Glad to know that as the son of an Indiana teacher, who's mother-in-law is also an Indiana teacher.
That must be why I had to quit my job to go back to school and finish my PhD.
Sheesh. Grow up.
Excel does have features that OO still doesn't have, Kspread is coming along but has a long way to go to catch up IMO.
I love OO, especially the 1.9 releases, but dangit I still do stuff that requires Excel and I'm not rewriting all my macros either.
I can open spreadsheets in most any application but I loose functionality that Excel offers when I do. Thus I use Crossover + Excel for those occasions where I must have Excel.
*sigh*
It is MUCH easier to make a page that works in Opera, Gecko Based Browsers, and Safari and Konq all at once than to make one that works will all those AND IE.
That's usually done to keep the text more readable.
I find myself resizing fluid sites so I can more easily read what's on the page myself when I'm using a high res monitor.
Tis also easier if we know when designing a page what width it will be. Takes one more element of Surprise!!! out of the webdesign process.
It's old but there's good discussion on it here:
http://photomatt.net/2003/12/11/death-of-flexible- width-designs/
Firefox can automagically download and install plugins for you if you don't have Flash, etc. reliably for Windows (I'll assume that's the OS you're referring to).
Extensions are easily found on one page with a description no need for a search engine.
As I said, once stuff like pipelining is pointed out, most users are ignorant that this can be done so they don't know enough to search for it. Even they can accomplish this in a few minutes once someone instructs them how to.
I'm just saying it doesn't take a lot of time. Just a little education. But you're right people aren't willing to go search for ways to make Firefox faster on their own. With a little prodding though...
I do feel like Firefox pushes the browser very well but they don't go ahead and say to new users "Look what else you can do!!!!" They just insert bookmarks for themes and extensions and make a mention of it on the homepage while you download.
It doesn't take hours, just a few minutes, less than 5 to get the themes and set the configuration the way I like.
I fail to see the point here?
I think it's more ignorance. Most new FF users don't know that stuff like Adblock exists or what pipelining can do for a broadband connection.
I know non computer savy folks who once pointed to these options were ecstatic to use them.
Soybean rust, uggh. Glad I don't work with soybeans anymore.;) Yes, I've been following that.
I was doing work with soybean in Nebraska a couple years ago. We were working on fungicide application techniques for the anticipated Soybean Rust event.
I have the advantage with plants that they don't move like humans. Well, row crops don't at least, hort crops get shipped all over. That's how Phytophthora ramorum was spread recently.
I'm stunned. This is great!
Very similar to my PhD work using GIS to help create predictive models to use agroecological zones to predict and track plant disease development across large areas in row crops.
I'm using Kansas wheat production as my system currently, hopefully it will be something possible to deploy in any cropping system any where that you can get the necessary GIS layers and other data. I'm only in my second year of working on this, but things are starting to come together and more stuff like this is showing up.
This gives me just more reasons to use Linux.;)
I realize the jetstream doesn't cover the whole earth but the way the report sounded the layer in question involved the jetstream and other winds. Sorry I'm not overly familiar with the earth's atmosphere.
Ok. I heard a story on this on NPR last week.
The comment was made that it would be above the strong winds that could tear it apart.
So how do they get it past that level of the atmosphere to begin with?
Werd.
DSL is the only reason I have a landline phone at home.:roll:
I just want High Speed internet access, I'd use my cell phone as my home phone and save the $30 something/month I have to pay to have a second phone line I don't want.
What happened to the good 'ole.gz package that had an installer that worked on any Linux system?
I've not bothered to try OOo2 on either of my Linux boxes since one uses Debian and the other Slackware and the installer is RPMs now.
Yeah, I know there's instructions there but I like to complain and you can't take that away from me.:D
Never paid much attention when I was there. Guess that explains all the laptops huh?
Campus is covered well enough to suit my tastes. I come here to work and go to Panera to eat.
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Glad to know that as the son of an Indiana teacher, who's mother-in-law is also an Indiana teacher. That must be why I had to quit my job to go back to school and finish my PhD. Sheesh. Grow up.
It's been a while, granted, but as I recall, I had the option of upgrade or new install for Windows when I purchased it.
You're supposing that someone who doesn't have the money to upgrade to a digital TV or converter box has the money to buy a weather radio?
