I just used this (http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/) BMI calculator and my BMI is 26. I workout daily and my abs are just barely showing, in other words I'm pretty fit, but not a professional athlete. By this BMI calculator, I'm overweight. What a fucking joke. BMI = Bullshiting Moron Indicator.
It JavaScript version opened a new tab in Safari, but the Java version opened in the background and almost filled the screen. I have to close the browser with the Java version.
Though I don't own an iPhone, I have to agree with you. My girlfriend bought one to replace her SideKick. At first she used it now and then, but now she uses it all the time and the battery lasts a long while. She certainly doesn't charge it every day and it's now the primary way she communicates with Email. She's constantly browsing the web and watching TV shows and listening to music. I've never seen her use anything as much as her iPhone, but she still reads a ton of books.
In fact, she uses the iPhone so much that it's getting to the point where I could probably sneak out and she wouldn't know. Perhaps it's saying something about me. doh!
A lot of obstacles before it can get market share.
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Does ODF Have a Future?
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.DOC and PDF are the standards and will stay that way for a long time. There first must be a shift in applications. For example if Google Docs and OO.org can penetrate the market then you might see a slow shift. If you breakdown the OS by percentages and then the applications within those Operating Systems, you just have a long way to go. OO.org just committed to porting to the Mac. Sure NeoOffice is an alternative, but it has some major weaknesses. But Even if everyone on Mac and LInux switched to OO.org and Google Docs, you will still have a majority of people on windows using Word.
You also have to get the word out. How many non technical people know what ODF is? Not many. How are you going to promote it? The only way you can do this is for big companies to jump on board and make all internal documents ODF and eventually that'll push to outside firms. However, it's not likely in the near term. It does have a chance to creep in when more companies use web service for office suites, but that's a ways off.
Apt-Get is great. No argument there. Sometimes an application isn't up to snuff for a novice, but it's there and installs effortlessly.
I wish some of the apps, especially for the K desktop environment, had better names. With KDE it seems like K this and K that. Like Kb3. Great app, but what's with the name.
Most of your rant is about Microsoft and I can't disagree with you. However Windows XP is not a bad OS. I have no opinion on Vista. Only tested for a short while.
When you navigate, sometimes if you go from list view to another view it takes you out of the directory your in. Also, some images aren't viable. In list view some of my JPEG's are viewable and some not. It bugs me.
You certainly made some valid points. However you as well as many others aren't typical computer users. You're experienced users who like to tweak your system. I know developers that can't tweak their systems well, they just want it to be stable and run well. I think this is essentially what the average Joe wants. Distributions like Ubuntu are stable and IMO work well, but there's often lots of tweaking to get things in a usable state. On laptops you may have issues with WAP or WEP. You have to download video codecs etc. Many people don't even know what a codec is.
Right now you have to be more technical to use Linux unless someone has set-it-up for you or is there to handle hold you through things. That's not really the case with Windows or OS X.
Virtual Desktops is coming, but I'm not sure if it will be implemented to the degree as on linux.
Beryl... I think think it's cool, but it crashed a lot on me, but this was a while back. It's nice eye candy and it would be great if it was part of the distro's and worked flawlessly.
Evolution.. Never used it.
Spotlight is good, but not great. It needs an update.
My biggest issues with OS X is the Finder. It sucks monkey balls.
Okay, that makes sense. I rarely use Windows anymore only in VM's. Used Ubuntu for some time and dabble with various linux distros.
I also like to look at multiple windows so I usually have dual monitors, which I'm sure you do as well. I'm on OS X and I can still checkout what's going on in inactive windows such as when a file finishes rendering etc.
Interesting complaint, but it seems a little weak. The middle click and paste. I use the keyboard for most of my shortcuts, so I dunno. They have put the middle click to good use on os x IMO.
I don't really understand your comment about the active window is in front. Would you like the inactive windows in front? Or is it that you don't like to click through windows to find the one your looking for. There are multiple solutions around this as in Expose or command-tab. I don't think I understand what you're getting at.
If you compare it to the success it's had on the server market, then it's a failure. I think a lot of people have been rooting for linux quietly and hoping for it to really make headway. It's had some successes, but nothing close to what we had hoped for or at least what I had hoped for.
That may be true for the Business environment, but your not accounting for the multimedia environment. I can't use Linux as a main desktop machine because it just doesn't have powerful enough applications. Some are great, but they're not up to snuff with products from Adobe and others. Though you can do more with some linux applications, they tend to be a hodge podge of apps, even iLife is a better suite of applications. iLife applications work together so effortlessly and I've tried a slew of applications on Linux which can't touch it. Then take into account professional music apps. Their are some for Linux, but there's is just not enough support.
At least in the business environment, I can live with OpenOffice.
I'm not challenging your thinking, but I'd like to know exactly what Linux offers that Windows and Mac failed to offer. Is it simply that it's open source and that's the killer feature for you? Please elaborate on your strong but very broad statement.
I think all the forks are a good thing. I don't see forking as the source of the problem of people not adopting Linux. The problem I see with adoption are the desktop applications. I am not trying to say they're bad, because there are a lot of good ones, but they tend to be lacking and in several ways.
There's not much consistency with usability. I don't expect Gimp to work the same way as OpenOffice, but I'd expect a fairly consistent user interface when it comes to watching Video, Music and many other small applications. OpenOffice isn't as good as MS Office and the multimedia suite isn't as good as iLife. Wireless can be a nightmare and you never know if you're going to break the system by installing an application.
These are reasons I see people not adopting linux. How is joe noobie going to play his dvd or make a picture slideshow to share with his friend? Not as easy as 123. Plus forget about asking questions because your answer will be: your stupid. I've tried several times getting Basic users to use Ubuntu. Every one of them switched back to windows. They were all on laptops and they all had one issue or another. The OS was easy enough, but the "applications" were always the problem. They just weren't intuitive enough. They always had too many questions and it always took extra effort to get everything working properly, often spending hours search online for the answers. This is why Linux wont be adopted.
I had to call and given them my new MAC address as well. Other than that, I've had no problems accessing any comcast site with Safari or Firefox and customer support was happy I had a OS X, they said it would make troubleshooting easier because of the network gui.
I personally feel it's easy on most platforms. I've never known them to have a bias, but they do rape their customers on price.
there's a much smaller entry fee and this goes beyond the console. I think a lot of people feel that you have to have an HD TV to really take advantage of the PS3. You don't need that with the Wii. Most of the people I know don't have HDTV's in their house. A few do, but the ones that do, don't have an HD-DVD or Blue-Ray player. People haven't really taken to the new technology. I think part of it is that most people are happy with their old TV's and there's not enough HD content to justify it. This all effects the PS3. It's a really expensive console that you really don't benefit from unless you have HD.
I bought a PS3 for my nephews when it first came out. This the third console I've bought for them. They play there old ones more than the new one. They think it's cool, but they don't use any of the ooh aah features. These are 12 to 14 year old kids. They just don't care about all the extra's. The blue-ray has done nothing for them and they don't have an HDTV in their game room. I'm sure this is how a lot of kids are.
If Blue-ray and HD-DVD were really popular and people were raving about how awesome it is, then it would make sense to buy a PS3 for that feature alone. However, no one I knows cares about HD content because there's just not enough and there's too much overhead to get a full setup. Kids certainly don't care. The ooh aah effect lasts about 2 seconds, then it's all about how cool the game is.
we wouldn't need this stuff. There's just too many and not enough law enforcement officers to do a good job. It would cost to much to employ enough as well. So call big brother or whatever, but if it gets rapists, murderers and child molesters off the streets, then I'm game. Also, I'd rather have someone caught red handed on tape for actual proof then the testimony of many officials. Yeah, I know, I'm skeptical, but it's hard not to be these days.
I agree and disagree with you. Burnout happens at a job where you overwork yourself, but that's more inline with doing a job you don't love. If you love your job or your job is your passion, then it's hard to burn yourself out. However, I think only a small percentage of people in this world are working in their area of passion or a job they love.
What type of expression does brutal violence portray in a game and why is it necessary? Does that mean serial killers should be allowed to go free when they display their victims in a certain way because it's a form of expression? I'm not saying games shouldn't be violent, but taking it to the extreme unnecessary and to say it's a form of expression is ridiculous.
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I just used this (http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/) BMI calculator and my BMI is 26. I workout daily and my abs are just barely showing, in other words I'm pretty fit, but not a professional athlete. By this BMI calculator, I'm overweight. What a fucking joke. BMI = Bullshiting Moron Indicator.
