Pointing to Creative's Nomad line as iPod knockoffs is far from accurate. In terms of quality and meaningful features, the Nomad blows an iPod out of the water everytime. My first MP3 player was an iPod. I was disappointed in the quality of almost every aspect of the unit. The case felt cheap, the sound quality was awful (IMO), and the controls just didn't feel comfortable. I demoed a Nomad Zen at a local shop and returned the iPod a couple of hours later. The Zen costs significantly less and offers much higer quality sound and a more significant feature set (again IMO). For the quality you get, the iPod is drastically over-priced. h
Apparently, you know absolutely nothing about Canada. If you think you can't get those things in a major Canadian city, you are not only wallowing, but drowning in ignorance.
I've been to New York several times and have yet to see anything of interest to me that I can't find in Canada.
The cost of living varies from one part of the country to another, but in general it's not bad. For consumer goods, most prices are reasonable when compared to the US. Same for housing. Strangely, when I was in New England last year, I was surpised to find that it was almost 35% cheaper to buy audio CDs at home in Nova Scotia than to buy them in the US where I would have thought the larger population would have caued the CDs to be at least a bit cheaper. Instead I found discs that were priced around $18.99US (about $26CDN) the same CDs at home were selling for $15-$18CDN.
Welcome to "Lives of the Rich and Masochistic". For some of us, the satisfaction of enjoying the job outweighs any financial benefit. What's the point in making a lot of extra money when working at a job you hate forces you to spend it on therapy for stress?
Not the website, the ISP. MSN provides internet access through a partner company called Qwest that Microsoft bought into a year or so back. That service is not available in Canada.
But when you start to notice too many problems/annoyances/needed repairs on your car, it is logical to replace the car with one that performs more to your liking.
If the problems don't bother you, ignore them. If they drive you nuts, do something about it.
The bottom line is that the surest way to stop these invasive DRM technologies is to to remove your support from the companies using them. I not only do not buy DRM protected CDs, I don't knowingly purchase anything from the recording industry labels that produce them. All of my coin goes to independant labels that still show respect for the customers. Kudos especially to Sam Rosenthal of Projekt Records for his stand on the issue and Janis Ian (performer) who has also had some words of wisdom on the topic.
I used to think the same way. However, after taking some time to learn a few native Linux apps, all my production needs for graphics and video are served by my Linux box.
Although Photoshop may offer more toys "out of the box", GIMP is far more flexible and extensible than Photoshop has ever been for my needs. And I've never found Cinelerra unusable. It's been my principle tool for video production for most of the past two years. I have yet to find any serious short-comings that I didn't also experience in the Windows apps I used prior to switching. If anything I find it much more enjoyable to use and have used it for everything from home video projects to music video production for a couple of local bands. I've also used it for creating commercial video product for my corporate clients.
These apps aren't for everyone, but some folks like me do prefer them. If they don't meet your needs then use the software that does. Personally, my experiences using Premiere were what convinced me to look closer at Cinelerra in the first place. Premiere didn't like my workstation at all and frequently let me know in no uncertain terms that it was going to fight me every step of the way and crash at every opportunity. I've never had a bad experience or missed a production deadline since switching to Linux and Cinelerra.
If the page adheres to official standards rather than the breakages existing in IE, the page is not at fault. If I greet you on the street in standard English, and you don't understand me because of a defective hearing aid, my communication skills are not at fault; the tool you use for recieving the communication is the problem.
While designing to compensate for IEs flaws might be a commercial necessity, that in no way renders those flaws acceptable. When I find a site that does not display correctly in a non-IE browser, I inform the entity responsible for the site of the problems in the hopes of seeing them corrected. When my bank didn't see fit to support official standards, I moved all of my personal and business accounts to a bank that did. I use linux; IE is not an option under normal circumstances.
Strangely, within weeks of my financial exodus, someone at the bank got the hint and their pages were redesigned wth genuine standards in mind.
I did check. Six default installs of Office 2000 in our office including my laptop which clearly shows a short cut labelled Microsoft Office with a tool tip containing the word's "Microsoft Office Startup" in the Startup group on the Programs menu. Six machines on which OSA installs by default unless you specifically tell it not to.
I continued checking by installing Office 97 on a test PC in my office. There it is... OSA selected by default to install.
The strip of buttons you describe is the Office shortcut bar that installs with at least Office 95, 97 and 2000. Office 2000 seems to be the first version of MS Office that doesn't turn the Shortcut bar on by default. The shortcut bar is a separate utility and is not part of the Office Startup Assistant.
Not true. On a default install of Microsoft Office, the Office Startup Assistant is installed and loaded from your Startup group when you boot your PC. This is the component that pre-loads certain office components so they always reside in memory. Unless you've chosen not to install OSA or have removed it from your Startup group later, Word and the other elements of office definitely do preload components to speed up the initial execution of the apps.
On a default install, you are definitely NOT loading MSword "from scratch".
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Mandrake and LG both worked toward fixing the problem. The info is on the Mandrake website in the errata section.
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3
Not only did Mandrake produce a fix, but LG released upgraded firmware for many drives and provided a procedure for resusitating the "dead" drives.
