Hence, the original, first post, is bullshit. Hence the reason he (probably) posted as anonymous.
No, it is indeed bullshit but that's definitely not the reason he posted anon.
Replying to any post even vaguely related to Windows with a good old "just use Ubuntu" is a guaranteed +5 Informative (usually it deserves either +2 Funny or -1 Troll...)
I rarely get modded down, but I also have a lot of comments that are not modded at all. Not all of them are worthy of moderation, naturally. But I wanted to draw attention to this one, so I added the magic words:-)
Yes, but apparently you have trouble with basic copy/paste as well, so maybe that doesn't say much about Office;-)
More seriously, any innovative approach is bound to take some getting used to, and going from Lotus Notes to Gmail would be confusing as well, that doesn't mean the latter's worse.
What's really ironic is that things like TinyXP, MicroXP, TinyVista... are basically just fine-tuned versions of their software, and they really shine compared to official versions. So when you install it for someone, that person thinks "eh, Windows isn't so bad after all"... and then Microsoft comes and tells them that this version is evil, dangerous, and will harm their computer.
There is proof that Windows can be a decent OS, but they can't use it:)
That's true. It feels strange to say this sort of things about Microsoft, especially on Slashdot, but Office 2007 is pretty decent software, and the ribbon is -dare I say it?- a clever and even innovative UI approach. (bye bye karma...)
Well, the speed and agility of my motorcycle _has_ allowed me to avoid quite a lot of crashes.
And although it also has "fuck all carry space", I appreciate the huge savings on fuel. In the case of my bike it's because I don't get stuck in traffic, but the result is the same.
I guess what you're saying is you'd like a SUV with 300mpg. Well yeah, me too I guess. I want it to fly, too.
That's not how you write "100,000", by the way.
So it has a 10% error rate? Isn't that pretty huge?
And please, since I arrive early in the discussion, can we avoid posts like "meh, just use opendns", because that's missing the point completely. It's like telling a brit concerned about the proliferation of CCTVs to just wear a mask on the street.
You may be right that Youtube's is still inferior to Tv's resolution, although I find it good enough for watching on the computer or on an ordinary 5 years old TV... And it's even better than a worn-out VHS;)
But that's not the point here : the important thing is that they're streaming full episodes, legally, on youtube. That's a change in policy, it sets a good precedent, and it could even help to make the average consumer think about so-called piracy ("why can't I download it off mininova if I can watch it on youtube?").
So while the low res might make it less appealing to the average nerd, it's still a Good Thing. (although the region locking is rubbish)
There's a flac version ripped from Guitar Hero III which is a highly recommended download, even if (especially if) you have bought the cd (the sound is much better).
And if you want to know wether the album is worth downloading, you can actually listen to it in its entirety on the official website : http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601231 (which I think is a pleasant surprise coming from Metallica)
" Your letter was most welcome! - loaded with friendliness and with no requests or demands. You suggested that no answer was expected but I must tell you how _much_ it pleased me. I wish you calm seas, following winds, and a happy voyage through life. "
Obviously Google could hardly implement ad-blocking as a core feature, as they're in the business of selling ads.
But this thing is open source, so just be patient. It might take a while before we see extensions as such being implemented, but you can be sure someone will come up with a modified version that blocks ads in no time.
(and incidentally, also quit whining about other minor details : it's version 0.2 beta, ffs! I remember using FF 0.8, it was very cool but also had all sorts of weird glitches)
When it's raining or the visibility is otherwise bad, I wear a full body suit which is of a bright fluorescent yellow and has reflective stripes on it. People nearly have strokes when I enter a shop or bar dressed like that. There are still a lot of drivers who don't see me.
I used to have a quiet motorcycle and my current one is rather noisy. I used to have people changing lanes right in front of me (thereby nearly killing me) all the time, now it almost never happens. So I'm very sorry, but until people start actually checking their rearview mirrors before changing lanes, I need to make some noise. Forgive my survival instinct.
