Really. $70 for a keyboard is nothing. It's a tool you use every day for extended periods of time. If you're looking for a decent keyboard it's because you don't like the way the $3 crap-board feels. It costs three bucks for a reason. Quality tools that last are worth every penny.
If you really want to balk at price, I'll point you to my Kinesis Contour keyboard. It cost about $300. The key feel and ergos are great. I've used this board at work for about 9 years now and it's still going strong.
If you still insist on being cheap, go prowl Goodwill or other thrift stores. I found a Lexmark BS board in near mint condition for $5.
While I can complain about monopolistic practices of MS like everyone else, in other areas it can be a big benefit. One of those benefits is Office 2007 integration with MS Sharepoint.
Sharepoint is a great tool for intranets and document management and the extra integration with Office is a nice feature. As an example, when someone creates a new document from a managed directory, the document template is set for the user and they are prompted to enter any required metadata. Sure you could live without the feature, but it's a lot of nice streamlining.
As for the ribbon, at least MS is trying something new. If it's a success I'm sure OSS developers will race to copy it. UIs change and evolve. Does anyone else remember the keyboard overlays for hinting at all the WordPerfect commands? I guess that was the height of word processing.
Like any upgrade, you just have to evaluate the factors and make a decision. For the company I work for, it looks like a good move.
if you look at the software that comes with a Mac, you get the picture that Mac users might have a different use for their computers than just blowing things up. Instead of playing games they make moives, take photos, compose music, or podcast for fun.
The no-games cry also applies only to the latest 3D monster games. Nobody complains that they can't play Bejeweled on a Mac; because they can do it just fine. There are tons of great, fun games for the Mac. They just aren't the ones that get all the buzz from the hardcore crowd.
I thought I wouldn't be able to find something I liked after using HomeSite since it practically came out, but jEdit is heaven and it works on all the platforms I use.
You got that backwards. How about Slashdot tries to generate some standards-compliant HTML. Maybe even get with the 21st century and use CSS.
But it's not just Slashdot. I've gotten stuff from design agencies that was still table and transparent gif hell. One agenty just blinked when I told them I wanted the templates in XHTML/CSS.
Better tell the cops so they don't rough-up anyone with a laptop.
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Uhhhh. Did anybody in this thread bother to check the program preferences?
In Quicktime preferences: uncheck "Quick Time system tray icon" and it will never come back.
I haven't messed with Real player in a long time, but I recall a similar option being available if you right-click the tray icon, possibly in a preference panel.
Don't read the W3C docs if you want to do XHTML. Those docs are primarily written for the engineers that are going to implement the spec.
CSS is easier to learn/use than any table layout ever was. There are still a few kinks, but stick to CSS1 and you won't have problems. CSS also works just like styles in popular DTP and word processing programs, which users tend to be familiar with.
You also ignore the possibility that a strict markup may be harder for a newbie to code, but make it much easier for programmers to write WYSIWYG tools that will spit out proper, unbloated code.
As for creative web projects, there's still plenty around. Flash has taken over a bit. Information stores need a database, so aren't very doable by grandma anyway.
I totally agree with you. I had a 1992 Civic VX, which used a VTEC engine tuned for fuel efficiency. I regularly got around 40mpg or better in the city and at least 50mpg highway. Most of the city miles were delivering pizza, so it was pretty harsh conditions versus the average commute most people do.
Silly person. You didn't read the EULA on that software before clicking install. There is no warranty or guarantee that the software will even do what it claims to do let alone furction correctly in any way. You waive all right to hold the company responsible.
Maybe Apple can do this because they have a standardized directory structure, but what can be easier than dragging an app package to the Applications folder? Poof, it's installed. Don't like it? Delete it. If it's more complex, there's an installer program. Playing with dependencies and makefiles is the reason I gave up on Linux.
Here's a simple way that is so simple it might be considered genius and overlooked.
Type using the Dvorak keybeoard layout on a normal keyboard and let the keymap in the OS get the characters right. The interceptor will get what it thinks is gibberish or code.
