When it comes to openoffice, I'm getting kind of tired of having to apologize for it. It just isn't a very good office suite in terms of usability, quality, or features.
Well, outside of OpenOffice, there really isn't anything else that can remotely compare. There's Lotus Symphony, but if you're complaining about OpenOffice not being a very good suite, you won't like Symphony either. As a matter of fact, the next version of Symphony being developed is based on - you guess it - OpenOffice's code base.
I've used OpenOffice since the 1.x days, and StarOffice before that. It's progressed a *lot* during that time. Frankly, I don't have a problem running my business with it. I routinely exchange *.doc and *.ppt files with many other companies (although I rarely have to actually exchange *.xls files, I do often edit them for internal use).
I had my account for 3 or 4 years and usually don't get more than 30 spam messages accumulated in my spam box.
I've had my account for at least 3 years I'm currently at 679. I've maybe given the address out to less than ten family members.
But my email address contains my name, which is quite common. When I ran servers, I would see guess attempts at email addresses every day (every 10 minutes, really) in the logs, so I would imagine the more common your name/email address, the more spam you're going see.
When I was still working in IT, the last contract job I had, I had a micro-manager from hell. He'd never held any sort of management job before, but technically was brilliant.
He needed to be in constant contact with me throughout the entire day.
I had gone down to the server room for about 45 minutes, and came back to this IM:
"ANSWER ME!!!! YOU MUST ANSWER ME! I AM YOUR MANAGER AND NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!" I'm not kidding. It was that obnoxious.
Never mind the fact that we all carried around cellphones and he could have easily called me if he so desperately needed to talk to me.
It turned out that, as usual, all he wanted was a "status update" on an install I was doing. Honestly, this was more of a quite common tech-to-management role switch problem, but the fact that he had IM at his disposal just made workdays damn near unbearable.
A quick search yields several articles from 2008 that mention Opera Mini being rejected from the Apps store.
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But if I have to compile a new piece of software just to install it properly the first time, that's when *nixen completely fail the end user.
You must not have recent experience with Ubuntu... or Opensuse, etc.
You don't have to compile a single thing to get everything working. The package managers are quite nice, really.
As far as automatic updates, it doesn't matter what operating system you use. Updates can and do occasionally hose things, whether it's Windows, OSX or Linux. So it's wise to *not* have auto updates on, rather read what each update is doing before letting it install.
"Right, unless somebody's going to pay me, I'm not having breakfast!"
Do you?
Stawman argument, but let's go there...
Of course, a rational person wouldn't do that, but you may just drive across town to buy cheaper breakfast food, maybe using a coupon to entice you.
This is what I meant when I said we're motivated by money at every turn. We're motivated to get and keep as much money as we can. It's not always a bad thing.
because kids aren't adults, and school isn't optional work?
why do you think adults require motivation?
As adults we're motivated by money at every turn.
That said, it would be nice to be able to teach our kids that pure work ethics will do the job and give them their just compensation. It rarely works out that way though, unfortunately.
It would be even better for these people to find out why kids aren't doing well in the first place. It usually comes down to boredom or just plain horrible teachers.
Some of the worst teachers I've ever come across in my life were at the college level. There were some truly good teachers too, but they stand out only because they worked alongside awful teachers.
Every single non-tech person I know that's recently bought a new computer has Bing as their default search and leaves it that way. Without fail. Sure, geeks may still prefer Google, but get out of tech circles and you'll see Windows users now using Bing.
The couple times I've tried Bing, the results weren't poor... different than Google, yes, but certainly not bad results.
I use Linux pretty much exclusively, excepting a virtual instance of XP.
I've tried Songbird for Ubuntu each time a new release came out and frankly, it was a horrible experience.
I loved the layout of the software, but having to wait damn near a half hour (or more) each time I'd start it up to reindex all my music was annoying, to say the least.
I've ended up just sticking with Rhythmbox, which is OK,but I really did prefer the Songbird layout.
but on a purely business level, I had heard (this morning, actually) on one of the cable news channels that China only represented just over 1 percent of Google's business.