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You may not be able to use iTunes, but you can still use the iPod with linux.
http://gtkpod.sourceforge.net/
Pointing to Creative's Nomad line as iPod knockoffs is far from accurate. In terms of quality and meaningful features, the Nomad blows an iPod out of the water everytime. My first MP3 player was an iPod. I was disappointed in the quality of almost every aspect of the unit. The case felt cheap, the sound quality was awful (IMO), and the controls just didn't feel comfortable. I demoed a Nomad Zen at a local shop and returned the iPod a couple of hours later. The Zen costs significantly less and offers much higer quality sound and a more significant feature set (again IMO). For the quality you get, the iPod is drastically over-priced. h
Apparently, you know absolutely nothing about Canada. If you think you can't get those things in a major Canadian city, you are not only wallowing, but drowning in ignorance.
I've been to New York several times and have yet to see anything of interest to me that I can't find in Canada.
The cost of living varies from one part of the country to another, but in general it's not bad. For consumer goods, most prices are reasonable when compared to the US. Same for housing. Strangely, when I was in New England last year, I was surpised to find that it was almost 35% cheaper to buy audio CDs at home in Nova Scotia than to buy them in the US where I would have thought the larger population would have caued the CDs to be at least a bit cheaper. Instead I found discs that were priced around $18.99US (about $26CDN) the same CDs at home were selling for $15-$18CDN.
Welcome to "Lives of the Rich and Masochistic". For some of us, the satisfaction of enjoying the job outweighs any financial benefit. What's the point in making a lot of extra money when working at a job you hate forces you to spend it on therapy for stress?
Not the website, the ISP. MSN provides internet access through a partner company called Qwest that Microsoft bought into a year or so back. That service is not available in Canada.
Not really.
But when you start to notice too many problems/annoyances/needed repairs on your car, it is logical to replace the car with one that performs more to your liking.
If the problems don't bother you, ignore them. If they drive you nuts, do something about it.
The bottom line is that the surest way to stop these invasive DRM technologies is to to remove your support from the companies using them. I not only do not buy DRM protected CDs, I don't knowingly purchase anything from the recording industry labels that produce them. All of my coin goes to independant labels that still show respect for the customers. Kudos especially to Sam Rosenthal of Projekt Records for his stand on the issue and Janis Ian (performer) who has also had some words of wisdom on the topic.
I used to think the same way. However, after taking some time to learn a few native Linux apps, all my production needs for graphics and video are served by my Linux box.
Although Photoshop may offer more toys "out of the box", GIMP is far more flexible and extensible than Photoshop has ever been for my needs. And I've never found Cinelerra unusable. It's been my principle tool for video production for most of the past two years. I have yet to find any serious short-comings that I didn't also experience in the Windows apps I used prior to switching. If anything I find it much more enjoyable to use and have used it for everything from home video projects to music video production for a couple of local bands. I've also used it for creating commercial video product for my corporate clients.
These apps aren't for everyone, but some folks like me do prefer them. If they don't meet your needs then use the software that does. Personally, my experiences using Premiere were what convinced me to look closer at Cinelerra in the first place. Premiere didn't like my workstation at all and frequently let me know in no uncertain terms that it was going to fight me every step of the way and crash at every opportunity. I've never had a bad experience or missed a production deadline since switching to Linux and Cinelerra.
If the page adheres to official standards rather than the breakages existing in IE, the page is not at fault. If I greet you on the street in standard English, and you don't understand me because of a defective hearing aid, my communication skills are not at fault; the tool you use for recieving the communication is the problem.
While designing to compensate for IEs flaws might be a commercial necessity, that in no way renders those flaws acceptable. When I find a site that does not display correctly in a non-IE browser, I inform the entity responsible for the site of the problems in the hopes of seeing them corrected. When my bank didn't see fit to support official standards, I moved all of my personal and business accounts to a bank that did. I use linux; IE is not an option under normal circumstances.
Strangely, within weeks of my financial exodus, someone at the bank got the hint and their pages were redesigned wth genuine standards in mind.
I did check. Six default installs of Office 2000 in our office including my laptop which clearly shows a short cut labelled Microsoft Office with a tool tip containing the word's "Microsoft Office Startup" in the Startup group on the Programs menu. Six machines on which OSA installs by default unless you specifically tell it not to.
... OSA selected by default to install.
I continued checking by installing Office 97 on a test PC in my office. There it is
The strip of buttons you describe is the Office shortcut bar that installs with at least Office 95, 97 and 2000. Office 2000 seems to be the first version of MS Office that doesn't turn the Shortcut bar on by default. The shortcut bar is a separate utility and is not part of the Office Startup Assistant.
No mystery...it was probably a phys. ed. teacher.
Not true. On a default install of Microsoft Office, the Office Startup Assistant is installed and loaded from your Startup group when you boot your PC. This is the component that pre-loads certain office components so they always reside in memory. Unless you've chosen not to install OSA or have removed it from your Startup group later, Word and the other elements of office definitely do preload components to speed up the initial execution of the apps.
On a default install, you are definitely NOT loading MSword "from scratch".
Mandrake and LG both worked toward fixing the problem. The info is on the Mandrake website in the errata section. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3 Not only did Mandrake produce a fix, but LG released upgraded firmware for many drives and provided a procedure for resusitating the "dead" drives.