You're kidding right?
Spreadsheets are all alike?
Excel does have features that OO still doesn't have, Kspread is coming along but has a long way to go to catch up IMO.
I love OO, especially the 1.9 releases, but dangit I still do stuff that requires Excel and I'm not rewriting all my macros either.
I can open spreadsheets in most any application but I loose functionality that Excel offers when I do. Thus I use Crossover + Excel for those occasions where I must have Excel.
Documents, pfftt. Use LaTex for documents. ;)
*sigh* It is MUCH easier to make a page that works in Opera, Gecko Based Browsers, and Safari and Konq all at once than to make one that works will all those AND IE.
Can't stand the XP default theme or the standard windows.
Downloaded a Plastic theme from Deviant art. Much better now.
That's usually done to keep the text more readable. I find myself resizing fluid sites so I can more easily read what's on the page myself when I'm using a high res monitor. Tis also easier if we know when designing a page what width it will be. Takes one more element of Surprise!!! out of the webdesign process. It's old but there's good discussion on it here: http://photomatt.net/2003/12/11/death-of-flexible- width-designs/
Sources? I just really dislike when people come in and spout off as anon and don't back up the statements.
Firefox can automagically download and install plugins for you if you don't have Flash, etc. reliably for Windows (I'll assume that's the OS you're referring to). Extensions are easily found on one page with a description no need for a search engine. As I said, once stuff like pipelining is pointed out, most users are ignorant that this can be done so they don't know enough to search for it. Even they can accomplish this in a few minutes once someone instructs them how to. I'm just saying it doesn't take a lot of time. Just a little education. But you're right people aren't willing to go search for ways to make Firefox faster on their own. With a little prodding though... I do feel like Firefox pushes the browser very well but they don't go ahead and say to new users "Look what else you can do!!!!" They just insert bookmarks for themes and extensions and make a mention of it on the homepage while you download.
It doesn't take hours, just a few minutes, less than 5 to get the themes and set the configuration the way I like. I fail to see the point here? I think it's more ignorance. Most new FF users don't know that stuff like Adblock exists or what pipelining can do for a broadband connection. I know non computer savy folks who once pointed to these options were ecstatic to use them.
Whew! I'm glad I have OpenOffice then, that means I can open those MS Office Documents that some firm may send me.
It was once said, all models are wrong, some are just useful. ;)
Soybean rust, uggh. Glad I don't work with soybeans anymore. ;) Yes, I've been following that.
I was doing work with soybean in Nebraska a couple years ago. We were working on fungicide application techniques for the anticipated Soybean Rust event.
I have the advantage with plants that they don't move like humans. Well, row crops don't at least, hort crops get shipped all over. That's how Phytophthora ramorum was spread recently.
I'm stunned. This is great! Very similar to my PhD work using GIS to help create predictive models to use agroecological zones to predict and track plant disease development across large areas in row crops. I'm using Kansas wheat production as my system currently, hopefully it will be something possible to deploy in any cropping system any where that you can get the necessary GIS layers and other data. I'm only in my second year of working on this, but things are starting to come together and more stuff like this is showing up. This gives me just more reasons to use Linux. ;)
I realize the jetstream doesn't cover the whole earth but the way the report sounded the layer in question involved the jetstream and other winds. Sorry I'm not overly familiar with the earth's atmosphere.
Ok. I heard a story on this on NPR last week. The comment was made that it would be above the strong winds that could tear it apart. So how do they get it past that level of the atmosphere to begin with?
Werd. DSL is the only reason I have a landline phone at home. :roll:
I just want High Speed internet access, I'd use my cell phone as my home phone and save the $30 something/month I have to pay to have a second phone line I don't want.
I see this quoted often. Serious question, who had tabs first, Mozilla or Opera? I can't remember.
What happened to the good 'ole .gz package that had an installer that worked on any Linux system?
I've not bothered to try OOo2 on either of my Linux boxes since one uses Debian and the other Slackware and the installer is RPMs now.
Yeah, I know there's instructions there but I like to complain and you can't take that away from me. :D
Never paid much attention when I was there. Guess that explains all the laptops huh? Campus is covered well enough to suit my tastes. I come here to work and go to Panera to eat.