Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread jrodman
On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:03:19PM -0400, Cory Myers wrote: Worse IMHO, is customers/people/boneheads that have switched to html-only mail, just so they can force this font upon us, as they like it so much. Or those who've switched to HTML-only mail for the purpose of delighting in

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread Nik Clayton
jrod...@hate.spamportal.net wrote: In the middle of a long technical discussion about some sort of development problem in a clunky API that the customer is misusing: Me: I often become unclear as to who is saying what in these email exchanges. Could you consider indenting or prefixing the

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 07:36:46PM +1000, Daniel Pittman typed: I think this unfairly maligns Comic Sans, a fine font for the purpose it was designed for: lettering funny books. Having actually seen it in use where it was intended I think the font itself is great. It is utterly

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread Patrick Carr
On Sep 12, 2006, at 5:36 AM, Daniel Pittman wrote: I think this unfairly maligns Comic Sans, a fine font for the purpose it was designed for: lettering funny books. Having actually seen it in use where it was intended I think the font itself is great. What I loath is the fashion for

Re: M$ Excel

2006-09-13 Thread Chris Devers
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Patrick Carr wrote: There was a time when I was similarly blasé about the abuses of comic sans, and then I saw it at 3600 pt, in lights. http://gneiss.geo.cornell.edu/external/saucy_noodle.jpg From what I understand they put just as much care into their food. A

Lucene's Index opening modes

2006-09-13 Thread Simon Wistow
I don't know about you, dear hates-software reader, but, in general, when wanting to write something like an index for a search engine I have two major uses cases. The first is - open the index and start using it. The second is - open the index, if it doesn't exists then create it, then use

Oh please wait a minute Mister iTunesman

2006-09-13 Thread cdevers
Please Mr iTunesman ( Stop ) Oh yes, wait a minute Mister Tunesman ( Wait ) Wait Mister Tunesman (*) Please Mister Tunesman look and see ( Oh yeah ) If there's some artwork in your store for me ( Please, Please, Mister Tunesman ) Why's it takin' such

Re: Oh please wait a minute Mister iTunesman

2006-09-13 Thread Adam Auden
*applause* -- Adam Auden - UNIX Metal Geek whois bimble.net