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Comment Re:Will cover important fundamentals? (Score 1) 48

5. Why open standards matter. For instance, why you should use ODF instead of DOCX. - No idea what ODF is and why it's important over DOCX which is Microsoft's doc format IIRC. I have used/shared a doc/docx in 10+ years.

ODF is a file format used by various FOSS programs, such as LibreOffice to provide a common format that everybody can use without needing any proprietary programs or needing to buy licenses. There's more, of course, but I'm sure that you're capable of doing the appropriate web search, which you really should have done before posting.

Comment Re:Wrong metaphor for WhatsApp (Score 1) 46

Yes, exactly what I pointed out in another post: the identity of the account used has been proven but not that the person who used that account to send the message was, in fact, the ex-husband. It may look like mere nitpicking, but this is the type of nit that lawyers (And remember, judges are all lawyers.) are trained to watch for and pick.

Comment Re:Setting a precendent (Score 1) 46

There's one important detail that you're overlooking but a judge would have to take into account: the ex-husband's name in the headers can be considered proof that the message was written on and sent from his computer, but it does not prove that he was the actual sender. As a layman, I have no idea what you would need to do to prove such a thing after the fact, or if it's even possible, but I'd be very surprised if that wasn't one of the judge's reasons for his ruling.

Comment Re: Roundup vs glyphosate (Score 1) 66

Back when I was a child, in the '50s, we lived in a suburb and had a gardener who came around every other week. Among other things, he had a small tank with a hose and nozzle that he used to spray something on weeds, which died in a few days. One day, while watching him, I asked him what he was spraying on the weeds: olive oil. Apparently, it coated the weed, covering its pores and preventing it from "breathing." Not only that, it's totally non-toxic. Shame, isn't it, that this can't be adapted to a commercial use?

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