If you think Lotus Notes is bad, then wait until you try the Lotus Symphony (un)productivity tools that are gonna come bundled with notes.
I don't know of any OSS solution which can replace Notes in the enterprise (anyone?), but at least for the Office Suite, I recommend they go with pure OO and not some unfortunate offspring of OO+Eclipse+Lotus threesome!
I noticed some of the pictures seem very very random.
From the comments:
I have worked at Microsoft in Redmond for the last 7 years. Of the Microsoft photos, only one of them looks like an actual Microsoft workspace in Redmond; the one in which there are several people crowded around what looks like a coffee table. And even that one is not a typical office or conference room. It looks like a makeshift conference room. At least two of the photos are of the Orlando, FL convention center where Microsoft has an annual event. In reality none of the photos are typical of Redmond, where most employees have single-occupancy private offices.
What's clear is that Ahmadinejad choose to use idioms that native listeners understood as calling for genocide and the subjugation of the Jewish people. I AM a native Farsi speaker, and what he said is not even close to what you try to make up.
You try to deceive in two ways:
Firstly, when Ahmadinejad explicitly mentions "Zionist Regime" you completely ignore that. Secondly, you throw in the typical Israel apologist word, the J word which he did not mention at all.
I'm not sure how much better that is. He didn't mention how that might be accomplished exactly? Maybe divine intervention? A few lightning bolts? Ahamdinejad is just repeating what Khomeini said about Israel. It's the belief in Islam that wrong ideologies (communism, zionism, etc.) are doomed.
In case of Soviets, about two decades ago, Khomeini 'predicted' the demise of that system of government too, and even sent an official letter to Gorbachev stating that soon the communist government will be history. But was it through a nuclear war or any kind of aggression for that matter?
The Guardian's Jonathan Steele cites four different translations , from professors to the BBC to the New York Times and even pro-Israel news outlets, in none of those translations is the word "map" used. The closest translation to what the Iranian President actually said is, "The regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time," or a narrow relative thereof. In no version is the word "map" used or a context of mass genocide or hostile military action even hinted at.
...some very important Iranians have said some very unsettling things (like ol' Ahmadinejad saying he will 'wipe Israel of the map,' among other things), so one can hardly blame people for having at least some tense feeling Iran. Regardless of how many times to you repeat this lie, it doesn't become the truth:
The Guardian's Jonathan Steele cites four different translations, from professors to the BBC to the New York Times and even pro-Israel news outlets, in none of those translations is the word "map" used. The closest translation to what the Iranian President actually said is, "The regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time," or a narrow relative thereof. In no version is the word "map" used or a context of mass genocide or hostile military action even hinted at.
I've lived there, and I've seen them. The people who least believe in any imaginary being in the sky are the same people who preach most about its existence, and themselves being his representatives on earth, the latter of which is the reason they need religion.
These people are only there for business, they are businessmen.
I start by more familiar examples, say Dick Cheney. Does anybody believe him to be a true Christian or a ruthless businessman who'll do anything for the sake of profit? Or when he talks of supporting troops, is he telling what he truly means?
In Iran we have our own businessmen. Since the 'Islamic' revolution of 1979, these people have taken over the government in a country where 90%+ of the economy is owned and operated by the government.
A clear example, is the largest of these business entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), most recent bogeyman on CNN/FOX. While the American media focuses on the 'military' part of IRGC's operation, they neglect to mention the much much bigger side of IRGC.
Revolutionary Guards is the single biggest business entity in Iran, they build all the dams, bridges, tunnels and roads, railroad, they operate civilian airports all across the country, they do the largest mining operations, they own many of the largest and most profit generating financial institutions in Iran and this list goes on forever.
Almost half of the members of the current parliament are former IRGC members, Ahmadinejad himself made his way to being Tehran's Mayor and later, Iran's president through IRGC.
Then there's Mesbah Yazdi, a mid-level clergy, known as the mentor of Ahmadinejad, the biggest fucking piece of shit I know in Iran. Plays the same role to Ahmadi Nejad as Dick plays to Bush. But there's another side to this guy, he is also known as "Sultan of Sugar" in Iran. He controls import, distribution and sale of all Sugar in Iran. Believe me, in a country of 70 million population a monopoly on sugar is better than a monopoly on gold mines. He also says that the 'Zionist regime' of Israel is doomed, however nuking them means end of the sweet sugar business for him.
Former president Rafsanjani, former parliament speaker Nategh Noori and many others are businessmen too. They don't give a fuck about religion unless in public when preaching people.
