Why? Because you don't like it? Truth be told, there's a lot of idiot users out there who don't understand MDI interfaces, and Microsoft's partially solved that problem. In 2000 and XP, you had a normal MDI, and some users were too stupid to figure out the Window menu.
Third, why is Excel and Powerpoint MDI but Word SDI?
No, They all behave the same actually. Look at the window menu in Word. From any word doc you can see any other word doc that's open. That's the same as Excel - pseudo SDI. I think the change in Excel made it work more like Word, not the other way around.
The BSOD over 256 colors is the most consistent problem I've ever come across. In 1.4 it will even bluescreen during the installation.
Why should OOo authors give a rat's ass about some user who runs NT 4.0 in 256 colours? Really, you are.00000000001% of their target audience. Most users don't use NT4, and few use 256 colours now because they don't have to.
I can assure you that OOo will not fail because they cannot support you.
Some of the other comments about the long load times are legit. IMO your complaint is not.
Our phone company here's on strike. I discovered from various DSL resellers that I need basic phone service to have a DSL line. Basic service from Telus is $29.99/mo + DSL $29.99
So I got cable and voip. Cable: $37.99/mo; voip: $15/mo... $11 if I buy their hardware.
Oh, and no installation charges for voip. Telus wanted $100.
I'm still $7/mo + $100 ahead. DSL blows, at least in my area.
Plus, Shaw cable doesn't block inbound port 80 and 21 like DSL does.
I'm on a rant. This is OT. Moderators will damn me haha...
Sorry for my delayed response: "truth is we're in for a moderate price climb, but it'll result in a pardigm shift."
With all due respect, I'd like to see you prove that statement.
Easy. We had a paradigm shift in the 1970's that resulted in increased popularity of smaller Japanese cars. There's a few failures in the "total destruction" oil POV. The big difference lies in the Cost of Oil vs. The cost of alternatives. Today oil is the cheapest. If it's no longer the cheapest, we'll find other ways.
We are at, or have already passed, peak oil production.
Prove it. That's a subjective point that's been predicted since the early 1990's. You don't know if we've hit Hubbert's peak or not.
Truth is we're in for a moderate price climb, but it'll result in a pardigm shift. People will migrate to alternative fuels, and they will become more attractive as pump prices rise.
1) The hockey puck with the original iMac. Most ergonomically retarded mouse ever.
2) The mouse without buttons - the buttons are on the bottom. Tap towards the front of the mouse and it's a left click. Tap towards the sides and it right clicks. If there was any games available for the Mac, I'm sure gamers would bitch. Seems to force users to keep a light hand when using their mouse.
Equally dumb ideas from an otherwise innovative company. Let's see if we can add a third stupid mouse innovation from Apple.
I'm not a Microsoft fanboy, but they deserve credit for bringing optical mouse technology to the masses, even if they weren't the innovators. It was truly an evolutionary step in the right direction.
Someone a while ago posted a link to an app that does what Windows Update does, only I can't remember the name of it:( Anyone know of any alternatives to windows update?
The Canadian version of the DMCA will have a hard time passing parliament. Our House of Commons is in disarray, so there's no telling if it'll pass or not.
And that's how shit like Code Red and Nimbda spreads. The "Leave it alone" attitude is generally bad - and a good IT person should spend their time preventing that crap.
Problem is that patching servers is boring, and they have more interesting things to do like deploy something new and noteworthy.
Nothing like re-imaging 1000+ computers with XP to run IE7.
Nothing like... doing your... job???
Seriously... Why do IT people stonewall all patches and software upgrades? I've seen IT people running versions of apache with security holes because they need to "validate" the next upgrade. In the meantime they are vulnerable to attack.
Good gawd people, give it up! I know upgrading servers and workstations is a pain, but that's your job!!!
Yes, but the key is that this particular user wants to run a linux desktop on a rather weak machine. KDE and Gnome are both bloated.
I'm not trying to start an Xfce vs. KDE and Gnome flamewar, I'm only saying that Xfce is tonnes better on older machines, and there's even better desktops out there than that, just suggesting that one a bit lighter would be beneficial.