I wonder how much they were spending on infrastructure within China, and if it actually hurt, rather than helped, their bottom line.
"I was also keeping up my calligraphy skills, something I believe is sorely lacking in today's youth."
I mean, seriously. I hardly ever write anything down anymore.
First off, I didn't say calligraphy.
But regarding handwriting, just because text is "hardly ever written down anymore" doesn't mean we should let it fall by the wayside. Particularly to the point that it can no longer even be read or understood. As with most things, if you don't use it, you tend to lose it.
When I first went to college, the only place you could find any type of computer was in the lab, so taking notes by hand in a spiral-bound was the only option.
I went back to school 20 years later to get another degree, Tried taking notes on a laptop and went back to simple handwritten notes. Here's why: I found that I retained much more when I went back over my handwritten notes, then reorganized them on my laptop. Yes, it was more time-consuming, but I was effectively going over all the information twice and reinforcing what was taught. I was also keeping up my handwriting skills, something I believe is sorely lacking in today's youth.
I wonder how many students today just enter their notes on a laptop and forget about them until finals.
For western languages, I have no doubt that this will eventually be a decent option for general text.
Just not now. It still needs a lot of work.
I'm in the translation business, and the general trend in internet communications such as websites, etc. at least, is to simplify the language being used.
Except she probably doesn't call him every patch tuesday.
Unless one of those patch tuesdays cause a BSOD at boot time (that happened last year sometime, no?) Like or not, it's possible to have nasty problems on *any* system if you're not careful.
Now, instead of coverage areas that extend far beyond cities, the coverage pretty much ends in the suburbs.
My cabin is about 90 miles outside of the twin cities in a very remote area, and I can get all the networks OTA.
I also am using a 20+ year old VHF/UHF antenna on the roof, albeit a large one (maybe 15 feet tall) and it works fine. All I had to do was add an electrical power booster to it.
PDF and fixed layout where it's needed, but please stop producing novels as PDF. They don't reflow nicely on smaller screens.
Depends on the software (and device, I suppose) you're suing to read the PDF... some are quite configurable.
This booklet could cost five dollars, include a free phone, cure cancer and have a battery life of 9.5 years on a single charge and it would still be considered the most evil device ever created, ranking right up there with child-maiming landmines.
I'm no MS fan, but really?
I mean, if you don't like a company, just don't buy their products. I certainly don't and I can function just fine without them. There are plenty of choices these days.
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Well, outside of OpenOffice, there really isn't anything else that can remotely compare. There's Lotus Symphony, but if you're complaining about OpenOffice not being a very good suite, you won't like Symphony either. As a matter of fact, the next version of Symphony being developed is based on - you guess it - OpenOffice's code base.
I've used OpenOffice since the 1.x days, and StarOffice before that. It's progressed a *lot* during that time. Frankly, I don't have a problem running my business with it. I routinely exchange *.doc and *.ppt files with many other companies (although I rarely have to actually exchange *.xls files, I do often edit them for internal use).
No, wait. Just don't use the f'ing thing. Get something that's not so restrictive.
Yeah, the newstoon app was written specifically for the iPhone, but I bet s/he or they will be looking at something a bit more open going forward.
I've had my account for at least 3 years I'm currently at 679. I've maybe given the address out to less than ten family members.
But my email address contains my name, which is quite common. When I ran servers, I would see guess attempts at email addresses every day (every 10 minutes, really) in the logs, so I would imagine the more common your name/email address, the more spam you're going see.
He needed to be in constant contact with me throughout the entire day.
I had gone down to the server room for about 45 minutes, and came back to this IM:
"ANSWER ME!!!! YOU MUST ANSWER ME! I AM YOUR MANAGER AND NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!" I'm not kidding. It was that obnoxious.
Never mind the fact that we all carried around cellphones and he could have easily called me if he so desperately needed to talk to me.
