version 5 doesn't work with MS Office 2003 at all. My office installed 2003 last week & now, every time I open Word, I get an error message that says Acrobat 5 is incompatible & i have the choice to either go buy an upgrade or disable Acrobat while using Word. So sticking with 5 is fine, as long as you don't upgrade anything else either.
you make a lot of good reasons for slashdot readers to change, but not for my parents. Most geeks have already made the switch, it's the non-geeks that we're talking about now.
One reason is that there are still a TON of custom applications written for businesses that depend on IE. When a great number of your employees don't know the difference between IE & Firefox, it's alot easier to not include Firefox than it is to provide tech support.
Exactly. It's so funny how many thoughtless drones are out there that just can't comprehend that Bush is the first President to ever provide federal funding for stem cells research in the first place.
Sorry, but I have to call bullshit. Below is every quote from the address using the word 'free' or 'freedom'. Check for yourself at C-SPAN
First, he defines the terms a number of times in different ways. He also uses them generically occasionally assuming that you know the english language. There is not one time that freedom is equated in any way with making money.
Second, only 6 of the occurences relate to Iraq. So if you want to study the Pavolovian effect, maybe you should look at the blog you quoted so well.
Both of your premises are completely wrong, therefore your argument is invalid. Next time maybe you should think for yourself before passing on every left-wing idea you read somewhere.
Quotes from the State of the Union 2005: "We've been placed in office by the votes of the people we serve. And tonight that is a privilege we share with newly-elected leaders of Afghanistan, the Palestinian Territories, Ukraine, and a free and sovereign Iraq."
"Small business is the path of advancement, especially for women and minorities, so we must free small businesses from needless regulation and protect honest job-creators from junk lawsuits."
"Our second great responsibility to our children and grandchildren is to honor and to pass along the values that sustain a free society."
"Our third responsibility to future generations is to leave them an America that is safe from danger, and protected by peace. We will pass along to our children all the freedoms we enjoy"
"If whole regions of the world remain in despair and grow in hatred, they will be the recruiting grounds for terror, and that terror will stalk America and other free nations for decades."
"The only force powerful enough to stop the rise of tyranny and terror, and replace hatred with hope, is the force of human freedom."
"America will stand with the allies of freedom to support democratic movements in the Middle East and beyond"
"Our aim is to build and preserve a community of free and independent nations, with governments that answer to their citizens, and reflect their own cultures."
"And because democracies respect their own people and their neighbors, the advance of freedom will lead to peace."
"The beginnings of reform and democracy in the Palestinian territories are now showing the power of freedom to break old patterns of violence and failure."
"the United States will work with our friends in the region to fight the common threat of terror, while we encourage a higher standard of freedom."
"we expect the Syrian government to end all support for terror and open the door to freedom."
"Today, Iran remains the world's primary state sponsor of terror -- pursuing nuclear weapons while depriving its people of the freedom they seek and deserve."
"Our generational commitment to the advance of freedom, especially in the Middle East, is now being tested and honored in Iraq."
"And the victory of freedom in Iraq will strengthen a new ally in the war on terror."
"they are trying to destroy the hopes of Iraqis, expressed in free elections."
"We will succeed in Iraq because Iraqis are determined to fight for their own freedom, and to write their own history."
"We are standing for the freedom of our Iraqi friends, and freedom in Iraq will make America safer for generations to come."
"And we have said farewell to some very good men and women, who died for our freedom, and whose memory this nation will honor forever."
"with grateful hearts, we honor freedom's defenders, and our military families, represented here this evening"
"The attack on freedom in our world has reaffirmed our confidence in freedom's power to change the world. We are all part of a great venture: To extend the promise of freedom in our country, to renew the values that sustain our liberty, and to spread the peace that freedom brings."
"The road of Providence is uneven and unpredictable -- yet we know where it leads: It leads to freedom."
I made the comments "If something bad happened" and "it only takes one person".
The guy replying to me ignorantly translated that to comparing every kid playing video games with playing football or getting pregnant. I made no such direct correlation or suggested it was "natural". The fact of the matter is that occasionally, yes rarely, it does happen and as I pointed out, it only takes one person freakin out to cause alot of problems.
My comparison of "Kids break bones, Kids shoot others" was only to point out how rediculous the idea is of comparing the two.
I completely agree with you that the media is at fault and completely wrong in this issue, but the fact is, the school is wise for making this decision.