Try AbiWord (www.abisource.com). It's basic and open source. It runs on windows and Linux and BeOS and more. It saves as text, RTF, or it's own format that is XML-based. It also reads Word97 docs.
Why not leave I-opener alone and support a company that is making a versitile web-pad with built in wireless networking that runs Linux. Check out Qubit. Their device should be out this summer and cost around $400.00. It also runs BeIA.
The DMCA is turning out to be the most potent weapon ever against the free spread of cultural artifacts like movies and music.
Uhhh... They were rebroadcasting American TV. There's nothing but mega-media controlled crap on TV. You hate the mega-media. I hate the mega-media. Let the DCMA do us a favor and keep the Canadians away from that mind-numbing drivel.
Personally, I hope more open content or open publication projects take off. The DCMA can't control my ideas. I'm planning on putting out as much of my creativity as possible under those licences soon. Hopefully more people will follow suit. I'd rather other people enjoy my work rather than have it waste away while I try to get it published. Anything the internet community puts out certainly can't be any worse than what comes from the mega-medias.
Maybe I'm paranoid, but it seems to convinient to drop the suit after the xmas(tm) buying frenzy is over. I hope Etoy retaliates and makes an example of etoys so that this won't happen again. If they don't, I wonder if the suit will be brought back up next xmas(tm).
I'm sorry. I'm a bright person, but I don't think your point got across.
Are you saying you want a machine to think for you? That's what it sounds like. If so, I'd like to recommend you read In the Beginning was the Command Line again, or for the first time.
My mind is sufficiently advanced to make decisions for me.
Finally, I think the first thing Clotho should do for you is run a grammar check on your writing. I hate to flame like this, but I find it horribly unprofessional to be a columnist and have so many errors in your article.
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Really. $70 for a keyboard is nothing. It's a tool you use every day for extended periods of time. If you're looking for a decent keyboard it's because you don't like the way the $3 crap-board feels. It costs three bucks for a reason. Quality tools that last are worth every penny.
If you really want to balk at price, I'll point you to my Kinesis Contour keyboard. It cost about $300. The key feel and ergos are great. I've used this board at work for about 9 years now and it's still going strong.
If you still insist on being cheap, go prowl Goodwill or other thrift stores. I found a Lexmark BS board in near mint condition for $5.
The GIMP sucks! Stop bringing it up in every discussion about Photoshop.
While I can complain about monopolistic practices of MS like everyone else, in other areas it can be a big benefit. One of those benefits is Office 2007 integration with MS Sharepoint.
Sharepoint is a great tool for intranets and document management and the extra integration with Office is a nice feature. As an example, when someone creates a new document from a managed directory, the document template is set for the user and they are prompted to enter any required metadata. Sure you could live without the feature, but it's a lot of nice streamlining.
As for the ribbon, at least MS is trying something new. If it's a success I'm sure OSS developers will race to copy it. UIs change and evolve. Does anyone else remember the keyboard overlays for hinting at all the WordPerfect commands? I guess that was the height of word processing.
Like any upgrade, you just have to evaluate the factors and make a decision. For the company I work for, it looks like a good move.
if you look at the software that comes with a Mac, you get the picture that Mac users might have a different use for their computers than just blowing things up. Instead of playing games they make moives, take photos, compose music, or podcast for fun.
The no-games cry also applies only to the latest 3D monster games. Nobody complains that they can't play Bejeweled on a Mac; because they can do it just fine. There are tons of great, fun games for the Mac. They just aren't the ones that get all the buzz from the hardcore crowd.
Chess is very left-brain oriented and Go uses both halves. There's a lot more pattern recognition.
They did it already. It was called Firefly. It was way better than anything Lucas would have a hand in. For some reason it was canceled.
You're only a few months late in noticing this.
Read the article where people asked questions and see if you'd be interested in dealing with a bunch of hostile assholes.
There's also some new commercial support offerings from an established database company. Pervasive started offering a distribution recently.
Try jEdit. http://jedit.org
I thought I wouldn't be able to find something I liked after using HomeSite since it practically came out, but jEdit is heaven and it works on all the platforms I use.
