Personally, I think you're both right. EDS messed up a lot of contracts, and then HP bought them and institutionalized the practice of messing up contracts.
Geeze, I remember back in the... probably eighties... an VI emulator in Emacs. The Emacs squids (all two of them) were selling it hard as superior to native VI in every way. So I tried it... and it was pants. In order to use it effectively, you had to be skilled in both Emacs *and* VI, which kind-of negates the purpose. I didn't use VI because I thought it was superior, I used it because it was ubiquitous. Having to learn Emacs so that I can use a VI emulator is insanity.
> Emacs and its Lisp extensions are great, unbelievable it was made more than 30 years ago with no successful "competitor"
There's a reason for that. When your user base is a tiny, although fanatic, fraction of the editing public, there isn't really room for a lot of different products.
As an admin in the early days I had to support Emacs and Jove (because one version of Emacs was apparently not enough...) because three of our programmers used it. The rest of us used VI, not because VI was "the best", but because VI was adequate and because in a heterogeneous environment if it was Unix, it had VI. It's nice not having to carry around your own private operating system just to edit documents.
True, breaking Microsoft's stranglehold will require a shift in corporate culture.
Yes. And that shift might be Tablets in the enterprise. I'm in IT for a large company, and we're scrambling to provide support for Apple and Android tablets because that's what the execs want and who are we to argue with the guys who sign our checks?
The thing is, not even the most pointy of pointy haired bosses around here thinks that Windows 8 tablets are a good idea, so we have to provide Office compatibility without actual Office. There are several solutions, but the POINT is, none of them are from Microsoft.
That, I think, is the motive force to finally break the stranglehold. Put simply: Because corporate users will want Office on appliances that Microsoft does not support. (Or more accurately, in a field of appliances in which Microsoft has no significant penetration.)
I assume both twins are guilty. With ovemr a dozen cases it looks like always one was commiting a crime and the other one tried to fabricate an alibi.
Doesn't change the solution. If both twins are guilty, a detailed DNA analysis will still be necessary to pin the correct crime to the correct twin. You don't get to be convicted just because you probably committed some of a list of crimes.
That is nonsense: If both stay silent, maybe end up with time served 'cause they can't be sure it which of you it was. You can not convict someone on that base.
Supposed I was innocent. Then according to the DNA evidence my twin did it. When he and I stay silent, they still don't know who it was. So the first paragraph of all "constitutional states": innocent until proven otherwise comes to play.
I think you're right. Even in France.
So given T-(rather short)-FA, it seems like the French authorities have two choices. (1) Go to court with what they have, and in all probability both twins will go free. (2) Pony up the money for a proper DNA test and convict the twin responsible.
> Could it be that the way the government contracts are structured and micromanaged by government agencies is the problem and not the contractor or their programmers?
And I'm REALLY going to find out what it's like to not buy a ticket and to do something else that weekend, and watch all my nerd friends retching the next day. Just sayin'.
I'm not exactly sure what is supposed to be special about Surface, but people only appear to dance with them. I could see a lot of screens getting broken.
Yeah. I don't dance, so the device is probably not for me. Oh well.
NEC LCD2490WUXi2-BK 24"...if you can find one. I bought mine used about six months ago for surprisingly little when my NEC 19 inch tube monitor finally bit the dust. It's color accurate and 1200 pixels tall. (I have a hard time working on "HDTV" monitors. They're too short.) It's a little thicker and heavier than modern flatscreens, but I don't mind at all.
According to TFA, the car was "adapted for disabled drivers" and later on it talks about a "speed dial" which had given him problems before. So, it looks like it didn't have the controls we normally think a car should have.
Interesting about the ignition nevertheless. I'm not sure how they work
I'm still using Office 2000. Works fine on Windows 7.
Really? I'd quite like to know how you got it working. I tried to do the same, but it would crash constantly, usually whenever I'd use the clipboard or shortcuts (which I do constantly, so it was completely unusable).
I decided to try and stick it out with the Office Starter 2010 that was included with my computer and use Office Ad Blocker. I don't need anything more than Word and Excel anyway.