I agree completely. just trying to add some humor. Want something really funny? check out my other post on this topic. I get modded troll for basically saying what you just said & another guy gets +4 insightful for bashing me.
"How is it different from taking field trips to the zoo, or funding violent sports?"
Kids break bones Kids shoot others.
Can you really not see the difference here? Are you just completely retarded? Tell me something, when was the last time the media spent a full week covering a broken bone or teen pregnancy? Compare that to the uproar over columbine and similar incidents. There is a HUGE difference.
you said: "There's no media frenzy over video games; there's just a select group of idiots like Lieberman and Buchanon that make a big stink over it."
I never said there was, I said, IF something happened like some random kid going on a rampage, there would be a media stink.
lol, I had assumed there was some intelligence in/. that spilled over to the games section. guess i was wrong. It's hilarious that mine was modded troll & yours was interesting. The lack of intelligence here is frightening.
It only takes one person, not "each and every person." The fact is, most of the parents are probably paying enough attention to their kids for it not to be a problem, but it only takes that one.
This is a wise move for the school. If something bad happened, they would be held responsible by the public & the media whether parent's signed permission slips or not.
"Unfortunately for the faithful this means no miracles. Just because science can't explain something doesn't mean it was 'God.'"
You're working from a very limited definition of a miracle. Many "miracles" can be explained naturally, but the circumstances and chances of it happening are just short of impossible.
Take the battle of Jericho from the Bible for example. Thousands of people march around a city in a mountainous region for 7 days & then jump around & shout. Pretty soon the earth shakes & the walls fall. Sounds like an earthquake to me. But try to explain the timing. Alot of things would have had to be just right for that to work.
"you're write, he's not Spielberg & he's not Lucas. i remember back in the day when a little thing like vocabulary was taught in school. Hilarity. I believe they also taught capitalization in school, but apparently you forgot that too."
lol, capitalization. spellling is such a minor inconvenience.
he's not making the movie, he's not directing it, he's not producing it, he wrote it. period. you're write, he's not Speilberg & he's not Lucas. say it with me slowly, he's a w-r-i-t-e-r.
geesh, all he's saying is that you're right, the producers and directors are screwing it up, but he had little say in it. he's washing his hands of the matter if you will.
i remember back in the day when a little thing like vocabulary was taught in school.
he wrote the script. period. he's not funding it, he's not directing it, he's not producing it, he wrote it. that's it. he's not going to go "make it outside of hollywood" cause he's not trying to make it inside. in case you still don't get it....HE'S NOT MAKING IT. he's just a writer.
he never said that he wanted to make a movie that "were all supposed to be love as a true doom movie." he said he the script he wrote was the true doom movie in his mind. he even repeatedly said that each of our ideas probably differed greately from his, and the facts are that the visions of the people in charge differed even more.
did you even read the whole thing? I know there were alot of big words.
next time, before you annoy the rest of us with your illogical ranting, try getting a clue.
Can you not just write a contract that holds them completely liable for all damages, losses, downtime, etc caused by that machine? Then give them the option of whether or not they need to be a superuser that badly.
"Different sites have different stats, but one civilian death is one too many."
This is from a relatively unbiased group that studies human rights atrocities throughout the world: "Along with other human rights organizations, The Documental Centre for Human Rights in Iraq has compiled documentation on over 600,000 civilian executions in Iraq. Human Rights Watch reports that in one operation alone, the Anfal, Saddam killed 100,000 Kurdish Iraqis. Another 500,000 are estimated to have died in Saddam's needless war with Iran. Coldly taken as a daily average for the 24 years of Saddam's reign, these numbers give us a horrifying picture of between 70 and 125 civilian deaths per day for every one of Saddam's 8,000-odd days in power."
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you forgot to add humble & modest.....oh wait
way to prove his point.
version 5 doesn't work with MS Office 2003 at all. My office installed 2003 last week & now, every time I open Word, I get an error message that says Acrobat 5 is incompatible & i have the choice to either go buy an upgrade or disable Acrobat while using Word. So sticking with 5 is fine, as long as you don't upgrade anything else either.
you make a lot of good reasons for slashdot readers to change, but not for my parents. Most geeks have already made the switch, it's the non-geeks that we're talking about now.
