That's funny. I can say the same thing--only in reverse.
Take a look at cops in the real world. Most of them are shining examples of humanity.
As a former EMT I worked with a lot of officers each and every day. They were good people. Out of a group of about 30, there were 2 bad apples. They were both terminated for their bad behavior. The rest of the officers were kind, caring, and compassionate.
They may not be perfect like a lot of people would want them to be, but they are decent human beings.
Hey--common. Be fair.
The two apps I miss from the Windows platform are Outlook and MS Money.
Moneydance doesn't quite cut it, and Evolution has a bad habit of deleting email when I'm transferring it between various folders. Thunderbird acts just like us Debian elitists and doesn't allow you to pipe mail out to the shell and it uses it's own proprietary spam filtering.
I know--I know. All the viruses and spam and crap that infests outlook...but if you could take Active X out of outlook, it'd be almost perfect. It has a great interface (I'm into the flashy colors and bright shiny objects). But plugin support is dismal and it's own proprietary spam filtering is absolute crap.
And I am getting a little more upset with MS Money every day--especially the fact that I need a *#&*@ passport account to access my data--and that is stores half the shit online.
Anyways--I'm rambling and I really should be recovering the mail server...
If Bob begat Clippy, what nightmarish creature of irritation has Clippy begat in Office 2007? The Ribbon?
The ribbon isn't such a bad place...it's just a bit confusing what with the Christmas tree, kids, something about making omelettes, and starship captains.
Ok--actually, it's really disorienting. Stay away from the ribbon and el-aurians with big missiles.
heh, maybe Hans was in deals to sell it to MS (WinFS), but his concience ate away at him, and he ultimately refused. In return, they killed his wife, and now they get their FS on the CHEAP!
How could you miss it. It's so *obvious*.
Hans didn't kill his wife...STEVE BALLMER DID!
How slashdotters start pointing and laughing when there's a IE exploit, doesn't matter how big or small, and always the "workaround" is looked at as unacceptable.
When it's about Firefox, they immediatly relativate it and minimalize it.
Yeah--because Firefox getting shutdown is on par with someone being able to get full access to your machine through IE.
Then a hot chick tackles you and starts ripping off your clothes...and the authorities kick in your door...
You know you're on Slashdot, right?
Oh...right. Sorry.
So you're watching this...video of a hot chick tackling some dude and ripping his clothes off...and the authorities kick in your door...
Exactly! The area I live in claims to have multiple redundant upstream providers.
The fact? We live in a large Gorge that stretched about a hundred miles from end to end--if not more. And there are two ways out. The main way is fibre burried about 3 feet below ground on the railroad right-of-way.
The other way is an old microwave link that our *one* local telco has for emergencies. i.e. it can handle emergency calls only.
Sever that fibre link and it all goes down.
It's happened once that I am aware of. It knocked out phone systems in about 10 different small cities throughout the area. The entire 911 center in our county went down. It really sucked.
How true. I was just watching the old 1984 video from Apple where Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh. I was watching the part where the mac "speaks for itself". After thinking about it for a few minutes, I fired up Microsoft Word and had Word 'read' to me.
It's unbelievable. The 1984 Macintosh spoke more clearly than a 2003 Windows box.
I think Microsoft is still playing 'catch up' in a lot of areas.
Even computers like the human brain.
I mean--I'm *sure* the submitter meant to type "Brad Fitzpatrick"...you know...especially since it's the title of the site he's linking to. I'm sure he didn't mean to guess his last name.
Usually there aren't too many survivors after such an event, so I doubt anyone here has actually had the opportunity to ask such a question.
So...when the plane has just landed and pulled up to the gate...and someone opens a cargo door before the cabin has been adjusted...you're saying the plane will explode or something? Must be an airbus...
Wait, you want to replace mercury with a metal that reacts violently with oxygen and water vapor in an explosion and which reacts with water vapor to form the strongest base known.
Yes! That way when the MPAA shows up for those MP3's I've been downloading I can hit "The Big Red Button" and *poof*--no more computer.;)
I couldn't believe it! I went down to the NAPA valley for 2 days to do work for a company. When I landed at the airport everyone was talking about how miserable it was, how everyone was late because of traffic accidents, etc...
I stepped outside to find a nice light drizzle.
It was a little bit of a shock since I live about 30 miles from Vancouver, WA and we get buckets of rain all the time.
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That's funny. I can say the same thing--only in reverse. Take a look at cops in the real world. Most of them are shining examples of humanity. As a former EMT I worked with a lot of officers each and every day. They were good people. Out of a group of about 30, there were 2 bad apples. They were both terminated for their bad behavior. The rest of the officers were kind, caring, and compassionate. They may not be perfect like a lot of people would want them to be, but they are decent human beings.
Care to back that up with anything other than uninformed bullshit you just pulled from you ass? Maybe something like statistics?
is Europe leaving the U.S. behind?
They will be leaving the US behind...right up until their "secure" internet election elects "That goatse guy"...
Hey--common. Be fair.
The two apps I miss from the Windows platform are Outlook and MS Money.
