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Well, in the intersts of completeness, I'll put an end to this minor tale.

Problem is fixed. The solution is simple enough, but not what I'd call optimum. I ended up completely removing Open...

Greetings,

Am very bewildered. Was working in Open Office 3.0 Writer, everything pretty much going along okay (some things I don't like and don't know how to do, but nothing earth shattering.)
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Please see my reply earlier, if you would, I apologize to you as well.

Browning>>>

You want mature? You should get it, I think.

I owe you and the forum an apology. I had no business posting that last and normally, I don't do such things. There were a few extenuating...

No sweat. Take care.

Browning>>>

I'd have to make a guess that you're not a writer.

And after that last post you made regarding revolutions, Cuba, Stalinist Russia, I'd have to say that I'm afraid there is no common ground...

I'd be interested in the answer myself.

I don't recall saying that. I've been a writer for roughly forty years now, sometime doing a heck of a lot of it, sometimes not. There's never been a time when I wasn't writing something (and I'm not...

I honestly can't say that I know. My guess is no -- the Windows OS is fundamentally different from Linux in any flavor.

Anybody happen to know for sure?

I'm curious. What do you do for a living? (and I'm not switching the subject, bear with me) Does what you do influence how you view things?

Over the years I've worked of and on as a programmer...

I'm confused. How is what I do NOT support music (if I still could hear, I'd sure as hell be buying CDs) or movies, or the artists that produce movies? I DO buy the material.

I do NOT agree that...

"No, there are lots of CDs like this available. Think about a capela versions, string arrangements, and even people like weird al who didn't need permission to remake songs (although he did out of...

And another point to consider -- that I've been meaning to bring up.

Can we say root-kits?

Can we say sneaking spyware and virii into computers via DVDs and CD? Can we say Sony?

According...

And that's the crux of the discussion, is it not? The law is clear on that and I disagree totally with the law. I've never argued that what I wanted to do was legal. It is moral, however, because...

I really wish you'd quit quoting Thoreau -- he was a jerk :)

Especially that first quote. Think about it. That's tautology -- by DEFINITION ALONE there would be no theft. That's like saying if...

Hold up there a minute -- the "comparison" was NOT between copyright infringement and slavery. The actual comparison was between morality and legality, a HUGE difference and legitimate, in my mind....

I see your point and am not really all that far away from you in my beliefs. What do you figure should be the case regarding non-proformance arts, such as writing and art work such as painting,...

Pardon me?

I'm deaf, buddy. I don't download any music. I don't download any movies. Period. I buy.

Period.

Browning>>>

Let me add this. Some of the greatest literature ever written has been an examination of the dichotomy between moral and legal. Les Miserable by Victor Hugo is probably the best known.

Browning>>>

Every so often the laws change. What was illegal in 2007 may or may not be illegal in 2008. Does that make the essence of the action change in any sense other than a label?

ff morality has any...

I used to work as a free-lance shareware programmer and actually made a little money here and there on the side. But at the same time, I had people who used my own program (Asc2Com -- we're talking...

Hold up a moment here. The discussion is completely ignoring a very valid reason to object to DRM and copy protection: If I buy a DVD, I should have the right to play it and keep it as long as I...

If you can find a copy of Spontaneous Assembly, you'd be miles ahead of the game. It's old, from before 1995 and Windows but is the most incredible bit of coding I've ever seen. The documentation is...

Okay, I'll give it a shot but I doubt if it's going to be what you.

For me, power is programmer control over the environment in which he works/writes programs. For me, the language needs to be...

I dunno -- this kind of reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend a number of years ago. I was learning assembly language at the time and since this one guy knew more about every bloody...