I find Google maps can't even find numbered streets very well. I think the mapquest algorithm for finding addresses is still more refined than google's.
I can't find quite a few addresses still in Google maps, and not only that, and I also find Mapquest is more current than Google. I moved into a new development, and Mapquest at least will recognize and find the address. Google maps just pukes. Google has trouble finding even my fiancee's parent's house, which is over 30 yrs old. She lives on xxxx E.XXth street, and Google pukes over that address.
Deported for being a national security threat. He was held in jail for two years without trial. While I agree he's a pain in the ass, I think he should be allowed to say whatever he likes, no matter what the cost, or how unpopular it is.
Germany has some pretty tough laws against holocaust deniers.
In Canada, the head of the RCMP complained about our "annoying" constitution, and how much easier it was before we had that pesky Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
You have it right on the money. Cops want as much power as possible.
Problem is that power corrupts. Without checks and balances we're doomed.
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Has nobody seen the hilucination in max payne... man that was trippy.
Most people have; one of the best 3rd person games ever made. I thought though though it was a dream sequence, not a halucination...
Second, it DEFINITELY shouldn't be on by default.
Why? Because you don't like it? Truth be told, there's a lot of idiot users out there who don't understand MDI interfaces, and Microsoft's partially solved that problem. In 2000 and XP, you had a normal MDI, and some users were too stupid to figure out the Window menu.
Third, why is Excel and Powerpoint MDI but Word SDI?
No, They all behave the same actually. Look at the window menu in Word. From any word doc you can see any other word doc that's open. That's the same as Excel - pseudo SDI. I think the change in Excel made it work more like Word, not the other way around.
Probably legacy shit they finally consolidated.
The BSOD over 256 colors is the most consistent problem I've ever come across. In 1.4 it will even bluescreen during the installation.
.00000000001% of their target audience. Most users don't use NT4, and few use 256 colours now because they don't have to.
Why should OOo authors give a rat's ass about some user who runs NT 4.0 in 256 colours? Really, you are
I can assure you that OOo will not fail because they cannot support you.
Some of the other comments about the long load times are legit. IMO your complaint is not.
Thats not true
I have an @shaw.ca account on MSN. I've had it since 2001.
One small flaw in your theory. You and I both know that it's pr0n that rules the world.
Pron made VHS win against Betamax. Pr0n made the internet boom.
Unless Google hosts out pr0n, expect it to be a failure.
Actually, my better half has a cool credit card. Any balance under $10 they write off... So every month she'd get a day of free parking somewhere.
Sounds stupid, but it's $120/yr... Not too shabby for just having a credit card...
Apple tries to dodge OpenGroups Unix trademark with "It's Unixbased"
Maybe these poor companies do the same, "It's Linuxbased".
Or simply "Has a Linux kernel".
You are no longer infringing trademark, you are merely stating fact.
If you think about it, Redhat, Gentoo et al != Linux and nor are they Linux variants; they contain the Linux kernel + a bunch of other GNU stuff...
Our phone company here's on strike. I discovered from various DSL resellers that I need basic phone service to have a DSL line. Basic service from Telus is $29.99 /mo + DSL $29.99
/mo; voip: $15/mo... $11 if I buy their hardware.
So I got cable and voip. Cable: $37.99
Oh, and no installation charges for voip. Telus wanted $100.
I'm still $7/mo + $100 ahead. DSL blows, at least in my area.
Plus, Shaw cable doesn't block inbound port 80 and 21 like DSL does.
I'm on a rant. This is OT. Moderators will damn me haha...
Sorry for my delayed response:
"truth is we're in for a moderate price climb, but it'll result in a pardigm shift."
With all due respect, I'd like to see you prove that statement.
Easy. We had a paradigm shift in the 1970's that resulted in increased popularity of smaller Japanese cars. There's a few failures in the "total destruction" oil POV. The big difference lies in the Cost of Oil vs. The cost of alternatives. Today oil is the cheapest. If it's no longer the cheapest, we'll find other ways.
We are at, or have already passed, peak oil production.
Prove it. That's a subjective point that's been predicted since the early 1990's. You don't know if we've hit Hubbert's peak or not.
