I know you said Windows or Linux, but OS/2 users can try MR/2 Classic by Nick Knight. Nick doesn't work on MR/2 any more, but he is working on MR/2 ICE, a very powerful (but somewhat klunky) email/newsgroup reader for OS/2 and Windows.
The latest version of Acrobat Reader for OS/2 is 3.0, which is now two versions old. I can't read any PDFs created with Acrobat 4.0 or 5.0, and the number of such PDFs floating around increases daily. So I don't think PDF is such a great idea either.
I used to send my resume out as an RTF file, but then I changed its layout, and RTF could no longer handle it. It had something to do with the bullets in my lists. I now save my resume as a Word 95 document (StarOffice export). It's not as universal but still better than anything else.
Of course, this could be a limitation in StarOffice rather than the RTF file format, but either way, I can't use RTF for the one document that I need to send out the most.
That's very interesting. I hear a lot of stories of people who were previously normal, but sometime around college developed a mental disorder. I wonder if sleep deprivation is the cause in some of these cases?
As has been pointed out numerous times on Slashdot, you only NEED one button with Mac OS. I don't understand why this concept is so difficult to understand for some people. Imagine tat: a GUI that is designed specifically for a mouse with only one button!
Considering how poorly most DVD players support MP3 CDs, maybe this will be a good thing. We all know how militant Microsoft is about support their feature set fully. I've never seen a DVD player that supports long file names, let alone ID3 tags. Perhaps when Microsoft forces hardware manufacturers to support the WMA format fully, they'll finally write the microcode to display full song information.
Sounds to me like you're going to the wrong school. My undergraduate experience was much better than this. I once took a class on APL programming, and there were only two other students. I learned a bit about chaos theory in that class, among other things.
Anyway, to answer your question: most people can't learn everything they need from a book or experimentation. Some people really need to have things explained to them by a good professor. I can tell you that I learned a lot more from classes taught by professors than by GTAs, but fortunately, those classes taught by GTAs weren't that "heavy" anyway.
I disagree that Computer Engineering is for hardware people that don't want to be a programmer. Yes, it's good for that, but it's also the perfect degree for programmers who want to get into device drivers or embedded systems development. In other words, any programming jobs that require you to understand hardware. That's what I use my Computer Engineering degree for.
Ramadan is not a gift-giving holiday. Well, when I was a boy, I had to do some goofy ethnic dances, and my aunts would stuff money in my pockets. The most I made any given year was about $50, and that usually went to my therapist (just kidding).
"Well, you can't install most games on a LAN using only one copy without violating any laws. It's different only if you are connected to a public server."
The problem is that these works are no longer copyrighted, and therefore the DMCA will never apply to them. Your idea is an exaggeration of the truth. What we need to do is show the public some real truth, something that WILL happen.
None of what you miss there has anything to do with Linux per se. The hitting Y for yes is mostly an X toolkit issue.
And you think that really matters, then you're just proof that the problem is real. Do you really think users care exactly where the problem is? So what if it's the X Toolkit vs. the kernel? That doesn't matter at all! As far as the user is concerned, the problem is with Linux.
While I'd admit that QA in professional software is lacking, there are definately source code reviews in an OS product group.
Hahahahahaha!!!
I used to work for an OS development group. I was fresh out of grad school and was hired to write a number of drivers and kernel subsystems. Trust me, if someone wanted to sneak in a Trojan or back door of some kind, it could be done -- easily.
Operating systems are too large to have every line of code examined by other programmers. In many cases, you just have to trust one person to write a bunch of code.
If your countrymen wouldn't insult us so often, maybe we'd give you more of our toys. Remember, if it weren't for us, you'd all be speaking German now.
If anyone has any friends in Australia, I recommend that you ask them if they want a copy of GTA3. If so, you should offer to buy it and mail it to them. With the surge of Christmas packages, I doubt Customs would search every package, especially if it were sent in an innocent-looking envelope.
Tyan only lists 4 video cards that are compatible with the Tiger MP. That's ridiculous. If they can only get four video cards to work with their board, then it's definitely a problem with the motherboard, not the video cards.
