From TFA: "The search is no more intrusive than officers' examination of a list of phone numbers or the outside of a mailed package, neither of which requires a warrant, Judge Raymond Fisher said in the 3-0 ruling."
I don't see what all the hoopla is all about. They're not opening the emails or reading any content. At least, they should not be.;)
Take your foil hats off...
Cheers. Except that, as far as I know, it's not illegal to post something without a return address on it.
Sorry, pop doesn't cut it for me any more. I suppose if I have a paper due the next day and I have to work on it late at night I can (and do) settle for Mountain Due to help me out for an hour or so thanks to its combination of caffeine and sugar. But overall, I'll take my coffee. In addition to having n times more caffeine, it is also healthier because of less sugar and has been correlated to a decrease in risk in diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, which I am afraid of getting since one of my grandfathers had Parkinson's and my other grandfather had Alzheimer's. Plus, coffee smells better
Their Read Me file in their downloads section reads:
Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office
This file contains important information about the plugin. Please read this information very carefully before you begin.
This software offered by Sun Microsystems will enhance several versions of Microsoft Office (see System Requirements). The following features will be added:
In Microsoft Word, you can open and save text documents in the OpenDocument format.
In Microsoft Excel, you can import and export spreadsheets in the OpenDocument format.
In Microsoft PowerPoint, you can import and export presentations in the OpenDocument format.
You find more information about installation and usage of the plugin in the following paragraphs of this readme file.
Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), or XP
Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003, or the equivalent standalone version of Word
Pentium compatible PC
256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
45 MB available hard disk space Installing
Installing Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office has no known side effect on an installed version of StarOffice or OpenOffice.org.
You need administrator rights for the installation. The plugin is available to all users on the machine where you install the plugin.
Close all other programs before starting the installation.
Change to the folder with the installation files.
Execute the Setup.exe file, or double-click the *.msi file.
Follow the instructions in the Setup dialog. Uninstalling
Use the Control Panel to uninstall Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office. Click "Start - Settings - Control Panel", then click "Add or Remove Software". Select "Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office" and click the button to remove the software.
Note: Your documents in ODF format are not affected by uninstalling the plugin. You can install a software like StarOffice or OpenOffice.org to load your ODF files and save them in other formats. Using the Plugin
Start Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
In Word, the ODF format is available as an additional filter in the file dialog.
An additional toolbar in Excel and PowerPoint shows the icons "Import ODF" and "Export ODF".
Additional menu commands in the File menu are available. The commands are explained in the following sections. To open an OpenDocument file
In Word, choose File - Open. In the dialog, select the file format "ODF Text Document (*.odt)", then select any file with the extension *.odt.
In Excel, choose File - Import ODF Spreadsheet. In the dialog, select any file with the extension *.ods.
In PowerPoint, choose File - Import ODF Presentation. In the dialog, select any file with the extension *.odp. To save or export an OpenDocument file
In Word, choose File - Save or File - Save As. In the dialog, select the file format "ODF Text Document (*.odt)", then enter a name for the file.
In Excel, choose File - Export ODF Spreadsheet. In the dialog, enter a name for the file.
In PowerPoint, choose File - Export ODF Presentation. In the dialog, enter a name for the file.
Note: "Saving" versus "exporting": In Word, you can save the current document directly in the OpenDocument format. In Excel and PowerPoint, you can only export to ODF. When you save to ODF, from that moment on you are working on the ODF document. When you export to ODF, a snapshot of the current document is written to an ODF file, but you still work on the same document that you once opened. To always use the OpenDocument format in Word
If you want to save your text documents always in the OpenDocument format, unless you specify another format,
I read on Sun's page as well as other sites that it provides the ability to export as a PDF, but how, exactly? I've looked through the menus and the save dialogs, but all to no avail.
Not to be modded troll or anything, but I honestly believe that the desktop is dieing out. Except for hard-core gamers and the like, there's no need for a desktop any more. I'm a student at a large (~46,000-48,000 students) public university that costs a fair amount compaired to other public universities, but nowhere near as much as private ones (unless you're from out of state.) The vast majority of my friends don't have desktops. They have laptops. Laptops are not that much slower than desktops, are not much more expensive once you get comparable equipment (like a decent LCD monitor, etc), and easily portable. Plus, they are generally more quiet and draw less power.
