Speaking of which, you might want to include recommendations for a works cited/bibliography program (because it's a bitch going from APA to MLA to Chicago and remembering it all). Also, while obscure and only restricted to Eng/Sci/Math types, free LaTeX program would also be helpful.

"I had multiple experiences where I couldn't trust LibreOffice or OO.o to properly format documents"

I'm a high school senior (and future eng. major, hence my above comments) and I'd have to say that Word and Excel were essential for my AP Chem class, where I had to type lab reports for each lab, complete with equations and balanced reactions and things. Not a LaTeX program, but it worked very well. Furthermore, the…

Matlab is an Eng/Sci major software requirement of course. As is a LaTeX program in some cases.

I've used both, and perhaps it's just an experience thing (my high school highly recommended everyone take a course in Office during freshman or sophomore year) but it seems that Word is more intuitive when it comes to dealing with several pages of text, figures, etc. Just doesn't seem like there are as many options…

Yeah, but a university discount gets you those things for ridiculously low prices. Office is much cheaper through campus IT.

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CS major I take it?

Question: Why does it seem like Lifehacker is very anti MS-Office? Excel is arguably a requirement for a lot of students, especially if you're in a science, math, or engineering major. And Word seems to be much better at handling large, formatted term papers.

I really enjoy your style of writing. That is all.

"I'm not sure that that equates to a confirmation of stuffing a 4.7-liter V8 up a Cygnet's rear end."

"I'm not sure that that equates to a confirmation of stuffing a 4.7-liter V8 up a Cygnet's rear end."

"I agree with regards to the rules in play at GM; it may well be very stifling, but I would need to know a little bit more to understand and form an opinion of the what their rules are, how they are enforced, and what effect they have on other things like innovation."

Matt, I think the headline is misleading because it's still too hard to draw a definite conclusion between Ewanick doing some controversial things (like the Super Bowl, Facebook stuff) and him getting canned for being innovative. If there was greater evidence that there was a lot of seething discontent about Ewanick's…

They're innovating in terms of being more transparent at the dealer (see return policy, Scion/Saturn-style no haggle pricing). That transparency doesn't exactly jive with shady marketing deals with a Premier League soccer club.

How does this show that the rule structure exists to make it nearly impossible to accomplish anything? All I got out of it is that they're actually enforcing some ethics rules that all too often aren't adhered to.

I agree. I read through roughly a page of "this guy bullshitted the cost of the Man U deal and may or may not have had other shady dealings." Then "GM stifles innovation" out of FUCKING NOWHERE!

Oh I agree with you, not denying that, but when Lancia is selling a Town & Country and a 200, you really can't fault me for being so pessimistic.

Oh I agree with you, not denying that, but when Lancia is selling a Town & Country and a 200, you really can't fault me for being so pessimistic.