* Comparison of Clipart and Wordart features (My kids won't use OOo cos it has none)
Hmm. I'd say that no clipart in OOo was an advantage. Just imagine:
Are you sick of stupid-looking flyers? Do "screen beans" really piss you off? Have you ever murdered someone for using gratuitous clipart in a presentation because they thought it "looked clever"?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then openoffice is the office suite for you! It doesen't have any! (maniacal laughter)
This is totally and completely offtopic, but I totally agree with you on education. Schools right now are really a sort of daycare, decorated with nice, glossy textbooks. IMHO, they should implement vouchers and REALLY, REALLY HARD standardised tests that actually test for stuff, not that SAT crap. Sure, teachers will teach to the test, that's why you make the test as complete as possible.
Instead, kids are required to sit in front of desks for 13 years, chewing on their erasers, in hopes that somehow the ambiance of the school will rub off and they will learn something. When they don't learn anything, the solution is to throw more money at the problem.
Better yet why not just provide incentives for private enterprise to do R&D and give the money back to the taxpayers?
If you're going to fund something, fund it right out front where I can see it. Don't screw around with "incentives".
Believe it or not, the FCC is supposed to do the opposite. The idea is that, if spectrum was free (as in freedom), big corporations would build great big antennas that would broadcast across the spectrum and drown out their smaller competitors. It doesn't really matter though, because traditional radio, phone, and TV are probably going to die in a couple of years anyway.
What they really want to become content providers, like a cable company. Instead of selling you a generic pipe, they would have you buy the "Deluxe package", which includes "basic" internet, voip, instant messaging, a music subscription, and a video subscription. All for $99.99 a month.
Plus, if you order now, we'll throw in a free six months of the New York Times, a couple extra inboxes, AND some special pop-up blocking software.
And, instead of bitching about net neutrality on slashdot, you can make friends on Comcast's social site (for a fee). Isn't the internet fun?
Buddy, I use Wikipedia *all* the time for my homework, and I find it indespensible. There simply is no other place where you can get a quick overview of arbitrary subjects. Sure, it can't be trusted. Most other popular sources can't really be trusted either (newsweek, bbc news, etc.) But that doesn't mean they aren't useful.
If you get one of those assignments where you have to learn everything about the Patriot Act in a week, you don't really care whether an article might be biased. You read everything you can get your grubby little fingers on. You read editorials, articles from popular magazines, blogs, anything that might contain or link to useful information. Wikipedia, at least, is relatively unbiased (especially for things as controversial as the patriot act), and probably accurate. I usually search Wikipedia first when I need info about a topic. That's what encyclopedias are for. You aren't supposed to cite encyclopedias anyway.
And yeah, Wikipedia is a bit of a pop culture database, but there is also plenty of stuff on tensors and the like.
I'm not really sure how slow Java itself it. But I do know that programs written in Java tend to be insanely bloated and hog ram like nobody's business. Look at Eclipse, or OpenOffice. To mangle an old saying, every Java program eventually includes an update manager and its own widget set. Speed problems definitely aren't confined to startup time. This may be the fault of the people who wrote Eclipse, and not the fault of Java itself, but you have to wonder: If the Eclipse devs can't get Java to perform right, who can?
Java performance on Linux *is* faster, though, although that may be because Linux is better at handling swap. I have heard, although not seen, that Runescape runs much faster under Linux.
No, actually, most computer games only have one "correct" ending. It's kind of sad, because there is so much potential there. In most RPGs, your only choice is R: stab the guy.
Unfortunately, root servers have been taken down before. And because the lower level servers do caching, it wasn't even that big of a deal. What you'd need is a few levels of P2P. ISPs share spammer lists with each other, and with their customers. A strike is launched if a signifigant number of ISPs agree to a strike. Then, each ISP tells it's customers to do a strike.
Urgh, yeah. What really pisses me off is not how they have nothing to say. What pisses me off is how I am supposed to read essays that have nothing to say, about other essays that have nothing to say, about other essays that have nothing to say, about an essay vaguely related to Shakespeare. I ended up just giving up halfway through, because it was just so much meaningless garbage.
And that's when they aren't bitching about feminism, or racism, or postmodernism, or postcolonialism, or nihilism, or communism, or any other number of useless isms. Or showing movies featuring a schizophrenic photographer and a bunch of naked chicks. Or accusing you of plagarism because it "sounds funny".
My physics professor had a friend who worked with machine tools. He supposedly had some iron filings on his eye that got driven through his eyeball and out the back of his head. Of course, he may have been making it up...
It might be interesting to see them compete with Ubuntu. Dapper will probably be more up-to-date (judging from my experience with sarge), but Etch will probably be more stable. Of course, I probably won't find out. because I'll be running edgy.
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OOo has those sick-looking seagulls...
Hmm. I'd say that no clipart in OOo was an advantage. Just imagine:
Are you sick of stupid-looking flyers? Do "screen beans" really piss you off? Have you ever murdered someone for using gratuitous clipart in a presentation because they thought it "looked clever"?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then openoffice is the office suite for you! It doesen't have any! (maniacal laughter)
Get your free copy today, at openoffice.org.
This is totally and completely offtopic, but I totally agree with you on education. Schools right now are really a sort of daycare, decorated with nice, glossy textbooks. IMHO, they should implement vouchers and REALLY, REALLY HARD standardised tests that actually test for stuff, not that SAT crap. Sure, teachers will teach to the test, that's why you make the test as complete as possible.