I'm sorry for all the lousy bikers who make too much noise just for fun, but as a consolation, consider that the discomfort is perhaps compensated by the fact that bikes, not getting stuck in traffic, pollute a lot less than cars?
Exactly. When I read the summary I thought the same thing. If you don't have a lot of data and only want to do a few simple operations on it, any spreadsheet will do just fine, even a very old or very basic one. In fact, though it's not open source, this 27 years old, 27 kb software should suffice : http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm;)
But yeah, as everyone else said, SQLite is probably what you're looking for.
Yea, and I can't prove the Flying Spaghetti Monster doesn't exist either I guess, so I can't dismiss the idea of his existence. I just have no reason to believe he exists, that's all.
I do, however, have many reasons to believe that a falling tree makes a sound.
I'm not sure, I'd say axioms are discovered as well.
I might be wrong, but to me there is not a single purely abstract concept in mathematics. It seems to me mathematics are simply describing reality. It seems abstract sometimes because the universe is a bit complex to describe...
Now of course, one could reply "okay math describe reality, but what is reality?" and I guess questions like these are a valid way to keep your brain busy if you really have nothing better to do with it, but personnaly I find it tedious.
To summarize my point of view about discovery/invention, I'll quote Douglas Adams (in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) :
'St Cedd's,' he pronounced, 'the college of Coleridge, and the college of Sir Isaac
Newton, renowned inventor of the milled-edge coin and the catflap!'
'The what?' said Richard.
'The catflap! A device of the utmost cunning, perspicuity and invention. It is a door
within a door, you see, a...'
'Yes,' said Richard, 'there was also the small matter of gravity.'
'Gravity,' said Dirk with a slightly dismissive shrug, 'yes, there was that as well, I
suppose. Though that, of course, was merely a discovery. It was there to be discovered.'
He took a penny out of his pocket and tossed it casually on to the pebbles that ran
alongside the paved pathway.
'You see?' he said, 'They even keep it on at weekends. Someone was bound to
notice sooner or later. But the catflap... ah, there is a very different matter. Invention, pure
creative invention.'
Obviously! I mean, look : one apple, two apples, three apples. There. Numbers. See that funny relation between the diameter and circumference/area of a circle? There's pi. And so on...
I mean, it's a bit like asking wether a tree falling really makes a sound if nobody's there to hear it. Of course it bloody well does!
Exactly, almost no one. Basically, you'd really need to be a huge nerd to be interested. It'd be nice if there was some sort or news aggregator, or maybe a blog, that would gather news specially targeted at nerds...
Well, yeah, ok, but assume you're not hindered from speaking , just extremely severely punished afterwards... You're still going to learn to shut up real soon, eh?
You know, there are some governments I thoroughly despise, yet I wouldn't want to stand for that in one of their courts. Anonymity is needed if there's any possibility of abuse from your government.
Honestly, I don't know anyone that still does get their music through file sharing unless they have absolutely no extra money. It stopped being convenient years ago. It's not worth dealing with the fake songs, mislabeled stuff, and crappy rips.
Oh please. Ok, I personnally have absolutely no extra money, but that's not even relevant!
There are tons of recordings for which the only way to buy them legally is to try and find a second-hand copy. There are albums that are out of print, artists that won't sell online. And, of course, there's the DRM issue : what if I want to be able to actually _own_ a record I buy? You know, I'm not asking much, I don't want to make 100 copies, I just want to be sure I'll always be able to listen to it, just like my old vinyls.
And the thing that confuses me most about your opinion : it stopped being convenient years ago?? It's the other way around, dude! When all you had was Napster or KaZaA, yeah, there was a lot of crap, bad labels, bad rips, slow downloads, whatever. So there was a little bit of hassle in not paying. But now? Go to a torrent site, type whatever you're looking for in the search box, click download and you get your record on your hard disk in less time than is needed to listen to it. You can also see the files in the torrent, there are comments, checksums, lots of details about encoding... You can dowload only some of the files, and preview partially downloaded ones.
