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Command line VS GUI, redux 6012
Lee Sau Dan This is absolutely ridiculous. The two of you spread a bunch of mis-information and lies ( = FUD) about something you obviously nothing about and come to a bunch of misguided conclusions. A...
Command line VS GUI, redux 6013
Lee Sau Dan schreef: (Courier) findfont 12 scalefont setfont (-(sorry, couldn't resist-))(The Good Old Days)(Postscript...)(Ah,) 50 10...
Command line VS GUI, redux 6014
Lee Sau Dan schreef: Well, it does. If you do not believe me (and there's no reason you should) whip out ghostscript and try. In postscipt its not that hard to convert one to the...
Command line VS GUI, redux 6015
Nonsense, clicking and dragging a bunch of file icons, or typing a command to do something to a bunch of filenames -- it's the same amount of tedium. Tab completion, etc. All I can do...
Command line VS GUI, redux 6016
Try clicking a bunch of file icons for the files named "foo*.o" and then dragging them to the rubbish bin. I simply...
Command line VS GUI, redux 6017
Edwards Instead of being 100% boring, eterm is 99.9% boring. Nonsense. Click n' drag is fun. It...
Command line VS GUI, redux 6018
So don't use boring pictures for the background images, try it with some interesting pictures. You must have plenty of those. The first time. Maybe after that if you're easily amused. That's not...
Command line VS GUI, redux 6019
It does not only provides user interaction, but also REQUIRES it. That's undesirable for unattend, automated...
Command line VS GUI, redux 6020
forth this unto the Network: This is my second attempt to write this response. Windows XP blue-screened on me during the last attempt Click-and-drag is only easier when all the files you're...
Command line VS GUI, redux 6021
Neither do I expect a 1-year old to speak English fluently. But does that mean English is not useful? Does that mean English is not worth learning? Did you learn how to use symbolic...
Machine plants
Windows will plant on me MAYBE once a week, and no more. And I got all kinds of crap...
Machine plants 6023
snips On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:20:03 -0800, tab Way too freakin' often - is your hardware...
Machine plants 6024
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:20:03 -0800, tab Windows has a lot of things that DON'T work out of the...
Machine plants 6025
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:40:59 +0000, Beowulf Trollshammer It's a bit more straight-forward and less overwhelming, and...
Apple Store Linux Store 6026
wd Now appearing at a Costco, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, near you! I travel out to those, and also, the Office stores...
Apple Store Linux Store 6027
FUD snip What an appropriate name you chose, didn't you, FUD? :^) I partly agree with you: namecalling from "our" (Linux users) part...
Apple Store Linux Store 6028
If you must know, my christened name is Frank Don't laugh, please - Ulysses Dumas. Perhaps I should have positioned periods for your benefit. You've heard of the saying, "If the cap fits...", well all I...
Apple Store Linux Store 6029
FUD Perhaps I should have mentioned that FUD is the outstandingly famous acronym short: MS's marketing strategy. You've heard of the saying "To throw a stone and then hide the...
Apple Store Linux Store 6030
I see. Thank you. I now realise, although do not entirely excuse some of those that can barely contain themselves to abuse a poster. No least one who advocates Microsoft. That is, if...
Apple Store Linux Store 6031
FUD snip That (abuse) was to be expected (not forgiven, though), wasn't it? I don't certainly see myself posting what you say about Linux, but directed towards Windows, in a MS advocacy forum and *not...
Apple Store Linux Store 6032
Thank you, but either way it is by its very implication 'questioning' if the author has the ability to convey communications in plain English, rather than the reader questioning of...
Apple Store Linux Store 6033
FUD Sure does - vendor lock-in, proprietary file-format, viruses, malware, huge expense of the next "must...
Apple Store Linux Store 6034
Where would you begin to answer such a ranting if it were posed you omitting Microsoft buttociations subsbreastuted with...
Apple Store Linux Store 6035
FUD snip Perhaps you could begin by actually answering some of the points about MS "fobbing" off its customers. How ABOUT the non...
Apple Store Linux Store 6036
Strange then how you believe you can be a linux evangelist and slam Microsoft in the process when you evidently know not of what you spout in comparison...
Apple Store Linux Store 6037
I misunderstood nothing, otherwise you would not have felt the need to rebuttert what you were unable to make clear from the outset. Based on your...
Apple Store Linux Store 6038
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:27:28 -0500, FUD Considering the nonsensical way in which you've expressed yourself here, no, I don't agree at all. No, I don't have comprehension difficulties. You are...
Apple Store Linux Store 6039
I must ask. Why do you do that, as it is completely unnecessary? It is not even...
Apple Store Linux Store 6040
The user will not be fobbed off by Microsoft, and Microsoft is not in the habit of fobbing off its...
Apple Store Linux Store 6041
To what? You tell me what I "should open your my eyes" to, exactly. In all...
Apple Store Linux Store 6042
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:50:39 -0500, FUD The frequent lapses of behaviour MS is prone to, for one. You're still blathering. I said, clearly, that you...
