That's true. The copy-paste problems are symptomatic of a poorly published PDF. One of the really stupid things I see a lot of is people who make a PDF with text that is rasterized, when the very idea of PDF is integrating text and graphics cleanly in a WYSIWG manner. For crap's sake, PDF can even render text from Photoshop, with layer effects and everything, as editable display text.
Wonderful, so just the name issue alone is enough for you to discard the product? Wow, I'm impressed.
It's more than just the name. The product itself is also very poorly designed. But the name does matter - the thought process that lead to them naming it that way is not healthy, and doesn't inspire confidence in the group. On its own it might be a minor thing, but I really think it's the symptom of bigger problems.
The company has sold the product to a new owner. The owner of the product is responsible for its disposal! Quit chewing granola for just long enough to face reality.
No shit Sherlock. But this is about making products that are more recyclable in the first place, not about having the company come and collect your trash. Way to miss the point there.
I don't want the government to mandate that every product be planned for a 3 year obsolescence,
OK, but when did anyboldy suggest that? Sounds like you are just projecting your own thoughgts here.
This is statist/environmentalist activism, not economically sound action.
How is it not economically sound to reduce the costs of dealing with the ever-growing amount of waste we produce? What's not economically sound is allow manufacturers to pollute, to cause disposal problems down the chain, and not bear the costs of that. If we don't account for the cost, it's effectively a huge government subsidy to dirty industries.
That's completely retarded. How does adding.org suddenly not make it trademark violation? If I started a company called Microsoft.org, then Microsoft would successfully sue me. Why would this be any different?
If there was a trademark issue, then why not just pick a completely different name? The more I hear about this outfit, the more it reinforces my conclusion that it's the product of diseased minds.
Lower prices due to not having to maintain a brick and mortar store are the only things that allow online stores to compete against local stores.
Nonsense. There are many other appealing factors for shopping online. Convenience being the biggest. I'd buy online even if it were more expensive than brick-and-mortar. Other factors include a bigger range of products, more specialized product offerings, and superior customer service.
I'd much rather wait a day or two for an item to arrive at my door than waste my time driving to the local mall. Have you seen the kind of people who shop at the stores? It's completely disgusting. And the sales staff are usually incompetent and/or insulting.
How does adding.org make the word "office" disappear? In any case, Microsoft only has trademark rights to "Microsoft Office", not just any use of the word.
The problem is (A). Not even microsoft has figured out how to do that between versions.
This just brings us right back to the question you were trying to answer.
Microsoft isn't very good at developing software, so it's not surprising that they can't write a decent word processor. However, there are hundreds of more talented software companies on the planet - so why can't they do it?
I think the answer is pretty obvious. It's not about the quality of software. People can and do write better word processors than Microsoft. It's just that the business world dominates this category of software, and they just go with Microsoft by default.
I'm sure everybody is aware that PDF has annoyances. But that's very different than the situation with DOC or PPT, which are utterly broken in almost every respect. PDF actually works for its intended purpose, which is why it is so successful. DOC and PPT are only prevalent because of marketshare, not because they are useful.
Can anyone tell me why the Openoffice.org application has the.org in its name? That is usually used to designate a website's domain, not desktop software. It's really weird that they'd put that in the name of a piece of application software.
This authority comes when people get married and so on where they recite their blood line
So, Jews have the equivalent of a Pope, and he turns up to everybody's wedding? I've never heard of that. Who is this guy?
The religion works a little different then Christianity, and Islam with islam having a little closer requirements.
The very idea of a religion having "requirements" is absurd, as they are all simply fictions. Jews may believe very strongly in their nonsense, but that doesn't make it true.
At least 3 thousand years of Jewish heritage, tradition, religion, and culture.
So, years of bullshit and fiction, basically. Again, I ask, who does the authority reside in? "3 thousand years of tradition" is not a person or an authority.
You want to declare yourself Jewish out of the blue, fine, do it. There's a word for people like that - poser. You get to be accepted as Jewish 2 ways - your mother is Jewish, or you work your ass off learning Jewish tradition. Of the 2 it's usually easier to get your Sicilian Catholic mother to convert.
It depends on if they want to exclude and discriminate against others, as the Israelis do. From my experience with indigenous Americans, they are quite welcoming of others, and their whole philosophy/religion is about sharing the earth, not owning it.
