Interestingly, this one reports that XP will be available for 1 year AFTER the release of Windows 7 which makes its launch around June 2009:
Microsoft said it would allow system vendors to preload the Home edition of Windows XP on ULCPCs through June 2010, or one year after the next version of Windows becomes generally available http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207001662#community
I consider, or have the view that ooxml and more specifically docx is proprietary. There has been lots of discussions about how ooxml is proprietary and how translations of excel coding are not transparent, therefore closed. I didn't say that MS forced the US gov to ban IBM, although I wouldn't be surprised if there is a connection like this. In fact, I consciously avoided making that link. http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/01/0456250 doesn't suggest that conclusion. 2 blows against IBM in a week may be coincidental, but still smells of rotting fish.
It's a sad time when MS can lobby an international standards group on a closed, propriety format. IBM, who have been shackled by MS with this vote and now the US government banning them from tendering, must be feeling the pinch. The only way to fight back in my opinion is to keep using odf and proactively supporting the ODF standard. Frankly, I don't mind if there are 2 document standards as well as PDF, as long as they are either fully interchangeable.
So what you are saying is that internal Norwegian political culture is influencing the ISO vote? Or is it more obvious, that the Norwegian committee can be bribed?
You forgot DIN - Cassette Tape interface on many pre 8086 systems. 8088/8086, 286, 386, 486 and some P1, Cyrix and AMD boards came with a form of DIN connector for the keyboard. Also, the serial connector for some scanners. Microarchitecture (IBM) slots - (forgot the name) Apple// disk drive interfaces RCA composite video output Maxi Centronics style Parallel input sockets and cable for Siemens mini computer for daisywheels. It still is the largest, bulkiest and heaviest connector/cable combo I've ever seen. There's a lot more out there.....
By looking at their dogma, they profess a belief system, nothing more. All religions are GOD based. Scientology doesn't have a God. You can be an atheist and still be a scientologist. They are illegal in that regard.
And I promise you, everything scientists say is complete bullshit designed to dupe people who are desperate for some form of belonging, and then take their money. There. Fixed it for you.
Ahhh! Someone who knows what they are talking about! Please add: Zoroastrianism: The worship of Light and Dark, Hierarchy of Angels. If the Gospel of James was not deleted from the biblical canon we would have the truth about Jesus, not some mystical mumbo jumbo from Paul.
Agree! There are other possibilities with visual results of a phonograph recording. In fact, I think it was Western Electric that used analog waveforms of speech and music on film to decode 'visual' representation of sounds in Talkies. In fact, if Scott's invention would have taken off, then modern day technology would easily be able to decode his recorded sounds. Pity none can be found.
Nonsense. Columbus did discover America. What exactly do you mean by that? He only discovered the West Indies.
Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean began a European effort at exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere. While history places great significance on his first voyage of 1492, he did not actually reach the American mainland... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
Concept of God??? That is a tautology of sorts. There is always a 'concept of god' The very act of being self-aware provides the 'concept of god'. I'll even go further, that atheism the AC claims to have, is really a form of agnosticism being in this interpretation, that the non-existence of god is a concept of replacement. So what replaces god? Physics? Scientific methodology? You cannot argue non-existence of god, because we are self-aware. Being self-aware awakens us to hierarchy. Hierarchy of Being always leads to some form of Absolute. Call this absolute God, Universe, Physics, Evolution of Being or whatever. There is always a concept of god. To be a true atheist is saying that existence is 'godless' - totally and utterly godless. An atheist therefore cannot hate the concept of god.
It's mystery men all over! What's the point of a superhero if there is no evil overlord?
One should point out that a significant majority of documentation out there is already final and should be non-editable. PDF is already the defacto standard for this. So presently, OO can easily produce a PDF of a document which can be read by almost anyone. Any MS doc could be converted to PDF by proprietary software. So PDF is the common document format.
It's only when a document has to be edited by a number of collaborators, using different WP and OS that some kind of standard is required. Again, for the most part, the edited document is finalised and can be made into a PDF.
Now practically, typesetting machines can read a text document that is pre-tagged, so it understands font face, size, chapter number, paragraphs, quotes etc etc - and this is all done in plain text. No mystery here at all. The battle between ODF and docx is the battle between MS and the rest of the world. ODF should win, simply because it is monopolistic to force anyone to purchase software to view and edit what amounts to be public domain texts.
Virtual Papier Mache is good for that kind of stuff. My favourite is to blow up a virtual balloon, cover it with 2500 sheets of mangled and drenched Z80 assembly, let it dry and paint it. My last one was of Pluto.... Changed jobs after that.:)
From the Xprize website:
The $10 million prize purse will be split 3:1 between the winners of the Mainstream and Alternative classes. Final guidelines will be published shortly. Now if you divide 3 into 10 million, you're going to get a repeating decimal cent.... How are they going to pay that?
Ever drive a car near its top speed? Yes. In safe circumstances as well, but only a few kilometres at a time. Datsun SSS 1.8 litre approx 190km/hr Mazda RX2 (1200 cc) approx 200 km/hr (blows flames out of the exhaust at this speed). Renault 17 Gordini 1.6 litre approx 220km/hr Best car was the Gordini @ 130 BHP. Light, excellent handling/braking.
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I consider, or have the view that ooxml and more specifically docx is proprietary. There has been lots of discussions about how ooxml is proprietary and how translations of excel coding are not transparent, therefore closed.
