But Slashdot readers are more likely to manage their own sites which would be candidates for using Open ID, which makes Slashdot potentially more valuable.
Other things also factor into my financial choices -- like fees, privacy policies, interest rates, etc. I have to say that multi-browser compliance is fairly far down the list when I'm picking a credit card. I have told them I'd prefer to use Firefox, and that's the most I'm willing to do at the moment
Yahoo videos don't work in Firefox -- Netscape 4.7 or IE only, according to the error page. And two of my three credit card banking sites require IE to render correctly, though I can still pay my bill online with Firefox if I wade through the warning messages and jumbled layout.
Sure. Sign your name to your work. But, to continue with your metaphor, sign your name to the finished document. No need to sign the scribbles on napkins, rough drafts and Post-it notes.
I can't see, much less access any network in my neighborhood, and I live in an urban area. When I'm out and about with my laptop, I have noticed that most networks are now password-protected. This is much different from two years ago, when almost every network was wide open.
I used to run an open access point, but I had too many people abusing it with p2p, and trying to hack my internal network, etc.
Not all of us live in cardboard apartments, with 25 other apartments within Wi-fi reach. And by the way -- the people you're leaching off of? They're paying for broadband.
Odds are most people in your position already own the music they already know they like. So you're not exactly a target audience for any of the online stores. Some of us, however, are open to new experiences
You can stream all the artists at Magnatune for free. I'd be surprised if you don't find several that you like. Regardless of personal taste, they are high quality artists.
First, Hilary, there are plenty of iTunes-like places to get mp3s that will play on your iPod. How about emusic.com, magnatune.com, mp3tunes.com, just to name three, all of which are uncontroversially legal, and offer fantastic artists and DRM-free mp3s.
But the big lie being told here is that only RIAA-sanctioned can provide audio for your listening pleasure. There are literally thousands of artists offering their music for free online, and there are countless other ways to capture audio, including recording live shows and radio broadcasts, podcasts, and whatever else pleases the little hairs in your ears that turn sound waves into brain waves.
Come on now... what is OO "better" at? For some things, it's as good, for other things it's not as good, for some things it's useless. I haven't found anything it's "better" at.
I'm in the same spot you are. Would love to ditch MSO -- and have on a couple of machines, but I am frustrated by the imperfect.doc translations as well as other things:
1. No good templates
2. Outlines -- even bullet lists -- don't translate properly to/from Word
3. Buggy handling of jpegs
4. Interface (icons, toolbars, etc.) looks amateur.
5. Illogical menu placements -- try to find how to adjust margins. Nope. Try another menu. Nope try another menu. Thanks for playing.
Am I missing something? I don't want a collection of applications or development tools (several of which do look promising, by the way). I want a web-based Outlook. So how do I use Horde to access my calendar, email and contacts from various computers. Is anyone hosting a Horde portal yet?
Bleh. I use the Yahoo calendar at work. It's OK. But I want a GoOOogle calendar. Because I want to keep my contacts, search results, etc., in one place. And I really dislike Yahoo mail, at least the free version.
I never have the rendering issues with any versions of Word that I have with Open Office. (I have three versions of Office on Mac/PC). Is it Microsoft's fault that their formats are difficult to reverse-engineer? You bet. But when I need to create a professional business document that can be shared and edited by others, I will continue to use Microsoft software and formats to do so. I was hoping that OO.o v2 would change things, but the beta isn't much better than v1.x
Compatibility at 99%? Please. For me it's 20%, as in 20% of the MS Office documents I attempt to open in OO. Writer can't even do bullet points correctly. Or tables. Or inserted graphics. I'm frustrated about it, and I'm an OO.o evangelist.
I have converted to OO at home, but I would say only 20% of my old MS Office documents open perfectly in OO. Jpegs don't display properly or at all (a black rectangle instead), tables end up with overlapping fields, text is definitely not WYSIWYG, margins are incorrect, and that's just text documents.
I know, MS is evil with their proprietary document types, blah blah, etc., well, oil companies are evil too. Good luck filling your car with hydrogen or biodiesel on your road trip to Vegas.
Any idea how fast a satellite moves in "a few seconds?" You'd have to be taking huge images in order to have them correlate individual features a few feet across.
Good point, bad example. Coca and cola are both generic words. Adding a hyphen is not exactly inventive. It's the equivalent of lemon-ade, ginger-ale, etc.
How can one simultaneously report on news and create news?
It's not news until it's reported. Remember your high school physics? An observer changes the system. It is impossible for a reporter to bring you the news without interacting with the story, which changes its dynamic. Some do this well, some do it poorly. Some do it ethically, some create their news from their own imaginations. But there is no such thing as pure objective journalism, except perhaps the weather.
Slashdot Mirror
But Slashdot readers are more likely to manage their own sites which would be candidates for using Open ID, which makes Slashdot potentially more valuable.
