it's for every message, not just the message from one blackberry. if you have 100 blackberries, all the messages from all the blackberries go to the bcc address, not just one select blackberry.
While "frantically" installing SP3 after reading this article (it's only been out for 7 days or so) I noticed a "silent BCC" option in the BES config. You enter an email address and it automatically bcc's you on every message sent to/from all the Blackberrys. This is rather disturbing, and I can't really see any reason for it. Sure I can always just give myself access to their Exchange Mailbox, but still... disturbing.
isn't that what photoshop elements was designed for? It's only $89
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 4.0 software combines power and simplicity to help you do it all. Edit and enhance your photos by fixing common flaws instantly or using advanced options for more control. Keep every photo at your fingertips. And show off your creativity in entertaining slide shows, photo mail, Web galleries, and countless other ways.
I see your point, but you have to look at it from the perspective of people whose 'friend' isn't a basement dwelling troll. Some people actually have attractive friends (notice: plural) that like to talk to them.
another thing it's missing is alt tags. it has a bunch of pretty buttons at the bottom of the screen, but i have no idea what any of them do. i'm guessing one of them is the logout button (as i can't seem to find one) but i have no idea.
As I've said numerous times now.. No where did I say that proprietary formats were good. I simply said that OO formats need to become more accessible. Users typically only remember their first few reactions to a program/format. If their impression is "I couldn't figure out how to open it" when someone asks them about OO, that's all they are going to tell them.
keep on bashing your head against the wall tho, i think it's working.
great, so users can open the document in 500 years but 99% of them can't figure out how to open it right now. that's perfect.
people need to stop talking about how great open standards are, and make them work for end users. the fact that the average slashdot reader can open the files doesn't help anything.
We're arguing about two completely different subjects. You keep bashing your head against the wall saying "open standards!" whereas i'm actually talking about the ability to open documents NOW. My grandma doesn't care if someone can open a document in 500 years, and she doesn't know how to unzip a file, or whether ASCII is still around.
Have never seen a backwards compatibility problem with office. That's not my point, i'm not saying office is better, i'm saying that OO needs to be more accessible to the end user who has never seen it before. lightweight viewers, converters (can these not be written FOR office by opensource developers?), etc.
it's great that the format is open, but if a home user can't open the file, and has no idea what the file extension stands for it's pretty pointless. The people who have forwarded me OO files have assumed they were viruses based on their wonky file extensions. Rather than answer any of my questions you've just posted an emotion based "challenge" eh? Can they be opened in Wordpad? Are there import filters/OO viewers?
if they are worried about the public being able to read the documents OO doesnt seem like the right choice? are there viewer applications for OO without having to download/install the whole program? There are free viewer applications for all office 2003 products. chances of someone having OO installed vs microsoft office are slim (not to mention recognizing some crazy file extension vs.doc). Quite a few people I know have asked me how to open certain files they have received and they have turned out to be OO docs. Are there import filters for microsoft office? Can you view them in wordpad? Yes I realize that there are PDF readers everywhere, but that's only half of the solution.
Back when IBM tried to migrate all their desktops to Linux I remember reading about how they failed and that a big reason was their webapps being tied to IE.
Call me crazy but my guess is that it made them realize that they need a browser on Linux before they can convince the mega companies to start to migrate their desktops.
I think you're over reacting. That portion of the document appears to be in italics and the Bill: portion begins AFTER that. Making me believe that you're angry at the question asker, not the answerer..
Making outbound calls is a little more complicated. After registering the cellphone number with iSkoot, the user creates and sends a text message to the e-mail address dial@iskoot.com. The text message can contain either a phone number, a Skype speed-dial number, or a screen name for someone in the user's Skype ''buddy list."
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That sounds kind of like when I call Microsoft and says "Call Dell"
it's for every message, not just the message from one blackberry. if you have 100 blackberries, all the messages from all the blackberries go to the bcc address, not just one select blackberry.
you don't use a bcc to log outgoing email, that's about the worst system i've ever heard dreamed up. exchange has that built in.
While "frantically" installing SP3 after reading this article (it's only been out for 7 days or so) I noticed a "silent BCC" option in the BES config. You enter an email address and it automatically bcc's you on every message sent to/from all the Blackberrys. This is rather disturbing, and I can't really see any reason for it. Sure I can always just give myself access to their Exchange Mailbox, but still... disturbing.
isn't that what photoshop elements was designed for? It's only $89
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 4.0 software combines power and simplicity to help you do it all. Edit and enhance your photos by fixing common flaws instantly or using advanced options for more control. Keep every photo at your fingertips. And show off your creativity in entertaining slide shows, photo mail, Web galleries, and countless other ways.
