One word: speed. Going from 5 to 6 felt like a big step backwards. It was slow to load and sluggish to work with. My experience with everything after 5 has been worse than that. There are several alternate PDF viewers available that are quicker and easier to work with. I'm sure someone will pop up to extol the virtues of Foxit or Sumatra or whatever.
While we're at it, why don't you tell me about the deficiencies with OO.o.
I also suggest you check the definition of a troll. You could get flame bait at a stretch, but troll is unlikely. Then again I've seen 'troll' = 'I disagree, but can't argue the point.'
When that something is 'Submit this data or face large fines, You can only use the listed versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer to do this." they will deal with it by buying a machine with Windows installed. I can't remember what the issue was, but it was IE only, including the use of ActiveX controls.
Once ODF gets some momentum, there will be a lot more tools being built. Just look at the options for PDF. The official Adobe Reader has been crap since about version 6. (Not sure if 8 is any better.) If better ODF support is needed, someone will build it.
Businesses that have standardized on Apple must love you. (They are out there. I've had to support them. They get to buy a machine with Windows for things like this.)
That would be like the Australian Tax Office requiring IE for some business reporting. The standard response is that you can do it or be fined. At least they've fixed the need for specific versions of the JVM.
This was a few years back, but maybe they've changed. Then again, it's the tax office.
They'll go for mid-size companies and won't name them. They've probably had the film in the can long enough for the company to action anything that came up and I'm sure they'd remove anything that was still vulnerable.
We threw one out and are getting more of the same. I saw the new guy start backing away from greenhouse targets last week. Give it six months and he'll be Telstra's bitch just like the last guy.
What right? Some of the states already had tight gun laws. They only took military grade weapons away from yahoos who didn't have a demonstrated need. I'm from the country and going to a city school in the late '70s, I was the only person who'd ever handled a rifle.
That being said, if you need one to do a job (farmer, professional shooter) or you join a gun club, you can have access to a lot of stuff.
As for needing weapons to deal with the government, how well does it work when they lay siege to your house?
You forgot 68% of shareholders saying no to a big bonus package. The board said "screw you, we're getting it anyway."
There's GPS tracking of technicians, suicides among call-center workers, and the public poll that said the Wiggles have more trust than the Telstra board.
Wow, they usually pull that here if you're trying to connect to another provider. The solution is get BigPong DSL for the absolute minimum period and churn to the other mob. DSL is so much easier to connect if you're signing up for BigPong. Obviously not in your case.
Also used to be a better phone company. The service was excellent if a bit slow. Now, all of the old techs who built the system are bailing out. I dread faults calls now.
Are cable, satellite, microwave, WiMAX, cellular, or other media viable options for decent-speed Internet?
Cable: What cable? We're getting cable rolled out here in March. At least that's what they said in 1999. The providers were hell bent on rolling out cable and did a lot of places, then stopped. I'm now in an inner suburb and have to use satellite for pay TV.
Satellite: The folks have two-way satellite with Big-Pong. 500 MB/month limit and $0.15/MB after that. It's about the only option where they are. They had dial-up before but couldn't get more than about 14k.
Others: Most of the back-bone here is run by a small group of companies. Wholesale pricing doesn't help make anything cheaper. These may help with connectivity, but not much else.
Just curious, but why would you still put calls on line n when you have a full PABX? I just did a quick google and Asterisk appears to have call parking features. (Call parking may be what you're looking for.) How good the documentation is, is anyone's guess.
Nope, not like NT. NT service packs didn't get good until 2 and behaved like Star Trek movies. IIRC, it was odd ones were OK for 3.51 and even ones were good for 4.0. 4.0 SP3 and 5 weren't bad, they just didn't deliver a lot. Windows 2000 SPs weren't that bad at all.
I like the bit in the article that said that when this thing hits the masses it will reboot your machine three nights in a row to handle the update. So much for long running tasks. I guess it's the visit of service pack past, present and future.
Well, the summary seems to say that the merchants in this case were scammers. The feds may have wanted to back-trace / follow the money. It probably also took time to collect enough evidence for the case to proceed while not tipping off the accused.
No, it was routine maintenance. There's no point keeping dead people on these lists. It'll be interesting to see if the victim has any family to sue for negligence or defamation. What the hell, it will keep the lawyers busy.
Mr RIAA lawyer better not have any audio files on his laptop. Better have the judge make sure he has a note from every rights holder. Check his car too. Got an iPod, Mr. Lawyer? How about your kids? Unauthorized ring-tones on your phone?
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. I'm sure we could find violations by the RIAA and it's members and staff.
Yeah, but the OP was pushing for solar everywhere. I live in one of the sunniest cities in the world and have solar hot water. We still need to use the backup electric booster about three months of the year. Power for this has to come from somewhere.
Wow, such vitriol, I'm flattered. If you want to drop the gloves, so be it.
By 'Environmental types' I meant the self-described environmental activists. The people who push their cause at the expense of all others. In Australia we have people blocking wind farms because it will hurt birds. I am not kidding. See the onshore section of this for a pointer. Here is another article for you. Google is good.
Even in Australia, I know that dailykos is known for it's fair and balanced reporting. You point me there and tell me to read it "before posting your rightwing talkradio gibberish." By right-wing do you mean the Liberals or the Nationals? They're our right-wing parties.
How do answer this quote? "The industry, like others, has suffered from rapidly increasing costs in recent times" (From your linked article) How about "Offshore wind is still more expensive than onshore" Onshore is the one people are complaining about, right.
There, are you happy now, or would you like some more attention?
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I think he's trying to harness the Streisand effect. Any press is good press.
One word: speed. Going from 5 to 6 felt like a big step backwards. It was slow to load and sluggish to work with. My experience with everything after 5 has been worse than that. There are several alternate PDF viewers available that are quicker and easier to work with. I'm sure someone will pop up to extol the virtues of Foxit or Sumatra or whatever.