Moneydance doesn't quite cut it, and Evolution has a bad habit of deleting email when I'm transferring it between various folders. Thunderbird acts just like us Debian elitists and doesn't allow you to pipe mail out to the shell and it uses it's own proprietary spam filtering.
I know--I know. All the viruses and spam and crap that infests outlook...but if you could take Active X out of outlook, it'd be almost perfect. It has a great interface (I'm into the flashy colors and bright shiny objects). But plugin support is dismal and it's own proprietary spam filtering is absolute crap.
And I am getting a little more upset with MS Money every day--especially the fact that I need a *#&*@ passport account to access my data--and that is stores half the shit online.
Anyways--I'm rambling and I really should be recovering the mail server...
If Bob begat Clippy, what nightmarish creature of irritation has Clippy begat in Office 2007? The Ribbon?
The ribbon isn't such a bad place...it's just a bit confusing what with the Christmas tree, kids, something about making omelettes, and starship captains.
Ok--actually, it's really disorienting. Stay away from the ribbon and el-aurians with big missiles.
heh, maybe Hans was in deals to sell it to MS (WinFS), but his concience ate away at him, and he ultimately refused. In return, they killed his wife, and now they get their FS on the CHEAP!
How could you miss it. It's so *obvious*.
Hans didn't kill his wife...STEVE BALLMER DID!
omg--I said too muc**CHAIR!!**
How slashdotters start pointing and laughing when there's a IE exploit, doesn't matter how big or small, and always the "workaround" is looked at as unacceptable.
When it's about Firefox, they immediatly relativate it and minimalize it.
Yeah--because Firefox getting shutdown is on par with someone being able to get full access to your machine through IE.
Yeah...seriously...why would you use a mac?
Then a hot chick tackles you and starts ripping off your clothes...and the authorities kick in your door...
You know you're on Slashdot, right?
Oh...right. Sorry. So you're watching this...video of a hot chick tackling some dude and ripping his clothes off...and the authorities kick in your door...
Then a hot chick tackles you and starts ripping off your clothes...and the authorities kick in your door...
http://www.gnucash.org/
Hey fireboy....um...I have a problem with my...er...printer. ...and I was wondering if you could give me a hand...
Exactly! The area I live in claims to have multiple redundant upstream providers.
The fact? We live in a large Gorge that stretched about a hundred miles from end to end--if not more. And there are two ways out. The main way is fibre burried about 3 feet below ground on the railroad right-of-way.
The other way is an old microwave link that our *one* local telco has for emergencies. i.e. it can handle emergency calls only.
Sever that fibre link and it all goes down.
It's happened once that I am aware of. It knocked out phone systems in about 10 different small cities throughout the area. The entire 911 center in our county went down. It really sucked.
Especially no slashdot for five hours.
[PS If you're American and don't understand this kind of humour please don't mod this down.]
What if I'm European and I don't understand that kind of humor? May I mod you down now?
Damnit. Just posted. Can't mod now.
*Beep* You're going to get a brain tumor from using your cell phone too much. *Beep*
4.
1. I heard they were killing OS/2.
2. Yeah, me too!
3. F*ck OS/2
4. Grow up, retard.
Yeah. Four posts.
They're just copying from Apple. ;)
How true. I was just watching the old 1984 video from Apple where Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh. I was watching the part where the mac "speaks for itself". After thinking about it for a few minutes, I fired up Microsoft Word and had Word 'read' to me.
It's unbelievable. The 1984 Macintosh spoke more clearly than a 2003 Windows box.
I think Microsoft is still playing 'catch up' in a lot of areas.
Hmm....
/profile /user:Administrator cmd.exe
...or
runas
su -
*sticks with linux*
Since when do computers do what you mean?
Even computers like the human brain.
I mean--I'm *sure* the submitter meant to type "Brad Fitzpatrick"...you know...especially since it's the title of the site he's linking to. I'm sure he didn't mean to guess his last name.
Ooh--we're down to two steps to profit.
I can't wait until we're down to one!
At that point, even I might get off my lazy ass and earn some money. My wife would be happy.
Luther? Lex Luthor? Is that you?
Usually there aren't too many survivors after such an event, so I doubt anyone here has actually had the opportunity to ask such a question.
So...when the plane has just landed and pulled up to the gate...and someone opens a cargo door before the cabin has been adjusted...you're saying the plane will explode or something? Must be an airbus...
Wait, you want to replace mercury with a metal that reacts violently with oxygen and water vapor in an explosion and which reacts with water vapor to form the strongest base known.
;)
Yes! That way when the MPAA shows up for those MP3's I've been downloading I can hit "The Big Red Button" and *poof*--no more computer.
...and when your program crashes, you suddenly come down with a strange new variant of the flu...
I couldn't believe it! I went down to the NAPA valley for 2 days to do work for a company. When I landed at the airport everyone was talking about how miserable it was, how everyone was late because of traffic accidents, etc...
I stepped outside to find a nice light drizzle.
It was a little bit of a shock since I live about 30 miles from Vancouver, WA and we get buckets of rain all the time.