You know you have a problem when you catch yourself typing www.slashdot.org in the address bar, but you're already on slashdot...
Microsoft never supported PDF. Why is it so prevalent?
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They do now: http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/10
As opposed to a few pairs of bolt cutters away from being without internet access? http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/07/ 25/telus-050725.html
I see your point, but you have to look at it from the perspective of people whose 'friend' isn't a basement dwelling troll. Some people actually have attractive friends (notice: plural) that like to talk to them.
another thing it's missing is alt tags. it has a bunch of pretty buttons at the bottom of the screen, but i have no idea what any of them do. i'm guessing one of them is the logout button (as i can't seem to find one) but i have no idea.
I have just installed it for the first time, but it appears that the caching portion is completely optional.
// enable caching of messages and mailbox data in the local database.
// this is recommended if the IMAP server does not run on the same machine
$rcmail_config['enable_caching'] = FALSE;
I've been programming since I was in Gr. 5 Wow, programming for a 2 whole years! Congrats!
I am an infrequent reader so I usually scoff at people who complain about dupes, but they're both on the main page! that has to be the worst ever... http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/ 30/1254230&tid=95&tid=1&tid=219
Open a console and type
dict tout
It doesn't work!
C:\Documents and Settings\mottie>dict tout
'dict' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
As I've said numerous times now.. No where did I say that proprietary formats were good. I simply said that OO formats need to become more accessible. Users typically only remember their first few reactions to a program/format. If their impression is "I couldn't figure out how to open it" when someone asks them about OO, that's all they are going to tell them. keep on bashing your head against the wall tho, i think it's working.
great, so users can open the document in 500 years but 99% of them can't figure out how to open it right now. that's perfect.
people need to stop talking about how great open standards are, and make them work for end users. the fact that the average slashdot reader can open the files doesn't help anything.
We're arguing about two completely different subjects. You keep bashing your head against the wall saying "open standards!" whereas i'm actually talking about the ability to open documents NOW. My grandma doesn't care if someone can open a document in 500 years, and she doesn't know how to unzip a file, or whether ASCII is still around.
Have never seen a backwards compatibility problem with office. That's not my point, i'm not saying office is better, i'm saying that OO needs to be more accessible to the end user who has never seen it before. lightweight viewers, converters (can these not be written FOR office by opensource developers?), etc.
it's great that the format is open, but if a home user can't open the file, and has no idea what the file extension stands for it's pretty pointless. The people who have forwarded me OO files have assumed they were viruses based on their wonky file extensions. Rather than answer any of my questions you've just posted an emotion based "challenge" eh? Can they be opened in Wordpad? Are there import filters/OO viewers?
if they are worried about the public being able to read the documents OO doesnt seem like the right choice? are there viewer applications for OO without having to download/install the whole program? There are free viewer applications for all office 2003 products. chances of someone having OO installed vs microsoft office are slim (not to mention recognizing some crazy file extension vs .doc). Quite a few people I know have asked me how to open certain files they have received and they have turned out to be OO docs. Are there import filters for microsoft office? Can you view them in wordpad? Yes I realize that there are PDF readers everywhere, but that's only half of the solution.
from the article:
Inputs from most regular sources: PC,TV, DVD, HDTV, Video game consoles
Back when IBM tried to migrate all their desktops to Linux I remember reading about how they failed and that a big reason was their webapps being tied to IE.
Call me crazy but my guess is that it made them realize that they need a browser on Linux before they can convince the mega companies to start to migrate their desktops.
so many things i could say...
I think you're over reacting. That portion of the document appears to be in italics and the Bill: portion begins AFTER that. Making me believe that you're angry at the question asker, not the answerer..
here is the info from the gaim patch..
I didn't test this at all, so if it doesn't work, I'm going to send my girlfriend's dog after you (it's a chihuahua!).
not the typical microsoft readme!
RTFA
Making outbound calls is a little more complicated. After registering the cellphone number with iSkoot, the user creates and sends a text message to the e-mail address dial@iskoot.com. The text message can contain either a phone number, a Skype speed-dial number, or a screen name for someone in the user's Skype ''buddy list."