People are polarized on the Ribbon. I applaud MS for trying something different. However, I think their biggest improvement for O2K7 was the "Save As PDF" plugin.
Every one of my users loves the new office and would scream bloody murder if I took it away. I understand that others do not. I have issues with buttons that have no text description and putting menu items under a drop down that's hidden in a button that's in a category under a tab that's next to another tab that could just as easily have contained that same function. That makes it hard to find stuff when compared to hierarchical drop-downs.
Or worse they know nothing of Linux except that it is NOT what they have at home... and similarly avoid it for fear of compatibility issues. : /
I'd avoid using the word while marketing a radio too. Just say "This magical radio does A even while it's doing B... it's very awesome!", and keep my mouth shut about the techie crap.
"Perimeter ensures the ability to strike back, but it's no hair-trigger device. It was designed to lie semi-dormant until switched on by a high official in a crisis. Then it would begin monitoring a network of seismic, radiation, and air pressure sensors for signs of nuclear explosions. Before launching any retaliatory strike, the system had to check off four if/then propositions: If it was turned on, then it would try to determine that a nuclear weapon had hit Soviet soil. If it seemed that one had, the system would check to see if any communication links to the war room of the Soviet General Staff remained. If they did, and if some amount of timeâ"likely ranging from 15 minutes to an hourâ"passed without further indications of attack, the machine would assume officials were still living who could order the counterattack and shut down. But if the line to the General Staff went dead, then Perimeter would infer that apocalypse had arrived. It would immediately transfer launch authority to whoever was manning the system at that moment deep inside a protected bunkerâ"bypassing layers and layers of normal command authority. At that point, the ability to destroy the world would fall to whoever was on duty: maybe a high minister sent in during the crisis, maybe a 25-year-old junior officer fresh out of military academy. And if that person decided to press the button... If/then. If/then. If/then. If/then. Once initiated, the counterattack would be controlled by so-called command missiles. Hidden in hardened silos designed to withstand the massive blast and electromagnetic pulses of a nuclear explosion, these missiles would launch first and then radio down coded orders to whatever Soviet weapons had survived the first strike. At that point, the machines will have taken over the war. Soaring over the smoldering, radioactive ruins of the motherland, and with all ground communications destroyed, the command missiles would lead the destruction of the US. The US did build versions of these technologies, deploying command missiles in what was called the Emergency Rocket Communications System. It also developed seismic and radiation sensors to monitor for nuclear tests or explosions the world over. But the US never combined it all into a system of zombie retaliation. It feared accidents and the one mistake that could end it all. Instead, airborne American crews with the capacity and authority to launch retaliatory strikes were kept aloft throughout the Cold War. Their mission was similar to Perimeter's, but the system relied more on people and less on machines. And in keeping with the principles of Cold War game theory, the US told the Soviets all about it."
I don't know that I'd call that inconvenient. I'd say being locked out of my email for a solid week is unacceptable, and I'd migrate away from that provider immediately.
It would be fantastic news, except that I've read a similar version (or two) of this story every f'ing year for at least the last 15 years. The only difference is that sometimes it's dogs and not rats.
Pardon me for being so cynical, but they never, ever materializes as a treatment for humans.
How is it that everyone makes statements about this like there are universal rules that apply here?
I do what I like to do for a living. Guess what I do when I come home at the end of the day. Stuff that's similar to what I did at work. Sometimes I do something different. I don't hate what I do because it's my job. I know some people where it didn't quite work this way.
I am only required to work 37.5 hours / week but still I go the office on Saturdays sometimes because I can't wait to finish that code that I have been working on Friday.
Oh, you're that guy. You know that your coworkers really dislike you, right?
I'll tell you what's amazing is that what you just wrote, and the fact that we get it, demonstrates just how deeply we've all internalized OLD ass cartoon characters as outward communicators of our inner dumbass.
High Schools around here have used heart monitors for their normal use for 10 years.
The only difference here is that they're having the kids buy their own instead of constantly disinfecting the sweaty community ones. It's a good call on the school's part.
This story is about an uninformed (and bizarrely paranoid) parent and/. submitter.
We had them in High School. That was 1996, and I'm kinda suprised anyone thinks this is weird and new.
We did not record the info in any meaningful way. It was a strap around our chest that had to be regularly sterilized (would have preferred my own), and the corresponding watch on our wrist told us how hard we were working while doing the lamer activities like step aerobics.
The last time I saw this done I seem to remember it was done using a small project board with something like a pixace chip controlling the snapshots.
That'd be like a $2 upgrade and minimal complexity if it widens the range of usable cameras to anything with solderable shutter release button contacts under the housing. Oh, and I'd guess it has to be a camera that won't go to sleep on the ride up.:)
I'd guess that what you say about ODF and the two word processing apps is true, but the up-tick is that these problems can be fixed. Not so much with MSO.
While I generally agree with you, the "carrot" of exclusivity works for the author, even if it's extended to the children.
For instance, I'd love to know that if I write a book, my children could profit from it. That might be wrong, but it works as an incentive to the original author to create.
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People are polarized on the Ribbon. I applaud MS for trying something different. However, I think their biggest improvement for O2K7 was the "Save As PDF" plugin.
Every one of my users loves the new office and would scream bloody murder if I took it away. I understand that others do not. I have issues with buttons that have no text description and putting menu items under a drop down that's hidden in a button that's in a category under a tab that's next to another tab that could just as easily have contained that same function. That makes it hard to find stuff when compared to hierarchical drop-downs.