Truth is we're in for a moderate price climb, but it'll result in a pardigm shift. People will migrate to alternative fuels, and they will become more attractive as pump prices rise.
Let us not forget Apple's last mouse evolutions:
1) The hockey puck with the original iMac. Most ergonomically retarded mouse ever.
2) The mouse without buttons - the buttons are on the bottom. Tap towards the front of the mouse and it's a left click. Tap towards the sides and it right clicks. If there was any games available for the Mac, I'm sure gamers would bitch. Seems to force users to keep a light hand when using their mouse.
Equally dumb ideas from an otherwise innovative company. Let's see if we can add a third stupid mouse innovation from Apple.
I'm not a Microsoft fanboy, but they deserve credit for bringing optical mouse technology to the masses, even if they weren't the innovators. It was truly an evolutionary step in the right direction.
You'd be surprised how many legal offices still use WP5.1.... They see no need to upgrade because these legal ladies are blazingly fast with WP.
Heck, many still use Netware 3.11 as their server lol.
So what you are saying is that the bank/corporate website developers are still walking on MS's leech and follow every change.
I know TD Bank in Canada still uses Nutscrape 4.xx to browse for some odd reason. I have a few things to say to them, but still.
Someone a while ago posted a link to an app that does what Windows Update does, only I can't remember the name of it :( Anyone know of any alternatives to windows update?
The Canadian version of the DMCA will have a hard time passing parliament. Our House of Commons is in disarray, so there's no telling if it'll pass or not.
FWIW, and AFAIK I believe you can do anything in VB that you can do in C#. They both end up as MSIL before they are compiled.
And that's how shit like Code Red and Nimbda spreads. The "Leave it alone" attitude is generally bad - and a good IT person should spend their time preventing that crap.
Problem is that patching servers is boring, and they have more interesting things to do like deploy something new and noteworthy.
Nothing like re-imaging 1000+ computers with XP to run IE7.
Nothing like... doing your... job???
Seriously... Why do IT people stonewall all patches and software upgrades? I've seen IT people running versions of apache with security holes because they need to "validate" the next upgrade. In the meantime they are vulnerable to attack.
Good gawd people, give it up! I know upgrading servers and workstations is a pain, but that's your job!!!
The real upside is that, while downloading free music, the downloader might buck up and pay to go to a concert.
Yes, but the key is that this particular user wants to run a linux desktop on a rather weak machine. KDE and Gnome are both bloated.
I'm not trying to start an Xfce vs. KDE and Gnome flamewar, I'm only saying that Xfce is tonnes better on older machines, and there's even better desktops out there than that, just suggesting that one a bit lighter would be beneficial.
I find Google maps can't even find numbered streets very well. I think the mapquest algorithm for finding addresses is still more refined than google's.
I can't find quite a few addresses still in Google maps, and not only that, and I also find Mapquest is more current than Google. I moved into a new development, and Mapquest at least will recognize and find the address. Google maps just pukes. Google has trouble finding even my fiancee's parent's house, which is over 30 yrs old. She lives on xxxx E.XXth street, and Google pukes over that address.
Honestly, drop KDE and Gnome for something lighter.
Xfce is awesome for slower computers. There's tonnes of other desktops and WM's out there that are way more efficient than Gnome and KDE.
IMO they're just as bloated asp XP.
Deported for being a national security threat. He was held in jail for two years without trial. While I agree he's a pain in the ass, I think he should be allowed to say whatever he likes, no matter what the cost, or how unpopular it is.
Germany has some pretty tough laws against holocaust deniers.
Cops are assholes. Period.
In Canada, the head of the RCMP complained about our "annoying" constitution, and how much easier it was before we had that pesky Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
You have it right on the money. Cops want as much power as possible.
Problem is that power corrupts. Without checks and balances we're doomed.
Never mind that guy. We have our own garbage to deal with. Look at Earnst Zundel. He's been in jail for over two years without standing trial.
We're no better than America, make no mistake about it. We have a dark, tainted history of our own to contend with.
Not that I'm ashamed to be Canadian, but some of our past and present is to be ashamed about.