Actually, there is more research being done on databases now than ever, although most of it is in relation to new algorithms to speed up selection and insertion.
There are a lot of hot spots right now where people are trying to figure out how to index images.
They have a point about unresolved bugs. I use a spreadsheet every day, most of the day, and OO.org bug 2977, one of the most-voted-for spreadsheet bugs, is barely acknowledged by the OpenOffice team. It's been unresolved for two years now, and is officially classified as an "enhancement". Until OO.org stops wiping out data that's hidden by a filter, it's unuseable for me and no doubt for thousands of others around the world.
OO.org is great for secretaries and newbies, but it won't replace a power user's MS Office until they fix some of the worst bugs.
The current standard has been around for 50 years because it's "Good enough". Nobody saw (and still, few people see) a reason for switching to higher resolution television. I suppose it would be nice for your hardware to show movies in hi-res, but who can honestly say they can't wait to see The Simpsons broadcast in hi-res?
At my University in Canada the government made the brilliant decision in the late 90's to double the number of Computer Science grads to meet "growing demand". This fantastic scheme was finally implemented in 2002. By 2006 they'll have double the number of grads coming into a field where there are NO JOBS! Chalk another one up for government stupidity.
I write small DB apps for small businesses. My clients all have MS Access installed. I would love to be able to use all open-source tools to develop these apps, but so far nobody can show me something that's as simple for my computer-illiterate clients to install as "Here, copy this.mdb file to your hard drive and double-click on it". Installing one more piece of software wouldn't be hard either, but if I have to say "Here, install OpenOffice first, then install MySQL, make sure it's running, then run this script to put the right data in MySQL, then make sure you have the right MySQL drivers installed, THEN double-click...." You get the idea.
Most people have a hard enough time with "Copy the.mdb file to c:\dbprogram". Requiring them to install a service with appropriate drivers on their old PentiumII running Access2k is a nightmare and suicidal for a small software company.
I agree - artificial limits on seats in Med schools are costing us billions of dollars. Here in British Columbia, Canada, I have a couple of friends wh would make incredible doctors but they can't get into med school! Meanwhile, The doctors of a nearby city's hospital have resigned en masse because we can't afford their 11% pay increases.
Why on earth would a physician want to get into a lower-paying industry when there are no jobs?
OTOH, the biotech industry could use a few physicians to "guide the geeks". Perhaps we shouldn't be so critical. And after all, this industry slump isn't going to last forever. Right? RIGHT??
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Calc still can't stand up to hammering by engineers and data analysis folk (it's got some major problems), but the word processor is top notch. I look forward to its complete domination by OOo 1.2!
Happy birthday OOo!
If you want free, great songs.... 3 pretty girls in Vancouver BC have got some great songs on their albums at mp3.com
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/97/4play.html
Chantal is Australian, I believe. Either way, it's obvious that Americans need a lot of imports for their entertainment (Mike Meyers, Alan Thicke, Jim Carrey, Dan Akroyd, David Foley, Phil Hartman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Leslie Nielsen, Jason Priestley, Captain Kirk, Keanu Reeves..... The list goes on and on)
In related news, one of the monkeys has been offered a job as a slashdot editor - Slashdot editor Timothy is quoted as saying: "He can already repeat the letter 'S', it shouldn't take long to train him to post duplicates on slashdot"
$0.99USD is amazingly expensive for what you get. For Canadians, that's about $1.40. Would you pay $1.40 for one downloaded track at 128kbps? We already pay a huge levy on recordable media that goes into a huge government "antipiracy pot". Unless this service drops to $0.50USD or less, it will ONLY succeed in the U.S., and marginally at that.
American dollars for music that might COME from Canada? (Alanis Morisette, Avril Lavigne, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams, April Wine, I Mother Earth, Amanda Marshall, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Jann Arden, Holly Cole, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell, Big Sugar, Sum41 - to name just a few)
A few weeks ago I was listening to some great music I'd downloaded, and figured I'd go out and buy the artist's CD. Went down to Virgin Megastore and what did I find? This relatively new artist's CD was priced at $24 CDN ! Forget it. If prices were reasonable, SURE I'd buy some CDs, but that was ridiculous. I'll wait a couple more years and try again.
Why don't the municipalities lay a "data pipe" to go along with the gas and sewer lines. Because people pay the City through taxes for water and sewer service - They don't pay the city for Data - So the phone and cable companies should deal with the cost and the hassle themselves. Where I live, anyway, cable and phone service for the most part has to go in the boulevard, not under the road.
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So, I tried to watch the season 1 episodes, and apparently you can't unless you're in the USA. Is there an easy way around that?
Actually, there is more research being done on databases now than ever, although most of it is in relation to new algorithms to speed up selection and insertion.
There are a lot of hot spots right now where people are trying to figure out how to index images.
And don't forget all those SQL extensions!
