Comment Re:Rename it (Score 2) 317
How about something with a nautical theme, like Shipman?
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.
So a whole OS that is dumbed down so even a retard would find it frustrating to use?
Look at how much money Apple makes from iOS.
The Boston Tea Party involved an amazingly large number of tea leaves. That doesn't stop it from being a single incident.
Bradley Manning's data leak was a single tactical incident too.
USA independence... All of them would have failed if the people involved had been anonymous cowards.
You seem to be unaware that the people who organized the Boston Tea Party weren't merely anonymous cowards, but actually disguised themselves as American Indians.
Unfortunately, the Internet is dominated by slacktivists, unwilling to put their money where their mouths are.
Or unwilling to donate money to a Republican.
"Floggings will continue until morale improves." -- anonymous flyer being distributed at Exxon USA