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  1. Re:WP is flat out better on HP Drops Microsoft Word in Favor of WordPerfect · · Score: 0
    Word does this too, just click the paragraph symbol. Then you can see the formatting by the style of the symbols if you don't have text.
    But you can't edit anything. What this is referring to is the ability to easily edit things like table widths without having to go through a mass of dialogs. This speeds up input no end. Instead of:

    Go to element -> Hope to select the right bit -> Try again -> Succeed -> Right-Click -> Lose focus -> Find element again -> Right-Click -> Select from Menu -> Enter in new value -> Click OK

    You have:

    Turn on the codes -> Go to entry -> Edit value

    Tho I use MS Word myself and find it OK (Don't want to pay for anything else, don't want to do big downloads on 56k - it has it's many annoying security holes and features which would make me change if there was an easy option) I can see how this would be extremely useful.
  2. Re:wow, MS is brilliant on HP Drops Microsoft Word in Favor of WordPerfect · · Score: 1
    HP, why not just go OpenOffice?
    One simple reason I can think of; support. Maybe they would put StarOffice in, but I doubt it would come with OOo (OpenOffice.org) because they simply do not want to handle support on it.
  3. UA Bar on Mozilla 1.1 Hits The Street · · Score: 1, Informative

    You may find the User Agent Bar useful - http://uabar.mozdev.org/. It has several presets (Moz, NS7/6, IE6/5, NS4.7 and AOL, all with different versions and OSs) and you can enter your own if you want.

  4. Re:For those who miss MSIE look&feel on Mozilla 1.1 Hits The Street · · Score: 0
    ! Backup Mozilla files before you start to screw them.
    Right... If it invloves screwing Mozilla files I don't think I'll bother... Seems too much effort just to get it looking like IE ;).
  5. Re:Who cares? on Pentium 4 2.8GHz · · Score: 0
    I can't stand consoles. They are for kids.

    So Die Hard is for "kids"? Goldeneye? Black & White? Half-Life? Resident Evil? Halo?

    All of those titles are on consoles, and they are just off the top of my head. I wouldn't consider them "kids" games.
  6. One prob... on John Gilmore and Maddog Hall discuss .ORG bids · · Score: 0
    There's only one way to level the playing field: eliminate the current TLD's and force everyone (whether corporation, organization, or individual) to choose a new one from a reasonably large and comprehensive list.
    I see on problem with that - all the advertising, millions of sites and loads of other crap would be needed to be changed, costing loads of money and causing lots of confusion to everybody...
  7. Re:Intels C++ compiler is free on Linux [more] on Benchmark Program Rewritten to Favor Intel? · · Score: 0

    Damnit, trust me not to read it properly!

    Anyway, I can't see any free AMD compiler...

  8. Re:Intels C++ compiler is free on Linux [more] on Benchmark Program Rewritten to Favor Intel? · · Score: 0
    Yes, but that optimises it for the Intel processors...

    Quote from their site:
    The Intel® C++ Compiler 6.0 for Linux makes it easy to get outstanding performance from all Intel® 32 bit processors, including the Pentium® 4 and Intel® Xeon(TM) processors, and the 64-bit Intel® Itanium(TM) processor.The Intel® Compiler provides optimization technology, threaded application support, features to take advantage of Hyper-Threading technology, and compatibility with leading tools and standards to produce optimal performance for your applications. The Intel C++ Compiler delivers leading-edge performance and excellent compatibility, and comes with first-class customer support.
    That wouldn't exactly help with fair benchmarks...
  9. Re:And get TOSsed off the service on Going Back To The Past of the Internet · · Score: 0

    True - I can't really think of a use for shell accounts with those restrictions... Unless they were doing a lot of text-based work? I dunno - never used a shell account meself, and with those restrictions I can't see myself using one in the forseeable future.

  10. Re:How would the four uses you mentioned work? on Going Back To The Past of the Internet · · Score: 0

    Shell accounts aren't useful for everyone, that's for sure. They do - however - have one major use that I can think of right now; people without permanant internet access can use them to run - say - an eggdrop.

  11. Re:The glory days... on Going Back To The Past of the Internet · · Score: 0
    no companies shoving spam and penis enlargement pills down your throat
    You get penis enlargement pills shoved down your throat? The word "horse" comes to mind...
  12. Re:Linux support? on Forty-Speed CD-RW Shootout · · Score: 0

    AFAIK, any CD writer will do. In RH 7 non-SCSI requires you to recompile the kernel, but since I only have one CD-RW drive (which works fine) don't quote me on this ;).

  13. Re:Get some priorities! on BT Loses Case Over Hyperlink Patent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm pretty sure that this is a troll/flamebait, but I'll bite...

    The two matters are completely separate. Just because we are interested in this doesn't mean we don't give a crap about poverty and terrorism and everything else, but it is unrelated. Life goes on. If you stay regretting something which has passed and don't move on then what's the point in living?

  14. BT sucks at the internet! on BT Loses Case Over Hyperlink Patent · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BT sucks with anything remotely to do with the internet. They are slow at rolling out broadband, I can't see my area getting it within the next year, yet they claim to have rights to the hyperlink?
    Makes ya think...

  15. Re:Legalized DOS on Copyright Infringement In the News · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they probably think that the internet is a magical thing which floats in the air, with pixies helping it along! On KaZaA it would also really badly affect SuperNodes - basically it would make the internet really slow for loads of people, in many countries. Surely Congress shouldn't be allowed to make decisions which will ultimately affect the perfectly legal internet-users in other countries. They seem to forget that P2P networks DO actually have legal uses.

  16. Re:Region X - only for UK PS2 users on Consumer Friendly (or Disney Hostile) DVD Players? · · Score: 1

    The Gameshark is basically the NTSC version of the AR2, still made by Datel (the UK company who owns codejunkies.com and all of the Action Replay stuff). Just an FYI...