Instead, kids are required to sit in front of desks for 13 years, chewing on their erasers, in hopes that somehow the ambiance of the school will rub off and they will learn something. When they don't learn anything, the solution is to throw more money at the problem.
Just a few thoughts from a homeschooler.
Getting your legal advice on slashdot. Hmm... If you ever need a good psychiatrist, just give me a call :)
Better yet why not just provide incentives for private enterprise to do R&D and give the money back to the taxpayers?
If you're going to fund something, fund it right out front where I can see it. Don't screw around with "incentives".
Believe it or not, the FCC is supposed to do the opposite. The idea is that, if spectrum was free (as in freedom), big corporations would build great big antennas that would broadcast across the spectrum and drown out their smaller competitors. It doesn't really matter though, because traditional radio, phone, and TV are probably going to die in a couple of years anyway.
So, was that city driving, highway driving, or downhill all the way?
Actually, I've heard that there are pay-to-enter malls in Virginia (they have some sort of revolutionary war theme). But they really suck.
What they really want to become content providers, like a cable company. Instead of selling you a generic pipe, they would have you buy the "Deluxe package", which includes "basic" internet, voip, instant messaging, a music subscription, and a video subscription. All for $99.99 a month.
Plus, if you order now, we'll throw in a free six months of the New York Times, a couple extra inboxes, AND some special pop-up blocking software.
And, instead of bitching about net neutrality on slashdot, you can make friends on Comcast's social site (for a fee). Isn't the internet fun?
When will they learn that hanging's the only way to deal with these people?
-- Vernon Dursley
Buddy, I use Wikipedia *all* the time for my homework, and I find it indespensible. There simply is no other place where you can get a quick overview of arbitrary subjects. Sure, it can't be trusted. Most other popular sources can't really be trusted either (newsweek, bbc news, etc.) But that doesn't mean they aren't useful.
If you get one of those assignments where you have to learn everything about the Patriot Act in a week, you don't really care whether an article might be biased. You read everything you can get your grubby little fingers on. You read editorials, articles from popular magazines, blogs, anything that might contain or link to useful information. Wikipedia, at least, is relatively unbiased (especially for things as controversial as the patriot act), and probably accurate. I usually search Wikipedia first when I need info about a topic. That's what encyclopedias are for. You aren't supposed to cite encyclopedias anyway.
And yeah, Wikipedia is a bit of a pop culture database, but there is also plenty of stuff on tensors and the like.
I'm not really sure how slow Java itself it. But I do know that programs written in Java tend to be insanely bloated and hog ram like nobody's business. Look at Eclipse, or OpenOffice. To mangle an old saying, every Java program eventually includes an update manager and its own widget set. Speed problems definitely aren't confined to startup time. This may be the fault of the people who wrote Eclipse, and not the fault of Java itself, but you have to wonder: If the Eclipse devs can't get Java to perform right, who can?
Java performance on Linux *is* faster, though, although that may be because Linux is better at handling swap. I have heard, although not seen, that Runescape runs much faster under Linux.
No, actually, most computer games only have one "correct" ending. It's kind of sad, because there is so much potential there. In most RPGs, your only choice is R: stab the guy.
Don't be so sure about your 30% figure. Firefox built with debug symbols is over a gigabyte.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought that graphics cards were exclusively floating point, and had nothing to do with huge integers.
Unfortunately, root servers have been taken down before. And because the lower level servers do caching, it wasn't even that big of a deal. What you'd need is a few levels of P2P. ISPs share spammer lists with each other, and with their customers. A strike is launched if a signifigant number of ISPs agree to a strike. Then, each ISP tells it's customers to do a strike.
I've often wondered the same thing myself. I think it has something to do with not using more than eight characters ;)
What screws me up is when all the stuff tries to update itself at the same time.
Urgh, yeah. What really pisses me off is not how they have nothing to say. What pisses me off is how I am supposed to read essays that have nothing to say, about other essays that have nothing to say, about other essays that have nothing to say, about an essay vaguely related to Shakespeare. I ended up just giving up halfway through, because it was just so much meaningless garbage.
And that's when they aren't bitching about feminism, or racism, or postmodernism, or postcolonialism, or nihilism, or communism, or any other number of useless isms. Or showing movies featuring a schizophrenic photographer and a bunch of naked chicks. Or accusing you of plagarism because it "sounds funny".
Yeah, I'm kind of bitter.
What... Are... You... Smoking...?
If this was intended to be a joke, it fell sort of flat.
I don't think the classified military network HAS any connection to the internet at all. That's what makes this story so implausible.
Of course, machines that hold non-classified stuff have been using default passwords since the 80s. Read "The Cuckoo's Egg", by clifford Stoll.
The OA just linked to the Techdirt article.
d isclaimer.html
Personally, I thought the original disclaimer was more funny, but whatever.
the disclaimer:
http://www.canton.elegal.ca/archives/2006/05/new_
The original disclaimer:
http://www.nelsonrocks.org/disclaimer.html
My physics professor had a friend who worked with machine tools. He supposedly had some iron filings on his eye that got driven through his eyeball and out the back of his head. Of course, he may have been making it up...
It might be interesting to see them compete with Ubuntu. Dapper will probably be more up-to-date (judging from my experience with sarge), but Etch will probably be more stable. Of course, I probably won't find out. because I'll be running edgy.
I don't *like* Windows, but I don't hate it either. The only real reason I use Linux is because it's more fun. Not everyone is a fanboy, you know.
700 separate processes? 700 registry entries, many for the same program, more likely.