Linux, the desktop is dead. Let's target the laptop.
I like albums too. At the same time I realize that most popular "musicians" don't have the ability to create them
That's because they're, as you have said, "musicians." Generally, they're not artists. They're performers. Granted, there are notable exceptions like Radiohead, Prince, and the like, but for people like Justin Timberlake and Brittney Spears, I refuse to call the latter two "artists" because they have demonstrated no artistic creativity nor ability. Hell, they don't even come up with their own dance routines.
This sounds like a brilliant thing, despite all of the rabble about handoffs. It would be phenominal in the sense that I usually only use my phone when I'm at school (University) or at home, either of which I can easily connect to a wireless network. As I don't use my phone too much while I'm driving (and you shouldn't be either. As a passenger, well, that's another matter, but it can still be rude). The place that this could help me out a lot is with SMS and data transfer. As it is, I don't have a text plan and delete all SMS's I receive unless it's from someone that I actually want to talk to. But I never send many texts because it costs me $.05, which can add up. Also, I could finally get those damn pictures off of my Nokia since I refuse to spend money on a stupid cable they should've included.
The casual Linux user within the US will become more empowered and adoption will continue to grow
So says someone who doesn't realize that due to moronic bribes laws, it is illegal to play back DVD's in the US while running Linux. Same goes for several other multimedia codecs that I can't recall which ones. But yeah, due to licinsing and patent laws in the US, it will be a long time until we can legally play DVD's on our desktops. At least, this is to the best of my recollection. Does anyone know of any "legit" programs for Linux that have paid-for CSS keys?
Obviously France, Germany, or pretty much most of Western Europe. Obviously the thousands of people who laid out on the streets in New York City on the eve of our invasion. Obviously me, who said that the only reason why the Americans defeated the British in the late 1700's was because the French came in and toppled colonial governments and replaced them with their own....
I know they're a smaller player, but they're still out there, especially for price-sensitive and energy conscious consumers. How do VIA chips compare to this lot?
Except, of course, that Microsoft would be nuked into the ground on antitrust grounds. Or did you not know that leveraging a monopoly (in this case, operating systems) in order to force ones way into another market (PC sales) is very much illegal?
And how did that huge antitrust result from a few years back?
I would just solve the whole presentation problem (assuming that the chip is not secure) by responding to litigation by responding with "False Adversiting"
Integrated HD audio controller with multi-channel (5.1) AC3 support, enabling a plug-and-play cable-less audio solution
What happened to 7 channel audio? I thought that was one of the critera for HD audio. I guess my family didn't make too big of a mistake when we bought a receiver that can "only" do 6.1 audio and not 7.1, even though the thing doesn't have HDMI inputs/outputs (that might have been a mistake), but fortunately our TV has 2 HDMI inputs and digital optical out.
It's great that these cards are out, but here's one thing that pisses me off. ATI's Cablecard-ready TV Tuner card is only Windows Vista compat. At that, only two of the six flavors of Vista work with it. That means that if you have XP, Linux, or any 4 of the other 6 flavors of Vista, you're SOL if you want to watch digital cable on your computer. Wake me up when we can make use of the hardware video decompressing on either XP or Linux. What I mean is, once we can use either Bluray or ATSC tv tuners.
You *do* realize that if Microsoft stopped dealing with Dell, that Dell would be crippled and die, right? Dell may be huge, but if companies suddenly can't continue using their same programs (as opposed to gradually shifting to different ones,) they're just going to lose their customers to HP and HP's execs will cream their pants. I'd imagine HP's shareholders would be happy as well.
No: If Cuba wants toe embargo lifted, they have to destroy the farmers' lobbyists. Either that, or wait until I run for President in twenty some odd years.
Hate to sound like a troll, tin-foiled hat person, or whatnot, but I'm sure there are still countless documents that are not unclassified yet and never will be from that time frame. And also, how can we actually trust all of these reports when we hear that our intelligence agencies and foreign *ahem Russia, I'm looking at you* agencies that we acquire information from are fabricated? The most prominent example is WMD's in Iraq....
and listen to radio stations that are stationed outside of the US. Lately I've been searching through lists of French radio stations, although I'm sure I'll check out more from England, Germany, and Italy sometime in the next few weeks.