It turned out that, as usual, all he wanted was a "status update" on an install I was doing. Honestly, this was more of a quite common tech-to-management role switch problem, but the fact that he had IM at his disposal just made workdays damn near unbearable.
A quick search yields several articles from 2008 that mention Opera Mini being rejected from the Apps store.
You must not have recent experience with Ubuntu... or Opensuse, etc.
You don't have to compile a single thing to get everything working. The package managers are quite nice, really.
As far as automatic updates, it doesn't matter what operating system you use. Updates can and do occasionally hose things, whether it's Windows, OSX or Linux. So it's wise to *not* have auto updates on, rather read what each update is doing before letting it install.
Just say that you can't answer. It's very likely that it's not at all difficult to answer and you just can't talk about it.
You did some fine work, but things have changed. That often happens.
Stawman argument, but let's go there...
Of course, a rational person wouldn't do that, but you may just drive across town to buy cheaper breakfast food, maybe using a coupon to entice you.
This is what I meant when I said we're motivated by money at every turn. We're motivated to get and keep as much money as we can. It's not always a bad thing.
As adults we're motivated by money at every turn.
That said, it would be nice to be able to teach our kids that pure work ethics will do the job and give them their just compensation. It rarely works out that way though, unfortunately.
It would be even better for these people to find out why kids aren't doing well in the first place. It usually comes down to boredom or just plain horrible teachers.
Some of the worst teachers I've ever come across in my life were at the college level. There were some truly good teachers too, but they stand out only because they worked alongside awful teachers.
The couple times I've tried Bing, the results weren't poor... different than Google, yes, but certainly not bad results.
Truthfully, I've more often found out about software releases (particularly for Ubuntu) through places like Lifehacker.
Really, Slashdot tends to follow other sites when it comes to news these days.
I've tried Songbird for Ubuntu each time a new release came out and frankly, it was a horrible experience.
I loved the layout of the software, but having to wait damn near a half hour (or more) each time I'd start it up to reindex all my music was annoying, to say the least.
I've ended up just sticking with Rhythmbox, which is OK,but I really did prefer the Songbird layout.
It's old and entirely unoriginal.
I wonder how much they were spending on infrastructure within China, and if it actually hurt, rather than helped, their bottom line.
First off, I didn't say calligraphy.
But regarding handwriting, just because text is "hardly ever written down anymore" doesn't mean we should let it fall by the wayside. Particularly to the point that it can no longer even be read or understood. As with most things, if you don't use it, you tend to lose it.
I went back to school 20 years later to get another degree, Tried taking notes on a laptop and went back to simple handwritten notes. Here's why: I found that I retained much more when I went back over my handwritten notes, then reorganized them on my laptop. Yes, it was more time-consuming, but I was effectively going over all the information twice and reinforcing what was taught. I was also keeping up my handwriting skills, something I believe is sorely lacking in today's youth.
I wonder how many students today just enter their notes on a laptop and forget about them until finals.
Just not now. It still needs a lot of work.
I'm in the translation business, and the general trend in internet communications such as websites, etc. at least, is to simplify the language being used.
For specialized text, we're a long way off yet.
Unless one of those patch tuesdays cause a BSOD at boot time (that happened last year sometime, no?) Like or not, it's possible to have nasty problems on *any* system if you're not careful.
She would call you, just like she does now when anything goes wrong with her Windows or Mac machine.
My cabin is about 90 miles outside of the twin cities in a very remote area, and I can get all the networks OTA.
I also am using a 20+ year old VHF/UHF antenna on the roof, albeit a large one (maybe 15 feet tall) and it works fine. All I had to do was add an electrical power booster to it.
I'm no MS fan, but really?
I mean, if you don't like a company, just don't buy their products. I certainly don't and I can function just fine without them. There are plenty of choices these days.
It's definitely not a "me too" device. At least I've not seen anything else in this form factor.
Really? When did it hit the app store?
I'm honestly asking, as the "preview" I just saw on kotaku says "Available soon on the App Store"
It probably will be in due time. I don't think it's even been released for the iphone yet, has it?