They have a point about unresolved bugs. I use a spreadsheet every day, most of the day, and OO.org bug 2977, one of the most-voted-for spreadsheet bugs, is barely acknowledged by the OpenOffice team. It's been unresolved for two years now, and is officially classified as an "enhancement". Until OO.org stops wiping out data that's hidden by a filter, it's unuseable for me and no doubt for thousands of others around the world.
OO.org is great for secretaries and newbies, but it won't replace a power user's MS Office until they fix some of the worst bugs.
The current standard has been around for 50 years because it's "Good enough". Nobody saw (and still, few people see) a reason for switching to higher resolution television. I suppose it would be nice for your hardware to show movies in hi-res, but who can honestly say they can't wait to see The Simpsons broadcast in hi-res?
It's been a long time since I've heard much about subscribing to book clubs, e-books or otherwise. Re-emerging trends for the 21st century?
At my University in Canada the government made the brilliant decision in the late 90's to double the number of Computer Science grads to meet "growing demand". This fantastic scheme was finally implemented in 2002. By 2006 they'll have double the number of grads coming into a field where there are NO JOBS! Chalk another one up for government stupidity.
I am in complete agreement.
I write small DB apps for small businesses. My clients all have MS Access installed. I would love to be able to use all open-source tools to develop these apps, but so far nobody can show me something that's as simple for my computer-illiterate clients to install as "Here, copy this .mdb file to your hard drive and double-click on it". Installing one more piece of software wouldn't be hard either, but if I have to say "Here, install OpenOffice first, then install MySQL, make sure it's running, then run this script to put the right data in MySQL, then make sure you have the right MySQL drivers installed, THEN double-click...." You get the idea.
Most people have a hard enough time with "Copy the .mdb file to c:\dbprogram". Requiring them to install a service with appropriate drivers on their old PentiumII running Access2k is a nightmare and suicidal for a small software company.
I agree - artificial limits on seats in Med schools are costing us billions of dollars. Here in British Columbia, Canada, I have a couple of friends wh would make incredible doctors but they can't get into med school! Meanwhile, The doctors of a nearby city's hospital have resigned en masse because we can't afford their 11% pay increases. Why on earth would a physician want to get into a lower-paying industry when there are no jobs? OTOH, the biotech industry could use a few physicians to "guide the geeks". Perhaps we shouldn't be so critical. And after all, this industry slump isn't going to last forever. Right? RIGHT??
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Do many pilots have a lot of experience doing this, you think? Does this happen often?
Calc still can't stand up to hammering by engineers and data analysis folk (it's got some major problems), but the word processor is top notch. I look forward to its complete domination by OOo 1.2! Happy birthday OOo!
At least Flavour vs Flavor is irrelevant, they're both in the dictionary. My pet peeve is people who spell "lose" as "loose".
;-)
CORRECT conjugation of the verb "To Lose":
"I hope you don't lose your keys"
BAD BAD BAD! WHERE DID YOU SEE THIS CRAP conjugation:
"I hope you don't loose your keys"
Don't get me started on apostrophe error's...
If you want free, great songs.... 3 pretty girls in Vancouver BC have got some great songs on their albums at mp3.com http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/97/4play.html
Chantal is Australian, I believe. Either way, it's obvious that Americans need a lot of imports for their entertainment (Mike Meyers, Alan Thicke, Jim Carrey, Dan Akroyd, David Foley, Phil Hartman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Leslie Nielsen, Jason Priestley, Captain Kirk, Keanu Reeves..... The list goes on and on)
In related news, one of the monkeys has been offered a job as a slashdot editor - Slashdot editor Timothy is quoted as saying: "He can already repeat the letter 'S', it shouldn't take long to train him to post duplicates on slashdot"
$0.99USD is amazingly expensive for what you get. For Canadians, that's about $1.40. Would you pay $1.40 for one downloaded track at 128kbps? We already pay a huge levy on recordable media that goes into a huge government "antipiracy pot". Unless this service drops to $0.50USD or less, it will ONLY succeed in the U.S., and marginally at that. American dollars for music that might COME from Canada? (Alanis Morisette, Avril Lavigne, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams, April Wine, I Mother Earth, Amanda Marshall, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Jann Arden, Holly Cole, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell, Big Sugar, Sum41 - to name just a few)
What's that you say? Some internet site's giving you trouble? No problem! Post it on slashdot, it'll be gone in no time.....!
Did he check for duplicate comments too?? Then DEFINITELY hire him!
A few weeks ago I was listening to some great music I'd downloaded, and figured I'd go out and buy the artist's CD. Went down to Virgin Megastore and what did I find? This relatively new artist's CD was priced at $24 CDN ! Forget it. If prices were reasonable, SURE I'd buy some CDs, but that was ridiculous. I'll wait a couple more years and try again.
Why don't the municipalities lay a "data pipe" to go along with the gas and sewer lines.
Because people pay the City through taxes for water and sewer service - They don't pay the city for Data - So the phone and cable companies should deal with the cost and the hassle themselves. Where I live, anyway, cable and phone service for the most part has to go in the boulevard, not under the road.