Oh, did you hear the Moral Police Chief of Tehran was recently arrested in a brothel with six girls and they were mocking muslim prayers, naked? That screams of the hypocrisy of the current situation in Iran.
I just want you to think, what benefit does nuking Israel which guarantees a much much harsher reaction from Israel bring to these ruling businessmen? See, that's why Iran, even with nukes is no threat at all to any other country?
All that matters to these people is survival of their business, they are not religious zealots, they don't believe in the second coming or afterlife or crap like what they preach to people. If a day comes where wiping their asses with pages of Quran helps them keep control of their business, then that's what they WILL HAPPILY DO.
If you seriously believe that Israel would use nukes in a first-strike scenario , you've been horribly mislead by propaganda. Get a grip. The anti-Israel propaganda that pervades Middle-Eastern life is a subterfuge in support of the corrupt and autocratic governments in Iran and Syria and to a lesser extent those of Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.
The anti-Israel position has become a point of nearly complete cultural blindness. If you seriously believe that Iran would use nukes in a first-strike scenario , you've been horribly mislead by propaganda. Get a grip. The anti-Iran propaganda that pervades the American life is a subterfuge in support of the corrupt and autocratic government in United States.
The anti-Iran position has become a point of nearly complete cultural blindness.
These sand ticks are sitting on one of the ten largest oil deposits in the world. Who gave you the authority to tell other countries what they can and can not use as their energy source?!! If Iran can sell more oil by reducing domestic consumption then they have every right to.
It's about acquiring nuclear weapons Proof please? Word of a Bush Administration wouldn't count as history has proven.
They have stated time and again they wish to obliterate Israel. Proof Please? If you mean the Iranian president's speech which was nothing but a mistranslation and a hoax spread by MSM:
The Guardian's Jonathan Steele cites four different translations, from professors to the BBC to the New York Times and even pro-Israel news outlets, in none of those translations is the word "map" used. The closest translation to what the Iranian President actually said is, "The regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time," or a narrow relative thereof. In no version is the word "map" used or a context of mass genocide or hostile military action even hinted at.
Iran has always since 1979 stated their desire for government of Israel to go away, and be given back to whoever people of whatever religion or race who lived there before the state of Israel was created, but never intended the people to die.
"We Love Microsoft and Hate All Things Apple." O_O Are we on the same slashdot? We all are on the same website; some posters though, are inside the Reality Distortion Field.
If you are in Canada go to comedycentral.com and it will redirect you to thecomedynetwork.ca, there you can watch ALL Comedy Central shows + archive (including all seasons of Southpark) for free.
On Leopard it uses Silverlight, I've been using it for a while for Daily Show/Colbert Report and South Park and have not encountered any ads yet, but each episode is divided into couple of clips which is not a big deal.
Be careful now! If you start tracking things back to the old times, you might find out that Apple stole some basic ideas crucial to its success on desktop from one company and the sued another company for doing exactly the same thing.
What matters today is that MacOSX and iTunes are 'defining characteristics' of Apple and as long as they do the job right, I as a consumer don't really care where they came from, same goes for any other company.
Apple and Google wrote their own software from the ground up. Bill Gates bought DOS from another programmer
The only thing they use that isn't theirs is *occasionally* zope/plone and whatever web server du jour. Umm... Google Maps?! Youtube? Picasa? Google Earth?
and in Apple's case, Darwin that you conceded, Filemaker? iTunes (not the store) ?
others are pointing out more.
Are you RDF positive?
Is this the result of collective wisdom of/. moderators?!!
I'm writing this from Leopard, and my other two machines run Ubuntu but I have installed Windows (98 - XP) on several hundred different configurations, same goes for various Linux distros but that ignorant comment of yours, both about the time it takes to install Windows and how you'll have to track down "every single last driver" is nothing but trolling.
I haven't installed Vista, so I won't comment on that.
There are a few religious radicals in Iran in the lower to mid levels of the government, but they are significantly outnumbered by the other group.
Wanna know who this other group is? Please read on, till the end...
I start with someone you are familiar with; do you consider Dick Cheney a radical Christian or a ruthless businessman which uses religion or any other tool as a means to make profit? like when he talks about supporting the troops does he really care about the troops or he has an agenda of his own?
Well, Cheney is one of the members of the "Other Group", the businessmen, except he is American.
In Iran we have our own businessmen. Since the 'Islamic' revolution of 1979, these people have taken over the government in a country where 90%+ of the economy is owned and operated by the government.
