I'm glad you mentioned ODF. I'm slightly surprised that Google Spreadsheets doesn't have an "Export to OpenDocument Format / export to ODS.
I'm more surprised that this feature-lack actually makes me reluctant to test out the new service. Up until now, I've been "all over" new Google services. Even RSS Lens! But when I saw "Export to XLS" and no "Export to ODS", the excitement just drained away.
I'm becoming quite attached to standards, and I know why. A couple of years ago, I moved from the UK to the USA. With that move, I lost so many useful standards - most of all, the metric-based ISO 216 paper sizes. So much easier than 'letter' vs 'legal' vs whatever other arbitrary size comes to mind. I crave standards.
IME, people who write terrible HTML don't write HTML at all. They never touch the stuff. They write the ASP and leave the design work to FrontPage or another evil tool. I've had to correct pages with 7 heads because of that app. 7! I felt like Hercules!
I'd love to get my teammates working with DocBook, but I need to find a simple WYSIWYM editor - something that'll work in OS X and means they don't have to type (or even be aware of) any XML. Any suggestions would be welcome.
That's right. I never use public transport because of all the advertisements. When I'm driving, I close my eyes if I see a billboard ahead. If I keep my speed and hands steady, I know I'll have passed it within a few seconds and I can open my eyes again. Sure, I've caused a few accidents that way, but it's worth it to know I've avoided the advertisement.
Whenever I go to the mall, I carry a white cane and wear blinders. Some places are also playing the radio, which I don't listen to because of all the advertising, so I wear earplugs, too. I communicate with store owners using deafblind sign language. So long as they aren't trying to sell me something.
If I see a blimp, I start shooting at it until it goes away. Same with people handing out fliers.
Re your offtopic comment, I like the layout, but I hate the wide kerning. It's nasty to read. Really, really nasty. It feels like reading in slow motion.
I recently moved over to the US and have been slightly worried about keeping myself relevant ever since - just in case all hell breaks loose with my current job! What kind of non-Microsoft certs would you recommend to a programmer?
It was certainly true for a while (I remember reading an article along the lines of, "Linux user base catches up with Mac once again" (on the desktop), but given OS X's sharp uprising in popularity since Intel, compared to Linux slow steady increase, I'm certain that OS X is in the number 2 spot once more.
I can't comment on the popularity of OS X Server except to say I've never had a chance to work with it. Then again, maybe I don't need to - every company I've worked for has used either M$ or Linux for admin (and always Linux for web).
Once, back in the days when America was politically stable and Washington was free from scandals and the Democrats that come with them, a young man set out with the simple noble goal of creating the world's computer operating system. That man was William Henry Gates III, fresh out of college, full of ideas, hope, honesty, charm, and good looks.
Little did he know what the evil Kernel Linux had in store. Stealing all Gates's ideas using his army of brainwashed penguins, Kernel Linux created a cheap knock-off of Gates's nigh-on-perfect Operating System, Bob. Adding insult to injury, the Kernel began distributing it using Gates's own invention, The Internet.
"Guahaha!" Cried Kernel Linux, biting into a human baby sandwich, "I am evil! More evil than FreeBSD could ever be! And FreeBSD has Satan for a freaking mascot! AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE A START BUTTON! NO ONE WILL CARE! I'M FREE!"
Swearing to exact his revenge on Linux, William Henry Gates III assumed is top secret alter-ego:
Captain Libel!
From his base of operations, the FAT32cave, Captain Libel fights back against Linux and his army of evil. From the Free Software Foundation to GPLed products, Captain Libel is always there, on the watch, ready to spring in with warnings and labels and error messages and his super-powered libel-ray.
"Kids!" He cries, "When you use Open Source Software, you use an inferior product!"
"Watch out!" He cries, "Installing a third party operating system could void your warranty!"
"No!" He cries, "Open Document Format isn't just illegal - it's slower than the superior Gatescorp format!"
Swooping in on Linux, he fires! Blat, blat, blat!
"Ha!" Says Captain Libel, "Now I've added DRM to every piece of media to protect The Good Gatescorp Users of Earth! No one will want to use your evil product now, Linux! Not now that they can't listen to the latest pop musicians!"
But, oh no! Kernel Linux has something up his sleeve! "Wrong, Captain Libel!" Bif, kapow, zang! Linux is using Obviously Got Guilt media system! It's only used by pirates! "Ha! I will make the kids want to listen to crappy and evil indie bands instead of your superior pop music!"
"No, kids!" Screams Captain Libel! "Stay back! It's a trap! You can't play OGG files on your favorite media player without installing Evil Firmware! Please, listen to me!"
Kapang, zow, swinyagalaga! Hooray! Captain Libel is releasing websites explaining that Linux is bad because he says so! What a righteous guy!
"No, Captain Libel! Noooo!" Ha! Kernel Linux is on the run now, with his tail between his legs. Yes, penguins have tails. Ask Encarta The Infallible. No, kids, don't turn to the evil wiccapedia! It's pagan and innacurate! Did you know pedophiles use it? It's true.
