I'm the TA for a third year course in cyberethics and was marking papers this weekend past that students had uploaded to the class website. A few had used Office 2007 whose default file type turns out to be.docx. As of last weekend OpenOffice was unable to open them although a translator is in the works. I wrote about it here and here.
Many people don't realize that there's a "save as type" feature, don't realize not everyone uses what they use, (and don't remember to include the plain text version like they're supposed to for this class). For the ones that forgot the plain text, I was able to read the content stripped of its formatting if I opened it with Konqueror or Ark. They've been given strict instructions for next time to upload their essays in rtf....and go figure it's a third year course for an IT minor but don't get me started on that...
when (ahem) "someone I know" wanted to make themself a firefox tshirt (ahem) *they* found themself a copy of the logo in svg, scaled it up to a nice tasty tshirty size, printed it out on iron on transfer paper and poof! beautiful tshirt - thanks to svg.
It doesn't take until age 13. Mine is 7 and already is making good monster progress. I blame Age of Empires/Mythology at dad's house 3 days a week where he plays 'round the clock. He's a decent strategist but that was developing without the game addiction. When he's here he gets to use those skills in nice wholesome games like Tonka Raceway, DDR, and mancala. Oh, and Lemonade Stand. Yes he says it's no fun here./sigh/
For us the best thing is just not having the games in the house - but ymmv.
This is part of why I use a small-time isp. Not only am I supporting a local small business but there are so few customers (comparitively) that it wouldn't be worth it for anyone to ask for a list.
'C' is also for "conciousness raising" a several decade old tradition which has led to feminst theory and practice. It's worked for naming problems like sexual harassment, marital rape, racism, sexism, ismism, and never ceases to come up with new problems. Sometimes it leads to solutions, sometimes it's more difficult - but the point is open sourcing code is a lot like sitting around having tea and chocolate and talking about your problems. It really is. Once people start working together problems/bugs become manageable and real improvements become possible.
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I'm the TA for a third year course in cyberethics and was marking papers this weekend past that students had uploaded to the class website. A few had used Office 2007 whose default file type turns out to be .docx. As of last weekend OpenOffice was unable to open them although a translator is in the works. I wrote about it here and here.
Many people don't realize that there's a "save as type" feature, don't realize not everyone uses what they use, (and don't remember to include the plain text version like they're supposed to for this class). For the ones that forgot the plain text, I was able to read the content stripped of its formatting if I opened it with Konqueror or Ark. They've been given strict instructions for next time to upload their essays in rtf....and go figure it's a third year course for an IT minor but don't get me started on that...
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when (ahem) "someone I know" wanted to make themself a firefox tshirt (ahem) *they* found themself a copy of the logo in svg, scaled it up to a nice tasty tshirty size, printed it out on iron on transfer paper and poof! beautiful tshirt - thanks to svg.
Ahhh I love a happy ending.
and yes, useless w/o pics. Sorry.
I was really hoping to read this article and read the hype about xml in plain english.
Looks like I'll have to wait a bit longer.
It doesn't take until age 13. Mine is 7 and already is making good monster progress. I blame Age of Empires/Mythology at dad's house 3 days a week where he plays 'round the clock. He's a decent strategist but that was developing without the game addiction. When he's here he gets to use those skills in nice wholesome games like Tonka Raceway, DDR, and mancala. Oh, and Lemonade Stand. Yes he says it's no fun here. /sigh/
For us the best thing is just not having the games in the house - but ymmv.
This is part of why I use a small-time isp. Not only am I supporting a local small business but there are so few customers (comparitively) that it wouldn't be worth it for anyone to ask for a list.
If I pay enough can I order my choice of weather? How much for sunny and warm?
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'C' is also for "conciousness raising" a several decade old tradition which has led to feminst theory and practice. It's worked for naming problems like sexual harassment, marital rape, racism, sexism, ismism, and never ceases to come up with new problems. Sometimes it leads to solutions, sometimes it's more difficult - but the point is open sourcing code is a lot like sitting around having tea and chocolate and talking about your problems. It really is. Once people start working together problems/bugs become manageable and real improvements become possible.
Bring on the sunshine and rainbows.