There's nothing wrong about healthy nationalism. It does not have to be a belief about one's nation superiority
How can nationalism not be a belief about a nation's superiority? That's exactly what the word means.
I guess the United Nations Charter, which specifically lists self-determination of nations as one of its guiding principles, is an extremist document, then.
Pretty much. People should have the right to self-determination. Nations are a fiction, an artificial construct that should have no relevance in a global, multicultural society.
You'll have to explain the meaning of the rest, too. "Separatism" from what, exactly (the word only has meaning in a context of a larger state)? And what the hell is religious supremacy doing there,
Separatism from non-Jews. You're talking about Israel, and asking what religious supremacy has to do with it? Are you kidding? A country that practices rampant discrimination against non-jews?
given that Jews who do not practice (or even vehemently oppose) Judaism still remain Jews?
What does this have to do with anything? "Jewish" is still a religious designation, whether one is practicing or not. Why should religious discrimination be accepted?
And why can't non-practicing Jews disavow Judaism and not accept that label? It's very extreme to impose this on people, even if they don't want it. It's almost like the Mormons who claim many dead people as Mormons, who were never actually Mormons. They may say it's so, but it doesn't make it reality. Jewishness is an artificial construct.
I suppose you could do that & I doubt anyone would knock on your door and black bag you, however I wouldn't try promoting yourself to the Jewish community that way.
So, "the Jewish community" are like the mob now? Where does their authority to determine Jewishness come from?
Well, on the other hand, the trick is finding a well-mastered "metal" cassette. They are almost non-existent. The typical cassette tape is complete junk, so even a poorly encoded MP3 can beat the typical cassette.
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You don't.
That's hilarious. In order to "not be part of the herd", you're specifically allowing your choices to be dictated by said herd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PvPGN [wikipedia.org] I assume these guys will add SC2 to the list...
SimCity 2? Wow, that's old-school. I'm amazed it could even be played online.
Free is just another price. Therefore, I am not going to read Anderson's book until he pays me $10.
Good for you. Was that comment supposed to be relevant in any way?
That's true. The copy-paste problems are symptomatic of a poorly published PDF. One of the really stupid things I see a lot of is people who make a PDF with text that is rasterized, when the very idea of PDF is integrating text and graphics cleanly in a WYSIWG manner. For crap's sake, PDF can even render text from Photoshop, with layer effects and everything, as editable display text.
Wonderful, so just the name issue alone is enough for you to discard the product? Wow, I'm impressed.
It's more than just the name. The product itself is also very poorly designed. But the name does matter - the thought process that lead to them naming it that way is not healthy, and doesn't inspire confidence in the group. On its own it might be a minor thing, but I really think it's the symptom of bigger problems.
But he's also giving it away for free. Besides, the fact that he's trying to sell physical copies does nothing to undermine his theories.
What makes you think they'd use them for liberation? And if history teaches us anything, after any revolution, you just get a new regime in charge.
The company has sold the product to a new owner. The owner of the product is responsible for its disposal! Quit chewing granola for just long enough to face reality.
No shit Sherlock. But this is about making products that are more recyclable in the first place, not about having the company come and collect your trash. Way to miss the point there.
I don't want the government to mandate that every product be planned for a 3 year obsolescence,
OK, but when did anyboldy suggest that? Sounds like you are just projecting your own thoughgts here.
This is statist/environmentalist activism, not economically sound action.
How is it not economically sound to reduce the costs of dealing with the ever-growing amount of waste we produce? What's not economically sound is allow manufacturers to pollute, to cause disposal problems down the chain, and not bear the costs of that. If we don't account for the cost, it's effectively a huge government subsidy to dirty industries.
That's completely retarded. How does adding .org suddenly not make it trademark violation? If I started a company called Microsoft.org, then Microsoft would successfully sue me. Why would this be any different?
If there was a trademark issue, then why not just pick a completely different name? The more I hear about this outfit, the more it reinforces my conclusion that it's the product of diseased minds.
I just dispose of it the old fashioned way, I chunk it in the trash can by the curb for the garbagemen pick it up and haul it away.
In other words, you're a total dick. Do you also shit where you eat?
Lower prices due to not having to maintain a brick and mortar store are the only things that allow online stores to compete against local stores.
Nonsense. There are many other appealing factors for shopping online. Convenience being the biggest. I'd buy online even if it were more expensive than brick-and-mortar. Other factors include a bigger range of products, more specialized product offerings, and superior customer service.
