And you're just sooo perfect Schooner. Kinda like your Eastlink
connection???
;-)


"Schooner" <schooner (AT) accesswave (DOT) ca> wrote

Yes I sure did try and "tech" everyone!

Misinformation? Bet you didn't even read the page Alan, it's reads factual.

You sure are painting a nice mental picture of me.
I guess it helps you to visualize things better while waiting for the fry
machine buzzer.

:-)



"Alan Jones" <me (AT) alanjones (DOT) us> wrote

What putdown? I called you a nerd, which in some circles would be a
compliment. Now, if I had said that you were an elitist fascist jerk for
telling other people what newsreader to use, that would have been a putdown.
But I didn't. Or if I called you a coward for calling other people pussies
while hiding behind the anonimity of Usenet, that would have been a putdown.
But I didn't do that either. So back off, I haven't said anything bad about
you yet.


"PAPADOC" <PAPADOC (AT) jimbobs (DOT) drive.by> wrote

Haqsau wrote:
Oooh, this could be good, things sure do liven up around here with NOS
and PD joining in on the fun

Btw, note the total lack of cross and top posting as well as liberal use
of spel checker


Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

"winsux" <winsuxgbp (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Linux user no doubt.... ? It speaks for itself that you have a dozen or so
programs that do the same thing - not one of them good enough to do
everything?

And Linux users have the audacity to claim windows is bloated.

At least its out of alpha...

KK

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 12:17:20 +0930, "Kasper Kowalski"
<kasperdotkowalski (AT) adelaide (DOT) edu.au> wrote:

have stopped development of OE, Usenet will have to put up with its
terrible influence for years.
--
Andrew. To email unscramble nrc (AT) gurjevgrzrboivbhf (DOT) pbz & remove spamtrap.
Help make Usenet a better place:
Check groups.google.com before asking a question.
Don't top post. Trim your messages to include only relevent text.

Kasper Kowalski wrote:
Well, sure, lots of programs will do "everything." I still get to
choose which one.

Do you mean Windows' Registry bloat, feature-bloat in programs (such as
the dancing paper clip), or what? But, hey, if you like OE, then don't
be offended by mockery. Or, if you don't really like OE, or dare to try
something new, surf over to distrowatch.com or linuxiso.org. It's on me!

"winsux" <nemo (AT) nowhere (DOT) org> wrote

But because no one program does everything you want, you have a dozen
installed, and use each one depending on what 'feature' you want? If that
isn't unnecessary bloat, I don't know what is.

I use OE, it's fine.. does everything I need, and integrates well with the
other software I use. But because it' s made by Microsoft, I should be
mocked?

Dare to try something new? I was using BeOS for ages, toyed with slackware
and am currently using Redhat with Ximian Desktop and Evolution for mail.
I'm no stranger to alternatives. However, as an all-in-one, it falls well
short of my XP install which does almost every(but one)thing I need from a
computer. Just because something is made by someone other than MS, does not
make it a worthwhile alternative.

KK

Kasper Kowalski wrote:
Note false premise: using multiple programs to enjoy this or that
"'feature.'" We're just posting stuff on usenet, not embedding
animations or who knows what. Today I feel like using Mozilla for
posting. Maybe tomorrow I'll wish to try something else, just for
novelty and fun.

Your remark reminds me, instead, of the debate (loosely enough defined)
on Photoshop versus GIMP. Some say that GIMP lacks enough features,
such that one must supplement it, if using it at all.

Now, if I needed e-mail and a nice calendar at the same time, I might
prefer Evolu ... (oops, scroll down)

We were just talking about it ...

Why didn't you say so? It's a great wide world out there, as well you know.

Of course, one would point to Evolution as exemplifying the all-in-one
approach, something that opens e-mail, lets you look at the calendar,
tells the weather wherever (Who cares? How much harm could it do?),
suggests surfing to salon.com (time-wasting but fun, like what we're
doing right now), and so forth.

(Not clear, whether this compares Evolution to Outlook, or Red Hat to
Windows XP.)

That's logically sturdy, but heuristically suspect. (Or, as we said to
our friend with the new Mac: "At least Microsoft doesn't make it; how
bad could it be?")

But, granted, it's pretty hard to play games, in Windows, and post to
the newsgroups, in Linux, at the same time. I couldn't much disagree
with shutting down Red Hat and booting Windows for that. Sometimes
those fancy games are fun, too. Somehow I did wander into one of these
newsgroups.

The integration is a very good point but I kindly suggest using Forte
Agent. OE habitually drops messages regardless of what server
you're using and its filtering capability is inferior to Agent. Agent isn't
as pretty or modern looking but it's simply the best. Also, the more
modern looking, Outlook like, 2.0 version will be out soon.

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:42:33 +0930, "Kasper Kowalski"
<kasperdotkowalski (AT) adelaide (DOT) edu.au> wrote: