I suggest bypassing Captain and going straight to Commodore. I always thought that sounded a lot better than Rear Admiral, but I'm not sure how to abbreviate it...
To crush our enemies, see them driven before us, and hear the lamentations of their women.
No. To annihilate our enemies, their women and all of their stuff. Oh, and probably us as well when it backfires, because it was manufactured by the lowest bidder.
From where I sit, the primary consideration is not the word processor, it's the spreadsheet application. I am running an active pilot to see if OO's Calc can replace Excel. I'm finding that it indeed can. Management here is very fond of spreadsheets with (sometimes) intricate formulas, often involving VLOOKUPs across worksheets. The only errors I see are user errors that would have occurred anyway (i.e. copying/pasting entire sheets with VLOOKUPs that point to a sheet that does not exist in the destination workbook). For me, this means I can do without MS Office in many situations. This helps my budget by not having to add MS Office to PC purchases and helps me by not having an Office license to contend with if a hard drive dies or needs to be wiped/reloaded. as long as production and manufacturing forecasting data can be properly disseminated, management is happy and if management is happy, I can convert this pilot into policy.
Yeah, I got a LaserJet IV when it first came out at $1600 as well. The difference is I still have that LaserJet IV, still use it every day and can get parts and toner for it.
There is also the CustomizeGoogle Extension for Firefox/Flock, which also does other interesting things, such as scrubbing out unwanted ads and links from Google pages
The founding fathers also had the benefit of being the intellectual inheritors of the Enlightenment, as passed to them via a classical (i.e. well grounded in the liberal arts) education. They understood that Rhetoric was the art of speaking well, not like the dross that our 24/7/365 media spews out unceasingly today.
Speaking of skittish users, I just took an old ME machine belonging to a friend, threw some RAM and a second HD into it and set up a dual boot to Feisty. He loves it and says it is so much more responsive, even if he can't pronounce Ubuntu yet. One user at a time, that's how you do it.
IIRC, Anthony's own rebuttal stated something to the effect that the campaign people pressured him to name a figure, so he did. I don't have the sense that it was extortion (your interpretation may vary). What is unclear to me at present is what myspace's rationale was in transferring control to the Obama campaign and was this done under duress? It certainly seems to me to be questionable.
It has been pointed out that the/. crowd is probably not the intended audience for this particular piece. I think it is intended possibly for two sets of users - the general, non-technical home user and the corporate IT department. These are the areas where Linux has the greatest potential to expand usage. In both cases, to varying degrees, the desire is for a system that "just works" and can be supported efficiently. Ubuntu has made great strides in these two areas, but isn't yet the M$ killer everyone wants it to be. The thing that hinders corporate acceptance more than anything else is Excel (and Outlook to a much lesser extent, only by virtue of being bundled in all flavors of MS Office). I say Excel because it is used for everything and while my experience has been that OoO's spreadsheet is probably 95% compatible, it doesn't render everything flawlessly and if you are talking about production schedules, financial calculations, inventories or what have you, that 5% margin of error just doesn't cut it. (I have a couple of users using OoO as a pilot project). As for home use, for general stuff like Internet browsing or email, I no longer see any compelling case for Windows. Games, on the other hand, is a glaring weakness. Cedega/wine is a step in the right direction, but ultimately, IMHO, only native Linux games, whether FLOSS or no and readily available, will make Linux a compelling option.
I had a similar offer through Dell's Express Upgrade on a laptop I (my company, actually) purchased at the end of last year. They actually shipped the upgrade DVD, but then DHL lost it (and admitted to doing so). A call to Dell vista Upgrade support got me an individual, probably in India, who could not understand why I had not received it. "It's their (DHL's) responsibility to deliver it to you". I had to explain several times that DHL LOST the fscking parcel. The individual finally took all the requisite information again to escalate the issue. This was 1 1/2 months ago and I cannot get any response out of whomever is running the Dell Vista Upgrade program. I cannot evaluate it if I don't have it and I flat out refuse to purchase any PC's preloaded with it until I can support my users. Never mind the application incompatibilities, such as certain parts of Microsoft's own Dynamics accounting package (formerly known as Great Plains). Sheesh...
The "small" sum of $20 million may be an attempt at an inducement for Apple to settle, thus validating the claim and giving them ammunition to go after anyone else they see fit to sue (i.e. Microsoft, maybe?)
I think I am going to file a patent on the "pattern and practice of breathing, by the drawing of air into the lungs, exchanging it for depleted air and carbon dioxide, then expelling it out of the lungs". Then, I can license it to everyone (for a nominal fee).
Flock 0.5 (AKA Cardinal) was based on Firefox 1.5, but Danphe (0.7), on through Cormorant (0.8) and the most recent iteration, "Sulfur" (0.8.0.99) use Firefox 2, as far as I know (this from memory). I don't think Flock is using any Firefox 3 code, as yet. The del.icio.us issue was fixed some time ago.
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I suggest bypassing Captain and going straight to Commodore. I always thought that sounded a lot better than Rear Admiral, but I'm not sure how to abbreviate it...
To crush our enemies, see them driven before us, and hear the lamentations of their women.
No. To annihilate our enemies, their women and all of their stuff. Oh, and probably us as well when it backfires, because it was manufactured by the lowest bidder.
