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  1. Re:My Kingdom for a Datagrid Element! on HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash? · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with that? Emacs isn't that bad for hand coding HTML.

  2. Re:My Kingdom for a Datagrid Element! on HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash? · · Score: 1

    Have you tried putting the table in the form instead? On page 348 of the 4th ed. of O'Reilly's HTML and XHTML there is an example of a table in a form. Also, the paragraph at the bottom of page 359 of the same book implies that a form tag may not be immediately nested in a table tag.

  3. Re:Modern Thin client? on The Future Might Be BIOS and Browsers · · Score: 1

    I'm the one oversimplifying? You make broad, unsupported assertions with respect to both Microsoft Windows and Linux. I call you on those assertions. You provide no justification for them, but reply that I'm oversimplifying. Hmm . . .

    Seriously, Vista and 7 may be worse than XP, but is this a trend? Is Vista more virus riddled than Windows 95?

    Also, you state that Apple is being a nanny with respect to its platform. Might not this be true of the network services being discussed here?

  4. Re:Modern Thin client? on The Future Might Be BIOS and Browsers · · Score: 1

    The traditional PC still dominates, but it's definitely losing ground. People are just fed up with the increasing complexity and brittleness of Windows. Desktop Linux, if it ever gets significant mind share, will just go down the same route. Open Source is good for squashing bugs, filling security holes, and encouraging creative application development. But it's actually worse at maintaining a consistent and simple user experience.

    Is Windows getting worse? And is Open Source worse than Windows? And if so, does its being worse stem from its inherent makeup, or because people are used to Windows?

  5. Re:Interesting.. on Craigslist Fights Back, Sues SC Atty General · · Score: 1

    Next you'll complain that SC has solicitors rather than district attorneys (unless it's been changed recently). Or that the University of South Carolina's sports nickname is "The Fighting Gamecocks". Oh the T-shirts they made from that.

  6. *Masters of baiting on Craigslist Fights Back, Sues SC Atty General · · Score: 1

    Till they get off?

  7. Re:It's about time on Craigslist Fights Back, Sues SC Atty General · · Score: 1

    As a former South Carolina resident (1986-2007), I know that Governor Sanford is not eligible for a third consecutive term. Is McMaster the leading Republican candidate? Who else wants the job?

  8. Re:Where I'm confused is... on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    But so does LaTeX. I was asking because I wondered if doing something in Word is easier than doing it in LaTeX.

  9. Re:Where I'm confused is... on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    provided you know what you're doing

    and that would apply to what percentage of Word users?

  10. Re:Different Tools for Different Jobs on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    I'd run screaming before I'd attempt any kind of document automation with TeX--the labor wouldn't be worth the yield.

    Do you mean like converting database output into a LaTeX table? As if PostgreSQL cold be bothered with that. oh wait . . . never mind.

  11. Re:FWIW, equation editor in Office 2007 on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    Interesting, as x_is should leave the i, but not the s, subscripted. If you want both subscripted, you should type x_{is}. The same applies for ^. The editor should showthe i as a subscript as soon as it's typed.

  12. Re:Biology on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    Turing equivalent to what? Is that another way of saying Turing complete?

  13. Re:Biology on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    Has Microsoft corrected how Excel calculates percentiles? I've had it return 100 and 22.2 as percentiles, both of which are incorrect. Granted, Gnumeric does the same thing.

  14. Re:TeX is neither obsolete, or Un-usable on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    You can use kile.

  15. Re:It's not intended for children on Ball And Chain To Force Children To Study · · Score: 1

    Finding distractions that you know are just displacement activities but you still do them?

    Like reading Slashdot?

  16. Re:Nah. on Ball And Chain To Force Children To Study · · Score: 1

    You don't read much Sophocles, do you? Unless you want the kid to kill his father and marry his mother.

  17. Re:Just what we need on Office 2010 Technical Preview Leaked · · Score: 1

    It bothers me when the open source community benefits so much from Apple and Microsoft's UI research.

    And Apple doesn't benefit from BSD?

  18. Re:Um, yeah, hai.. on UK Researches Future 10Gbps Broadband Technology · · Score: 1

    and what does UK stand for?

    The University of Kentucky. Gee, you'd think that someone from Arkansas would follow the SEC more closely.

  19. I represent Lobotomized Chimpanzees of America on Sony Pictures CEO Thinks the Net Wasn't Worth It · · Score: 1

    Twitter is blogging for lobotomized chimpanzees, such as Ashton Kutcher

    I represent Lobotomized Chimpanzees of America, and will conduct their defamation suit against you.

  20. Re:Insightful analysis... four years late. on Gartner Tells Businesses to Forget About Vista · · Score: 0

    Just about any box in the store will run Ubuntu, and getting Ubuntu isn't that difficult.

  21. Pink Shirt on Does Dell Know What Women Want In a Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Oh Pink shirt! Now I understand!

  22. Re:BAC levels aren't black and white! on Court Orders Breathalyzer Code Opened, Reveals Mess · · Score: 1

    DUI/DWI/etc. charges are about impairment. You can be considered impaired at 0.00 if you're unable to safely operate the vehicle. 0.06, 0.07, 0.08, 0.09 is all pretty much the same thing if you're staggering around and unable to function. The number on that unit is just one piece of evidence.

    The "I" in DUI stands for influence (of alcohol or some other substance). It should not apply if the impairment is due to something else. There is also reckless driving which presumes no impairment at all.

  23. Re:Coding Standard on Court Orders Breathalyzer Code Opened, Reveals Mess · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Testimony is subject to cross-examination (at least in the US). Opposing counsel has the opportunity to exploit weaknesses in the witness's testimony. Also, the witness is subject to prosecution for perjury for lying. What penalty does a faulty (if it be faulty) device face?

  24. Re:Pedantry on Schneier Says We Don't Need a Cybersecurity Czar · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming that the proper transliteration for the Russian title is "Tsar". I believe that "czar" is the proper transliteration of a Polish title. I believe that Russian Ц is usually transliterated as "ts".

    http://www.bartleby.com/61/87/C0848700.html

  25. Pedantry on Schneier Says We Don't Need a Cybersecurity Czar · · Score: 1

    The title of the former rulers of Russia was "Tsar".