Article is pure FUD. They run a series of articles attacking OOo
OOo is much slower than Office at the moment. It has nothing to do with ODF versus Open XML. In any case the comparisons with Office's current implementation of XML and ODF (under OOo) were much closer.
When I used OOo I didn't think it was fast but it was nowhere near as slow or as much of a memory hog as this test found.
I'm much more interested in the Wine enhancements than the fact that Picasa is available, even though it should be a real benefit for desktop Linux adoption. If Google are using Wine to help get other software (such as Google Earth) onto Linux then it could really help mature Wine both directly and indirectly (through increased attention for Wine).
Other software vendors might be encouraged to look at using Wine to add Linux support quickly and cost effectively. The more developers patching Wine and the more programs available the faster Wine development will run.
Sure in some ways native development for Linux might be preferable but in the long run Wine can make Windows irrelevant and eliminate the vendor tie in that Microsoft have. Crossover Office creates a middle ground for people who want to run Linux but aren't ready to leave Office. When Wine reaches a certain level of compatability Linux users will be able to have the freedom to run whatever software they want. Ultimately there's a potential utopia where people use Wine instead of dual-booting Windows. Who knows if it will ever happen but I'm not against it.
Because of Ohm's Law (V=IR) the equations for heat (RI^2) and power (VI) are equivalent. Its voltage drop in the power lines (or other component) that determines power loss. OTOH the electromotive force is the total voltage difference determines the total power.
Transmission losses represent a certain percentage of transmission. All they do is lower the efficiency. Use 2 cables in parallel instead of 1 and you halve the power lost through heat.
Fusion doesn't look like it's gonna be cheap anyway so it's just a balance between transmission costs and the costs associated with citing these facilities closer to their customers
Doesn't really seem like too bad an idea to me. There are plenty of times where calling is much faster and more effective than web or email based requests. Since ebay own skype it might be handy to be able to instantly call businesses through skype. You could talk to ebay sellers (If they want to include that option) to sort out product details and shipping etc. quickly. Another option would be yellow pages style ads where a local restaurent would have a facility to call and make a reservation from their website or ad. Many restaurants aren't bothered with web based reservation systems (and rightly so). Sure I can order a pizza online or check if a DVD is in stock but sometimes a phone call is just easier. It's usually much faster.
Actually there are two reasons why a journalist would use "intellectual property owner" without ascribing them to malice
1 Journalists avoid repeating the same word too often as it is generally considered better practise. It can be important when the difference is subtle but important (pun intended)
2 They are not usually paid for brevity
$1099 is good but I had hoped to see the end of combo drives in the mobile range. Some people had been talking about 1.6Ghz so 1.83 is good.
They look amazing too. I wonder if Apple really are going to replace 3 of their more popular notebook models with a single computer. 12" and 14" iBooks and 12" Powerbooks represented over half their portable range.
It's just freeing up bandwidth and shutting out other trojans before they get on the system. If it is more successfull than other trojans the authors will continue development along these lines. Most likely this will really get more people to do full installs more often. It will indirectly get rid of lots of old trojans that would be too hard to code for individually.
well that's just great. In the meantime anyone who uses word but is interested in switching to ODF is on their own. The sooner people are using ODF the less work it will take in the end to transition. They should release this as beta software now so that people can see for themselves how well it works. There are people transitioning to ODF now. They shouldn't be holding this back.
Apple are estimated to profit 4 cent from each song but take more than that to cover their bandwidth and operating costs. The real irony is that the breakdowns don't add up.
Those cookers have an AC element. The magsafe connector is DC which is more susceptible to arcing.
A deep fat fryer is much heavier and uses a thicker and heavier cord which is less likely to be damaged. There's still a considerable difference between the two systems. As a result of Apple using magnetic adaptors its likely that many other laptop manufacturers will follow suit within 5 years. This is one of the major reasons why it has attracted so much attention.
I just noticed that. And I just used my last MOD point a minute ago.
The 120GB harddrive on the 17" makes the 15" with processor upgrade especially poor value. Apple usually fix this sort of thing quietly within a few days.
If you're allowed hike up ticket prices to compensate you for lost record sales then you've been compensated so you have to STFU about p2p.
