The problem with any standard is when people fail to implement it, or its implemented slightly different.
I've spent the last couple of months working part-time on a OpenDocument exporter.
The two main OpenDocument applications on Linux, OpenOffice and KOffice both supposedly open OpenDocument spreadsheets. However, neither's file's meet the specified standard. Also, I've used files from OpenOffice to try and open them in KOffice, and KOffice crashes on startup. Using files from KOffice to OpenOffice, they open, but are incorrectly formatted.
So, for a developer like myself, the question is, do I write to the standard, or to the biggest software packager using that standard (Firefox). It's much like writing websites, and then having to hack them for IE, but sadly, this is occurring in OSS software.
Essentially, until we see complete, working implementations, it's good that OpenDocument is an open and now ISO standard, but essentially, it doesn't really help free information interchange when Openoffice and KOffice are more compatible on reverse-engineered Microsoft file formats than open ones.
The problem with GPRS, in the UK at least is the cost. It's ridiculously expensive for non-business contracts to be used to check even your email, let alone streaming music and video.
I would love to have my phone used for sending and receiving email, browsing the web, checking my RSS feeds, and using IM, but I simply can't justify the cost.
I would love to see this become the case, but until wireless cards all have flawless support under Linux, reception ranges are increased, throughput increased and prices come down to near their wired equivalents, I just can't see wireless taking over.
Also, certain items such as monitors are unlikely to ever use wireless links.
I'm a Christian, but for stem cell research, but to say the Bible does say something on the matter.
"Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me." - Psalm 51:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." - Jeremiah 1:5
"for he [John the Baptist] will be great in the sight of the Lord. He [John the Baptist] is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb" - Luke 1:15
I don't think these verses say conclusively that that means we are have souls as embroyos, or I would be against stem cell research, but I do think they help to show why for some Christians (and for the first two Old Testament verses) Jews or Muslims may not find this a clear-cut issue.
Is it just me, or does it feel like the UK DoD just read yesterday's "Deploying Linux: Should You Pre-Compile Binaries or Roll Your Own?"
It's nice to see that someone finally respects Gentoo enough to run it on a crucial system!
-funroll-loop-the-loops all the way! Tony Blair, PM me, I have some other optimisations that will make your plane go up to 40% faster!
I'm glad China is making sure the outrageous practise of killing people in online computer games is being stopped.
This sick practise leads people to perform disgusting acts like firing polygons at another polygon in order to cause them to die with a burst of red sprites! If people do too much of this they may feel the need to let people express their own spirituality, sexuality
and have acceptable human rights.
Thank goodness they have their priorities in order! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
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The problem with any standard is when people fail to implement it, or its implemented slightly different. I've spent the last couple of months working part-time on a OpenDocument exporter. The two main OpenDocument applications on Linux, OpenOffice and KOffice both supposedly open OpenDocument spreadsheets. However, neither's file's meet the specified standard. Also, I've used files from OpenOffice to try and open them in KOffice, and KOffice crashes on startup. Using files from KOffice to OpenOffice, they open, but are incorrectly formatted. So, for a developer like myself, the question is, do I write to the standard, or to the biggest software packager using that standard (Firefox). It's much like writing websites, and then having to hack them for IE, but sadly, this is occurring in OSS software. Essentially, until we see complete, working implementations, it's good that OpenDocument is an open and now ISO standard, but essentially, it doesn't really help free information interchange when Openoffice and KOffice are more compatible on reverse-engineered Microsoft file formats than open ones.
Come on. Software Developer? Married? At least make your jokes realistic!
The problem with GPRS, in the UK at least is the cost. It's ridiculously expensive for non-business contracts to be used to check even your email, let alone streaming music and video.
I would love to have my phone used for sending and receiving email, browsing the web, checking my RSS feeds, and using IM, but I simply can't justify the cost.
I would love to see this become the case, but until wireless cards all have flawless support under Linux, reception ranges are increased, throughput increased and prices come down to near their wired equivalents, I just can't see wireless taking over.
Also, certain items such as monitors are unlikely to ever use wireless links.
I'm a Christian, but for stem cell research, but to say the Bible does say something on the matter.
"Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me." - Psalm 51:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." - Jeremiah 1:5
"for he [John the Baptist] will be great in the sight of the Lord. He [John the Baptist] is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb" - Luke 1:15
I don't think these verses say conclusively that that means we are have souls as embroyos, or I would be against stem cell research, but I do think they help to show why for some Christians (and for the first two Old Testament verses) Jews or Muslims may not find this a clear-cut issue.
Is it just me, or does it feel like the UK DoD just read yesterday's "Deploying Linux: Should You Pre-Compile Binaries or Roll Your Own?" It's nice to see that someone finally respects Gentoo enough to run it on a crucial system! -funroll-loop-the-loops all the way! Tony Blair, PM me, I have some other optimisations that will make your plane go up to 40% faster!
I'm glad China is making sure the outrageous practise of killing people in online computer games is being stopped. This sick practise leads people to perform disgusting acts like firing polygons at another polygon in order to cause them to die with a burst of red sprites! If people do too much of this they may feel the need to let people express their own spirituality, sexuality and have acceptable human rights. Thank goodness they have their priorities in order! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!