I guess I'm one of the few that really really likes the office 2007 interface and really wish OO would adopt something similar. That's not enough to get me to switch (not an option anyway, running linux fulltime now). It's a little frustrating to see MS continually evolving their product in very visible ways, while OO has looked pretty much the same for 3 years now. If we want people to switch to OSS, we need to be visually superior to MS. All the back end superiorities of OO are not immediately obvious to many (free file format, multiplatform, powerful editable style system, etc), aside from the cost.
Whether your like or hate the office 2007 interface, at least MS is out there rethinking how people use applications, which tasks they need to access the quickest, etc. OO is sticking to the same old massive row of buttons. Koffice is doing more thinking along these lines, but personally I don't really like where they're going. But at least they're rethinking things.
Microsoft has 'invented' the Microkernel?
Sounds good to me, but seriously. The major reason for going with a microkernel I've always read was protection from drivers with memory leaks and such. I use windows at work and linux at home, and I haven't blue-screened in about 6 years.
Still, a simpler design may be safer as well, ne? Fewer exploits via buggy syscalls?
Install Quicktime Alternative (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alt ernative.htm)
Then try using media player classic to open the file. Quicktime alternative is a freeware quicktime codec, and will let you watch quicktime movies in an application of your choice. See also: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternati ve.htm
There is no need to be tied to realplayer or quicktime on windows.
1) An admin utility (no, phpmyadmin doesn't count for crap) that doesn't suck. Please, just take pgadmin and make it connect to mysql. PLEASE. MySQL Administrator and MySQL Query Browser work very poorly.
2) fix Unicode. UTF8?
3) How about stored procedures/functions with the same name, but different # of parameters? Works great in postgres.
4) Character truncation when inserting into char fields. (maybe this is fixed now? Last version I used was 5, just before it went GA)
5) Real standard TIMESTAMP data types.
6) Get rid of myisam and make InnoDB the standard. MyISAM is a joke.
Of these, 1-2 are very serious issues which will prevent me from working with it. 3-4 make my life more difficult, but I can get around them. 5-6 just make it much more of a serious database. Something where if people ask me what database I recommend for a project, I can honestly say 'MySQL!' and not have every other developer in the room give me odds looks (currently I usually say Postgres).
Imagine being able to use those to switch virtual desktops, and having an image of the virtual desktop on those keys! =O
As a bonus side effect, that'll clear up a bit of room on the taskbar, which is a pretty big deal for me. I prefer to have as much room on my taskbar devoted to tasks and not other misc stuffs such as applets, a gigantic clock, or thumbnails of each desktop.
I'm seriously getting twitchy about the prospect of this xDD
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=chirurgic al
I guess it's considered archaic, but it's definitely a word. Maybe it's taught in Hong Kong english classes (where Lik Sang is based).
If anyone is interested in ordering manga online, I really recomend ordering from Sasuga: http://www.sasugabooks.com/store/manga.html They have a LOT of manga at very very reasonable prices. If you're lucky enough to live near one of their stores (boston), definitely stop by! it's a pretty amazing place.
if you can get to nyc, another great place is Kinokuniya: http://www.kinokuniya.com/newyork/ , or Book Off right around the corner from them. For online ordering tho, Sasuga is the place to go.
Tokyo pop and viz see scanlations as dangerous to their business model, as many fans would rather dl manga for free than buy it from them. And to back infornography up, if anyone would know about tokyo pop and viz in the community, he would. He founded 2 scanlation teams and maintains contact with their reps at conventions, as do I.
dunno, I'm to the point of preferring them on my screen rather than in print. with a nice hi res lcd, it can be quite nice!! it also depends on the quality of the scans of course.
From a hardcore manga addict, migrating to the web is a GREAT thing. I've got around 20 gigs of translated comics, and carry all of it with me on my laptop. I can transfer whole shelves of my favorite manga to friends at anime conventions.
There are huge advantages to having an all digital collection.
Many of these manga have already made their authors very wealthy in japan. The long term goal of any scanlator is to get a manga noticed/licensed such that company legally releases it in english for people to buy, thusly getting money to the author. Think of us as free advertising:)
One thing that this article didn't really go into is the already existing and very developed communities devoted to translating and distributing japanese comics on the web.
Every day hundreds of pages of japanese comics, or manga are scanned, translated, and then edited (japanese taken out, english put in) and then distributed via irc, http, and bittorrent. If you're interested in dling, check out this site for a list of daily/past releases: http://www.dailymanga.fr.st/
There are hundreds of people working on this accross the world (including myself), and thousands of people already relying COMPLETELY on the web for their daily manga fix.
The industry is way behind:)
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I guess I'm one of the few that really really likes the office 2007 interface and really wish OO would adopt something similar. That's not enough to get me to switch (not an option anyway, running linux fulltime now). It's a little frustrating to see MS continually evolving their product in very visible ways, while OO has looked pretty much the same for 3 years now. If we want people to switch to OSS, we need to be visually superior to MS. All the back end superiorities of OO are not immediately obvious to many (free file format, multiplatform, powerful editable style system, etc), aside from the cost.