Or maybe concerts started getting expensive long before Napster. Or maybe downloads generate interest in artists that help generate demand for concert tickets. If your fans aren't buying so many albums maybe they have money for tickets. More likely they just have more money for iPods.
God I love living in Ireland. He we'd practically have done the paperwork for you encouraging investment and gotton you to move more of your businness over because of 12.5% corporation tax.
Oh and for the record the solution we came up with for dealing with European banks was for the big Irish banks to open branches all over the UK and Europe. Irish banks made a fortune, people were able to do businness and the management of the European banks didn't have to actually do any work
I had a shudder but really its not a big deal. Adding this option will suit some people especially when they are using Windows a lot. Most people won't ever use it but its nice to know that its there if for some reason you need to move to Windows on a semi-permanent basis. Making Windows default always leaves the option of ditching OSX (say if company policy required it or you sold the computer secondhand to someone with an allergy to Apples)
I was really impressed by the way they added an option in the Windows control panel. Its very thorough and shows that they've planned this all along. Gives users control of their options for Linux, OSX, Windows etc. Shame Windows doesn't include it because would be great for Linux users.
Ballmer is leveraging his monopoly in his household to ensure that everyone uses M$. Interesting to note that the guy bullies his kids in private just like he bullies firms.
Precisely. Its also why so much patent litigation is now being done by small companies which aren't making anything. Because they know that if they made anything they'd be open to countersuing for their own patent violations.
The precise wording of your contract with the school would determine whether you are allowed to GPL programs you write. Whether you are even permitted to contribute to GPL programs is less clear but even in that case the GPL limits distribution. In this case the most the school can do it say that they own the code you wrote and they can stop you adding your code into the GPL project. Since they don't own the code already in the GPL project they wouldn't be allowed to distribute it themselves without violating the GPL.
If you wrote a program in the school subject to a contract then you were not permitted to release that program under the GPL (and you certainly shouldn't have transferred copyrights you didn't own to the FSF). In this case if the only GPL code in the program was code you wrote and GPL'd yourself then they would not be violating the GPL.
In any case many schools have similar contracts but don't really understand the implications of the GPL or how to set policy in that matter. At the same time you could have damaged people using your code since the school would own the patents (if any) to code that they were using in good faith. It's a legal minefield that could have caused you a lot more trouble than you got. You should be glad that their business failed because if they had struck gold there could have been a nasty court battle.
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When I used OOo I didn't think it was fast but it was nowhere near as slow or as much of a memory hog as this test found.
Other software vendors might be encouraged to look at using Wine to add Linux support quickly and cost effectively. The more developers patching Wine and the more programs available the faster Wine development will run.
Sure in some ways native development for Linux might be preferable but in the long run Wine can make Windows irrelevant and eliminate the vendor tie in that Microsoft have. Crossover Office creates a middle ground for people who want to run Linux but aren't ready to leave Office. When Wine reaches a certain level of compatability Linux users will be able to have the freedom to run whatever software they want. Ultimately there's a potential utopia where people use Wine instead of dual-booting Windows. Who knows if it will ever happen but I'm not against it.
Because of Ohm's Law (V=IR) the equations for heat (RI^2) and power (VI) are equivalent. Its voltage drop in the power lines (or other component) that determines power loss. OTOH the electromotive force is the total voltage difference determines the total power.
Transmission losses represent a certain percentage of transmission. All they do is lower the efficiency. Use 2 cables in parallel instead of 1 and you halve the power lost through heat.
Fusion doesn't look like it's gonna be cheap anyway so it's just a balance between transmission costs and the costs associated with citing these facilities closer to their customers
Doesn't really seem like too bad an idea to me. There are plenty of times where calling is much faster and more effective than web or email based requests. Since ebay own skype it might be handy to be able to instantly call businesses through skype. You could talk to ebay sellers (If they want to include that option) to sort out product details and shipping etc. quickly. Another option would be yellow pages style ads where a local restaurent would have a facility to call and make a reservation from their website or ad. Many restaurants aren't bothered with web based reservation systems (and rightly so). Sure I can order a pizza online or check if a DVD is in stock but sometimes a phone call is just easier. It's usually much faster.
OOo doesn't compare as well for heavy Excel users but then again for heavy enough statistical use Excel often isn't enough.