A clear example, is the largest of these business entities: Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC), most recent bogeyman on CNN/FOX. While the American media focuses on the 'military' part of IRGC's operation, they neglect to mention the much much bigger side of IRGC.
Revolutionary Guards is the single biggest business entity in Iran, they build all the dams, bridges, tunnels and roads, railroad, they operate civilian airports all across the country, they do the largest mining operations, they own many of the largest and most profit generating financial institutions in Iran and this list goes on forever.
Almost half of the members of the current parliament are former IRGC members, Ahmadinejad himself made his way to being Tehran's Mayor and later, Iran's president through IRGC.
Another example is Mesbah Yazi, a mid-level clergy, known as the mentor of Ahmadinejad, the biggest fucking piece of shit I know in Iran. Plays the same role to Ahmadi Nejad as Dick plays to Bush. But there's another side to this guy, he is also known as "Sultan of Sugar" in Iran. He controls import, distribution and sale of all Sugar in Iran. Believe me, in a country of 70 million population a monopoly on sugar is better than a monopoly on gold mines. He also says that the 'Zionist regime' of Israel is doomed, however nuking them means end of the sweet sugar business for him.
Former president Rafsanjani, former parliament speaker Nategh Noori and many others are businessmen too. They don't give a fuck about religion unless in public when preaching people.
In conclusion, I just want you to think, what benefit does nuking Israel which guarantees a much much harsher reaction from Israel bring to these ruling businessmen? See, that's why Iran, even with nukes is no threat at all to any other country?
All that matters to these people is survival of their business, they are not religious zealots, they don't believe in the second coming or afterlife or crap like what they preach to people. If a day comes where wiping their asses with pages of Quran helps them keep control of their business, then that's what they WILL HAPPILY DO.
Thanks for reading my rant.
Adding up to that, one interesting and very recent example: One commander of Tehran's police force (also a high ranking IRGC General) who runs the division in charge of shutting down any voice of protest (can't translate name to English) was arrested last week in a brothel run by and for IRGC members with six girls. The girls confessed that he asked them to take off their cloth and do a prayers game! Girls could not believe such a person which is so famous for enforcing Islamic moral values would make fun of most sacred things in Islam like that. He was arrested by the direct order of head of Judiciary without informing Tehran's General Prosecuter because GP has close ties to IRGC and would have stopped the operation. There's chaos in Judiciary now and they are trying to keep it as quite as possible, at least before the election. His replacement did not g
Firstly, I happily use Silverlight on Leopard, no problems at all, but don't know the status of Moonlight on GNU/Linux.
Secondly, I'm just wondering, is there a clause in the deal with MS that prohibits LoC from presenting same information in any other format or
Google or any other honest company can also join in and provide the similar service in an open format? Like say, when you go to www.myloc.gov and wanna see a book/item, you get to choose:
Silverlight
Flash
JPEG
In case MS gets any sort of ruling power on how myloc.gov is run then that's something to worry about.
Slashdot Mirror
They should be sued for electronic monitoring without a warrant!
They explicitly ask you if you like to get suggestions or not. You can say NO.
If it's opt-in then how is it a problem? They're not forcing you in any way.
I'm watching it on Leopard, Safari 3.1 right now. I had Silverlight already installed, it asked me to allow Move video plug-in which I did.
can be found here and here.
I don't know of any OSS solution which can replace Notes in the enterprise (anyone?), but at least for the Office Suite, I recommend they go with pure OO and not some unfortunate offspring of OO+Eclipse+Lotus threesome!
From the comments: I have worked at Microsoft in Redmond for the last 7 years. Of the Microsoft photos, only one of them looks like an actual Microsoft workspace in Redmond; the one in which there are several people crowded around what looks like a coffee table. And even that one is not a typical office or conference room. It looks like a makeshift conference room. At least two of the photos are of the Orlando, FL convention center where Microsoft has an annual event. In reality none of the photos are typical of Redmond, where most employees have single-occupancy private offices.
You try to deceive in two ways:
Firstly, when Ahmadinejad explicitly mentions "Zionist Regime" you completely ignore that. Secondly, you throw in the typical Israel apologist word, the J word which he did not mention at all.
It's very clear who is manipulating the truth.
In case of Soviets, about two decades ago, Khomeini 'predicted' the demise of that system of government too, and even sent an official letter to Gorbachev stating that soon the communist government will be history. But was it through a nuclear war or any kind of aggression for that matter?