Phew, another crisis averted, thanks to:
CAPTAIN LIBEL!
"The world is safe again," he says to his trusty mascot, Clippy. "But for how long?"
"It looks like you're writing a letter", replies Clippy in his chirpy, adolescent tone, "Let me delete it for you."
"Ho, ho, ho, Clippy," laughs Captain Libel, "One of these days, I'm going to have to correct your bugs. Not now, though, I'm too busy fighting evil."
THE END
Next episode: Captain Libel fights Arvin Sloane, evil CEO of Rotten Apple - but how will he react when Sloane beats Clippy to death with an iPod? All this and more in the thrilling, action-packed, fact-based adventure: CAPTAIN LIBEL AND THE CURSED APPLE!
Remember kids, Captain Libel says, "When you use Linux, you enable communism!"
Good call. I've been trying to download this since it was released this morning using the best GPL download manager I've found for OS X (Camino, lol!) but I keep getting cut off/super slow downloads (=7kbps). This is faaantastic.
According to Wikipedia, Spanish Flu killed estim. between 50 and 100 million people in one year, Black Death killed estim. 34 million people (in Europe) over the course of 4 years. Prior to the plague, an estimated 100 million people were living in Europe, which is convenient when we're talking about percentages! With 34 million people being killed in 4 years, let's call that an average of 8.5 million a year, 8.5%. Prior to Spanish Flu, Earth's population was an estimated 1.6bn. That makes the highest estimated loss of 6.25% of Earth's population compared with 8.5% of Europe's population in a year. (Europe wasn't the only area to be hit by Black Death, but it was hit pretty well).
The Spanish Flu (1918) killed between 20 and 70 million more people than Black Death. In just 6 months, it had killed more people than the Black Death had in three years.
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I'm glad you mentioned ODF. I'm slightly surprised that Google Spreadsheets doesn't have an "Export to OpenDocument Format / export to ODS.
I'm more surprised that this feature-lack actually makes me reluctant to test out the new service. Up until now, I've been "all over" new Google services. Even RSS Lens! But when I saw "Export to XLS" and no "Export to ODS", the excitement just drained away.
I'm becoming quite attached to standards, and I know why. A couple of years ago, I moved from the UK to the USA. With that move, I lost so many useful standards - most of all, the metric-based ISO 216 paper sizes. So much easier than 'letter' vs 'legal' vs whatever other arbitrary size comes to mind. I crave standards.
IME, people who write terrible HTML don't write HTML at all. They never touch the stuff. They write the ASP and leave the design work to FrontPage or another evil tool. I've had to correct pages with 7 heads because of that app. 7! I felt like Hercules!
I believe you intended to leave a space before the trailing / and > of that empty element:
m l-output
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xslt20-20011220/#xht
Aaaagh! Noo! This is already a LaTeX vs. DocBook discussion! Let's not introduce SubVersion vs. CVS arguments!
I assumed he meant WYSIWYM! The 'M' is for 'Mean'.
I'd love to get my teammates working with DocBook, but I need to find a simple WYSIWYM editor - something that'll work in OS X and means they don't have to type (or even be aware of) any XML. Any suggestions would be welcome.
That's right. I never use public transport because of all the advertisements. When I'm driving, I close my eyes if I see a billboard ahead. If I keep my speed and hands steady, I know I'll have passed it within a few seconds and I can open my eyes again. Sure, I've caused a few accidents that way, but it's worth it to know I've avoided the advertisement.
Whenever I go to the mall, I carry a white cane and wear blinders. Some places are also playing the radio, which I don't listen to because of all the advertising, so I wear earplugs, too. I communicate with store owners using deafblind sign language. So long as they aren't trying to sell me something.
If I see a blimp, I start shooting at it until it goes away. Same with people handing out fliers.
Re your offtopic comment, I like the layout, but I hate the wide kerning. It's nasty to read. Really, really nasty. It feels like reading in slow motion.
I recently moved over to the US and have been slightly worried about keeping myself relevant ever since - just in case all hell breaks loose with my current job! What kind of non-Microsoft certs would you recommend to a programmer?
It was certainly true for a while (I remember reading an article along the lines of, "Linux user base catches up with Mac once again" (on the desktop), but given OS X's sharp uprising in popularity since Intel, compared to Linux slow steady increase, I'm certain that OS X is in the number 2 spot once more.
I can't comment on the popularity of OS X Server except to say I've never had a chance to work with it. Then again, maybe I don't need to - every company I've worked for has used either M$ or Linux for admin (and always Linux for web).
And that's in flash... with an iPod Nano surrounding it!
You should watch Sliders. New dimension every week, and the show was still over in just a few seasons.
Because that's where the copyright-breakers come from.
No, I'm calling Captain Copyright! I own the copyright to that genome! I'll sue you for every gene you've got!
