Mmmmm, compelling proposition there. Course, what they should have done is made sure that MS Office was subtly broken on XP. Well, you never know, now I've made that particular suggestion on this highly read web site we might well see that feature in future windows updates.
Well, they've got two weeks to put together their "Critical Patch for Office 2007: Fixes a major compatibility issue with Windows XP that allows a computer owner to take control of their computer. It is recommended that everyone install this update. A reboot will be required after installation."
Hey, no worries. If I hadn't grown up with the afore-mentioned Great Space Coaster I probably wouldn't know what a gnu is (there was a newscasting gnu called Gary Gnu ["No gnus is good gnus with Gary Gnu"]). BTW, it's pronounced with a hard 'g' (g'noo).
@gEvil: I think what you have for your sig is a paraphrase of Zinsser, not a quote... I've never seen that quote anywhere, but I've seen similar dialogue in speeches or talks he's participated in.
Nope, it's a line directly from the last edition of On Writing Well. It's so beautiful, though, that it doesn't surprise me that he pulls it out for speeches...
I fully concur. I can't stand top-posting, but I have to deal with it (and do it myself), otherwise everyone at work bitches about how I'm "intentionally being difficult"...
I agree... unfortunately, everyone at work does it. So if I start at the bottom, and the email goes back and forth several times, you simply can't follow it anymore. It must have been outlook that started that nonsense.
She said ISPs should embrace Fon because the routers, which require that "aliens" enter a valid credit card number before getting online, put a sharp stop to the leeching.
Moves like this really don't seem to help the public in terms of security education, IMHO...
Interestingly, mine doesn't seem to have that problem. It always shuts down when I need it to. Then again, I only have it record a few HiDef shows a week. I use my DirecTiVo for everything else. One thing that I have noticed that it does is turn on in the middle of the night every few weeks. Whenever I've looked into it, the system tray indicates that it's getting guide data. *shrug*
I use the S3 standby on my MCE machine, and it's really really nice. I turn the machine on and off (well, awake/asleep) using the power button on the remote, and the machine is up and ready to go in about 3 or 4 seconds (as long as it takes me to switch the TV to the right input). I've only ever had it refuse to wake up once in the 1-1/2 years I've been using it, and that was remedied by using the power button on the front of the machine (it woke right up and didn't even need to be rebooted). Definitely worth looking into for instantaneous access + decent power savings.
The thing I find amazing about this discussion is that the Slashdot audience, often (in part if not in whole) so well-informed, appears here so utterly ignorant.
Actually, if you're dealing with a topic that isn't totally geeky, you'll find that this is frequently the case around here. I'm not incredibly versed in typography, but I certainly know more than the average bear on the subject, and I'm disturbed by how many of the posts here have been modded up when it's clear that the authors have no idea what they're talking about. Thankfully, there are also a handful of knowledgeable posts that have been modded up, too.
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Cool. I always wondered where the Honeycomb Hideout was.
Mmmmm, compelling proposition there. Course, what they should have done is made sure that MS Office was subtly broken on XP. Well, you never know, now I've made that particular suggestion on this highly read web site we might well see that feature in future windows updates.
Well, they've got two weeks to put together their "Critical Patch for Office 2007: Fixes a major compatibility issue with Windows XP that allows a computer owner to take control of their computer. It is recommended that everyone install this update. A reboot will be required after installation."
I think we should declare our pronunciation correct and work to get it mainstreamed.
And with someone like Corky leading the charge, there's no way we could lose!
[I bet you never get tired of that one... : p ]
Wordpress is a platform, you student.
Hey man, give him a break. He's Canadian...
know GNU is "g'nu" but apparently the wildebeest gnu is "nu." /nu/ or /nju/)
gnu (pronounced
Oh, thanks for the correction. I've always pronounced them all with a hard 'g'. Damn kids show taught me wrong!
Hey, no worries. If I hadn't grown up with the afore-mentioned Great Space Coaster I probably wouldn't know what a gnu is (there was a newscasting gnu called Gary Gnu ["No gnus is good gnus with Gary Gnu"]). BTW, it's pronounced with a hard 'g' (g'noo).
Someone didn't grow up with the Great Space Coaster... : p
@gEvil: I think what you have for your sig is a paraphrase of Zinsser, not a quote ... I've never seen that quote anywhere, but I've seen similar dialogue in speeches or talks he's participated in .
Nope, it's a line directly from the last edition of On Writing Well. It's so beautiful, though, that it doesn't surprise me that he pulls it out for speeches...
So I clicked through the whole list, and #11 is a car ad for me.
I wasn't aware that Mozilla was in the car business now...
I fully concur. I can't stand top-posting, but I have to deal with it (and do it myself), otherwise everyone at work bitches about how I'm "intentionally being difficult"...
I agree... unfortunately, everyone at work does it. So if I start at the bottom, and the email goes back and forth several times, you simply can't follow it anymore. It must have been outlook that started that nonsense.
Isn't that when you ask a question but don't really expect an answer?
She said ISPs should embrace Fon because the routers, which require that "aliens" enter a valid credit card number before getting online, put a sharp stop to the leeching.
Moves like this really don't seem to help the public in terms of security education, IMHO...
Again, how do they know?
Because the scientist used it to hold down his stack of Superman comics...
Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking angel dust.
Or you now know exactly which day will be the right one to take it up again...
What's this "soap" thing you're talking about?
Interestingly, mine doesn't seem to have that problem. It always shuts down when I need it to. Then again, I only have it record a few HiDef shows a week. I use my DirecTiVo for everything else. One thing that I have noticed that it does is turn on in the middle of the night every few weeks. Whenever I've looked into it, the system tray indicates that it's getting guide data. *shrug*
I haven't used any of the MacPro's, but in the PPC era the sleep state was similar to S3 standby.
I use the S3 standby on my MCE machine, and it's really really nice. I turn the machine on and off (well, awake/asleep) using the power button on the remote, and the machine is up and ready to go in about 3 or 4 seconds (as long as it takes me to switch the TV to the right input). I've only ever had it refuse to wake up once in the 1-1/2 years I've been using it, and that was remedied by using the power button on the front of the machine (it woke right up and didn't even need to be rebooted). Definitely worth looking into for instantaneous access + decent power savings.
There's a really simple solution to this banning. Everyone in Boston should just use Distributed Boing Boing!
I can only hope that the submitter meant to insert the word 'article' or 'column' in there ("...has a great column up on...").
Their tubes were clogged and the plumber wasn't responding. Damn Canadian plumbers...
Slashdot editers cant right to save there lifes.
The funny thing about that site is that it only covers the first 20 or so pages of a 400 page book. Far far far from complete.
The thing I find amazing about this discussion is that the Slashdot audience, often (in part if not in whole) so well-informed, appears here so utterly ignorant.
Actually, if you're dealing with a topic that isn't totally geeky, you'll find that this is frequently the case around here. I'm not incredibly versed in typography, but I certainly know more than the average bear on the subject, and I'm disturbed by how many of the posts here have been modded up when it's clear that the authors have no idea what they're talking about. Thankfully, there are also a handful of knowledgeable posts that have been modded up, too.
That's a ligature, not kerning.