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Is the sound of 100,000 parents rejoicing that their children have finally left their basements.
I don't see what all the hoopla is all about. They're not opening the emails or reading any content. At least, they should not be.
Take your foil hats off...
Cheers. Except that, as far as I know, it's not illegal to post something without a return address on it.
Sorry, pop doesn't cut it for me any more. I suppose if I have a paper due the next day and I have to work on it late at night I can (and do) settle for Mountain Due to help me out for an hour or so thanks to its combination of caffeine and sugar. But overall, I'll take my coffee. In addition to having n times more caffeine, it is also healthier because of less sugar and has been correlated to a decrease in risk in diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, which I am afraid of getting since one of my grandfathers had Parkinson's and my other grandfather had Alzheimer's. Plus, coffee smells better
Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office
This file contains important information about the plugin. Please read this information very carefully before you begin.
This software offered by Sun Microsystems will enhance several versions of Microsoft Office (see System Requirements). The following features will be added:
In Microsoft Word, you can open and save text documents in the OpenDocument format.
In Microsoft Excel, you can import and export spreadsheets in the OpenDocument format.
In Microsoft PowerPoint, you can import and export presentations in the OpenDocument format.
You find more information about installation and usage of the plugin in the following paragraphs of this readme file.
For information about the OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF), see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument
Notes on Installation
System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), or XP
Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003, or the equivalent standalone version of Word
Pentium compatible PC
256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
45 MB available hard disk space
Installing
Installing Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office has no known side effect on an installed version of StarOffice or OpenOffice.org.
You need administrator rights for the installation. The plugin is available to all users on the machine where you install the plugin.
Close all other programs before starting the installation.
Change to the folder with the installation files.
Execute the Setup.exe file, or double-click the *.msi file.
Follow the instructions in the Setup dialog.
Uninstalling
Use the Control Panel to uninstall Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office. Click "Start - Settings - Control Panel", then click "Add or Remove Software". Select "Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office" and click the button to remove the software.
Note: Your documents in ODF format are not affected by uninstalling the plugin. You can install a software like StarOffice or OpenOffice.org to load your ODF files and save them in other formats.
Using the Plugin
Start Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
In Word, the ODF format is available as an additional filter in the file dialog.
An additional toolbar in Excel and PowerPoint shows the icons "Import ODF" and "Export ODF".
Additional menu commands in the File menu are available. The commands are explained in the following sections.
To open an OpenDocument file
In Word, choose File - Open. In the dialog, select the file format "ODF Text Document (*.odt)", then select any file with the extension *.odt.
In Excel, choose File - Import ODF Spreadsheet. In the dialog, select any file with the extension *.ods.
In PowerPoint, choose File - Import ODF Presentation. In the dialog, select any file with the extension *.odp.
To save or export an OpenDocument file
In Word, choose File - Save or File - Save As. In the dialog, select the file format "ODF Text Document (*.odt)", then enter a name for the file.
In Excel, choose File - Export ODF Spreadsheet. In the dialog, enter a name for the file.
In PowerPoint, choose File - Export ODF Presentation. In the dialog, enter a name for the file.
Note: "Saving" versus "exporting": In Word, you can save the current document directly in the OpenDocument format. In Excel and PowerPoint, you can only export to ODF. When you save to ODF, from that moment on you are working on the ODF document. When you export to ODF, a snapshot of the current document is written to an ODF file, but you still work on the same document that you once opened.
To always use the OpenDocument format in Word
If you want to save your text documents always in the OpenDocument format, unless you specify another format,
in Word, choose Tools -
I read on Sun's page as well as other sites that it provides the ability to export as a PDF, but how, exactly? I've looked through the menus and the save dialogs, but all to no avail.
you're looking in the wrong place
There, fixed it for you
As a nice benefit, they know what to do if they run out of grenades.
Not to be modded troll or anything, but I honestly believe that the desktop is dieing out. Except for hard-core gamers and the like, there's no need for a desktop any more. I'm a student at a large (~46,000-48,000 students) public university that costs a fair amount compaired to other public universities, but nowhere near as much as private ones (unless you're from out of state.) The vast majority of my friends don't have desktops. They have laptops. Laptops are not that much slower than desktops, are not much more expensive once you get comparable equipment (like a decent LCD monitor, etc), and easily portable. Plus, they are generally more quiet and draw less power. Linux, the desktop is dead. Let's target the laptop.