While we're at it, why don't you tell me about the deficiencies with OO.o.
I also suggest you check the definition of a troll. You could get flame bait at a stretch, but troll is unlikely. Then again I've seen 'troll' = 'I disagree, but can't argue the point.'
When that something is 'Submit this data or face large fines, You can only use the listed versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer to do this." they will deal with it by buying a machine with Windows installed. I can't remember what the issue was, but it was IE only, including the use of ActiveX controls.
They could do this until someone used an unsupported MS Office feature. You'd either need to cripple MS Office or treat Open Office as a poor cousin.
Alternatively, you can get a plugin to open/save ODF from MS Office.
Once ODF gets some momentum, there will be a lot more tools being built. Just look at the options for PDF. The official Adobe Reader has been crap since about version 6. (Not sure if 8 is any better.) If better ODF support is needed, someone will build it.
Businesses that have standardized on Apple must love you. (They are out there. I've had to support them. They get to buy a machine with Windows for things like this.)
That would be like the Australian Tax Office requiring IE for some business reporting. The standard response is that you can do it or be fined. At least they've fixed the need for specific versions of the JVM.
This was a few years back, but maybe they've changed. Then again, it's the tax office.
They'll go for mid-size companies and won't name them. They've probably had the film in the can long enough for the company to action anything that came up and I'm sure they'd remove anything that was still vulnerable.
Carley Fiorina and Pattie Dunne do The Simple Life, sponsored by HP.
Every unit hand tested at the factory.
We threw one out and are getting more of the same. I saw the new guy start backing away from greenhouse targets last week. Give it six months and he'll be Telstra's bitch just like the last guy.
What right? Some of the states already had tight gun laws. They only took military grade weapons away from yahoos who didn't have a demonstrated need. I'm from the country and going to a city school in the late '70s, I was the only person who'd ever handled a rifle.
That being said, if you need one to do a job (farmer, professional shooter) or you join a gun club, you can have access to a lot of stuff.
As for needing weapons to deal with the government, how well does it work when they lay siege to your house?
You forgot 68% of shareholders saying no to a big bonus package. The board said "screw you, we're getting it anyway."
There's GPS tracking of technicians, suicides among call-center workers, and the public poll that said the Wiggles have more trust than the Telstra board.
Wow, they usually pull that here if you're trying to connect to another provider. The solution is get BigPong DSL for the absolute minimum period and churn to the other mob. DSL is so much easier to connect if you're signing up for BigPong. Obviously not in your case.
Also used to be a better phone company. The service was excellent if a bit slow. Now, all of the old techs who built the system are bailing out. I dread faults calls now.
Tell that to the farmers. Big Pong satellite was the only decent option in some areas, especially with government install rebates.
Cable: What cable? We're getting cable rolled out here in March. At least that's what they said in 1999. The providers were hell bent on rolling out cable and did a lot of places, then stopped. I'm now in an inner suburb and have to use satellite for pay TV.
Satellite: The folks have two-way satellite with Big-Pong. 500 MB/month limit and $0.15/MB after that. It's about the only option where they are. They had dial-up before but couldn't get more than about 14k.
Others: Most of the back-bone here is run by a small group of companies. Wholesale pricing doesn't help make anything cheaper. These may help with connectivity, but not much else.
Fair enough. You may also want to check for a code to pick up the phone remotely. This is only useful if someone can hear the other phone ringing.
Just curious, but why would you still put calls on line n when you have a full PABX? I just did a quick google and Asterisk appears to have call parking features. (Call parking may be what you're looking for.) How good the documentation is, is anyone's guess.
Nope, not like NT. NT service packs didn't get good until 2 and behaved like Star Trek movies. IIRC, it was odd ones were OK for 3.51 and even ones were good for 4.0. 4.0 SP3 and 5 weren't bad, they just didn't deliver a lot. Windows 2000 SPs weren't that bad at all.
I like the bit in the article that said that when this thing hits the masses it will reboot your machine three nights in a row to handle the update. So much for long running tasks. I guess it's the visit of service pack past, present and future.
Well, the summary seems to say that the merchants in this case were scammers. The feds may have wanted to back-trace / follow the money. It probably also took time to collect enough evidence for the case to proceed while not tipping off the accused.
No, it was routine maintenance. There's no point keeping dead people on these lists. It'll be interesting to see if the victim has any family to sue for negligence or defamation. What the hell, it will keep the lawyers busy.
Mr RIAA lawyer better not have any audio files on his laptop. Better have the judge make sure he has a note from every rights holder. Check his car too. Got an iPod, Mr. Lawyer? How about your kids? Unauthorized ring-tones on your phone?
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. I'm sure we could find violations by the RIAA and it's members and staff.
Can't touch this? It's discovery time.
Yeah, but the OP was pushing for solar everywhere. I live in one of the sunniest cities in the world and have solar hot water. We still need to use the backup electric booster about three months of the year. Power for this has to come from somewhere.
By 'Environmental types' I meant the self-described environmental activists. The people who push their cause at the expense of all others. In Australia we have people blocking wind farms because it will hurt birds. I am not kidding. See the onshore section of this for a pointer. Here is another article for you. Google is good.
Even in Australia, I know that dailykos is known for it's fair and balanced reporting. You point me there and tell me to read it "before posting your rightwing talkradio gibberish." By right-wing do you mean the Liberals or the Nationals? They're our right-wing parties.
How do answer this quote? "The industry, like others, has suffered from rapidly increasing costs in recent times" (From your linked article) How about "Offshore wind is still more expensive than onshore" Onshore is the one people are complaining about, right.
There, are you happy now, or would you like some more attention?