Whether your like or hate the office 2007 interface, at least MS is out there rethinking how people use applications, which tasks they need to access the quickest, etc. OO is sticking to the same old massive row of buttons. Koffice is doing more thinking along these lines, but personally I don't really like where they're going. But at least they're rethinking things.
If it's such a low bar, then why do other candidates seem to have such a hard time clearing it?
Microsoft has 'invented' the Microkernel? Sounds good to me, but seriously. The major reason for going with a microkernel I've always read was protection from drivers with memory leaks and such. I use windows at work and linux at home, and I haven't blue-screened in about 6 years. Still, a simpler design may be safer as well, ne? Fewer exploits via buggy syscalls?
Install Quicktime Alternative (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alt ernative.htm)
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Then try using media player classic to open the file. Quicktime alternative is a freeware quicktime codec, and will let you watch quicktime movies in an application of your choice. See also: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternat
There is no need to be tied to realplayer or quicktime on windows.
1) An admin utility (no, phpmyadmin doesn't count for crap) that doesn't suck. Please, just take pgadmin and make it connect to mysql. PLEASE. MySQL Administrator and MySQL Query Browser work very poorly.
2) fix Unicode. UTF8?
3) How about stored procedures/functions with the same name, but different # of parameters? Works great in postgres.
4) Character truncation when inserting into char fields. (maybe this is fixed now? Last version I used was 5, just before it went GA)
5) Real standard TIMESTAMP data types.
6) Get rid of myisam and make InnoDB the standard. MyISAM is a joke.
Of these, 1-2 are very serious issues which will prevent me from working with it. 3-4 make my life more difficult, but I can get around them. 5-6 just make it much more of a serious database. Something where if people ask me what database I recommend for a project, I can honestly say 'MySQL!' and not have every other developer in the room give me odds looks (currently I usually say Postgres).
Imagine being able to use those to switch virtual desktops, and having an image of the virtual desktop on those keys! =O As a bonus side effect, that'll clear up a bit of room on the taskbar, which is a pretty big deal for me. I prefer to have as much room on my taskbar devoted to tasks and not other misc stuffs such as applets, a gigantic clock, or thumbnails of each desktop. I'm seriously getting twitchy about the prospect of this xDD
Remember, E=MC^2 Mass can be represented as energy, and energy as mass. There's little difference when it comes down to it :)
Al Gore would be turning in his grave if he wasn't a robotic zombie incapable of death, charged to guard the internet for all time.
Interestingly enough, Matrox did just announce a fanless pcie 1x dual dvi g550 variant with open source linux/unix drivers :)
er, don't we? I suppose it depends on where you live. Many states use quite a bit to product electricity.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=chirurgic al
I guess it's considered archaic, but it's definitely a word. Maybe it's taught in Hong Kong english classes (where Lik Sang is based).
If anyone is interested in ordering manga online, I really recomend ordering from Sasuga: http://www.sasugabooks.com/store/manga.html They have a LOT of manga at very very reasonable prices. If you're lucky enough to live near one of their stores (boston), definitely stop by! it's a pretty amazing place. if you can get to nyc, another great place is Kinokuniya: http://www.kinokuniya.com/newyork/ , or Book Off right around the corner from them. For online ordering tho, Sasuga is the place to go.
yeah, thanks for propagating the lie that all anime/manga is pr0n :P
Tokyo pop and viz see scanlations as dangerous to their business model, as many fans would rather dl manga for free than buy it from them. And to back infornography up, if anyone would know about tokyo pop and viz in the community, he would. He founded 2 scanlation teams and maintains contact with their reps at conventions, as do I.
dunno, I'm to the point of preferring them on my screen rather than in print. with a nice hi res lcd, it can be quite nice!! it also depends on the quality of the scans of course.
::high fives tsubasa:: Yay for Aku-Tenshi, Yay for Adachi! Yeah yeah, manganews.net is great too
From a hardcore manga addict, migrating to the web is a GREAT thing. I've got around 20 gigs of translated comics, and carry all of it with me on my laptop. I can transfer whole shelves of my favorite manga to friends at anime conventions. There are huge advantages to having an all digital collection.
Many of these manga have already made their authors very wealthy in japan. The long term goal of any scanlator is to get a manga noticed/licensed such that company legally releases it in english for people to buy, thusly getting money to the author. Think of us as free advertising :)
One thing that this article didn't really go into is the already existing and very developed communities devoted to translating and distributing japanese comics on the web. Every day hundreds of pages of japanese comics, or manga are scanned, translated, and then edited (japanese taken out, english put in) and then distributed via irc, http, and bittorrent. If you're interested in dling, check out this site for a list of daily/past releases: http://www.dailymanga.fr.st/ There are hundreds of people working on this accross the world (including myself), and thousands of people already relying COMPLETELY on the web for their daily manga fix. The industry is way behind :)