It JavaScript version opened a new tab in Safari, but the Java version opened in the background and almost filled the screen. I have to close the browser with the Java version.
I tried it on Safari 3, but I still had access to everything. It didn't effect the dock or the menu bar. Interesting little bugger nonetheless.
Though I don't own an iPhone, I have to agree with you. My girlfriend bought one to replace her SideKick. At first she used it now and then, but now she uses it all the time and the battery lasts a long while. She certainly doesn't charge it every day and it's now the primary way she communicates with Email. She's constantly browsing the web and watching TV shows and listening to music. I've never seen her use anything as much as her iPhone, but she still reads a ton of books.
In fact, she uses the iPhone so much that it's getting to the point where I could probably sneak out and she wouldn't know. Perhaps it's saying something about me. doh!
"old" is the new "new"
.DOC and PDF are the standards and will stay that way for a long time. There first must be a shift in applications. For example if Google Docs and OO.org can penetrate the market then you might see a slow shift. If you breakdown the OS by percentages and then the applications within those Operating Systems, you just have a long way to go. OO.org just committed to porting to the Mac. Sure NeoOffice is an alternative, but it has some major weaknesses. But Even if everyone on Mac and LInux switched to OO.org and Google Docs, you will still have a majority of people on windows using Word.
You also have to get the word out. How many non technical people know what ODF is? Not many. How are you going to promote it? The only way you can do this is for big companies to jump on board and make all internal documents ODF and eventually that'll push to outside firms. However, it's not likely in the near term. It does have a chance to creep in when more companies use web service for office suites, but that's a ways off.
Because Bush told the Secret Service to move the table 1 inch in the other direction.
What a highjack. Now instead of talking about the top 10 discoveries we're talking about money. You ass nugget.
Apt-Get is great. No argument there. Sometimes an application isn't up to snuff for a novice, but it's there and installs effortlessly.
I wish some of the apps, especially for the K desktop environment, had better names. With KDE it seems like K this and K that. Like Kb3. Great app, but what's with the name.
Most of your rant is about Microsoft and I can't disagree with you. However Windows XP is not a bad OS. I have no opinion on Vista. Only tested for a short while.
When you navigate, sometimes if you go from list view to another view it takes you out of the directory your in. Also, some images aren't viable. In list view some of my JPEG's are viewable and some not. It bugs me.
You certainly made some valid points. However you as well as many others aren't typical computer users. You're experienced users who like to tweak your system. I know developers that can't tweak their systems well, they just want it to be stable and run well. I think this is essentially what the average Joe wants. Distributions like Ubuntu are stable and IMO work well, but there's often lots of tweaking to get things in a usable state. On laptops you may have issues with WAP or WEP. You have to download video codecs etc. Many people don't even know what a codec is.
Right now you have to be more technical to use Linux unless someone has set-it-up for you or is there to handle hold you through things. That's not really the case with Windows or OS X.
I have Apt on OS X and it works well.
Virtual Desktops is coming, but I'm not sure if it will be implemented to the degree as on linux.
Beryl... I think think it's cool, but it crashed a lot on me, but this was a while back. It's nice eye candy and it would be great if it was part of the distro's and worked flawlessly.
Evolution.. Never used it.
Spotlight is good, but not great. It needs an update.
My biggest issues with OS X is the Finder. It sucks monkey balls.
Okay, that makes sense. I rarely use Windows anymore only in VM's. Used Ubuntu for some time and dabble with various linux distros.
I also like to look at multiple windows so I usually have dual monitors, which I'm sure you do as well. I'm on OS X and I can still checkout what's going on in inactive windows such as when a file finishes rendering etc.
Interesting complaint, but it seems a little weak. The middle click and paste. I use the keyboard for most of my shortcuts, so I dunno. They have put the middle click to good use on os x IMO.
I don't really understand your comment about the active window is in front. Would you like the inactive windows in front? Or is it that you don't like to click through windows to find the one your looking for. There are multiple solutions around this as in Expose or command-tab. I don't think I understand what you're getting at.
If you compare it to the success it's had on the server market, then it's a failure. I think a lot of people have been rooting for linux quietly and hoping for it to really make headway. It's had some successes, but nothing close to what we had hoped for or at least what I had hoped for.