The Guardian's Jonathan Steele cites four different translations , from professors to the BBC to the New York Times and even pro-Israel news outlets, in none of those translations is the word "map" used. The closest translation to what the Iranian President actually said is, "The regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time," or a narrow relative thereof. In no version is the word "map" used or a context of mass genocide or hostile military action even hinted at.
...some very important Iranians have said some very unsettling things (like ol' Ahmadinejad saying he will 'wipe Israel of the map,' among other things), so one can hardly blame people for having at least some tense feeling Iran. Regardless of how many times to you repeat this lie, it doesn't become the truth:The Guardian's Jonathan Steele cites four different translations, from professors to the BBC to the New York Times and even pro-Israel news outlets, in none of those translations is the word "map" used. The closest translation to what the Iranian President actually said is, "The regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time," or a narrow relative thereof. In no version is the word "map" used or a context of mass genocide or hostile military action even hinted at.
I've lived there, and I've seen them. The people who least believe in any imaginary being in the sky are the same people who preach most about its existence, and themselves being his representatives on earth, the latter of which is the reason they need religion.
These people are only there for business, they are businessmen.
I start by more familiar examples, say Dick Cheney. Does anybody believe him to be a true Christian or a ruthless businessman who'll do anything for the sake of profit? Or when he talks of supporting troops, is he telling what he truly means?
In Iran we have our own businessmen. Since the 'Islamic' revolution of 1979, these people have taken over the government in a country where 90%+ of the economy is owned and operated by the government.
A clear example, is the largest of these business entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), most recent bogeyman on CNN/FOX. While the American media focuses on the 'military' part of IRGC's operation, they neglect to mention the much much bigger side of IRGC.
Revolutionary Guards is the single biggest business entity in Iran, they build all the dams, bridges, tunnels and roads, railroad, they operate civilian airports all across the country, they do the largest mining operations, they own many of the largest and most profit generating financial institutions in Iran and this list goes on forever.
Almost half of the members of the current parliament are former IRGC members, Ahmadinejad himself made his way to being Tehran's Mayor and later, Iran's president through IRGC.
Then there's Mesbah Yazdi, a mid-level clergy, known as the mentor of Ahmadinejad, the biggest fucking piece of shit I know in Iran. Plays the same role to Ahmadi Nejad as Dick plays to Bush. But there's another side to this guy, he is also known as "Sultan of Sugar" in Iran. He controls import, distribution and sale of all Sugar in Iran. Believe me, in a country of 70 million population a monopoly on sugar is better than a monopoly on gold mines. He also says that the 'Zionist regime' of Israel is doomed, however nuking them means end of the sweet sugar business for him.
Former president Rafsanjani, former parliament speaker Nategh Noori and many others are businessmen too. They don't give a fuck about religion unless in public when preaching people.
Oh, did you hear the Moral Police Chief of Tehran was recently arrested in a brothel with six girls and they were mocking muslim prayers, naked? That screams of the hypocrisy of the current situation in Iran.
I just want you to think, what benefit does nuking Israel which guarantees a much much harsher reaction from Israel bring to these ruling businessmen? See, that's why Iran, even with nukes is no threat at all to any other country?
All that matters to these people is survival of their business, they are not religious zealots, they don't believe in the second coming or afterlife or crap like what they preach to people. If a day comes where wiping their asses with pages of Quran helps them keep control of their business, then that's what they WILL HAPPILY DO.
The anti-Israel position has become a point of nearly complete cultural blindness. If you seriously believe that Iran would use nukes in a first-strike scenario , you've been horribly mislead by propaganda. Get a grip. The anti-Iran propaganda that pervades the American life is a subterfuge in support of the corrupt and autocratic government in United States.
The anti-Iran position has become a point of nearly complete cultural blindness.
If you are so intent on learning from history, then go learn from the Iraq WMD lies (and all the other lies of this corrupt administration).
The Guardian's Jonathan Steele cites four different translations, from professors to the BBC to the New York Times and even pro-Israel news outlets, in none of those translations is the word "map" used. The closest translation to what the Iranian President actually said is, "The regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time," or a narrow relative thereof. In no version is the word "map" used or a context of mass genocide or hostile military action even hinted at.
Iran has always since 1979 stated their desire for government of Israel to go away, and be given back to whoever people of whatever religion or race who lived there before the state of Israel was created, but never intended the people to die.
If you are in Canada go to comedycentral.com and it will redirect you to thecomedynetwork.ca, there you can watch ALL Comedy Central shows + archive (including all seasons of Southpark) for free.
On Leopard it uses Silverlight, I've been using it for a while for Daily Show/Colbert Report and South Park and have not encountered any ads yet, but each episode is divided into couple of clips which is not a big deal.