Are they? Seems that especially in place like California someone would call it hate speech.
Why not? California can declare draconian emissions controls on cars and motorcycles and the manufacturers have to comply if they want to sell there.
Or worse they know nothing of Linux except that it is NOT what they have at home... and similarly avoid it for fear of compatibility issues. : /
I'd avoid using the word while marketing a radio too. Just say "This magical radio does A even while it's doing B... it's very awesome!", and keep my mouth shut about the techie crap.
No.
"Perimeter ensures the ability to strike back, but it's no hair-trigger device. It was designed to lie semi-dormant until switched on by a high official in a crisis. Then it would begin monitoring a network of seismic, radiation, and air pressure sensors for signs of nuclear explosions. Before launching any retaliatory strike, the system had to check off four if/then propositions: If it was turned on, then it would try to determine that a nuclear weapon had hit Soviet soil. If it seemed that one had, the system would check to see if any communication links to the war room of the Soviet General Staff remained. If they did, and if some amount of timeâ"likely ranging from 15 minutes to an hourâ"passed without further indications of attack, the machine would assume officials were still living who could order the counterattack and shut down. But if the line to the General Staff went dead, then Perimeter would infer that apocalypse had arrived. It would immediately transfer launch authority to whoever was manning the system at that moment deep inside a protected bunkerâ"bypassing layers and layers of normal command authority. At that point, the ability to destroy the world would fall to whoever was on duty: maybe a high minister sent in during the crisis, maybe a 25-year-old junior officer fresh out of military academy. And if that person decided to press the button ... If/then. If/then. If/then. If/then.
Once initiated, the counterattack would be controlled by so-called command missiles. Hidden in hardened silos designed to withstand the massive blast and electromagnetic pulses of a nuclear explosion, these missiles would launch first and then radio down coded orders to whatever Soviet weapons had survived the first strike. At that point, the machines will have taken over the war. Soaring over the smoldering, radioactive ruins of the motherland, and with all ground communications destroyed, the command missiles would lead the destruction of the US.
The US did build versions of these technologies, deploying command missiles in what was called the Emergency Rocket Communications System. It also developed seismic and radiation sensors to monitor for nuclear tests or explosions the world over. But the US never combined it all into a system of zombie retaliation. It feared accidents and the one mistake that could end it all.
Instead, airborne American crews with the capacity and authority to launch retaliatory strikes were kept aloft throughout the Cold War. Their mission was similar to Perimeter's, but the system relied more on people and less on machines.
And in keeping with the principles of Cold War game theory, the US told the Soviets all about it."
$.
Always follow the $.
It sounds like we're talking about a couple hundred accounts. I totally agree though.
I don't know that I'd call that inconvenient. I'd say being locked out of my email for a solid week is unacceptable, and I'd migrate away from that provider immediately.
It would be fantastic news, except that I've read a similar version (or two) of this story every f'ing year for at least the last 15 years. The only difference is that sometimes it's dogs and not rats.
Pardon me for being so cynical, but they never, ever materializes as a treatment for humans.
How is it that everyone makes statements about this like there are universal rules that apply here?
I do what I like to do for a living. Guess what I do when I come home at the end of the day. Stuff that's similar to what I did at work. Sometimes I do something different. I don't hate what I do because it's my job. I know some people where it didn't quite work this way.
People are not all the same.
I am only required to work 37.5 hours / week but still I go the office on Saturdays sometimes because I can't wait to finish that code that I have been working on Friday.
Oh, you're that guy. You know that your coworkers really dislike you, right?
Juuuust teasing. ;)
More like an erection.
Wait, so expensive items have an implicit warranty?
Are you open to the idea of adoption? If so, how do you feel about age discrimination?
You're absolutely right.
That aside, this seems too good to be true.
I'll tell you what's amazing is that what you just wrote, and the fact that we get it, demonstrates just how deeply we've all internalized OLD ass cartoon characters as outward communicators of our inner dumbass.
They know that. The important part is that it makes you a criminal in a way you weren't before.
First sane comment I've read today.
Nonsense.
High Schools around here have used heart monitors for their normal use for 10 years.
The only difference here is that they're having the kids buy their own instead of constantly disinfecting the sweaty community ones. It's a good call on the school's part.
This story is about an uninformed (and bizarrely paranoid) parent and /. submitter.
We had them in High School. That was 1996, and I'm kinda suprised anyone thinks this is weird and new.
We did not record the info in any meaningful way. It was a strap around our chest that had to be regularly sterilized (would have preferred my own), and the corresponding watch on our wrist told us how hard we were working while doing the lamer activities like step aerobics.
It made it to a LOT of other sites. I remember seeing it myself.
The last time I saw this done I seem to remember it was done using a small project board with something like a pixace chip controlling the snapshots.
That'd be like a $2 upgrade and minimal complexity if it widens the range of usable cameras to anything with solderable shutter release button contacts under the housing. Oh, and I'd guess it has to be a camera that won't go to sleep on the ride up. :)
Ah Russia, Poland and China... where software is free.
I'd guess that what you say about ODF and the two word processing apps is true, but the up-tick is that these problems can be fixed. Not so much with MSO.
While I generally agree with you, the "carrot" of exclusivity works for the author, even if it's extended to the children.
For instance, I'd love to know that if I write a book, my children could profit from it. That might be wrong, but it works as an incentive to the original author to create.