I didn't say that MS forced the US gov to ban IBM, although I wouldn't be surprised if there is a connection like this. In fact, I consciously avoided making that link. http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/01/0456250 doesn't suggest that conclusion.
2 blows against IBM in a week may be coincidental, but still smells of rotting fish.
It's a sad time when MS can lobby an international standards group on a closed, propriety format.
IBM, who have been shackled by MS with this vote and now the US government banning them from tendering, must be feeling the pinch.
The only way to fight back in my opinion is to keep using odf and proactively supporting the ODF standard.
Frankly, I don't mind if there are 2 document standards as well as PDF, as long as they are either fully interchangeable.
Ahh yes! Those were the days....
So what you are saying is that internal Norwegian political culture is influencing the ISO vote?
Or is it more obvious, that the Norwegian committee can be bribed?
I'm a little bit disappointed that you didn't. :)
How about Windows XPeee SPeeee 2? That's a double urinous Pee joke all in one!
You forgot DIN - Cassette Tape interface on many pre 8086 systems. // disk drive interfaces
8088/8086, 286, 386, 486 and some P1, Cyrix and AMD boards came with a form of DIN connector for the keyboard.
Also, the serial connector for some scanners.
Microarchitecture (IBM) slots - (forgot the name)
Apple
RCA composite video output
Maxi Centronics style Parallel input sockets and cable for Siemens mini computer for daisywheels. It still is the largest, bulkiest and heaviest connector/cable combo I've ever seen.
There's a lot more out there.....
By looking at their dogma, they profess a belief system, nothing more.
All religions are GOD based. Scientology doesn't have a God.
You can be an atheist and still be a scientologist.
They are illegal in that regard.
Ahhh! Someone who knows what they are talking about!
Please add: Zoroastrianism: The worship of Light and Dark, Hierarchy of Angels.
If the Gospel of James was not deleted from the biblical canon we would have the truth about Jesus, not some mystical mumbo jumbo from Paul.
They tried that with the Golgafrinchams and look what happened to them!
What kind of ritual would you suggest for the disemboweling bit?
So how do you classify music boxes? Piano Rolls??
They are playback devices that use recorded forms as well. They are centuries old.
Agree!
There are other possibilities with visual results of a phonograph recording.
In fact, I think it was Western Electric that used analog waveforms of speech and music on film to decode 'visual' representation of sounds in Talkies.
In fact, if Scott's invention would have taken off, then modern day technology would easily be able to decode his recorded sounds.
Pity none can be found.
He only discovered the West Indies. Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean began a European effort at exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere. While history places great significance on his first voyage of 1492, he did not actually reach the American mainland... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
Yup! All of us '55ers seem to have the same problem. Tend to be invisible occasionally. :)
Maybe 'cause we're special?
Sorry... I just like the word! :)
Thwart, Thwart, Thwart, Thwart, Thwart, Thwart,
There is also Thwarter too!
Main Entry: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
Pronunciation:
\thwort\
Function:
transitive verb
Etymology:
Middle English thwerten, from thwert, adverb
Date:
13th century
Concept of God???
That is a tautology of sorts.
There is always a 'concept of god'
The very act of being self-aware provides the 'concept of god'.
I'll even go further, that atheism the AC claims to have, is really a form of agnosticism being in this interpretation, that the non-existence of god is a concept of replacement.
So what replaces god? Physics? Scientific methodology?
You cannot argue non-existence of god, because we are self-aware. Being self-aware awakens us to hierarchy. Hierarchy of Being always leads to some form of Absolute. Call this absolute God, Universe, Physics, Evolution of Being or whatever. There is always a concept of god.
To be a true atheist is saying that existence is 'godless' - totally and utterly godless. An atheist therefore cannot hate the concept of god.
It's mystery men all over!
What's the point of a superhero if there is no evil overlord?
One should point out that a significant majority of documentation out there is already final and should be non-editable.
PDF is already the defacto standard for this. So presently, OO can easily produce a PDF of a document which can be read by almost anyone. Any MS doc could be converted to PDF by proprietary software. So PDF is the common document format.
It's only when a document has to be edited by a number of collaborators, using different WP and OS that some kind of standard is required. Again, for the most part, the edited document is finalised and can be made into a PDF.
Now practically, typesetting machines can read a text document that is pre-tagged, so it understands font face, size, chapter number, paragraphs, quotes etc etc - and this is all done in plain text. No mystery here at all.
The battle between ODF and docx is the battle between MS and the rest of the world.
ODF should win, simply because it is monopolistic to force anyone to purchase software to view and edit what amounts to be public domain texts.
Virtual Papier Mache is good for that kind of stuff. :)
My favourite is to blow up a virtual balloon, cover it with 2500 sheets of mangled and drenched Z80 assembly, let it dry and paint it. My last one was of Pluto....
Changed jobs after that.
How are they going to pay that?
Datsun SSS 1.8 litre approx 190km/hr
Mazda RX2 (1200 cc) approx 200 km/hr (blows flames out of the exhaust at this speed).
Renault 17 Gordini 1.6 litre approx 220km/hr
Best car was the Gordini @ 130 BHP. Light, excellent handling/braking.
Thank you. Isn't there a production Pugeot diesel that gets close to that anyway.. around 3.0 l/100km?
203=302
Same amount of atoms, but you get an extra 02 molecule.