd still never heard of it, and I read the games charts quite often.
Ah (quick google), I see its some sort of free download patch to a sequel to a first person shooter (named after quite a good Apple 2 game), not one of the most famous film licenses of all time:-)
I'm slightly surprised the others in the office don't seem to play it - they are always playing battlefield vietnam (and formerly counterstrike) during the lunch hour.
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That was my issue :-) It's back to the days of MacWrite 1.0 wrt stability. MSWord hasn't lost work for me recently (since the horrible "fast save" in previous versions which corrupted files) but OO has.
When the document got to 40 pages the paste graphics consistently crashed - so what I have to do now is open a blank OO document, paste from PrtSrcn into that, then copy from that into the actual document. Bizarre! I suspect it has something to do with automatic reformatting or something like that (i.e. happens after the paste itself).
Is there a "debug" version available, and a debugger comparable in quality to visual studio with which to track down the bug? That is one area in which it could trounce closed source software if it was organised right...
But then the dutch contribution to world cuisine is salt licorice sticks and FEBO satay croquettes, and the world said no :-)
AFAIK there are arguments on both sides, with the word processor anyway.
MSword - can paste graphics from the clipboard (PrtScrn) without crashing, unlike OO. Has an outline mode unlike OO. Supports "Table of Contents" instead of mysteriously deleting it each time you select "Update Index and Tables" unlike OO. More mature, although tables within tables took years to happen (Netscape supported them ages before MSword IIRC).
OO - has a much more sane file format. Has "Export to PDF" as standard. Cheaper.
Watch "Jamies Dinners" on UK tv and be shocked by the terrible quality of school food here (turkey twizzlers etc.) - reheated processed junk.
Lots of cheese is high in fat. Over the last few week I've given up mozarella, gruyere, roquefort, emmenthal, stilton, brie, camembert, feta and just stuck to cottage cheese (which is mostly water :-) and it does seem to help. But oh the humanity! Edam and Gouda I don't miss as much :-) (flavourless dutch cheeses!)
At school I used to have (and make my own) peanut butter (no jam) sandwiches or vegemite sandwiches, which can't have been that healthy. At least they didn't force feed kids sugar water like they do in the USA.
I've seen hollywood films. Everyone knows that if you ignore the police like that, they will just shoot you in the back. Or is that just the LAPD?
Just stopping in the USA for one hour at LAX between flights is a crime sufficient for them to fingerprint you these days (and take your photo).
IIRC The euro coins are the "leftover" sizes. All the good sizes were taken by 15 or so countries whose vending machines had to co-exist with the new coins. Maybe in a decade or so when national coins are less common they could resize all the euro coins to be sensible, like they did with the UK coins in the 1990s. The only thing that might improve the current UK set would be if the 2 cent coin had a hole in it, cos that would be cute.
IIRC at some strip nights in the UK you can actually buy US$1 bills for the strippers.
Caucasian.
But you can see that Patrick Moore really really wants to :-) he often says "thousand million" rather than (USian) billion anyway.
And, looking at the picture of his ticket, it was free seating anyway :-)
My devkit doesn't work with XP SP2 - the USB port goes bye-bye after a while and the PC refuses to talk to the target hardware. I uninstalled SP2 and hey, it works again. Thanks a lot guys :-/
I thought Xbox2 was getting rid of the Hard Disk anyway...
I'm sure the Kings Arms on Poland Street or Club XXL can help you there...
At the UK cinemas I visit it is always 20 mins (10 mins of commercial + 10 mins of trailer) so I turn up at the time the movie starts, or the trailers start (if I'm looking forward to a trailer). It has been like that for decades. What catches me out now is if I go to a concert (which starts on the dot).
Um, Michael Jackson?
The former Prime Minister of New Zealand had his home address and home phone number in the phone book, under
Muldoon, Rt. Hon Sir Robert.
But it seems this is not the case with the current one.
Public figures seem more worried about nutters these days.
By comparison Oxfam UK which has nothing to do with the UN claims 82% goes on programs (budget £120 million) but their administration slice is 5%.
It may well be a power grab on the telecomms administrators part, but I can understand why they feel it is grabbable (whether its a good idea or not is another question).
If US companies (Network Solutions etc.) screw up the internet then they would make such a power grab easier.
Ah (quick google), I see its some sort of free download patch to a sequel to a first person shooter (named after quite a good Apple 2 game), not one of the most famous film licenses of all time :-)
I'm slightly surprised the others in the office don't seem to play it - they are always playing battlefield vietnam (and formerly counterstrike) during the lunch hour.
Are most slashdot posters actually bots?
For input "France" output "We surrender".
For input "UN" or "ITU" or "WHO" or "FAO" or "UNHCR" output "oil for food!"
For input "microsoft" output "suxxor"
So the game that sunk Atari is fun as a retro title? That's a new one on me.
Um, Japan in the Meiji era?
Shit, they gave a medal to the terrorist Alain Mafart (Knight of the Order of Merit) and a parade for Dominic Prieur.
That was the government actually ordering terrorism, leading to actual convictions.
So yeah, the French state supported terrorism.
The USA on the other hand surrendered to Somalia, North Vietnam, North Korea (they still have a captured US ship).