You got that backwards. How about Slashdot tries to generate some standards-compliant HTML. Maybe even get with the 21st century and use CSS.
But it's not just Slashdot. I've gotten stuff from design agencies that was still table and transparent gif hell. One agenty just blinked when I told them I wanted the templates in XHTML/CSS.
Compared to my Go set made from RF connectors.
Boo hoo. For what I paid for my 486 I could have gotten a dual G5. What a rip-off!
Welcome to the world of technology where it's obsolete the moment you buy it.
Better tell the cops so they don't rough-up anyone with a laptop.
Uhhhh. Did anybody in this thread bother to check the program preferences?
In Quicktime preferences: uncheck "Quick Time system tray icon" and it will never come back.
I haven't messed with Real player in a long time, but I recall a similar option being available if you right-click the tray icon, possibly in a preference panel.
I'm sorry it's so easy.
Don't read the W3C docs if you want to do XHTML. Those docs are primarily written for the engineers that are going to implement the spec.
CSS is easier to learn/use than any table layout ever was. There are still a few kinks, but stick to CSS1 and you won't have problems. CSS also works just like styles in popular DTP and word processing programs, which users tend to be familiar with.
You also ignore the possibility that a strict markup may be harder for a newbie to code, but make it much easier for programmers to write WYSIWYG tools that will spit out proper, unbloated code.
As for creative web projects, there's still plenty around. Flash has taken over a bit. Information stores need a database, so aren't very doable by grandma anyway.
I totally agree with you. I had a 1992 Civic VX, which used a VTEC engine tuned for fuel efficiency. I regularly got around 40mpg or better in the city and at least 50mpg highway. Most of the city miles were delivering pizza, so it was pretty harsh conditions versus the average commute most people do.
Silly person. You didn't read the EULA on that software before clicking install. There is no warranty or guarantee that the software will even do what it claims to do let alone furction correctly in any way. You waive all right to hold the company responsible.
Maybe Apple can do this because they have a standardized directory structure, but what can be easier than dragging an app package to the Applications folder? Poof, it's installed. Don't like it? Delete it. If it's more complex, there's an installer program. Playing with dependencies and makefiles is the reason I gave up on Linux.
Here's a simple way that is so simple it might be considered genius and overlooked.
Type using the Dvorak keybeoard layout on a normal keyboard and let the keymap in the OS get the characters right. The interceptor will get what it thinks is gibberish or code.
Try AbiWord (www.abisource.com). It's basic and open source. It runs on windows and Linux and BeOS and more. It saves as text, RTF, or it's own format that is XML-based. It also reads Word97 docs.
Why not leave I-opener alone and support a company that is making a versitile web-pad with built in wireless networking that runs Linux. Check out Qubit. Their device should be out this summer and cost around $400.00. It also runs BeIA.
Uhhh... They were rebroadcasting American TV. There's nothing but mega-media controlled crap on TV. You hate the mega-media. I hate the mega-media. Let the DCMA do us a favor and keep the Canadians away from that mind-numbing drivel.
Personally, I hope more open content or open publication projects take off. The DCMA can't control my ideas. I'm planning on putting out as much of my creativity as possible under those licences soon. Hopefully more people will follow suit. I'd rather other people enjoy my work rather than have it waste away while I try to get it published. Anything the internet community puts out certainly can't be any worse than what comes from the mega-medias.
Maybe I'm paranoid, but it seems to convinient to drop the suit after the xmas(tm) buying frenzy is over. I hope Etoy retaliates and makes an example of etoys so that this won't happen again. If they don't, I wonder if the suit will be brought back up next xmas(tm).
I'm sorry. I'm a bright person, but I don't think your point got across.
Are you saying you want a machine to think for you? That's what it sounds like. If so, I'd like to
recommend you read In the Beginning was the Command Line again, or for the first time.
My mind is sufficiently advanced to make decisions for me.
Finally, I think the first thing Clotho should do for you is run a grammar check on your writing. I
hate to flame like this, but I find it horribly unprofessional to be a columnist and have so many
errors in your article.