Most of his listeners don't know what a *.pdf file is, either.

Gosh darn liberal Devil's box! They's ruining our country!

Rush Limbaugh = dumb motherfucker.

My heart stopped for a moment when I thought I heard "Canadian" instead of "comedian" =P

Hilarious, how such arcane nerdery can be so mainstream.

Rush Limbaugh is my hero.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

It could be unsearchable if the document was saved as a Tiff or or other image file first before converting to a PDF. This happens sometimes with government documents where they want to redact certain portions for security reasons, and don't want any vestiges of the actual text left behind in the source or otherwise.

I hate theater. I feel like downMMMFFFHvoting it.

Is anyone else the only computer expert in their immediate circle of family and friends? It's getting to the point it's interering with my life... every single day starts with a checklist of shit I have to help people with... I'm going to have to nip it in the bud.

>> ^dag:
It could be unsearchable if the document was saved as a Tiff or or other image file first before converting to a PDF. This happens sometimes with government documents where they want to redact certain portions for security reasons, and don't want any vestiges of the actual text left behind in the source or otherwise.


true enough, but limbaugh's quote implies that all PDF files cannot be searched.

>> ^dag:
It could be unsearchable if the document was saved as a Tiff or or other image file first before converting to a PDF. This happens sometimes with government documents where they want to redact certain portions for security reasons, and don't want any vestiges of the actual text left behind in the source or otherwise.


Dag, while we appreciate the lengths you went to in explaining this, he can't even find the "Search" button at the top of the screen. I think you have to get the basic operation of the program down before any attempt is made at teaching more advanced concepts.

Rush is an idiot!

Can anyone check whether the PDF file in question is searchable or not? If it's the type of PDF that isn't searchable, then Limbaugh is making a good point (albeit clumsily), and Olberman is wrong.

The sad thing is that this probably makes him more popular. "Well screw it anyway, who knows how to use computers! Why don't they just make the documents available the good ol' fashion way!" - Rush Supporters

>> ^chilaxe:
Can anyone check whether the PDF file in question is searchable or not? If it's the type of PDF that isn't searchable, then Limbaugh is making a good point (albeit clumsily), and Olberman is wrong.


I believe the .pdf being referred to is the "Stimulus bill" which can be found at http://readthestimulus.org/ where not only is the .pdf searchable, but they even have a .TXT version: http://readthestimulus.org/hr1_text.txt

quit making fun of my cousin!

no, really... i have great insight into the limbaugh clan... one day lets sit by the fire and ill tell you all tales of the limbaugh... it will be riveting

I think that Olbermann loses more viewers when he does his annoying voice every time he quotes anyone.

That doesn't change the fact that Rush Limbaugh is a fool. Bea, I hope you don't take after him.

Democrats purposefully write bills in text so the illiterate can't understand them.

If Limbaugh were to "ask a six year old in (his) neighborhood" anything, I bet it wouldn't be about computers.

"What does the on switch do?" nice.

>> ^chilaxe:
Can anyone check whether the PDF file in question is searchable or not? If it's the type of PDF that isn't searchable, then Limbaugh is making a good point (albeit clumsily), and Olberman is wrong.


Well, only if security is enabled *AND* you're too lazy to print it out (sorry, *geek is ON) - otherwise, anyone with Adobe Professional can run OCR on that sick puppy.

Even in the unlikely case of MAX security on, you could print it out, then manually scan and OCR it. That is assuming printing isn't locked down too... in which case the truly nerdy could screengrab each individual page, and then print if they REALLY needed to... though at this point, the whole file should probably be password protected before anyone can open it for the ULTRA paranoid.

I spend WAY too much time with PDFs in my day job.

I think I'l turn this comment in to a lazy blog post.

Adding video to channels (Geek) - requested by Krupo.

@Krupo

/agreed

It all makes so much sense now...
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=30797

*sigh*

Why does everyone use Adobe Acrobat?

That was the saddest thing about the video to me.

>> ^FancyL:
sigh
Why does everyone use Adobe Acrobat?
That was the saddest thing about the video to me.


What's wrong with it? It's free and seems to work fairly well.

Adobe's software is ok, but it does feel a little bloated. I use foxit reader which is also free and zippier.

A fool making fun of another fool is still a fool.

>> ^Payback:
If Limbaugh were to "ask a six year old in (his) neighborhood" anything, I bet it wouldn't be about computers.


I just had the image of Rushy sneaking up behind a child eating an ice cream cone, snatching up the cone and pushing the child to the ground, then running his ever increasing bulk down the sidewalk, yelling "Vote Republican!".

Thanks that made my day.

Now my question is.... had they released this, say as a fax, to all news outlets, would he be happier reading through the paper document? I forget, what's the key combination to do a keyword search on a stack of papers? Forgive me Rush if I'm just retarded and can't find that quick search option. Those bastards keeping me from my insanely quick keyword searches on stacks of printed documents.

>> ^Duckie:
what's the key combination to do a keyword search on a stack of papers?


haha truly... my, how did things ever work without a key word search! shows the (lack of) depth of his argument.

>> ^Duckie:
I forget, what's the key combination to do a keyword search on a stack of papers?

CTRL-ALT-INTERN

>> ^ReverendTed:
>> ^Duckie:
I forget, what's the key combination to do a keyword search on a stack of papers?

CTRL-ALT-INTERN


lol nice - I was thinking about this too but got all worked up about PDF tech ranting... thank you for sharing it

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