One reason is that there are still a TON of custom applications written for businesses that depend on IE. When a great number of your employees don't know the difference between IE & Firefox, it's alot easier to not include Firefox than it is to provide tech support.
Exactly. It's so funny how many thoughtless drones are out there that just can't comprehend that Bush is the first President to ever provide federal funding for stem cells research in the first place.
"Should the people who make and sell "violent video" games be held accountable if someone commits a crime because of playing them?"
If you can PROVE that they committed the crime BECAUSE of playing the game, then yes. I'd be really impressed to see that proof though.
Sorry, but I have to call bullshit. Below is every quote from the address using the word 'free' or 'freedom'. Check for yourself at C-SPAN
First, he defines the terms a number of times in different ways. He also uses them generically occasionally assuming that you know the english language. There is not one time that freedom is equated in any way with making money.
Second, only 6 of the occurences relate to Iraq. So if you want to study the Pavolovian effect, maybe you should look at the blog you quoted so well.
Both of your premises are completely wrong, therefore your argument is invalid. Next time maybe you should think for yourself before passing on every left-wing idea you read somewhere.
Quotes from the State of the Union 2005:
"We've been placed in office by the votes of the people we serve. And tonight that is a privilege we share with newly-elected leaders of Afghanistan, the Palestinian Territories, Ukraine, and a free and sovereign Iraq."
"Small business is the path of advancement, especially for women and minorities, so we must free small businesses from needless regulation and protect honest job-creators from junk lawsuits."
"Our second great responsibility to our children and grandchildren is to honor and to pass along the values that sustain a free society."
"Our third responsibility to future generations is to leave them an America that is safe from danger, and protected by peace. We will pass along to our children all the freedoms we enjoy"
"If whole regions of the world remain in despair and grow in hatred, they will be the recruiting grounds for terror, and that terror will stalk America and other free nations for decades."
"The only force powerful enough to stop the rise of tyranny and terror, and replace hatred with hope, is the force of human freedom."
"America will stand with the allies of freedom to support democratic movements in the Middle East and beyond"
"Our aim is to build and preserve a community of free and independent nations, with governments that answer to their citizens, and reflect their own cultures."
"And because democracies respect their own people and their neighbors, the advance of freedom will lead to peace."
"The beginnings of reform and democracy in the Palestinian territories are now showing the power of freedom to break old patterns of violence and failure."
"the United States will work with our friends in the region to fight the common threat of terror, while we encourage a higher standard of freedom."
"we expect the Syrian government to end all support for terror and open the door to freedom."
"Today, Iran remains the world's primary state sponsor of terror -- pursuing nuclear weapons while depriving its people of the freedom they seek and deserve."
"Our generational commitment to the advance of freedom, especially in the Middle East, is now being tested and honored in Iraq."
"And the victory of freedom in Iraq will strengthen a new ally in the war on terror."
"they are trying to destroy the hopes of Iraqis, expressed in free elections."
"We will succeed in Iraq because Iraqis are determined to fight for their own freedom, and to write their own history."
"We are standing for the freedom of our Iraqi friends, and freedom in Iraq will make America safer for generations to come."
"And we have said farewell to some very good men and women, who died for our freedom, and whose memory this nation will honor forever."
"with grateful hearts, we honor freedom's defenders, and our military families, represented here this evening"
"The attack on freedom in our world has reaffirmed our confidence in freedom's power to change the world. We are all part of a great venture: To extend the promise of freedom in our country, to renew the values that sustain our liberty, and to spread the peace that freedom brings."
"The road of Providence is uneven and unpredictable -- yet we know where it leads: It leads to freedom."
Maybe you should read the posts before you reply.
I made the comments "If something bad happened" and "it only takes one person".
The guy replying to me ignorantly translated that to comparing every kid playing video games with playing football or getting pregnant. I made no such direct correlation or suggested it was "natural". The fact of the matter is that occasionally, yes rarely, it does happen and as I pointed out, it only takes one person freakin out to cause alot of problems.
My comparison of "Kids break bones, Kids shoot others" was only to point out how rediculous the idea is of comparing the two.
I completely agree with you that the media is at fault and completely wrong in this issue, but the fact is, the school is wise for making this decision.
I agree completely. just trying to add some humor. Want something really funny? check out my other post on this topic. I get modded troll for basically saying what you just said & another guy gets +4 insightful for bashing me.
/. as a whole.
lol, this is a sad reflection on
"How is it different from taking field trips to the zoo, or funding violent sports?"