That's because they're, as you have said, "musicians." Generally, they're not artists. They're performers. Granted, there are notable exceptions like Radiohead, Prince, and the like, but for people like Justin Timberlake and Brittney Spears, I refuse to call the latter two "artists" because they have demonstrated no artistic creativity nor ability. Hell, they don't even come up with their own dance routines.
This sounds like a brilliant thing, despite all of the rabble about handoffs. It would be phenominal in the sense that I usually only use my phone when I'm at school (University) or at home, either of which I can easily connect to a wireless network. As I don't use my phone too much while I'm driving (and you shouldn't be either. As a passenger, well, that's another matter, but it can still be rude). The place that this could help me out a lot is with SMS and data transfer. As it is, I don't have a text plan and delete all SMS's I receive unless it's from someone that I actually want to talk to. But I never send many texts because it costs me $.05, which can add up. Also, I could finally get those damn pictures off of my Nokia since I refuse to spend money on a stupid cable they should've included.
So says someone who doesn't realize that due to moronic bribes laws, it is illegal to play back DVD's in the US while running Linux. Same goes for several other multimedia codecs that I can't recall which ones. But yeah, due to licinsing and patent laws in the US, it will be a long time until we can legally play DVD's on our desktops. At least, this is to the best of my recollection. Does anyone know of any "legit" programs for Linux that have paid-for CSS keys?
Somebody set us up the bomb
Obviously France, Germany, or pretty much most of Western Europe. Obviously the thousands of people who laid out on the streets in New York City on the eve of our invasion. Obviously me, who said that the only reason why the Americans defeated the British in the late 1700's was because the French came in and toppled colonial governments and replaced them with their own....
I know they're a smaller player, but they're still out there, especially for price-sensitive and energy conscious consumers. How do VIA chips compare to this lot?
And how did that huge antitrust result from a few years back?
But, you see, the thing with Yacht racing is that those people actually have lives...
I would just solve the whole presentation problem (assuming that the chip is not secure) by responding to litigation by responding with "False Adversiting"
What happened to 7 channel audio? I thought that was one of the critera for HD audio. I guess my family didn't make too big of a mistake when we bought a receiver that can "only" do 6.1 audio and not 7.1, even though the thing doesn't have HDMI inputs/outputs (that might have been a mistake), but fortunately our TV has 2 HDMI inputs and digital optical out.
It's great that these cards are out, but here's one thing that pisses me off. ATI's Cablecard-ready TV Tuner card is only Windows Vista compat. At that, only two of the six flavors of Vista work with it. That means that if you have XP, Linux, or any 4 of the other 6 flavors of Vista, you're SOL if you want to watch digital cable on your computer. Wake me up when we can make use of the hardware video decompressing on either XP or Linux. What I mean is, once we can use either Bluray or ATSC tv tuners.
You *do* realize that if Microsoft stopped dealing with Dell, that Dell would be crippled and die, right? Dell may be huge, but if companies suddenly can't continue using their same programs (as opposed to gradually shifting to different ones,) they're just going to lose their customers to HP and HP's execs will cream their pants. I'd imagine HP's shareholders would be happy as well.
No: If Cuba wants toe embargo lifted, they have to destroy the farmers' lobbyists. Either that, or wait until I run for President in twenty some odd years.
Why wasn't my tag "getthefacts" selected? Honestly, that's all this is - a continuation of the "Get The Facts" campaign.
Hate to sound like a troll, tin-foiled hat person, or whatnot, but I'm sure there are still countless documents that are not unclassified yet and never will be from that time frame. And also, how can we actually trust all of these reports when we hear that our intelligence agencies and foreign *ahem Russia, I'm looking at you* agencies that we acquire information from are fabricated? The most prominent example is WMD's in Iraq....
So, when can we expect giant otters to run the world?
and listen to radio stations that are stationed outside of the US. Lately I've been searching through lists of French radio stations, although I'm sure I'll check out more from England, Germany, and Italy sometime in the next few weeks.