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I know you said Windows or Linux, but OS/2 users can try MR/2 Classic by Nick Knight. Nick doesn't work on MR/2 any more, but he is working on MR/2 ICE, a very powerful (but somewhat klunky) email/newsgroup reader for OS/2 and Windows.
I'm using StarOffice, not MS Word, but SO does have automatic bullets, so I'll try disabling them and see if it helps. Thanks for the tip!
I have. My resume contains bulletted lists that RTF doesn't support. I have to use Word 95 format for it.
The latest version of Acrobat Reader for OS/2 is 3.0, which is now two versions old. I can't read any PDFs created with Acrobat 4.0 or 5.0, and the number of such PDFs floating around increases daily. So I don't think PDF is such a great idea either.
Of course, this could be a limitation in StarOffice rather than the RTF file format, but either way, I can't use RTF for the one document that I need to send out the most.
That's very interesting. I hear a lot of stories of people who were previously normal, but sometime around college developed a mental disorder. I wonder if sleep deprivation is the cause in some of these cases?
What happens if you unknowingly violated a law in another country, and then decided to visit that country? Look what happened to Dmitry Sklyarov.
As has been pointed out numerous times on Slashdot, you only NEED one button with Mac OS. I don't understand why this concept is so difficult to understand for some people. Imagine tat: a GUI that is designed specifically for a mouse with only one button!
Considering how poorly most DVD players support MP3 CDs, maybe this will be a good thing. We all know how militant Microsoft is about support their feature set fully. I've never seen a DVD player that supports long file names, let alone ID3 tags. Perhaps when Microsoft forces hardware manufacturers to support the WMA format fully, they'll finally write the microcode to display full song information.
Anyway, to answer your question: most people can't learn everything they need from a book or experimentation. Some people really need to have things explained to them by a good professor. I can tell you that I learned a lot more from classes taught by professors than by GTAs, but fortunately, those classes taught by GTAs weren't that "heavy" anyway.
I disagree that Computer Engineering is for hardware people that don't want to be a programmer. Yes, it's good for that, but it's also the perfect degree for programmers who want to get into device drivers or embedded systems development. In other words, any programming jobs that require you to understand hardware. That's what I use my Computer Engineering degree for.
Ramadan is not a gift-giving holiday. Well, when I was a boy, I had to do some goofy ethnic dances, and my aunts would stuff money in my pockets. The most I made any given year was about $50, and that usually went to my therapist (just kidding).
Yeah, but at least they don't have bad teeth. That should count for something, right?
Okay:
"Well, you can't install most games on a LAN using only one copy without violating any laws. It's different only if you are connected to a public server."
Again, this has nothing to do with the DMCA.
The problem is that these works are no longer copyrighted, and therefore the DMCA will never apply to them. Your idea is an exaggeration of the truth. What we need to do is show the public some real truth, something that WILL happen.
And you think that really matters, then you're just proof that the problem is real. Do you really think users care exactly where the problem is? So what if it's the X Toolkit vs. the kernel? That doesn't matter at all! As far as the user is concerned, the problem is with Linux.
Yes, I did.
Hahahahahaha!!!
I used to work for an OS development group. I was fresh out of grad school and was hired to write a number of drivers and kernel subsystems. Trust me, if someone wanted to sneak in a Trojan or back door of some kind, it could be done -- easily.
Operating systems are too large to have every line of code examined by other programmers. In many cases, you just have to trust one person to write a bunch of code.
If your countrymen wouldn't insult us so often, maybe we'd give you more of our toys. Remember, if it weren't for us, you'd all be speaking German now.
If anyone has any friends in Australia, I recommend that you ask them if they want a copy of GTA3. If so, you should offer to buy it and mail it to them. With the surge of Christmas packages, I doubt Customs would search every package, especially if it were sent in an innocent-looking envelope.
Tyan only lists 4 video cards that are compatible with the Tiger MP. That's ridiculous. If they can only get four video cards to work with their board, then it's definitely a problem with the motherboard, not the video cards.
I have Antec Jetcools for my Athlons, and I'm using a silver-based thermal compound. I can't imagine what else I can do to cool the CPUs.
I thought grok came from "Stranger In A Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein?
For the uninitiated, "frel" is an expletive used on Farscape.