User: strcmp

Re:Screenshots?

On: First KDE 4 Snapshot Released

As of now, the interface looks exactly the same as it did in KDE 3.5.

Re:Spelling the cause?

On: Word 2007 to Feature Built-in Blogging

Firefox will never be able to use the global OS X spell checker because it does not use NSTextView. Instead, it uses the XUL framework for all its widgets. I don't know if Camino will ever support this, but I use Safari anyway so what do I care.

Proposal creation

On: KOffice GUI Competition Winner

It's interesting to check how these PDF proposals were created. I can usually find this out in Preview with Tools -> Get Info -> Details -> Content creator. David Metz, for example, wrote his proposal in Pages.

Seamonkey

On: Firefox Slides, IE Gains?

Could it be that everyone using Firefox switched to Seamonkey?

NeoOffice

On: Firefox for Intel Macs Planned for March

I've asked this before, but does anyone know when NeoOffice will be ported? If I get an intel mac I don't want to have to buy MS Office, and AbiWord is broken under OS X.

Re:NeoOffice/J

On: MacWorld Keynote Announces x86 iMac & Laptop

You might think that from the performance, but it uses the OOo codebase, which is mostly C++. Java is only used to interface to Carbon.

NeoOffice/J

On: MacWorld Keynote Announces x86 iMac & Laptop

Does anyone know if NeoOffice/J will be ported?

Name?

On: Yahoo Launches Dashboard

So is it called Dashboard or Go?

Patent?

On: Amazon Goes Wiki

I wonder if they will patent Wikis as well.

Grammar

On: Red Hat CEO Decries Open Source Pretenders

I meant "then."

Re:Powerpoint?

On: Red Hat CEO Decries Open Source Pretenders

Good point regarding OpenOffice.org. I can't quite say that it has reached the level of functionality that Powerpoint has but if your presentation needs Powerpoint than it is probably badly designed.

Come to think of it, though, it would be nice if Impress had some more backgrounds.

Re:How do tech-savvy people view Wikipedia?

On: Nitpicking Wikipedia's Vulnerabilities

If you know the name of the article you're looking for, it's faster to just type the URL directly, i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing

Bullshit

On: Single-play DVDs a Hoax

Anyone remember when they tried to convince us that dihydrogen monoxide was a hoax too?

This is bad for Netscape et al

On: HP to Install Netscape on all new PCs

The Netscape browser starts up really slowly compared to IE--they should have bundled Firefox.

Re:Duh.

On: NYC & SF iPod Subway Map Controversy

getting them from the MTA is like pulling teeth

I don't know if you meant paper maps, but here is a New York subway map, from the MTA, free of charge. You can even download it as a PDF.

Adverse effects?

On: The Tongue Twisting Tooth Microphone

So what are the side effects of having a transmitter in your mouth?

Re:What would be the best thing to happen

On: KOffice Developers Reply to Yates

Actually, NeoOffice/J doesn't support OpenDocument. It's based on the codebase of OOo 1.1.4, which doesn't have OD support. Apparently, OD support has been back-ported to the stable branch of OO and is called OOo 1.1.5, but I don't know if or when the corresponding NeoOffice version will come out.

H(x) == H(y) - H(x + q) == H(y + q) ?

On: Practical Exploits of Broken MD5 Algorithm

There is a known result about MD5 hash function, is this: If MD5(x) == MD5(y) then MD5(x+q) == MD5(y+q) So, if you have a pair of messages, x and y, with the same MD5 value, you can append a payload q, and the MD5 value keeps the same, the size of q is arbitrary.

Considering this is such a "well known" result, you would think that MD5 should have been abandoned long ago. Is this true for other popular hash functions?

Change English instead

On: A Useful Grammar Checker?

The best way would be to re-implement English as a context-free grammar, preferably LL(k) or LALR.

Re:Could we cut down at manager speak here

On: An Early Look at JUnit 4

Usage Note: A number of critics have remarked that utilize is an unnecessary substitute for use. It is true that many occurrences of utilize could be replaced by use with no loss to anything but pretentiousness, for example, in sentences such as They utilized questionable methods in their analysis or We hope that many commuters will continue to utilize mass transit after the bridge has reopened. But utilize can mean "to find a profitable or practical use for." Thus the sentence The teachers were unable to use the new computers might mean only that the teachers were unable to operate the computers, whereas The teachers were unable to utilize the new computers suggests that the teachers could not find ways to employ the computers in instruction.

From dictionary.com

Re:Keyboard specific?

On: Keyboard Sound Aids Password Cracking

Perhaps using "alternative keyboards" will be construed as obstructing justice, as is using Firefox.

Re:cost of mass conversion could be 10ish clicks

On: A Look At MS's MA Talking Points

Doesn't matter. Interface code is still code nonetheless.

Re:cost of mass conversion could be 10ish clicks

On: A Look At MS's MA Talking Points

I don't know about OpenOffice.org, but the feature you mention took literally about 2 minutes just to convert just 3 of my Word files into .sxw (not OpenDocument .odt) with NeoOffice/J, which is slow in general (I'll refrain from making remarks about Java's speed here). The files weren't even that long. So yes, some sort of cost will be incurred by converting the documents.

Speaking of which, isn't there a patch for the stable version of OpenOffice.org that allows opening of .odt files? This isn't available for NeoOffice/J as far as I know.

Re:Gee, MS Hypocrites?

On: A Look At MS's MA Talking Points

Maybe someone should remind Microsoft that they sponsored the development of OpenDocument.

Re:Dumb idea #1

On: The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security

Funny that I should be marked a troll on this post; I wasn't aware that the mere existence of the internet was such a controversial topic.