So nowadays, when an interesting album is released, it goes "Hoo, I want it! -click- -clickclick- Hey!, now I have it!"
How could it possibly get more convenient?
Seriously, I'm asking you. How?
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Hence, the original, first post, is bullshit. Hence the reason he (probably) posted as anonymous.
No, it is indeed bullshit but that's definitely not the reason he posted anon.
Replying to any post even vaguely related to Windows with a good old "just use Ubuntu" is a guaranteed +5 Informative (usually it deserves either +2 Funny or -1 Troll...)
As long as _they_ don't, I'm cool with that ;-)
No. I, for one, have noticed this too.
:-)
I rarely get modded down, but I also have a lot of comments that are not modded at all. Not all of them are worthy of moderation, naturally. But I wanted to draw attention to this one, so I added the magic words
Yes, but apparently you have trouble with basic copy/paste as well, so maybe that doesn't say much about Office ;-)
More seriously, any innovative approach is bound to take some getting used to, and going from Lotus Notes to Gmail would be confusing as well, that doesn't mean the latter's worse.
What's really ironic is that things like TinyXP, MicroXP, TinyVista... are basically just fine-tuned versions of their software, and they really shine compared to official versions. So when you install it for someone, that person thinks "eh, Windows isn't so bad after all"... and then Microsoft comes and tells them that this version is evil, dangerous, and will harm their computer.
:)
There is proof that Windows can be a decent OS, but they can't use it
That's true. It feels strange to say this sort of things about Microsoft, especially on Slashdot, but Office 2007 is pretty decent software, and the ribbon is -dare I say it?- a clever and even innovative UI approach. (bye bye karma...)
Well, the speed and agility of my motorcycle _has_ allowed me to avoid quite a lot of crashes.
And although it also has "fuck all carry space", I appreciate the huge savings on fuel. In the case of my bike it's because I don't get stuck in traffic, but the result is the same.
I guess what you're saying is you'd like a SUV with 300mpg. Well yeah, me too I guess. I want it to fly, too.
That's not how you write "100,000", by the way.
So it has a 10% error rate? Isn't that pretty huge?
And please, since I arrive early in the discussion, can we avoid posts like "meh, just use opendns", because that's missing the point completely. It's like telling a brit concerned about the proliferation of CCTVs to just wear a mask on the street.
You may be right that Youtube's is still inferior to Tv's resolution, although I find it good enough for watching on the computer or on an ordinary 5 years old TV... And it's even better than a worn-out VHS ;)
But that's not the point here : the important thing is that they're streaming full episodes, legally, on youtube. That's a change in policy, it sets a good precedent, and it could even help to make the average consumer think about so-called piracy ("why can't I download it off mininova if I can watch it on youtube?").
So while the low res might make it less appealing to the average nerd, it's still a Good Thing. (although the region locking is rubbish)
There's a flac version ripped from Guitar Hero III which is a highly recommended download, even if (especially if) you have bought the cd (the sound is much better).
And if you want to know wether the album is worth downloading, you can actually listen to it in its entirety on the official website : http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601231
(which I think is a pleasant surprise coming from Metallica)
When I clicked "Read more", this story had 42 comments!
Sorry to ruin the magic...
" Your letter was most welcome! - loaded with friendliness and with no requests or demands. You suggested that no answer was expected but I must tell you how _much_ it pleased me. I wish you calm seas, following winds, and a happy voyage through life. "
Obviously Google could hardly implement ad-blocking as a core feature, as they're in the business of selling ads.
But this thing is open source, so just be patient. It might take a while before we see extensions as such being implemented, but you can be sure someone will come up with a modified version that blocks ads in no time.
(and incidentally, also quit whining about other minor details : it's version 0.2 beta, ffs! I remember using FF 0.8, it was very cool but also had all sorts of weird glitches)
When it's raining or the visibility is otherwise bad, I wear a full body suit which is of a bright fluorescent yellow and has reflective stripes on it. People nearly have strokes when I enter a shop or bar dressed like that. There are still a lot of drivers who don't see me.
