And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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lisah - Oct 12, 2007 7:12:46 am PDT #3036 of 25497
Punishingly Intricate

WHOA! Hang on. It looks like I can actuallly just import the Word file and it preserves the formatting. der. (It does turn the tabs into spaces which is irritating but I can live with it.)


DCJensen - Oct 12, 2007 6:50:41 pm PDT #3037 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.

NoiseDesign, Insent.


Polter-Cow - Oct 16, 2007 1:53:51 pm PDT #3038 of 25497
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

This is a silly, stupid question, but USB ports on laptops are the same size they are on desktops, right? That is, I can plug an external desktop HD into a laptop with a USB cable?


omnis_audis - Oct 16, 2007 2:28:22 pm PDT #3039 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Well, there is USB A and USB B types of ends. Plus, there are a couple flavors of really tiny USB that are on camera's and phones. [link]


amych - Oct 16, 2007 2:29:35 pm PDT #3040 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

P-C, all that Omnis says is true, but the short answer is yes.


Sean K - Oct 16, 2007 2:31:38 pm PDT #3041 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

This is a silly, stupid question, but USB ports on laptops are the same size they are on desktops, right? That is, I can plug an external desktop HD into a laptop with a USB cable?

What amych and omnis said. The flat end of your USB cable will plug into any other flat USB port on any computer. It's the other end that's a little device dependant.


Sean K - Oct 16, 2007 2:32:34 pm PDT #3042 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Oh, and since I'm here....

I was looking at downloading OpenOffice for my new (well, new to me) Mac Mini, and now I'm very confused as to what "Aqua" is.


omnis_audis - Oct 16, 2007 2:35:13 pm PDT #3043 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Aqua is the name of the interface that mac uses (I think that's a good way of describing it). For the mac, look into NeoOffice. It's built on the OpenOffice platform, but it's a standalone app, rather than using X-11.

More on Aqua here: [link]


amych - Oct 16, 2007 2:35:34 pm PDT #3044 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Sean, It's the mac native user interface standard -- earlier versions of OO for the mac were (oops, X11), which meant that all the menus and dialogs took forever to load; the one you're looking at has the same functionality but with more mac-like rendering of the obvious-to-look-at stuff.

(Although I still like NeoOffice better)

(eta: awesome nerdy x-post)


Sean K - Oct 16, 2007 2:42:37 pm PDT #3045 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Right, I'll be checking out Neo Office, then!