Meteor: A meteoroid is a large sand to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar system. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is a meteor.
Repeate after me: it WAS a meteor, it WAS a meteor...
The comments in the link you provided do not seem valid to me. The explanation says that the features in OpenXML are voluntary - not using them or implementing them in different way does not break ISO complience.
This is common practice because applications can innovate to create more optimum
justification algorithms, and it would not be appropriate for the standard to limit such innovation. Instead, the
goal of paragraph justification is described, and the algorithms are then left to the implementer to create.
On the other hand ODF explicitelly requires implenting features not described in the standard:
The above settings all affect how the document is rendered, and not a single one of them is defined in the ODF
specification. They are unique to OpenOffice, and someone would need to go look at the OpenOffice
documentation if they wanted to display the document in exactly the same way.
First, it would be interesting to know how KOffice or AbiWord deal with such features. Second, the source code for OOo is open. So it is actually possible to look up how UseFormerObjectPositioning was implemented in OOo 1.1. Third, the complaint about OOo vs. MSOffice interoperability usually is that the documents do not "look the same" in both. The ODF attempts to avoid this and states "in order to be compliant, all implementation must produce the same output". What good is an ISO standard if the documents are compliant but do not look the same? Is that interoperability?
On Windows, I believe you can "attach" to a running process with a debugger. On Unix, if you want to debug, you have to start the app in a debugger, because once it's running, the app's memory is its own.
That's why man gdb says:
You can, instead, specify a process ID as a second argument, if you want to debug a running process:
gdb program 1234
An implementation of the protected store functionality will allow applications like Firefox, Thunderbird and gpg to have one common place to obtain private keys and certificates rather than maintaining their own individual key-stores.
So have them all use libgpg or something. But what is the advantage?
FAQ. There is no libgpg, and probably never will be.
I kindly reject your request that I learn computer programming
Nobody asks you to learn computer programming. However every system owner that gets hammerred by spam and worm attacks originating from your computer, would be gratefull, if you learn more than just how to format a document.
As long as you care only about your text processor and ignore the malware that accumulates on your system, you are a threat to others. Of course, in ideal world, we would have secure OS that does not suffer from malware. But we are not there yet. So untill that happens, please, learn about computers. Know what services you run, learn how to disable them, learn how to notice unusual traffic, learn that nobody in Nigeria wants to send you money, and that stock option aren't going to explode in a few hours. It will help you, and it will help us.
I should be able to run the word processor of my choice and the email client of my choice REGARDLESS OF PLATFORM.
I think I get what you're trying to say, but the "should be" clause bothers me. It sounds like you think you have some kind of entitlement to a world where computing works exactly the way you would like it to.
Actually, yes, we have that entitlement. It is called "being a customer". As a customer I dictate what the software should look like - unless MS abuses it's monopoly position. Actually all we want, is MS not to put roadblocks in front of us.
Seamless 100% integration with market leading desktop products is essential, otherwise the barrier to entry is unreasonably high and the cost of Linux adoption is infeasible. This means working perfectly with Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, SQL Server, MS Project, Photoshop, Illustrator, WordPerfect, Quickbooks, ACT!, etc.
Can you explain how a marketing dept. is supposed to solve that? Marketing are the people that sends ad spots to TV and newspapers. They attend shows and fairs and persuade customers to buy their stuff. Do you think a marketing person can get the spec for MS Project file format from MS?
Shovelware/crapware... has to work out of the box flawlessly when they pop the CD in.
Bringing CD from a shop is so 20th century. Nowadays everyone installs crapware from Internet. It works so long as the crapware is written for Linux. The hassle is, supposedly, diversity of Linux distros. If crapware authors coded against LSB - it would get them long way forward. Do you expect the marketing dept. to call crapware authors saying "code against LSB! LSB! LSB!" ?
Copy&Paste - worked for me since 1996 - for text, I admit. But again how is marketing dept. supposed to help that?
I double checked the Vista product page, and it's so easy to understand that a trained monkey could choose the right version of Vista.
The Win XP Home edition does not have access to filesystem security settings (ACLs) in Explorer (only using cacl.exe command line). Can you say from the Vista product page whether Vista Home edition has that or not?
That is what I'd expect in product's technical description. Not "Most secure Windows ever".
I'm too lazy... so... just go to some microsoft-sponsored study and paste here something about high productivity, best compatibility, collaboration, great ROI and low TCO... or something...
Troll. If you complain about Linux CLI commands not being intuitive, compare them to Win CLI (how is "del" more intuitive than "rm"?). Or compare Linux GUI to Windows GUI. Your grandmother did not get Windows handling imprinted in genes. She learned it. Going from Windows GUI to Linux GUI is not more difficult than going from Linux GUI to Windows GUI. Starting from zero there is no advantage picking Linux or Windows.