That may be true for the Business environment, but your not accounting for the multimedia environment. I can't use Linux as a main desktop machine because it just doesn't have powerful enough applications. Some are great, but they're not up to snuff with products from Adobe and others. Though you can do more with some linux applications, they tend to be a hodge podge of apps, even iLife is a better suite of applications. iLife applications work together so effortlessly and I've tried a slew of applications on Linux which can't touch it. Then take into account professional music apps. Their are some for Linux, but there's is just not enough support.
At least in the business environment, I can live with OpenOffice.
Could you give some examples?
I'm not challenging your thinking, but I'd like to know exactly what Linux offers that Windows and Mac failed to offer. Is it simply that it's open source and that's the killer feature for you? Please elaborate on your strong but very broad statement.
I think all the forks are a good thing. I don't see forking as the source of the problem of people not adopting Linux. The problem I see with adoption are the desktop applications. I am not trying to say they're bad, because there are a lot of good ones, but they tend to be lacking and in several ways.
There's not much consistency with usability. I don't expect Gimp to work the same way as OpenOffice, but I'd expect a fairly consistent user interface when it comes to watching Video, Music and many other small applications. OpenOffice isn't as good as MS Office and the multimedia suite isn't as good as iLife. Wireless can be a nightmare and you never know if you're going to break the system by installing an application.
These are reasons I see people not adopting linux. How is joe noobie going to play his dvd or make a picture slideshow to share with his friend? Not as easy as 123. Plus forget about asking questions because your answer will be: your stupid. I've tried several times getting Basic users to use Ubuntu. Every one of them switched back to windows. They were all on laptops and they all had one issue or another. The OS was easy enough, but the "applications" were always the problem. They just weren't intuitive enough. They always had too many questions and it always took extra effort to get everything working properly, often spending hours search online for the answers. This is why Linux wont be adopted.
I had to call and given them my new MAC address as well. Other than that, I've had no problems accessing any comcast site with Safari or Firefox and customer support was happy I had a OS X, they said it would make troubleshooting easier because of the network gui.
I personally feel it's easy on most platforms. I've never known them to have a bias, but they do rape their customers on price.
there's a much smaller entry fee and this goes beyond the console. I think a lot of people feel that you have to have an HD TV to really take advantage of the PS3. You don't need that with the Wii. Most of the people I know don't have HDTV's in their house. A few do, but the ones that do, don't have an HD-DVD or Blue-Ray player. People haven't really taken to the new technology. I think part of it is that most people are happy with their old TV's and there's not enough HD content to justify it. This all effects the PS3. It's a really expensive console that you really don't benefit from unless you have HD.
I bought a PS3 for my nephews when it first came out. This the third console I've bought for them. They play there old ones more than the new one. They think it's cool, but they don't use any of the ooh aah features. These are 12 to 14 year old kids. They just don't care about all the extra's. The blue-ray has done nothing for them and they don't have an HDTV in their game room. I'm sure this is how a lot of kids are.
If Blue-ray and HD-DVD were really popular and people were raving about how awesome it is, then it would make sense to buy a PS3 for that feature alone. However, no one I knows cares about HD content because there's just not enough and there's too much overhead to get a full setup. Kids certainly don't care. The ooh aah effect lasts about 2 seconds, then it's all about how cool the game is.
Yeah, but that's only if he had to rescue someone important and no one in NY comes to mind.
we wouldn't need this stuff. There's just too many and not enough law enforcement officers to do a good job. It would cost to much to employ enough as well. So call big brother or whatever, but if it gets rapists, murderers and child molesters off the streets, then I'm game. Also, I'd rather have someone caught red handed on tape for actual proof then the testimony of many officials. Yeah, I know, I'm skeptical, but it's hard not to be these days.
I agree and disagree with you. Burnout happens at a job where you overwork yourself, but that's more inline with doing a job you don't love. If you love your job or your job is your passion, then it's hard to burn yourself out. However, I think only a small percentage of people in this world are working in their area of passion or a job they love.
What type of expression does brutal violence portray in a game and why is it necessary? Does that mean serial killers should be allowed to go free when they display their victims in a certain way because it's a form of expression? I'm not saying games shouldn't be violent, but taking it to the extreme unnecessary and to say it's a form of expression is ridiculous.