From: c0f@intrex.net
"diane" wrote in message
news:1160439601.608402.203740@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> D-unit wrote:
> "TC8trax" wrote
> >
> >
> >
> > > Try configuring a news reader to read this group and see the
unencumbered
> > > difference!
> > >
> > > TC8trax
> > > Tom
> >
> > If I had to use Google to access Usenet exclusively, I probably
wouldn't.
>
> I don't understand any of this. I used to wrestle with newsreaders back
> in the day, and was overjoyed when Remarq came along and I could read
> online.
>
> With Google I subscribe and get a digest every day. I have Gmail too,
> so I can read my groups from anywhere on the road, any time, from
> anyone's computer.
>
> There are some things Google does well, and this--and Picasa 2--are
> examples of that.
>
> However, it's absolutely irritating that you can't click through posts
> in chronological order next>next> or older>newer> and instead have to
> choose by post title, as they are updated. What's up with that?
>
> And I never ever get spammed or spammed. The only time I see a spam
> message is when one of the members here responds to it, making it
> visible. Otherwise, I have no idea how many spambots are urging my
> brethren to enlarge their assets, both physical and financial.
> Ahhhhhhh....
>
> I already said I hate Microsoft and that comes many years after being a
> staunch supporter, from the early days. The financial rip-offs alone
> are enough to make me furious, but the incredible lack of explanation
> for inexplicable glitches is maddening. I have exchanged hundreds of
> messages in the fora there and read dozens and dozens of "knowledge
> base" dissertations and have been left empty and weary.
>
> I have nothing against multi-billionaires except when they make their
> money off my blood and sweat, putting me through hell in the process.
> And don't get me started about the offshore employment trend so
> ruthlessly employed by Microsoft and Amazon, two shamelessly greedy
> Seattle startups-gone-monopoly. Bill Gates (and that lying sack-o-shit,
> Jeff Bezos, my former employer), better hope he never bumps into me in
> a dark alley, that's all I'm sayin.
>
> So I'll happily keep using Google for groups and deal with the little
> annoyances. They fix them eventually. I have done away with IE and
> would never use Outlook or most other MS programs (after years of using
> them) again. I'd do without before I'd submit to that. I like those
> open source geeks, even though I don't understand much.
>
> And if I have to choose between monopolies and be exploited in the
> bargain, I'd much rather submit to Google.
>
> diane
>
Well,
Some people (like me) prefer paper plates over chinette.
To each his/her own.
I use (cringe) Outlook Express to access Usenet.
It crashes approx. twice yearly and I have to play
games with the files/folders to get it back. I see that
some 3rd party software venders actually make a
*fix* for OE that costs $$.
Have you ever tried Agent? or Free Agent? I've
heard many good things about these readers.
I just like the way a standard newsreader serves up
the posts, being able to expand/contract/mark threads, etc.
And yes, I have to sift through a little spam, but its not
that bad.
I think MS has wayyyyy overdone the GUI. I *really* hate
those stupid cartoons like flying files from one folder to another
when copying files. Crap like that annoys the hell out of me.
Only because its using resources that could otherwise be
put to good use.. like playing my favorite SD mp3's.
db
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