Aside from the minor annoyance of an unavoidable notice informing me that I can't create frozen cells every time I open one of my time sheets (the starter edition can see and work with them, it just can't create them), I've found that it has some nice additions. To my shock, I don't even mind the ribbon and, in some cases, even prefer it (*gasp*... I know)
At work I'm required to use Office 2007. I don't either like or dislike the ribbon. I resented it at first because I couldn't find anything. But you can learn anything given enough time. I can use it now but I truly don't see any benefit. It's just different.
Ironically, at work I have Office 2007 on Windows XP, because the company decided not to upgrade to Vista and hasn't yet rolled out Win7. (And incidentally, they've decided to skip Win8.) At home I'm running Win7, but with my personal copy of Office 2000.
As to how I got it working, I don't remember. I didn't have to screw with it a lot, or it would have made an impression on me. I'm running Win7 Pro at home, and it's possible that I configured the Office 2000 utilities to use XP compatibility mode. But I'm just speculating, because I truly do not remember.
Or, we could all stick with a previous version of Office, and Microsoft can go screw. I'm still using Office 2000. Works fine on Windows 7.
I was just thinking maybe the most recent LibreOffice would actually give you more value? While MS Office is the gold standard, LO might already be past Office 2000.
True, but why upgrade (or sidegrade or whatever) when what I have works fine for my purposes. The free MS plugin that allowed Office 2000 to open docx files made it even less important to look for a replacement. This will continue until I run into a problem. I'm not an OS hobbyist -- I don't replace vital utilities for fun.
I agree with the rest, but I'm a little disturbed about keeping my docs in cloud storage. I don't want to have to look for a network connection on the road in order to get at my docs. It's bad enough that I need a cell signal to use navigation.
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Personally, I think you're both right. EDS messed up a lot of contracts, and then HP bought them and institutionalized the practice of messing up contracts.
Geeze, I remember back in the... probably eighties... an VI emulator in Emacs. The Emacs squids (all two of them) were selling it hard as superior to native VI in every way. So I tried it... and it was pants. In order to use it effectively, you had to be skilled in both Emacs *and* VI, which kind-of negates the purpose. I didn't use VI because I thought it was superior, I used it because it was ubiquitous. Having to learn Emacs so that I can use a VI emulator is insanity.
> Emacs and its Lisp extensions are great, unbelievable it was made more than 30 years ago with no successful "competitor"
There's a reason for that. When your user base is a tiny, although fanatic, fraction of the editing public, there isn't really room for a lot of different products.
As an admin in the early days I had to support Emacs and Jove (because one version of Emacs was apparently not enough...) because three of our programmers used it. The rest of us used VI, not because VI was "the best", but because VI was adequate and because in a heterogeneous environment if it was Unix, it had VI. It's nice not having to carry around your own private operating system just to edit documents.
Ok, in a perfect world.
It's still emacs.
True, breaking Microsoft's stranglehold will require a shift in corporate culture.
Yes. And that shift might be Tablets in the enterprise. I'm in IT for a large company, and we're scrambling to provide support for Apple and Android tablets because that's what the execs want and who are we to argue with the guys who sign our checks?
The thing is, not even the most pointy of pointy haired bosses around here thinks that Windows 8 tablets are a good idea, so we have to provide Office compatibility without actual Office. There are several solutions, but the POINT is, none of them are from Microsoft.
That, I think, is the motive force to finally break the stranglehold. Put simply: Because corporate users will want Office on appliances that Microsoft does not support. (Or more accurately, in a field of appliances in which Microsoft has no significant penetration.)
I assume both twins are guilty. With ovemr a dozen cases it looks like always one was commiting a crime and the other one tried to fabricate an alibi.
Doesn't change the solution. If both twins are guilty, a detailed DNA analysis will still be necessary to pin the correct crime to the correct twin. You don't get to be convicted just because you probably committed some of a list of crimes.
Yes you can.
> What possible "genetic test" is being proposed that could differentiate between the brothers?
That could be the premise of a David Cronenberg film.
That is nonsense:
If both stay silent, maybe end up with time served 'cause they can't be sure it which of you it was.
You can not convict someone on that base.
Supposed I was innocent. Then according to the DNA evidence my twin did it. When he and I stay silent, they still don't know who it was. So the first paragraph of all "constitutional states": innocent until proven otherwise comes to play.
