Unfortunately, the current OOXML (The Microsoft format) is so messy it's unmaintainable and unimplementable. Major holes, parts with undocumented binary data, etc. It's all a last-ditch attempt for Microsoft to continue it's office monopoly.
They are being way sneaky with the naming too. Note that the Open Office.org is called ODF (Open Document Format), while Microsoft sneakily called theirs OOXML (Office Open XML) - which confuses everyone, as many people think that OOXML is the "good" format, since they reasonably assume that OOXML means "Open Office XML". But it's not.
Our best attack right now is to make as many people as we can knowledgable of this name game.
ODF: Good and Open OOXML: Bad and Closed by Microsoft. (It's not truly open when it comes to the details of the format)
Or a damn 64-bit version of Adobe's Flash player... They still don't even have it for XP x64, let alone Vista x64.
Just release a non-optimized version - a straight compile of the 32 bit code with a 64 bit compiler. Then later they can tweak the code for 64 bit goodness, but for now, just get the damn thing out.
Or Microsoft's just going to take over the Flash market with Silverlight. Doesn't really matter to me, just quit prompting me to install software that doesn't exist. They've had four years for XP x64, and still nothing. Bunch of shit.
There's a better system than that - your vote is stored in a database, but your vote is also printed out for you to review. You then put the paper in a box that is kept under lock and key. For quick results, the database count is the one that is looked at. However, any third party can request to count the paper votes and compare them to the database count. If they do not match, then there is a physical audit trail to show that someone was monkeying with the software. This way, we get fast results, and verification.
> Next we'll have a company requesting that the TCP/IP stack be replaceable
Hey, I think you're on to something there! Wouldn't that be cool if we wouldn't have to be forced to use Microsoft's TCP/IP stack? We could replace it with the BSD TCP/IP stack! Oh, wait...
Why do we have to create an account just to sign the petition? I was going to sign it, but lazyness kicked in. And what else does this account give us access to?
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Wouldn't that be nice?
Unfortunately, the current OOXML (The Microsoft format) is so messy it's unmaintainable and unimplementable. Major holes, parts with undocumented binary data, etc. It's all a last-ditch attempt for Microsoft to continue it's office monopoly.
They are being way sneaky with the naming too. Note that the Open Office.org is called ODF (Open Document Format), while Microsoft sneakily called theirs OOXML (Office Open XML) - which confuses everyone, as many people think that OOXML is the "good" format, since they reasonably assume that OOXML means "Open Office XML". But it's not.
Our best attack right now is to make as many people as we can knowledgable of this name game.
ODF: Good and Open
OOXML: Bad and Closed by Microsoft. (It's not truly open when it comes to the details of the format)
Wow! Actually geeky science news, not enough of that here lately!
That's no laptop, it's a space station!
Even worse was when Mulder pissed on their ghosts in the last episode!
> I anticipate that this week will hopefully add even more value
Paid corporate astroturfer alert! He said "anticipate" and "add value" in the same sentence, dead giveaway in speech pattern for "marketing drone".
Or a damn 64-bit version of Adobe's Flash player... They still don't even have it for XP x64, let alone Vista x64.
Just release a non-optimized version - a straight compile of the 32 bit code with a 64 bit compiler. Then later they can tweak the code for 64 bit goodness, but for now, just get the damn thing out.
Or Microsoft's just going to take over the Flash market with Silverlight. Doesn't really matter to me, just quit prompting me to install software that doesn't exist. They've had four years for XP x64, and still nothing. Bunch of shit.
There's a better system than that - your vote is stored in a database, but your vote is also printed out for you to review. You then put the paper in a box that is kept under lock and key. For quick results, the database count is the one that is looked at. However, any third party can request to count the paper votes and compare them to the database count. If they do not match, then there is a physical audit trail to show that someone was monkeying with the software. This way, we get fast results, and verification.
Trust, then verify, is the solution in this case.
Just like the United abomiNations (Dave Mustaine of Megadeth has a great rant about them on the new album, called United Abominations.)
From the 43 selectors 32 have passed, 4 are buggy and 7 are unsupported (Passed 369 out of 578 tests)
Should have put that in the subject instead.
If you read this first, see parent message.
IE7 x64 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition:
From the 43 selectors 13 have passed, 4 are buggy and 26 are unsupported (Passed 330 out of 578 tests)
We are, idiot, GW like in GWBush. Pay attention.
*snork*
I've heard this same story every couple years for as long as I can remember. No big deal.
They find the lake hiding in a barn somewhere. Ends up getting grounded for several months.
Darn lake, don't know what it was thinking. Lakes these days, great day in the morning already, what's the world coming to?
> Next we'll have a company requesting that the TCP/IP stack be replaceable
Hey, I think you're on to something there! Wouldn't that be cool if we wouldn't have to be forced to use Microsoft's TCP/IP stack? We could replace it with the BSD TCP/IP stack! Oh, wait...
/r/heat/heart
> "If nothing else, it proves that Linux is not a Geek hobby OS any more."
:)
While I agree with what you said, I think that was proved not to be a geek hobby OS a few years ago!
But it's still a geek OS at heat.
As in "Transparent Sticky Tape", or NOT as in "Able to see through walls in order to observe the government."
In other words: So you are unable to see what the government is doing. So they can sneak around behind your back and do bad things to you.
Still have that turd on a shelf in my basement. Keep it near the litter box so it covers the smell.
You mean the United Abominations??
Isn't that Geddy Lee's mom (dark glasses) in the picture?
Haven't heard Infected Mushroom or Nevermore, have ya?
Fuck Blu-Ray, and Fuck Sony. I've been bit by those fuckers proprietary bullshit twice, not doing it again with another unproven storage format.
He blew ray, and got BD. Who Blew Ray? Everybody loves Ray.
They could call it MTV! And they wouldn't play music videos on that channel either...
Why do we have to create an account just to sign the petition? I was going to sign it, but lazyness kicked in. And what else does this account give us access to?
Perhaps their law students are so without talent that they wouldn't have a hope in hell of defending another student against the RIAA?