Actually there are two reasons why a journalist would use "intellectual property owner" without ascribing them to malice 1 Journalists avoid repeating the same word too often as it is generally considered better practise. It can be important when the difference is subtle but important (pun intended) 2 They are not usually paid for brevity
$1099 is good but I had hoped to see the end of combo drives in the mobile range. Some people had been talking about 1.6Ghz so 1.83 is good. They look amazing too. I wonder if Apple really are going to replace 3 of their more popular notebook models with a single computer. 12" and 14" iBooks and 12" Powerbooks represented over half their portable range.
It's just freeing up bandwidth and shutting out other trojans before they get on the system. If it is more successfull than other trojans the authors will continue development along these lines. Most likely this will really get more people to do full installs more often. It will indirectly get rid of lots of old trojans that would be too hard to code for individually.
The 30 or so million lines of code in XP refers to everything. The XP kernel is only a fraction of XP but is still larger than the linux kernel.
well that's just great. In the meantime anyone who uses word but is interested in switching to ODF is on their own. The sooner people are using ODF the less work it will take in the end to transition. They should release this as beta software now so that people can see for themselves how well it works. There are people transitioning to ODF now. They shouldn't be holding this back.
They might have to anyway if Apple vs. Apple works out badly
99-74 = 25
Apple are estimated to profit 4 cent from each song but take more than that to cover their bandwidth and operating costs. The real irony is that the breakdowns don't add up.
A deep fat fryer is much heavier and uses a thicker and heavier cord which is less likely to be damaged. There's still a considerable difference between the two systems. As a result of Apple using magnetic adaptors its likely that many other laptop manufacturers will follow suit within 5 years. This is one of the major reasons why it has attracted so much attention.
I just noticed that. And I just used my last MOD point a minute ago.
The 120GB harddrive on the 17" makes the 15" with processor upgrade especially poor value. Apple usually fix this sort of thing quietly within a few days.
1 Rip collection of CDs and DVDs
2 Upload torrents to botnet
3 ???
4 Profit!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
If you're allowed hike up ticket prices to compensate you for lost record sales then you've been compensated so you have to STFU about p2p.
Or maybe concerts started getting expensive long before Napster. Or maybe downloads generate interest in artists that help generate demand for concert tickets. If your fans aren't buying so many albums maybe they have money for tickets. More likely they just have more money for iPods.
He was just viewing porn late at night but all in all it's not the worst excuse ever.
Even now 25% of all Apples are made in Ireland http://www.rgaros.nl/cork/report-en.html
Oh and for the record the solution we came up with for dealing with European banks was for the big Irish banks to open branches all over the UK and Europe. Irish banks made a fortune, people were able to do businness and the management of the European banks didn't have to actually do any work
I was really impressed by the way they added an option in the Windows control panel. Its very thorough and shows that they've planned this all along. Gives users control of their options for Linux, OSX, Windows etc. Shame Windows doesn't include it because would be great for Linux users.
Ballmer is leveraging his monopoly in his household to ensure that everyone uses M$. Interesting to note that the guy bullies his kids in private just like he bullies firms.
Precisely. Its also why so much patent litigation is now being done by small companies which aren't making anything. Because they know that if they made anything they'd be open to countersuing for their own patent violations.
Based on that list of predictions I'd say that worrying about whether the carrier is on time and budget is pretty unimportant.
The precise wording of your contract with the school would determine whether you are allowed to GPL programs you write. Whether you are even permitted to contribute to GPL programs is less clear but even in that case the GPL limits distribution. In this case the most the school can do it say that they own the code you wrote and they can stop you adding your code into the GPL project. Since they don't own the code already in the GPL project they wouldn't be allowed to distribute it themselves without violating the GPL. If you wrote a program in the school subject to a contract then you were not permitted to release that program under the GPL (and you certainly shouldn't have transferred copyrights you didn't own to the FSF). In this case if the only GPL code in the program was code you wrote and GPL'd yourself then they would not be violating the GPL. In any case many schools have similar contracts but don't really understand the implications of the GPL or how to set policy in that matter. At the same time you could have damaged people using your code since the school would own the patents (if any) to code that they were using in good faith. It's a legal minefield that could have caused you a lot more trouble than you got. You should be glad that their business failed because if they had struck gold there could have been a nasty court battle.
10 ???
11 profit!!!