Considering the amount of effort in getting a job there, the hours worked, and the cost of living in Mountain View, I think that roughly equals minimum wage.
You were moderated funny, but that's actually insightful. According to an online Cost of Living Comparison Tool, if I wanted to accept a job at Google they'd need to more than double my salary.
I think that their insistence on moving engineers to Mountain View is likely hurting them.
There is no reason why a convict should be denied the tools and space to develop software when that software is in everyone's best interest.
In general, no. However, have you seen his handwritten letters and read the text of his complaints and demands? The guy is seriously delusional and deep in denial. I don't think I'd want to trust my data to code written by a mind that unhinged.
How about something with a nautical theme, like Shipman?
I'm using Ubuntu Oneric w/ Libre Office 3.4.4 (which is what was distributed with it).
In which case, this problem does not affect you. Import and export of OpenDocument from Google Docs is unaffected.
Why the hell would you use XLS format for processing in Python and Perl, when you could download in OpenDoc format and use a standard XML parser?
I tried KDE as well - I believe my problem there was that the screen corners are "numb", all panel buttons start one pixel away where they require attention to click
They aren't in Kubuntu 12.04.
Have you looked at Markdown, specifically MultiMarkdown? That way you could use any text editor, and produce both LaTeX and HTML output (as well as all kinds of other things).
Also, are the formats expected by publishers standardized at all? Is the standard documented?
On the desktop, I've yet to see a single application written in Java that didn't have huge flaws, even if you ignore the huge flaws in the JRE itself.
Try jEdit.
I live in Austin, and it's a hell of a lot easier driving than Boston, which has all the features you mention plus angry Massholes who will cut you off as they lean on the horn and give you the finger.
As far as I can tell from the TSA web site, PreCheck still requires that you go through the rapeyscan machine. So that's no solution at all.
Your vision is mostly here too, if you're willing to use Google services and Android.
If a thing's worth having, it's worth cheating for. -- W.C. Fields
