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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:02:19 +0100, Invisible wrote:
> In reality, MS Word is /the only/ word processor that anybody ever uses.
> I tiny few people might use OpenOffice these days, but most people have
> never heard of it. To them, a word processor = MS Word.
So, where did you pull the statistics for the number of people who use
OpenOffice? Did you just invent that statistic, or do you have a
citation?
Most of the people I deal with use OpenOffice and prefer it to Word. So
if you're just going with anecdotal evidence based on your own
experiences, that's fine, but don't cite that as if it's fact.
Jim
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On 4/18/2011 1:02, Invisible wrote:
> There was a time when searching the manual meant, you know, actually turning
> pages. I think back when MS used to *print* the manual, they perhaps put
> more effort into making it worth the paper it's printed on. From what I've
> seen, today if you ask for help in the latest version of Office, it just
> takes you to a publicly editable wiki. Great...
Yeah. MS and everyone else seems to have been going downhill in this regard.
Is Apple as bad, or is their documentation (for programmers) actually useful
and all?
I think programming has turned into a social endeavor, where who you follow
on twitter is as important as having read the manuals.
>> I think it depends on what the word processor does. There are free ones,
>> there are inexpensive ones, and there are expensive ones. So use the
>> free one.
>
> In reality, MS Word is /the only/ word processor that anybody ever uses. I
> tiny few people might use OpenOffice these days, but most people have never
> heard of it. To them, a word processor = MS Word.
So, then, obviously not too expensive. If the only car out there cost
$100,000, you'd find people finding alternatives.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On 4/18/2011 1:08, Invisible wrote:
> But then, I guess that's the nature of a kernel failure...)
My favorite was always "floating point underflow in kernel mode" message the
mainframe I worked on had.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On 18/04/2011 8:58 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Oh hell yeah... I'll never forget the time one of the pistols LEFT THE
> ENGINE BLOCK while we were driving back to the camp site one time while
> on holiday. o_O
>
Pissed and broke, been there done that ;-)
>>> and some but not all
>>> families owned an 8-bit home computer of some sort.
>>
>> I forgot, you live in the affluent south. (As I do now.)
>
> Is there actually a difference?
>
Seriously, yes.
>
> I remember my sister collecting marbles. All sorts of different colours.
> Other than looking at them, we could never figure out anything
> interesting to do with 'em though.
>
You need someone to play with. The most prized ones, where I was dragged
up, were steelies, large ball bearings.
>>
>> My old Acer laptop came with a manual on the HDD.
>
> Really? I haven't seen that on any of the ones I've bought or used.
>
Search for manual.
>> A tad more people than than that but I worked in industry then so there
>> was more need for things like spreadsheets etc.
>
> I imagine most people who had a laptop actually had "the company's
> laptop", not one of their own.
>
Yeah! I would say so, too.
>>> During boiling, the outside of the kettle may become hot. This does not
>>> indicate a fault condition.
>>
>> LOL
>
> No kidding, the manual for our tap says that shortly after use, it may
> dribble water, and this is not a fault. (It's a swan-neck tap.)
>
I've seen signs like that too.
>>> Solo games are still games. ;-)
>>
>> I was thinking of people like your clan.
>
> Sure. But even if you only play Freecell, that's still a "use" for a
> computer, as such...
Okay, okay, I was wrong. (Put it in your diary, in 2011 Stephen was
wrong.) ;-)
--
Regards
Stephen
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>> There was a time when searching the manual meant, you know, actually
>> turning
>> pages. I think back when MS used to *print* the manual, they perhaps put
>> more effort into making it worth the paper it's printed on. From what
>> I've
>> seen, today if you ask for help in the latest version of Office, it just
>> takes you to a publicly editable wiki. Great...
>
> Yeah. MS and everyone else seems to have been going downhill in this
> regard. Is Apple as bad, or is their documentation (for programmers)
> actually useful and all?
I couldn't say. It just seems that everybody is putting less effort into
documentation these days.
> I think programming has turned into a social endeavor, where who you
> follow on twitter is as important as having read the manuals.
There was a time when learning to program meant, you know, learning your
complexity classes and stuff, not just knowing what the command syntax is...
>> In reality, MS Word is /the only/ word processor that anybody ever
>> uses.
>
> So, then, obviously not too expensive.
I guess that's why so many people steal it, yes...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 4/18/2011 11:26, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I guess that's why so many people steal it, yes...
And people steal movies they can rent for a dollar. That doesn't say much.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On 18/04/2011 07:40 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/18/2011 11:26, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> I guess that's why so many people steal it, yes...
>
> And people steal movies they can rent for a dollar. That doesn't say much.
Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:08:59 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> On 18/04/2011 07:40 PM, Darren New wrote:
>> On 4/18/2011 11:26, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> I guess that's why so many people steal it, yes...
>>
>> And people steal movies they can rent for a dollar. That doesn't say
>> much.
>
> Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
http://tinyurl.com/3q2n7c9
Tell me you didn't expect this answer.
Jim
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>> Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3q2n7c9
>
> Tell me you didn't expect this answer.
How bizare... This really exists?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:41:52 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/3q2n7c9
>>
>> Tell me you didn't expect this answer.
>
> How bizare... This really exists?
No, I had a free hour and decided to mock up a website just so I could
provide that answer to you. It's completely a fantasy made up just so I
could answer this question in this way.
Jim
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