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From: Jim on 18 Apr 2010 06:44 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > Although, on the other hand, the good thing about an offline newsreader > > is that it _is_ offline. A dicky ADSL connection can make you quite > > happy about that. > > > > Jim > > Suppose so. I'm not addicted to the internet though, not suggesting you > are but if you can't get news for a hour or so then fair enough. There have been occasions where my line has been down for a few days. Plus it's nice to have it on a laptop when on holiday. Kills a few boring hours. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: James Jolley on 18 Apr 2010 07:26 On 2010-04-18 11:44:43 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) said: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >>> Although, on the other hand, the good thing about an offline newsreader >>> is that it _is_ offline. A dicky ADSL connection can make you quite >>> happy about that. >>> >>> Jim >> >> Suppose so. I'm not addicted to the internet though, not suggesting you >> are but if you can't get news for a hour or so then fair enough. > > There have been occasions where my line has been down for a few days. > > Plus it's nice to have it on a laptop when on holiday. Kills a few > boring hours. > > Jim Fair enough.
From: The Older Gentleman on 18 Apr 2010 07:29 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Plus it's nice to have it on a laptop when on holiday. Kills a few > boring hours. Especially when doing long-haul flights, and using an offline reader like MacSoup. Many's the time that I've spent the flight posting, and then zapped the messages off from an airport while waiting for the next connection. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Ben Shimmin on 18 Apr 2010 07:45 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com>: [...] > Not to mention that he said "offline" "news" "reader". The nice thing > about the web forums is that many of them now are so similar. There > must be a standard UI for many of them, because I know what sort of > things to expect when I visit one. The reason that they look similar is because many of them will use the same forum software. The most common ones, I would say, are vBulletin (commercial) and phpBB (free). b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: D.M. Procida on 18 Apr 2010 08:32
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Plus it's nice to have it on a laptop when on holiday. Kills a few > boring hours. You should have a different kind of holiday. Daniele |