Apple Store Linux Store 6043
FUD No, they're attached at the privates. Comes from Microsoft ramming it repeatedly up the user's butt. And failing...
Apple Store Linux Store 6044
FUD se at all. You are really serious aren't you? Answer me then why MS decided that windows 98 backups couldn't be read by XP? that smacks very much of saying "We don't care...
Apple Store Linux Store 6045
That is indeed open to misinterpretation as you demonstrate, but all those affected have been satisfactorily dealt...
Apple Store Linux Store 6046
That's hardly underhand. Circumstances would have you believe that those that seek a share of...
The field is level
I am here, embarked on discussion that I hoped would generate linux advocacy. Desist from your pathetic name calling, and changing John, it's unnecessary and make any prospect of linux advocacy untenable if you...
Apple Store Linux Store 6048
Let's say, linux slows in its take up, then gradually reduces to a no longer viable level. Let's say, linux stopped providing support of any kind...
Apple Store Linux Store 6049
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:31:32 -0500, FUD Let's not. Since this shows no sign of happening. It's advances have been slow, but steady. The Linux kernel is now at a...
Apple Store Linux Store 6050
That presumably is your answer to everything where you don't obtain the agreement you seek. That's not linux advocacy, that's an buttist to Microsoft and its success that you should adopt such an obtuse posture...
Apple Store Linux Store 6051
If that were the case, then its failure in any of the scenarios below would be of no consequence. So we needn't worry about that. How would...
Apple Store Linux Store 6052
Excuse me for not responding to each point in turn, but I am sure you are acutely aware having identified my points of hypothesis, they were...
Apple Store Linux Store 6053
One cannot argue with an opinion, and of course your opinion cannot be substantiated with evidence, can it? However, it is clear by your response that linux makes you immediately defensive - do...
Apple Store Linux Store 6054
Moodle rocks. I'm using it to develop free and paid tutorials to be hosted on my www.skilltrek.com web site. Feel free to check it out if you want to see what the moodle interface looks...
Mac Trolls 6055
Peter Köhlmann I love it when the debates revolve around Mac and Linux. For almost 20 years, since Microsoft first sold their rights...
Mac Trolls 6056
Au contraire. While it is true that Macs have been made easier-to-use, power of habit often dominates. Sadly, a large...
A Technical Look at Office 12
Amid growing threats from well-heeled Internet rivals and others, Microsoft (Quote, Chart) today made the technical beta of Office...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6058
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Sinister Midget wrote on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:09:52 GMT Mmmmm...smell that fresh...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6059
begin oeprotect.scr Nobody believes what's on MS blogs, do they? With OSS stuff, it's trivial to see what's...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6060
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:12:31 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch There are a lot of possible...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6061
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:51:49 -0500, Bob Hauck I didn't say it was the only reason. You do understand the difference between having a similar manuing system, and having the contents...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6062
The one thing that they really NEED to put in there, that they WON'T put in there, is strict adherance to industry standards such as OpenDoc, XML...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6063
What if you don't have the original app any more? What if you want to transform them on a Unix machine or something else that won't run Office? With XML docs you can...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6064
I used to have some Applesoft BASIC programs. Can you find me the hardware to run it? i.e. an Apple + machine with...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6065
Kelsey Bjarnason Sure it is. You have some strange notion that a 10 year buildup of billions of...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6066
forth this unto the Network: Not 'think' but rather 'know'. Compared to Microsoft formats, open formats have already proven to be more portable and more future proof. Formats such as MPEG...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6067
snips On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:55:16 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch Don't know about MPEG and JPEG, but GIF was interesting...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6068
snips On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:12:15 -0500, DFS No, I didn't. I said things change. Companies who are on top...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6068 plus 1
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:31:35 -0500, DFS For a time, yes. But not forever. Look at XP. Apps that ran on Win98 often won't run well...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6070
It doesn't happen at an instance like switching on an electric light bulb. Rather, it happens over time -- a few years -- like the sky brightening up around dawn. But when you realize that your...
A Technical Look at Office 12 6071
Lee Sau Dan It's never too late. It's not little cost. It means giving up one set of proprietary...
U.K. spammer sentenced to 6 years
A man described as Britain's most prolific spammer has been sentenced to six years of prison. Peter Francis-Macrae's sentencing on Wednesday in...
Fair Use' Becomes Fair Game in House
WASHINGTON - "Fair use" provisions under copyright law have become fair game in Congress. This time, during a hearing Wednesday, the target was the Digital Millennium Copyright...
Fair Use' Becomes Fair Game in House 6074
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Sinister Midget wrote on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:09:55 GMT I'll admit to wondering what "fair use" is, since there's no such thing...
Fair Use' Becomes Fair Game in House 6075
The Ghost In The Machine Prior to 1976, there was a concept of law which allowed a...
Fair Use' Becomes Fair Game in House 6076
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, mlw wrote on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:43:46 -0500 Hm...OK, but the devil's in the details. Print material can be copied to some extent, for instance -- and probably the whole article can...
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