From where I sit, the primary consideration is not the word processor, it's the spreadsheet application. I am running an active pilot to see if OO's Calc can replace Excel. I'm finding that it indeed can. Management here is very fond of spreadsheets with (sometimes) intricate formulas, often involving VLOOKUPs across worksheets. The only errors I see are user errors that would have occurred anyway (i.e. copying/pasting entire sheets with VLOOKUPs that point to a sheet that does not exist in the destination workbook). For me, this means I can do without MS Office in many situations. This helps my budget by not having to add MS Office to PC purchases and helps me by not having an Office license to contend with if a hard drive dies or needs to be wiped/reloaded. as long as production and manufacturing forecasting data can be properly disseminated, management is happy and if management is happy, I can convert this pilot into policy.
Yeah, I got a LaserJet IV when it first came out at $1600 as well. The difference is I still have that LaserJet IV, still use it every day and can get parts and toner for it.
As I understand it, the error was that the nukes weren't fully disabled, so that they could not be activated.
Maybe not explicitly "News for Nerds", but important nonetheless. Having a solid sense of what is going on in the world can only be a benefit.
You forgot: Less filling vs. tastes great
There is also the CustomizeGoogle Extension for Firefox/Flock, which also does other interesting things, such as scrubbing out unwanted ads and links from Google pages
Mod parent up:
Those who do not learn the lessons of History are doomed to repeat them.
-George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905
The founding fathers also had the benefit of being the intellectual inheritors of the Enlightenment, as passed to them via a classical (i.e. well grounded in the liberal arts) education. They understood that Rhetoric was the art of speaking well, not like the dross that our 24/7/365 media spews out unceasingly today.
Speaking of skittish users, I just took an old ME machine belonging to a friend, threw some RAM and a second HD into it and set up a dual boot to Feisty. He loves it and says it is so much more responsive, even if he can't pronounce Ubuntu yet. One user at a time, that's how you do it.
...so who do I root for here?
MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction.
It's the land of opportunity for litigation!
IIRC, Anthony's own rebuttal stated something to the effect that the campaign people pressured him to name a figure, so he did. I don't have the sense that it was extortion (your interpretation may vary). What is unclear to me at present is what myspace's rationale was in transferring control to the Obama campaign and was this done under duress? It certainly seems to me to be questionable.
Hey, they have registries for sex offenders, why not for *AA attack dogs? I wouldn't want one of either in my neighborhood!
It has been pointed out that the /. crowd is probably not the intended audience for this particular piece. I think it is intended possibly for two sets of users - the general, non-technical home user and the corporate IT department. These are the areas where Linux has the greatest potential to expand usage. In both cases, to varying degrees, the desire is for a system that "just works" and can be supported efficiently. Ubuntu has made great strides in these two areas, but isn't yet the M$ killer everyone wants it to be. The thing that hinders corporate acceptance more than anything else is Excel (and Outlook to a much lesser extent, only by virtue of being bundled in all flavors of MS Office). I say Excel because it is used for everything and while my experience has been that OoO's spreadsheet is probably 95% compatible, it doesn't render everything flawlessly and if you are talking about production schedules, financial calculations, inventories or what have you, that 5% margin of error just doesn't cut it. (I have a couple of users using OoO as a pilot project). As for home use, for general stuff like Internet browsing or email, I no longer see any compelling case for Windows. Games, on the other hand, is a glaring weakness. Cedega/wine is a step in the right direction, but ultimately, IMHO, only native Linux games, whether FLOSS or no and readily available, will make Linux a compelling option.
I had a similar offer through Dell's Express Upgrade on a laptop I (my company, actually) purchased at the end of last year. They actually shipped the upgrade DVD, but then DHL lost it (and admitted to doing so). A call to Dell vista Upgrade support got me an individual, probably in India, who could not understand why I had not received it. "It's their (DHL's) responsibility to deliver it to you". I had to explain several times that DHL LOST the fscking parcel. The individual finally took all the requisite information again to escalate the issue. This was 1 1/2 months ago and I cannot get any response out of whomever is running the Dell Vista Upgrade program. I cannot evaluate it if I don't have it and I flat out refuse to purchase any PC's preloaded with it until I can support my users. Never mind the application incompatibilities, such as certain parts of Microsoft's own Dynamics accounting package (formerly known as Great Plains). Sheesh...
The "small" sum of $20 million may be an attempt at an inducement for Apple to settle, thus validating the claim and giving them ammunition to go after anyone else they see fit to sue (i.e. Microsoft, maybe?)
I think I am going to file a patent on the "pattern and practice of breathing, by the drawing of air into the lungs, exchanging it for depleted air and carbon dioxide, then expelling it out of the lungs". Then, I can license it to everyone (for a nominal fee).
A port of rdesktop or some flavor of VNC would be incredibly useful as well. SSH is a must.
Microsoft delenda est... Cato the Elder, Scipio, et al would be proud! Throw the Tarquins off the Tarpeian Rock!!
Flock got stuck using FireFox 1.5
Flock 0.5 (AKA Cardinal) was based on Firefox 1.5, but Danphe (0.7), on through Cormorant (0.8) and the most recent iteration, "Sulfur" (0.8.0.99) use Firefox 2, as far as I know (this from memory). I don't think Flock is using any Firefox 3 code, as yet. The del.icio.us issue was fixed some time ago.
Apple is using the Core 2 Quad in this box (which lacks the swashbuckling extensions).
Dang! I can't wait for the swashbuckling extensions! [grabs cutlass and pirate hat]
>>If IT guys are the pen & paper RPG guys, what profession are those LARPers (Live Action Role-Players) belong to?
They go on to run IT departments
Sure. 1% porn and 98% online pharmacies, at least according to my inbox
He and I share the same birthday, except I age is 1.4 x his... doh.