I used to have a quiet motorcycle and my current one is rather noisy. I used to have people changing lanes right in front of me (thereby nearly killing me) all the time, now it almost never happens. So I'm very sorry, but until people start actually checking their rearview mirrors before changing lanes, I need to make some noise. Forgive my survival instinct.
I'm sorry for all the lousy bikers who make too much noise just for fun, but as a consolation, consider that the discomfort is perhaps compensated by the fact that bikes, not getting stuck in traffic, pollute a lot less than cars?
.torrent plz ;-)
Exactly. When I read the summary I thought the same thing. If you don't have a lot of data and only want to do a few simple operations on it, any spreadsheet will do just fine, even a very old or very basic one. In fact, though it's not open source, this 27 years old, 27 kb software should suffice : http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm ;)
But yeah, as everyone else said, SQLite is probably what you're looking for.
The "Read More..." link never seemed so appropriate :-)
Yea, and I can't prove the Flying Spaghetti Monster doesn't exist either I guess, so I can't dismiss the idea of his existence. I just have no reason to believe he exists, that's all.
I do, however, have many reasons to believe that a falling tree makes a sound.
I might be wrong, but to me there is not a single purely abstract concept in mathematics. It seems to me mathematics are simply describing reality. It seems abstract sometimes because the universe is a bit complex to describe...
Now of course, one could reply "okay math describe reality, but what is reality?" and I guess questions like these are a valid way to keep your brain busy if you really have nothing better to do with it, but personnaly I find it tedious.
To summarize my point of view about discovery/invention, I'll quote Douglas Adams (in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) :
Obviously! I mean, look : one apple, two apples, three apples. There. Numbers. See that funny relation between the diameter and circumference/area of a circle? There's pi. And so on...
I mean, it's a bit like asking wether a tree falling really makes a sound if nobody's there to hear it. Of course it bloody well does!
Yes, of course. My point was that in some countries, the punishment can happen because you criticised the government, hence the need for anonymity.
Exactly, almost no one. Basically, you'd really need to be a huge nerd to be interested. It'd be nice if there was some sort or news aggregator, or maybe a blog, that would gather news specially targeted at nerds...
Well, yeah, ok, but assume you're not hindered from speaking , just extremely severely punished afterwards... You're still going to learn to shut up real soon, eh?
You know, there are some governments I thoroughly despise, yet I wouldn't want to stand for that in one of their courts. Anonymity is needed if there's any possibility of abuse from your government.
Especially women who babble endlessly about stupid trifling crap
;)
So, you mean women in general then?
Honestly, I don't know anyone that still does get their music through file sharing unless they have absolutely no extra money. It stopped being convenient years ago. It's not worth dealing with the fake songs, mislabeled stuff, and crappy rips.
Oh please. Ok, I personnally have absolutely no extra money, but that's not even relevant!
There are tons of recordings for which the only way to buy them legally is to try and find a second-hand copy. There are albums that are out of print, artists that won't sell online. And, of course, there's the DRM issue : what if I want to be able to actually _own_ a record I buy? You know, I'm not asking much, I don't want to make 100 copies, I just want to be sure I'll always be able to listen to it, just like my old vinyls.
And the thing that confuses me most about your opinion : it stopped being convenient years ago?? It's the other way around, dude! When all you had was Napster or KaZaA, yeah, there was a lot of crap, bad labels, bad rips, slow downloads, whatever. So there was a little bit of hassle in not paying. But now? Go to a torrent site, type whatever you're looking for in the search box, click download and you get your record on your hard disk in less time than is needed to listen to it. You can also see the files in the torrent, there are comments, checksums, lots of details about encoding... You can dowload only some of the files, and preview partially downloaded ones.
So nowadays, when an interesting album is released, it goes "Hoo, I want it! -click- -clickclick- Hey!, now I have it!"
How could it possibly get more convenient?
Seriously, I'm asking you. How?