Once, back in the days when America was politically stable and Washington was free from scandals and the Democrats that come with them, a young man set out with the simple noble goal of creating the world's computer operating system. That man was William Henry Gates III, fresh out of college, full of ideas, hope, honesty, charm, and good looks.
Little did he know what the evil Kernel Linux had in store. Stealing all Gates's ideas using his army of brainwashed penguins, Kernel Linux created a cheap knock-off of Gates's nigh-on-perfect Operating System, Bob. Adding insult to injury, the Kernel began distributing it using Gates's own invention, The Internet.
"Guahaha!" Cried Kernel Linux, biting into a human baby sandwich, "I am evil! More evil than FreeBSD could ever be! And FreeBSD has Satan for a freaking mascot! AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE A START BUTTON! NO ONE WILL CARE! I'M FREE!"
Swearing to exact his revenge on Linux, William Henry Gates III assumed is top secret alter-ego:
Captain Libel!
From his base of operations, the FAT32cave, Captain Libel fights back against Linux and his army of evil. From the Free Software Foundation to GPLed products, Captain Libel is always there, on the watch, ready to spring in with warnings and labels and error messages and his super-powered libel-ray.
"Kids!" He cries, "When you use Open Source Software, you use an inferior product!"
"Watch out!" He cries, "Installing a third party operating system could void your warranty!"
"No!" He cries, "Open Document Format isn't just illegal - it's slower than the superior Gatescorp format!"
Swooping in on Linux, he fires! Blat, blat, blat!
"Ha!" Says Captain Libel, "Now I've added DRM to every piece of media to protect The Good Gatescorp Users of Earth! No one will want to use your evil product now, Linux! Not now that they can't listen to the latest pop musicians!"
But, oh no! Kernel Linux has something up his sleeve! "Wrong, Captain Libel!" Bif, kapow, zang! Linux is using Obviously Got Guilt media system! It's only used by pirates! "Ha! I will make the kids want to listen to crappy and evil indie bands instead of your superior pop music!"
"No, kids!" Screams Captain Libel! "Stay back! It's a trap! You can't play OGG files on your favorite media player without installing Evil Firmware! Please, listen to me!"
Kapang, zow, swinyagalaga! Hooray! Captain Libel is releasing websites explaining that Linux is bad because he says so! What a righteous guy!
"No, Captain Libel! Noooo!" Ha! Kernel Linux is on the run now, with his tail between his legs. Yes, penguins have tails. Ask Encarta The Infallible. No, kids, don't turn to the evil wiccapedia! It's pagan and innacurate! Did you know pedophiles use it? It's true.
Phew, another crisis averted, thanks to:
CAPTAIN LIBEL!
"The world is safe again," he says to his trusty mascot, Clippy. "But for how long?"
"It looks like you're writing a letter", replies Clippy in his chirpy, adolescent tone, "Let me delete it for you."
"Ho, ho, ho, Clippy," laughs Captain Libel, "One of these days, I'm going to have to correct your bugs. Not now, though, I'm too busy fighting evil."
THE END
Next episode: Captain Libel fights Arvin Sloane, evil CEO of Rotten Apple - but how will he react when Sloane beats Clippy to death with an iPod? All this and more in the thrilling, action-packed, fact-based adventure: CAPTAIN LIBEL AND THE CURSED APPLE!
Remember kids, Captain Libel says, "When you use Linux, you enable communism!"
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Is this article mirrored anywhere? I think it's /.ed already.
Good call. I've been trying to download this since it was released this morning using the best GPL download manager I've found for OS X (Camino, lol!) but I keep getting cut off/super slow downloads (=7kbps). This is faaantastic.
Weird, what's the deal with that? Seriously, where did that come from?
Better yet, burn the CDs yourself; it is GPL, after all.
...the one that looks most like the existing design! Only with more rounded edges, because rounded edges are the true definition of Web 2.0.
(I'm only kidding, BTW. Congrats!)
According to Wikipedia, Spanish Flu killed estim. between 50 and 100 million people in one year, Black Death killed estim. 34 million people (in Europe) over the course of 4 years. Prior to the plague, an estimated 100 million people were living in Europe, which is convenient when we're talking about percentages! With 34 million people being killed in 4 years, let's call that an average of 8.5 million a year, 8.5%. Prior to Spanish Flu, Earth's population was an estimated 1.6bn. That makes the highest estimated loss of 6.25% of Earth's population compared with 8.5% of Europe's population in a year. (Europe wasn't the only area to be hit by Black Death, but it was hit pretty well).
The Spanish Flu (1918) killed between 20 and 70 million more people than Black Death. In just 6 months, it had killed more people than the Black Death had in three years.
I'm reasonably sure this is not a troll, but sarcasm.
Maybe the big metal box travelling at 70 mph makes it a bit hard to jump out at you from behind a rock.
Ubuntu Dapper bugs are offtopic for a post about Ubuntu Dapper? Okidoki...