Be careful now! If you start tracking things back to the old times, you might find out that Apple stole some basic ideas crucial to its success on desktop from one company and the sued another company for doing exactly the same thing.
What matters today is that MacOSX and iTunes are 'defining characteristics' of Apple and as long as they do the job right, I as a consumer don't really care where they came from, same goes for any other company.
and in Apple's case, Darwin that you conceded, Filemaker? iTunes (not the store) ?
others are pointing out more.
Are you RDF positive?
Is this the result of collective wisdom of /. moderators?!!
I'm writing this from Leopard, and my other two machines run Ubuntu but I have installed Windows (98 - XP) on several hundred different configurations, same goes for various Linux distros but that ignorant comment of yours, both about the time it takes to install Windows and how you'll have to track down "every single last driver" is nothing but trolling.
I haven't installed Vista, so I won't comment on that.
And what exactly makes you think .NET lacks simplicity and/or internal logic?
IANADND, so just asking...
There are a few religious radicals in Iran in the lower to mid levels of the government, but they are significantly outnumbered by the other group.
Wanna know who this other group is? Please read on, till the end...
I start with someone you are familiar with; do you consider Dick Cheney a radical Christian or a ruthless businessman which uses religion or any other tool as a means to make profit? like when he talks about supporting the troops does he really care about the troops or he has an agenda of his own? Well, Cheney is one of the members of the "Other Group", the businessmen, except he is American.
In Iran we have our own businessmen. Since the 'Islamic' revolution of 1979, these people have taken over the government in a country where 90%+ of the economy is owned and operated by the government.
A clear example, is the largest of these business entities: Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC), most recent bogeyman on CNN/FOX. While the American media focuses on the 'military' part of IRGC's operation, they neglect to mention the much much bigger side of IRGC. Revolutionary Guards is the single biggest business entity in Iran, they build all the dams, bridges, tunnels and roads, railroad, they operate civilian airports all across the country, they do the largest mining operations, they own many of the largest and most profit generating financial institutions in Iran and this list goes on forever.
Almost half of the members of the current parliament are former IRGC members, Ahmadinejad himself made his way to being Tehran's Mayor and later, Iran's president through IRGC.
Another example is Mesbah Yazi, a mid-level clergy, known as the mentor of Ahmadinejad, the biggest fucking piece of shit I know in Iran. Plays the same role to Ahmadi Nejad as Dick plays to Bush. But there's another side to this guy, he is also known as "Sultan of Sugar" in Iran. He controls import, distribution and sale of all Sugar in Iran. Believe me, in a country of 70 million population a monopoly on sugar is better than a monopoly on gold mines. He also says that the 'Zionist regime' of Israel is doomed, however nuking them means end of the sweet sugar business for him.
Former president Rafsanjani, former parliament speaker Nategh Noori and many others are businessmen too. They don't give a fuck about religion unless in public when preaching people.
In conclusion, I just want you to think, what benefit does nuking Israel which guarantees a much much harsher reaction from Israel bring to these ruling businessmen? See, that's why Iran, even with nukes is no threat at all to any other country?
All that matters to these people is survival of their business, they are not religious zealots, they don't believe in the second coming or afterlife or crap like what they preach to people. If a day comes where wiping their asses with pages of Quran helps them keep control of their business, then that's what they WILL HAPPILY DO.
Thanks for reading my rant.
Adding up to that, one interesting and very recent example: One commander of Tehran's police force (also a high ranking IRGC General) who runs the division in charge of shutting down any voice of protest (can't translate name to English) was arrested last week in a brothel run by and for IRGC members with six girls. The girls confessed that he asked them to take off their cloth and do a prayers game! Girls could not believe such a person which is so famous for enforcing Islamic moral values would make fun of most sacred things in Islam like that. He was arrested by the direct order of head of Judiciary without informing Tehran's General Prosecuter because GP has close ties to IRGC and would have stopped the operation. There's chaos in Judiciary now and they are trying to keep it as quite as possible, at least before the election. His replacement did not g
and they'll make the lawsuit last long enough till the Alaskan village is fully submerged!
Secondly, I'm just wondering, is there a clause in the deal with MS that prohibits LoC from presenting same information in any other format or Google or any other honest company can also join in and provide the similar service in an open format? Like say, when you go to www.myloc.gov and wanna see a book/item, you get to choose:
In case MS gets any sort of ruling power on how myloc.gov is run then that's something to worry about.
PS: "honest company"? What does that even mean?!!