The idiots would insist for a citation for the phrase "the sky is largely blue" --- documentary evidence is overridden by what some idiot with a Dreamhost account (or indeed, some idiot who writes for a major metropolitan newspaper) has already written. This must be reversed if Wikipedia can become more than a poor synthesis of the unsubstantiated ramblings of other media.
It's the same software, you crouton, with the string "Firefox" stripped out of the UI and with different graphics files. Even the binary is still called firefox-bin, ffs...
Africa has been a desolate wasteland since Panama popped out of the ocean. So please, either go and reenact Team America or gain an understanding in what you're saying.
We buy our petrol in litres, and measure the efficiency of the engines in miles per imperial gallon. We also have road signs with distances specified in metres, but with "yds" on the end, e.g. "Escape Lane 200yds" means that there is an escape lane in 200m. Welcome to the crazy world of the British metric system.
Ahem... Road tax pays for highway maintenance, council tax pays for public transport subsidies. The fuel duty is just an extra value-added tax, patching over cracks in the balance sheet (not the ones in the A38 and M5.)
In 2004 my favourite backspacewares were Linspire IM Suite (a very old version of Gaim costing $30), Linspire Office Suite (an even older version of OOo1 costing $30), etc etc. I also loved the way they implied that all Linux distributions were primitive Gentoos where everyone was forced to compile everything with "/.configure, make, make install" and the scary command prompt spewing acres of gibberish. They seem to be distributing recent and correctly versions of these programs for free nowadays, but the casual slander of proper operating systems continues. (Names and numbers correct before being stored and retrieved by my memory...)
While that bit of logic is similar, Esperanto never had any country that actually used it. ODF does, in the OpenOffice and StarOffice suites of software. Thus, it never had a base of native users to support or to eveolve it.
Next strawman?
Actually, Esperanto was designed as a secondary international language for use on top of the local language. So I would talk to my mother in English and my French telecorrespondent in Esperanto, while he might talk to his brother in French and watch anime in Japanese with Esperanto subtitling. It was certainly never intended to replace those languages and the identity they brought to their users, though I think this would have been nice in many ways considering the overcomplication and illogicality of natural languages.
The reason it didn't fully catch on was laziness and English speakers' arrogance (continuing to this day) in assuming that their language is the one that the rest of the world must learn, despite its obvious technical deficiencies and difficult-to-learn nature. ODF is not catching on as fast as it should because, again, of laziness and Microsoft's arrogance in assuming that their format is the one that the rest of the world must use despite its glaring technical deficiencies and difficult-to-implement nature.
I literally cannot understand why software doesn't run on Windows properly under 64-bit, when the 32-bit one runs so well. After all, Linux apps function perfectly with only a recompile in most cases...
Google cannot just add software to the Debian repositories. The software must be licensed as redistributable (or needs a wrapper to download it) to make it into non-free, and must be licensed to comply with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (e.g. must be free software/open source) to make it into main (or restricted, if it is dependent upon non-free extras.)
Sol will never go supernova, according to current observations: stars of its mass rarely do anything other than becoming red giants and then white dwarfs. Admittedly, the inner Solar system will be engulfed, but there won't be any huge explosion...
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The cycle of a hip young company usurping the stagnant incumbents, only to become a stagnant incumbent itself, continues.
Where is Google's successor?
The idiots would insist for a citation for the phrase "the sky is largely blue" --- documentary evidence is overridden by what some idiot with a Dreamhost account (or indeed, some idiot who writes for a major metropolitan newspaper) has already written. This must be reversed if Wikipedia can become more than a poor synthesis of the unsubstantiated ramblings of other media.
They aren't charging my company for the hosted apps version of it. Furthermore, it's working perfectly.
It's the same software, you crouton, with the string "Firefox" stripped out of the UI and with different graphics files. Even the binary is still called firefox-bin, ffs...
Africa has been a desolate wasteland since Panama popped out of the ocean. So please, either go and reenact Team America or gain an understanding in what you're saying.
Using European technology in an American car? Are you insane? That way you let the commies win!
Seriously, try putting "Engine by PSA, Europe's most popular engine manufacturer" on a Ford Fiesta and watch it crumble.
We buy our petrol in litres, and measure the efficiency of the engines in miles per imperial gallon. We also have road signs with distances specified in metres, but with "yds" on the end, e.g. "Escape Lane 200yds" means that there is an escape lane in 200m. Welcome to the crazy world of the British metric system.
Ahem... Road tax pays for highway maintenance, council tax pays for public transport subsidies. The fuel duty is just an extra value-added tax, patching over cracks in the balance sheet (not the ones in the A38 and M5.)
Oh, and our gasolene hit $7.95/gal yesterday...
In 2004 my favourite backspacewares were Linspire IM Suite (a very old version of Gaim costing $30), Linspire Office Suite (an even older version of OOo1 costing $30), etc etc. I also loved the way they implied that all Linux distributions were primitive Gentoos where everyone was forced to compile everything with "/.configure, make, make install" and the scary command prompt spewing acres of gibberish. They seem to be distributing recent and correctly versions of these programs for free nowadays, but the casual slander of proper operating systems continues. (Names and numbers correct before being stored and retrieved by my memory...)
Next strawman?
Actually, Esperanto was designed as a secondary international language for use on top of the local language. So I would talk to my mother in English and my French telecorrespondent in Esperanto, while he might talk to his brother in French and watch anime in Japanese with Esperanto subtitling. It was certainly never intended to replace those languages and the identity they brought to their users, though I think this would have been nice in many ways considering the overcomplication and illogicality of natural languages.
The reason it didn't fully catch on was laziness and English speakers' arrogance (continuing to this day) in assuming that their language is the one that the rest of the world must learn, despite its obvious technical deficiencies and difficult-to-learn nature. ODF is not catching on as fast as it should because, again, of laziness and Microsoft's arrogance in assuming that their format is the one that the rest of the world must use despite its glaring technical deficiencies and difficult-to-implement nature.
...please take your troll elsewhere.
You've obviously never encountered the recording, television or movie industries.
Which file formats are these?
You could send some to me if you like, just to test.
I literally cannot understand why software doesn't run on Windows properly under 64-bit, when the 32-bit one runs so well. After all, Linux apps function perfectly with only a recompile in most cases...
Poster is not a troll. :) Mod grandparent Funny!
The poster is a good work of parody, approaching Shelley The Republican.
Google cannot just add software to the Debian repositories. The software must be licensed as redistributable (or needs a wrapper to download it) to make it into non-free, and must be licensed to comply with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (e.g. must be free software/open source) to make it into main (or restricted, if it is dependent upon non-free extras.)
May I point out that Homo Neanderthalis died out because we outcompeted them? :)
I.e. the useful and marketed parts of the OS.
That's actually the fault of your PDF reader, which I suspect is Adobe's crapware - ever tried Evince (on Linux)?
In Great Britain, unleaded petroleum costs 94p per litre, which is about $7.05 per gallon. You have no right to complain.
They know who their true customers are; that's the problem.
Sol will never go supernova, according to current observations: stars of its mass rarely do anything other than becoming red giants and then white dwarfs. Admittedly, the inner Solar system will be engulfed, but there won't be any huge explosion...
Blender _does not run_ without the binary blobs on my system. Who gives a damn about games?
Sucky no more! They'll be "open" (GPL, presumably) soon, remember...