/. that spilled over to the games section. guess i was wrong. It's hilarious that mine was modded troll & yours was interesting. The lack of intelligence here is frightening.
Kids break bones
Kids shoot others.
Can you really not see the difference here? Are you just completely retarded? Tell me something, when was the last time the media spent a full week covering a broken bone or teen pregnancy? Compare that to the uproar over columbine and similar incidents. There is a HUGE difference.
you said:
"There's no media frenzy over video games; there's just a select group of idiots like Lieberman and Buchanon that make a big stink over it."
I never said there was, I said, IF something happened like some random kid going on a rampage, there would be a media stink.
lol, I had assumed there was some intelligence in
"That certainly didn't make slashdot."
maybe you should've posted it.
It only takes one person, not "each and every person." The fact is, most of the parents are probably paying enough attention to their kids for it not to be a problem, but it only takes that one.
This is a wise move for the school. If something bad happened, they would be held responsible by the public & the media whether parent's signed permission slips or not.
Get to work on that and let me know when you finish. I just filed for the patent. ;-)
"Unfortunately for the faithful this means no miracles. Just because science can't explain something doesn't mean it was 'God.'"
You're working from a very limited definition of a miracle. Many "miracles" can be explained naturally, but the circumstances and chances of it happening are just short of impossible.
Take the battle of Jericho from the Bible for example. Thousands of people march around a city in a mountainous region for 7 days & then jump around & shout. Pretty soon the earth shakes & the walls fall. Sounds like an earthquake to me. But try to explain the timing. Alot of things would have had to be just right for that to work.
perhaps you missed it, but he was making a joke. i know it was really subtle.
"you're write, he's not Spielberg & he's not Lucas.
i remember back in the day when a little thing like vocabulary was taught in school.
Hilarity. I believe they also taught capitalization in school, but apparently you forgot that too."
lol, capitalization. spellling is such a minor inconvenience.
lol, we all have those once in awhile.
somebody didn't read the whole post.
& you got modded up for it. nice to know the mods are awake.
hmmm, there seems to be a common problem here.
do you know the meaning of the word scriptwriter?
he's not making the movie, he's not directing it, he's not producing it, he wrote it. period. you're write, he's not Speilberg & he's not Lucas. say it with me slowly, he's a w-r-i-t-e-r.
geesh, all he's saying is that you're right, the producers and directors are screwing it up, but he had little say in it. he's washing his hands of the matter if you will.
i remember back in the day when a little thing like vocabulary was taught in school.
you just really have no clue do you?
he wrote the script. period. he's not funding it, he's not directing it, he's not producing it, he wrote it. that's it. he's not going to go "make it outside of hollywood" cause he's not trying to make it inside. in case you still don't get it....HE'S NOT MAKING IT. he's just a writer.
he never said that he wanted to make a movie that "were all supposed to be love as a true doom movie." he said he the script he wrote was the true doom movie in his mind. he even repeatedly said that each of our ideas probably differed greately from his, and the facts are that the visions of the people in charge differed even more.
did you even read the whole thing? I know there were alot of big words.
next time, before you annoy the rest of us with your illogical ranting, try getting a clue.
Can you not just write a contract that holds them completely liable for all damages, losses, downtime, etc caused by that machine? Then give them the option of whether or not they need to be a superuser that badly.
"Different sites have different stats, but one civilian death is one too many."
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This is from a relatively unbiased group that studies human rights atrocities throughout the world:
"Along with other human rights organizations, The Documental Centre for Human Rights in Iraq has compiled documentation on over 600,000 civilian executions in Iraq. Human Rights Watch reports that in one operation alone, the Anfal, Saddam killed 100,000 Kurdish Iraqis. Another 500,000 are estimated to have died in Saddam's needless war with Iran. Coldly taken as a daily average for the 24 years of Saddam's reign, these numbers give us a horrifying picture of between 70 and 125 civilian deaths per day for every one of Saddam's 8,000-odd days in power."
Here's the full article where it's quoted:
http://www.gbn.com/ArticleDisplayServlet.srv?aid=
nobody likes to see people die, but you have to honestly include the alternatives as well.
heh, I'm furious that Blair has never once campaigned in Oklahoma. How unsensitive to the world is that?!?
perhaps you missed the point. 30,000.....1800.....you do the math.