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Microsoft docx files on Ubuntu (Gusty)

Two Types of Installation Here are two related ways to view *.docx files in ubuntu. Troubleshooting Note : If, after following the instructions below you get one of the following two errors, then the following should help you out (at least they did for me). (This error occurs when installing the command line version:) OdfConverter: error while loading shared libraries: libgif.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (This error occurs when installing it directly into openoffice:) Read-Error. Data could not be read from the file. Then the following should help you out (at least they did it for me). Type the command: locate libtiff.so I had libtiff.so.4, but I need libtiff.so.3. Make the following symbolic link: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3 Then use the command sudo ldconfig to update the library cache. Thanks to the poster at http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Ubuntu/2006-04/msg02897.html for this helpful instructions! Comma...

Obama - Hope Poster

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Dobson vs McCain: Why I have appreciated McCain over the years

"I'm deeply disappointed the Republican Party seems poised to select a nominee who did not support a Constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage, who voted for embryonic stem cell research to kill nascent human beings, who opposed tax cuts that ended the marriage penalty, and who has little regard for freedom of speech, who organized the Gang of 14 to preserve filibusters, and has a legendary temper and often uses foul and obscene language. "I am convinced Sen. McCain is not a conservative, and in fact, has gone out of his way to stick his thumb in the eyes of those who are. He has at times sounded more like a member of the other party. McCain actually considered leaving the GOP in 2001, and approached John Kerry about being Kerry's running mate in 2004. McCain also said publicly that Hillary Clinton would make a good president. Given these and many other concerns, a spoonful of sugar does not make the medicine go down. I cannot, and I will not vot...

Human Reason vs. God's Word

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... because, you know... you can't have both :(

The Top 10 Most Infuential Rock Artists Ever

I guess this would be my list (going historically, roughly): Elvis Presley The Beatles The Beach Boys Bob Dylan Jimi Hendrix David Bowie The Velvet Underground The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Radiohead close calls: James Brown Chuck Berry Pink Floyd further down on the list: Black Sabbath U2 Nirvana

Still looking for good cross-platform personal information manager (PIM) software

I've been on the hunt for a while now for a decent cross-platform PIM application. As of yet I've not found one. Of the ones I've tried, the below either come close or are worthy of consideration - even though none of them have exactly all of the features I want. 10 Ideal Features I'd like to Have in My PIM calender / schedule items daily diary decent address book with ability to tag, add pictures, etc to-do lists with reminders notes allows for attachments cross-platform portable allows for encryption of data freeware, but preferably open-source 5 Applications I've Tried Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension / Sunbird With the release of 0.7 of the Lightning/Sunbird this is one step closer to being what I want it to be. There is definite improvement. Unfortunately, though, it lacks features 2, 3 (this has continued to suck over the years), 9, and I'm not sure about 5 and 6. Chandler I got really excited when I found out about this project... but then I tried...

paraisópolis favela, morumbi, sao paulo

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