If you want to just pop in a CD/DVD you can try Live-CD distros. The "need to compile" is a myth. You can do it if you want, but you are not forced to. You can use kpackage, synaptic or countless other tools to install software withou any commandline. No searching on web, no starting setup.exe and clicking Next-Next-...-Finish-Reboot-Register-Activate. Most folks don't "want to download programs or shove in a disc and have a Window pop up that guides them through the installation process". They want the program to be there - with least troubles as possible. You don't need _instructions_ how to install SW on Linux. You give it a name and click "get it". The download&installation happens behind the scenes.
What does "zip" mean to Joe Average Computer User? How many windows users know that it came from PkWare Zip program for DOS? And why would Linux users need to know what tarball is?
MS provides a search interface that allows applications to register there file types as searchable
WTF? If I create a text file that has name "meeting.minutes" - then it won't be found because "minutes" is not registered searchable? What about "project1.todo" or "interesting.urls" or file with no extension at all? Do you always only use "approved" filename extensions?
Afghanistan and Iraq for start. The attack in Somalia is in my opinion a war act as well. US is this > < close to engaging military operations in Iran and Syria. You can argue that the military activities "protect interests of US" or are "justified" but as long as US soldiers fight in foreign countries and they do not wear blue helmets and the letters UN - they are at war.
Is occupation war? Methinks not.
You think wrong.
occupation - the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
war -
A contest between nations or states, carried on by force,
whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing
wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition
of territory, for obtaining and establishing the
superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any
other purpose;
(It is ridiculous how many links returns googling for "USA war")
This is just a stupid idea if anything. The purpose of a rootkit is to make a very hidden hole into a system. Doing this requires reprogramming and setting up the system in that nobody can diagnose itself.
The idea is that the rootkit is not perfect. If the diagnostic tool says: "found", you know there is a problem. If it says "not found" you don't know anything. Just like you did not knew before running the tool.
I live in Colorado. I don't give two hoots about houses being designed for earthquake surviveability or tidal wave warning systems. Why should I pay for research into these areas?
Perhaps because you will like to go for holidays in California and you don't want the hotel building collapse on your head? Or because your son will perhaps like moving there? Perhaps your parents might live there?
I'm in good health: why should I pay for surgery for someone who can't afford medical care?
Because you might need surgeon tommorrow. You might be unconscious in the hospital bed and everybody around (including surgeons) would say: "It's not my problem that he was hit by a bus. Why should I care?"
I'm young: why do I care about age discrimination?
Because you won't be young forever. And when you will be old, it will be too late pushing your agenda, because it goes in effect after you are dead.
Same mindset.
I guess you won't like hearing this on a transatlantic flight: "Dear passengers we are leaving US airspace. We have fuel only for 2 hours, but captain says that every plane returns to earth at some point." People should consider consequences of their actions even if it does not affect them right here, right now.
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Repeate after me: it WAS a meteor, it WAS a meteor ...
You can, instead, specify a process ID as a second argument, if you want to debug a running process:
gdb program 1234
FAQ. There is no libgpg, and probably never will be.The only thing that could be in danger is the protocol described in RFC 1149
But it drives the users to Linux - good.
I'm confused.
Can you explain how a marketing dept. is supposed to solve that? Marketing are the people that sends ad spots to TV and newspapers. They attend shows and fairs and persuade customers to buy their stuff. Do you think a marketing person can get the spec for MS Project file format from MS?
Bringing CD from a shop is so 20th century. Nowadays everyone installs crapware from Internet. It works so long as the crapware is written for Linux. The hassle is, supposedly, diversity of Linux distros. If crapware authors coded against LSB - it would get them long way forward. Do you expect the marketing dept. to call crapware authors saying "code against LSB! LSB! LSB!" ?
That is what I'd expect in product's technical description. Not "Most secure Windows ever".
I'm too lazy ... so ... just go to some microsoft-sponsored study and paste here something about high productivity, best compatibility, collaboration, great ROI and low TCO ... or something ...
If you want to just pop in a CD/DVD you can try Live-CD distros. The "need to compile" is a myth. You can do it if you want, but you are not forced to. You can use kpackage, synaptic or countless other tools to install software withou any commandline. No searching on web, no starting setup.exe and clicking Next-Next-...-Finish-Reboot-Register-Activate. Most folks don't "want to download programs or shove in a disc and have a Window pop up that guides them through the installation process". They want the program to be there - with least troubles as possible. You don't need _instructions_ how to install SW on Linux. You give it a name and click "get it". The download&installation happens behind the scenes.
What does "zip" mean to Joe Average Computer User? How many windows users know that it came from PkWare Zip program for DOS? And why would Linux users need to know what tarball is?
occupation - the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
war - A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose;
(It is ridiculous how many links returns googling for "USA war")
It's almost like it's a natural cycle.
I bet that if dinosaurs could do something about their extinction, they would try.