I think you're right. Even in France.
So given T-(rather short)-FA, it seems like the French authorities have two choices. (1) Go to court with what they have, and in all probability both twins will go free. (2) Pony up the money for a proper DNA test and convict the twin responsible.
> Could it be that the way the government contracts are structured and micromanaged by government agencies is the problem and not the contractor or their programmers?
Um, no. It's both.
Or that HP sucks as a software company.
Or maybe it turned out exactly the way they intended. I mean hey, HP made $50M on the deal.
And I'm REALLY going to find out what it's like to not buy a ticket and to do something else that weekend, and watch all my nerd friends retching the next day. Just sayin'.
That's it, I'm out.
Do not want to see an aging Han Solo sitting in a bar bragging about his glory days and complaining about his jedi bitch ex-wife.
Actually, that could be entertaining. Not for 88 minutes, though.
I'd pay money just to see that.
> Make another vaccine (or possibly something in pill form), that increases that second enzyme, and makes hangovers less and less painful!!
Hell, just add it to the drink.
I disagree. I think this will hurt sales more than anything.
I don't own an ipad for this very reason and I won't be the owner of a surface pro either, apparently.
Me too, for exactly that reason.
I'm not exactly sure what is supposed to be special about Surface, but people only appear to dance with them. I could see a lot of screens getting broken.
Yeah. I don't dance, so the device is probably not for me. Oh well.
NEC LCD2490WUXi2-BK 24" ...if you can find one. I bought mine used about six months ago for surprisingly little when my NEC 19 inch tube monitor finally bit the dust. It's color accurate and 1200 pixels tall. (I have a hard time working on "HDTV" monitors. They're too short.) It's a little thicker and heavier than modern flatscreens, but I don't mind at all.
According to TFA, the car was "adapted for disabled drivers" and later on it talks about a "speed dial" which had given him problems before. So, it looks like it didn't have the controls we normally think a car should have.
Interesting about the ignition nevertheless. I'm not sure how they work
Really? I'd quite like to know how you got it working. I tried to do the same, but it would crash constantly, usually whenever I'd use the clipboard or shortcuts (which I do constantly, so it was completely unusable).
I decided to try and stick it out with the Office Starter 2010 that was included with my computer and use Office Ad Blocker. I don't need anything more than Word and Excel anyway.
Aside from the minor annoyance of an unavoidable notice informing me that I can't create frozen cells every time I open one of my time sheets (the starter edition can see and work with them, it just can't create them), I've found that it has some nice additions. To my shock, I don't even mind the ribbon and, in some cases, even prefer it (*gasp* ... I know)
At work I'm required to use Office 2007. I don't either like or dislike the ribbon. I resented it at first because I couldn't find anything. But you can learn anything given enough time. I can use it now but I truly don't see any benefit. It's just different.
Ironically, at work I have Office 2007 on Windows XP, because the company decided not to upgrade to Vista and hasn't yet rolled out Win7. (And incidentally, they've decided to skip Win8.) At home I'm running Win7, but with my personal copy of Office 2000.
As to how I got it working, I don't remember. I didn't have to screw with it a lot, or it would have made an impression on me. I'm running Win7 Pro at home, and it's possible that I configured the Office 2000 utilities to use XP compatibility mode. But I'm just speculating, because I truly do not remember.
Or, we could all stick with a previous version of Office, and Microsoft can go screw. I'm still using Office 2000. Works fine on Windows 7.
I was just thinking maybe the most recent LibreOffice would actually give you more value? While MS Office is the gold standard, LO might already be past Office 2000.
True, but why upgrade (or sidegrade or whatever) when what I have works fine for my purposes. The free MS plugin that allowed Office 2000 to open docx files made it even less important to look for a replacement. This will continue until I run into a problem. I'm not an OS hobbyist -- I don't replace vital utilities for fun.
Hey, those were the best keyboards!
A bit noisy, though.
I agree with the rest, but I'm a little disturbed about keeping my docs in cloud storage. I don't want to have to look for a network connection on the road in order to get at my docs. It's bad enough that I need a cell signal to use navigation.