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  1. Re:Does it really prove it? on Microsoft's Default Font Is at the Center Of a Government Corruption Case (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    What if the document originally existed as an RTF or TXT file or as a WordPerfect 5 for DOS file?

    Since RTF is an MS file format, then yes. it did and still does as well. See Below

    RTF Version 1.1 - Microsoft Word 4 - Year 1989 - Addition: font embedding - font data may be located inside the file

    As to how other applications handle RTF files, if they follow the RFC that is associated with it, then it should also utilize the font embedded within it to the best of its ability. How each and every word processor handles fonts embedded in documents is a pretty broad question though. Yes, there were word processors out there that could have possibly only supported certain versions of the RTF specification. There are also some word processors that strip out embedded font as well from certain types of file formats. RTF is one of them. But if it is a DOC file format, Word will use it as the font data is embedded in the document file itself.

  2. Re:Does it really prove it? on Microsoft's Default Font Is at the Center Of a Government Corruption Case (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Hmm, standard: something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example

    Yea, I am pretty sure the term applies MORON.

  3. Re:Does it really prove it? on Microsoft's Default Font Is at the Center Of a Government Corruption Case (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    So now you want answer to how MS Word applications handle fonts no longer available. That you will have to ask MS. I just provided the answer to your previous question that they DO store font information in the document. Do a little research yourself. Instead of asking others to do the work for you.

  4. Re:Does it really prove it? on Microsoft's Default Font Is at the Center Of a Government Corruption Case (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't know MsOffice font handling directives saved to the file. Does MsOffice explicitly names the default font in the save document?

    Word binary format. I will let you make that determination. A quick perusal says yes, it saves the specific fonts used inside the document throughout the document. That is why it allows you to mix fonts,size,bold,etc...

    Remember WYSIWYG standard?

  5. Re:Reminds me of Dan Rather & CBS! on Microsoft's Default Font Is at the Center Of a Government Corruption Case (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    They now just say it came from an anonymous source. No different from the Dan Rather blunder. And they wonder WHY not as many people take them seriously anymore. It is one of those things that make you go "hmmmmmm".

  6. Re:Slashdot is the wrong audience for this questio on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    As any programmer, knows NOTHING is 100% when it comes to software/hardware in this day and age. There is always something that is not taken into account. As long as human beings create or design something, there will always be a way around any security measure put into place. Make it difficult? Yes, but currently it will NEVER be a 100% guarantee.

  7. Re:Slashdot is the wrong audience for this questio on Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 2

    Problem being is IF you get a fancy phone, quite a few others will also want your fancy phone. I seem to recall a commercial a couple of years ago about a person being mugged and they gave his phone back to him (hilarious). I kind of like that idea that others would not be interested in wanting my phone even if they stole it.

  8. Re:Nothing "free" about "our" world... on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Way To Experience the Chinese Internet From Outside? (fffff.at) · · Score: 1

    I would like to see another Blazing Saddles. Classic.

  9. Re:Won't be long now on Google Home Ends A Domestic Dispute By Calling The Police (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If you do not find anything wrong with someone else using your device, then you have nothing to worry about. This is just to point out that even convenient technologies may have its inconveniences, if not embarrassing results for some. However, the privacy mode does seem to mitigate these type of scenarios, but then it kind of loses its convenience until it goes into public mode again.

  10. Re:Won't be long now on Google Home Ends A Domestic Dispute By Calling The Police (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I am waiting for someone to post an article about when visiting someones' house and another someone says "Display last web site visited". Google home will then turn on the smart TV, open a web browser, and visit the last site the home owner visited. Might be kind of amusing on how that article will turn out.

  11. Re: Is this to save lives? on Oregon Raises the Smoking Age (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Aaaah, there's your problem. You expected logic to play a part in this decision.

  12. Re:Gain for the upper elite, sure on Canada's Play For Immigrant Tech Talent (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    Uuuuh, that is about HALF the salary for that area. You know who gets the other half? The outsourcing company.

  13. Cost of doing business in the EU on Google May Face Another Record EU Fine, This Time Over Android (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh well, I guess that what it takes to do business in the EU. Play by the rules, pay the correct taxes, and especially pay the right person. But if you think about it paying a €1B fine for making €100B is just the cost of doing business in those countries.

  14. Re: Doesn't belong here on Seeking YouTube Fame, A Teenager Kills Her Boyfriend (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Really? Wow, some people get so upset when presented with the truth. Next time present a scientific response instead of an emotional one on a ..... TECHNICAL..... forum.

  15. Re: Doesn't belong here on Seeking YouTube Fame, A Teenager Kills Her Boyfriend (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, I read the article and have determined that your response is utter BS. The only science or technology that is presented is that they used it to document their stupidity. Unfortunately, they did have the opportunity to breed prior to the incident.

    It is time to stop putting blame on the tools that people use to commit acts of stupidity.

  16. Re:Doesn't belong here on Seeking YouTube Fame, A Teenager Kills Her Boyfriend (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Unless you count this as a classic demonstration of Darwin's Theory, then you are correct this does not belong here.

  17. I agree. However, there will always be repercussions of these types of decisions which was my follow up statement. This has been repeated over and over again throughout history.

  18. While I would support AI into some areas of every day life, I do not believe that it will have the impact of the so-called "doom and gloom" orations of today. IF it is useful, then of course it should be used in areas where it will benefit all. If it only benefits a select few is where I believe it will do the most harm. IF it only allows a select few a standard of life that is not made available to the masses, this is where history will repeat itself and correct the actions of the elite think (numbers usually win in this instance and the numbers are not money).

  19. We have seen the aftermath of the last "Valley Culture". "You know, like, gag me with a spoon". Do we really want that type of culture to persist all over again?

  20. Re:The Holy Land of IT... on Short of IT Workers At Home, Israeli Startups Recruit Elsewhere (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Yea, right. Why is it that the majority of the SMART engineers work for pennies on the dollar in a foreign country for a billionaire. That does not sound too smart to me. What a crock of crap you just wrote.

  21. Re:Name and shame! on The High-Tech Jobs That Created India's Gilded Generation Are Disappearing (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    E-Solutions Inc. and IDC Technologies spam me at least twice a day under different names for non-existent position all over the US.

  22. Who get to choose who stays and who goes? Is it voluntary or involuntary?

  23. Re: Got to like a Unanimous decision on Supreme Court Rules Sex Offenders Can't Be Barred From Social Media (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    No, they don't. That is what makes this hilarious in their remarks.

  24. Re:Got to like a Unanimous decision on Supreme Court Rules Sex Offenders Can't Be Barred From Social Media (gizmodo.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unlike the entire left who want to give you more free stuff with the stipulation that you vote for them so they actually can take over the world.

  25. Re:I fail to see the importance of the data on 198 Million Americans Hit By 'Largest Ever' Voter Records Leak (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really, census data is not open to the public and penalties are in place for any who expose it. "White pages" (that I have seen) usually only expose the age, not the exact birth date. As birth date is a piece of the puzzle for identity thieves, I am not sure this is as innocuous as you are presenting.