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Word 6 was OK, but I can't stand Styles, and turning them off was difficult. And if I recall correctly it was the version that got corrupted when I installed the HTML pack -- crashed every time I tried to use spell check.
I never had any trouble with WinWord 2.
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I actually like Styles, but Word 6 was the last time I felt actually in control of them, after that I started struggling with them, especially with numbered headings. Adding one new heading to a document can mess up all your good work so far (again).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Hewlett-Packard now sees Microsoft as a competitor. For years, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft had a strong partnership -- but evidently, those days are over. The widespread backlash to Windows 8, combined with Microsoft's decision to release its own, competing hardware, has alienated Hewlett-Packard. The friend of my friend... no wait, the enemy of my friend... dang
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I wanted to do everything right. I had ideas on how to make this place better than my earlier workplaces. I had studied the literature. Well tested and documented code, continuous integration, service oriented architectures, lean methodology—you name it. The contrarian view
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Of all the criticisms leveled at Microsoft, the "you're no innovator!" one must hurt the most: Microsoft has the Forrest Gump-esque ability to be present at every major technological development, and in many cases it was shipping innovative hardware, software and services years or even decades before the rest of the world caught up. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
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Yet literally billions of dollars are wasted due to excess project failures, bug fixes, and maintenance nightmares. Surveys and studies have consistently shown that 50 to 75 percent of software projects are consumed by bug fixes and maintenance. One underlying root cause of this significant problem is the use of traditional imperative languages (Java, C family, Python, Ruby etc.), whose manual, low-level approach is very error-prone and generates spaghetti code that eats up the backend costs. Instead, waste billions using *this* language
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I knew by reading the quote that it would be another ad for a functional programming language. In this case, one written by a Haskell IDE vendor.
Waste in enterprise software projects is mostly communication and requirements problems. You'll find programming language difficulties at the bottom of the list somewhere. There is no programming language that will make great strides in reducing waste because programming language difficulties are such a small, minor source of waste.
And if there were a miracle programming language, it wouldn't be Haskell (which is older than Java, C#, Python, and Ruby and has had more than enough time to prove itself).
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jesarg wrote: And if there were a miracle programming language, it wouldn't be Haskell (which is older than Java, C#, Python, and Ruby and has had more than enough time to prove itself).
Yeah, I think F# has had more success in the fx space, in far less time. Haskell is the new Lisp (without being the solution to everything) IMO
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TTFN - Kent
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ROTFLMAO! And I rarely use that textspeak.
Right. Haskell. HAHAHAHAHA!
A programming language is like a tool. Give a moron a hammer, and yes, you will need to take him to the emergency room.
Marc
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From the tone and references in the quoted article i'm surprised that isn't a direct quote!
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State-controlled telecoms group Rostelecom plans an internet search engine named after the Sputnik satellite, Vedomosti newspaper said on Friday, though analysts said the aim to muscle into the highly competitive Russian market was doomed. In Soviet Russia, Web site searches for you
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Kent Sharkey wrote: In Soviet Russia, Web site searches for you
FTFY.
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The files were encrypted but still sitting on an open Web server, security expert says If you're going to all the trouble of stealing something, at least take care of it
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Microsoft and other major software companies are producing major updates at faster speeds, putting pressure on IT to adapt. "It's becoming critical, Captain. We can't handle it."
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I think the biggest challenge I'm going to face with the change is to convince the bean counters to start buying resharper subscriptions instead of a new version every few years when we're able to convince them to actually spend a bit of money.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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In a world where smart machines do most of the work, expect high unemployment, unrest and tumult "The machines have gathered an army and as I speak, that army is drawing nearer to our home."
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This study[^] calculated the likelihood of your job becoming obsolete during your career.
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Very nice, thank you!
Still reading it, but the 47% figure in the abstract is a little chilling.
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Over the last five years, Post-PC devices have displaced conventional Windows PCs so rapidly that Microsoft's dominance over personal computing has plummeted from roughly 90 percent share to less than a third. Assuming you count stuff most people wouldn't
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In the days leading up to the Surface RT release last year, Microsoft had largely failed to explain the differences between Windows 8 and Windows RT to consumers. The software maker picked the Windows RT moniker to power its own ARM-based Surface RT tablet alongside others from PC makers. Dell urged Microsoft to drop the branding, and Samsung opted not to launch its own Windows RT tablets in the US because of confusion and weak demand. Now Microsoft has admitted its decision to drop the "RT" brand from its upcoming Surface 2 tablet was to address consumer confusion. Oh. Really?
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Quote: Now Microsoft has admitted its decision to drop the "RT" brand from its upcoming Surface 2 tablet was to address consumer confusion.
...by making it worse?!?!?!
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Facebook isn't the only company that's tweaking its privacy policies this week. Google has just announced new Terms of Service that will enable advertisers to display user names, photos and comments made about a products or services on any Google site, including Google Plus and YouTube. Users make the recommendation, and advertisers will reap the rewards. At least I feel fairly safe - no one would buy products with my face on it
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Tim Berners-Lee has warned against the risk of not standardising digital rights management (DRM) in the HTML specification, saying an approach that “does the least harm” might be the best approach. "Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down In a most delightful way"
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Despite trying to achieve simplicity, Agile teams may still run across difficult issues. In this section some of the more common challenges are explored. Getting some developers to do "downward-facing dog" can also be a challenge
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