I'd much rather wait a day or two for an item to arrive at my door than waste my time driving to the local mall. Have you seen the kind of people who shop at the stores? It's completely disgusting. And the sales staff are usually incompetent and/or insulting.
How does adding .org make the word "office" disappear? In any case, Microsoft only has trademark rights to "Microsoft Office", not just any use of the word.
No, value is about much more than money. Something can be free of cost, but still have negative value if it's a pain in the ass.
The problem is (A). Not even microsoft has figured out how to do that between versions.
This just brings us right back to the question you were trying to answer.
Microsoft isn't very good at developing software, so it's not surprising that they can't write a decent word processor. However, there are hundreds of more talented software companies on the planet - so why can't they do it?
I think the answer is pretty obvious. It's not about the quality of software. People can and do write better word processors than Microsoft. It's just that the business world dominates this category of software, and they just go with Microsoft by default.
I'm sure everybody is aware that PDF has annoyances. But that's very different than the situation with DOC or PPT, which are utterly broken in almost every respect. PDF actually works for its intended purpose, which is why it is so successful. DOC and PPT are only prevalent because of marketshare, not because they are useful.
Can anyone tell me why the Openoffice.org application has the .org in its name? That is usually used to designate a website's domain, not desktop software. It's really weird that they'd put that in the name of a piece of application software.
And yes, there is an authority on jewishness.
So, who is he or she?
This authority comes when people get married and so on where they recite their blood line
So, Jews have the equivalent of a Pope, and he turns up to everybody's wedding? I've never heard of that. Who is this guy?
The religion works a little different then Christianity, and Islam with islam having a little closer requirements.
The very idea of a religion having "requirements" is absurd, as they are all simply fictions. Jews may believe very strongly in their nonsense, but that doesn't make it true.
At least 3 thousand years of Jewish heritage, tradition, religion, and culture.
So, years of bullshit and fiction, basically. Again, I ask, who does the authority reside in? "3 thousand years of tradition" is not a person or an authority.
You want to declare yourself Jewish out of the blue, fine, do it. There's a word for people like that - poser. You get to be accepted as Jewish 2 ways - your mother is Jewish, or you work your ass off learning Jewish tradition. Of the 2 it's usually easier to get your Sicilian Catholic mother to convert.
Do you see how pathetic that is?
It depends on if they want to exclude and discriminate against others, as the Israelis do. From my experience with indigenous Americans, they are quite welcoming of others, and their whole philosophy/religion is about sharing the earth, not owning it.
There's nothing wrong about healthy nationalism. It does not have to be a belief about one's nation superiority
How can nationalism not be a belief about a nation's superiority? That's exactly what the word means.
I guess the United Nations Charter, which specifically lists self-determination of nations as one of its guiding principles, is an extremist document, then.
Pretty much. People should have the right to self-determination. Nations are a fiction, an artificial construct that should have no relevance in a global, multicultural society.
You'll have to explain the meaning of the rest, too. "Separatism" from what, exactly (the word only has meaning in a context of a larger state)? And what the hell is religious supremacy doing there,
Separatism from non-Jews. You're talking about Israel, and asking what religious supremacy has to do with it? Are you kidding? A country that practices rampant discrimination against non-jews?
given that Jews who do not practice (or even vehemently oppose) Judaism still remain Jews?
What does this have to do with anything? "Jewish" is still a religious designation, whether one is practicing or not. Why should religious discrimination be accepted?
And why can't non-practicing Jews disavow Judaism and not accept that label? It's very extreme to impose this on people, even if they don't want it. It's almost like the Mormons who claim many dead people as Mormons, who were never actually Mormons. They may say it's so, but it doesn't make it reality. Jewishness is an artificial construct.
I suppose you could do that & I doubt anyone would knock on your door and black bag you, however I wouldn't try promoting yourself to the Jewish community that way.
So, "the Jewish community" are like the mob now? Where does their authority to determine Jewishness come from?
Well, on the other hand, the trick is finding a well-mastered "metal" cassette. They are almost non-existent. The typical cassette tape is complete junk, so even a poorly encoded MP3 can beat the typical cassette.
Matt 7:3
Matt? Was he the 15th apostle or something? The guy with the holy gravity bong, who brought sweet bud unto Jesus and droveth a Camaro?