Other things also factor into my financial choices -- like fees, privacy policies, interest rates, etc. I have to say that multi-browser compliance is fairly far down the list when I'm picking a credit card. I have told them I'd prefer to use Firefox, and that's the most I'm willing to do at the moment
Yahoo videos don't work in Firefox -- Netscape 4.7 or IE only, according to the error page. And two of my three credit card banking sites require IE to render correctly, though I can still pay my bill online with Firefox if I wade through the warning messages and jumbled layout.
Sure. Sign your name to your work. But, to continue with your metaphor, sign your name to the finished document. No need to sign the scribbles on napkins, rough drafts and Post-it notes.
I can't see, much less access any network in my neighborhood, and I live in an urban area. When I'm out and about with my laptop, I have noticed that most networks are now password-protected. This is much different from two years ago, when almost every network was wide open.
I used to run an open access point, but I had too many people abusing it with p2p, and trying to hack my internal network, etc.
Not all of us live in cardboard apartments, with 25 other apartments within Wi-fi reach. And by the way -- the people you're leaching off of? They're paying for broadband.
Odds are most people in your position already own the music they already know they like. So you're not exactly a target audience for any of the online stores. Some of us, however, are open to new experiences
begging for dollars on Slashdot... in other words, Congratulations! Your funds will be arriving shortly, I'm sure.
You can stream all the artists at Magnatune for free. I'd be surprised if you don't find several that you like. Regardless of personal taste, they are high quality artists.
First, Hilary, there are plenty of iTunes-like places to get mp3s that will play on your iPod. How about emusic.com, magnatune.com, mp3tunes.com, just to name three, all of which are uncontroversially legal, and offer fantastic artists and DRM-free mp3s.
But the big lie being told here is that only RIAA-sanctioned can provide audio for your listening pleasure. There are literally thousands of artists offering their music for free online, and there are countless other ways to capture audio, including recording live shows and radio broadcasts, podcasts, and whatever else pleases the little hairs in your ears that turn sound waves into brain waves.
I'm one more person who doesn't use iTunes, primarily for this reason.
Most other programs (not just word) have it in the file or the edit menus.
Interesting. I create some fairly complex documents, and the only Word crashes I've seen in the last five years were due to macro viruses.
Come on now... what is OO "better" at? For some things, it's as good, for other things it's not as good, for some things it's useless. I haven't found anything it's "better" at.
I'm in the same spot you are. Would love to ditch MSO -- and have on a couple of machines, but I am frustrated by the imperfect .doc translations as well as other things:
1. No good templates
2. Outlines -- even bullet lists -- don't translate properly to/from Word
3. Buggy handling of jpegs
4. Interface (icons, toolbars, etc.) looks amateur.
5. Illogical menu placements -- try to find how to adjust margins. Nope. Try another menu. Nope try another menu. Thanks for playing.
Am I missing something? I don't want a collection of applications or development tools (several of which do look promising, by the way). I want a web-based Outlook. So how do I use Horde to access my calendar, email and contacts from various computers. Is anyone hosting a Horde portal yet?
Bleh. I use the Yahoo calendar at work. It's OK. But I want a GoOOogle calendar. Because I want to keep my contacts, search results, etc., in one place. And I really dislike Yahoo mail, at least the free version.
What's next? Hopefully a calender. I'd love a free online replacement for Outlook.
I never have the rendering issues with any versions of Word that I have with Open Office. (I have three versions of Office on Mac/PC). Is it Microsoft's fault that their formats are difficult to reverse-engineer? You bet. But when I need to create a professional business document that can be shared and edited by others, I will continue to use Microsoft software and formats to do so. I was hoping that OO.o v2 would change things, but the beta isn't much better than v1.x
Compatibility at 99%? Please. For me it's 20%, as in 20% of the MS Office documents I attempt to open in OO. Writer can't even do bullet points correctly. Or tables. Or inserted graphics. I'm frustrated about it, and I'm an OO.o evangelist.
I have converted to OO at home, but I would say only 20% of my old MS Office documents open perfectly in OO. Jpegs don't display properly or at all (a black rectangle instead), tables end up with overlapping fields, text is definitely not WYSIWYG, margins are incorrect, and that's just text documents.
I know, MS is evil with their proprietary document types, blah blah, etc., well, oil companies are evil too. Good luck filling your car with hydrogen or biodiesel on your road trip to Vegas.
Any idea how fast a satellite moves in "a few seconds?" You'd have to be taking huge images in order to have them correlate individual features a few feet across.
It does affect his writing -- if you have read the Homeworld or Alvin Maker series.
Good point, bad example. Coca and cola are both generic words. Adding a hyphen is not exactly inventive. It's the equivalent of lemon-ade, ginger-ale, etc.
How can one simultaneously report on news and create news? It's not news until it's reported. Remember your high school physics? An observer changes the system. It is impossible for a reporter to bring you the news without interacting with the story, which changes its dynamic. Some do this well, some do it poorly. Some do it ethically, some create their news from their own imaginations. But there is no such thing as pure objective journalism, except perhaps the weather.