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From: lucasea on 16 Nov 2006 17:40 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:eji229$8qk_031(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <455C70C0.65C5B49D(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> Why should I waste good CPU cycles for things I don't want? >> >>Maybe these days they're just so cheap and fast it just doesn't matter ? > > But it's not cheap. Just because the gear's purchase price is > lower then before, doesn't not mean using it is cheap. Are you talking about the effort cost? Things are also completely effortless these days. Plug-n-play isn't just a catch phrase. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 16 Nov 2006 17:43 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:eji26v$8qk_032(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <455C7176.1D023DED(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> |||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk wrote: >>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>> >You could use some good advice on modern PC hardware. Buffered serial >>> >cards are dirt cheap - and almost obsolete since internal modems work >>> >so reliably now. >>> >>> I don't want an internal modem. I want one with lights that flash >>> for every I/O. >> >>They don't help that much you know. > > What? Lights? Yes they help a lot. You're fooling yourself. Viruses can still get through, even if you watch the lights. Relying on incantations and omens to prevent viruses is a really, really good way to get one. > I've stopped infestations because > my lights were flashing when I had not given them permission to > flash. I am not ever interested in rebuilding this computer system. > EVER!!!! Good, you're learning. Then you should just get a new one, and not try to rebuild that piece of junk that you have. >>> > In fact as everyone else is on DSL & throwing out >>> >dialup modems you should be able to cadge one for nothing... >>> >>> And they all plug into a USB slot. >> >>No they don't. A nice 56k modem will plug into a COM port. > > I don't have a com port. Another good reason to get a newer computer. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 16 Nov 2006 17:48 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:455C9097.30011163(a)hotmail.com... > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Ben Newsam <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>On Sun, 12 Nov 06 12:40:15 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>>>>Why are the same medicines more expensive in the USA ? >> >>>> >> >>>>We pay the development costs. >> >>> >> >>>What about drugs from Roche or Clin-Midy and so on? >> >> >> >> >> >> Sigh! We pay the development costs. If Roche didn't include >> >> theirs in US prices, they'ld sell a lot more drugs. >> > >> >What's not discussed in this thread is the fact that >> >the manufacturers have been advertising on US TV for >> >some time now that if you can't afford the medicines >> >you need you should contact them because they have >> >programs to assist those living in poverty needing >> >their products. >> >> Those have existed all along. It does seem odd that >> the drug companies are started to adverstise these on >> TV when the Drug Medicare Bill became law. > > I find the idea of advertsising prescription drugs to the general public > rather > bizarre. What better way to get a doctor to prescribe a new drug, than the have the patients bugging them about it? Pure capitalism at work. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 16 Nov 2006 17:49 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:455C9130.C0DE2CCD(a)hotmail.com... > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >> >> krw wrote: >> >> > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >> >> > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> > > > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >Well, Eeyore, this would belie the assertion that she lives too >> >> > > > >far >> >> > > > > from a population center to get decent DSL. >> >> > > > >> >> > > > I live in a town. There is no DSL line strung. >> >> > > > You people are starting to get really annoying. >> >> > > >> >> > > DSL comes down an ordinary telephone line ! >> >> > >> >> > Only if you're within 17K' of the CO. >> >> >> >> I make that just a fraction over 3 miles. >> > >> >I'm about four miles from the CO according to the crow. How the >> >telco snakes things is another issue. On the line that went back >> >to the CO I couldn't get better than about 26K. The other one went >> >to a SLC in the neighborhood and I could get 49-53K reliably on >> >that line. DSL was still unavailable. >> > >> >> It works over longer distances overr here, albeit not flat out. >> > >> >It falls off fast. They're not willing to even try it. >> >> I'm talking to you both--towns are trying to get themselves >> wired. It will be a few years (I think it will be years and not >> months) before the laws and permissions and telcos and FCC >> sort all of this out). > > America trails here in that case. Not by a lot. > British Telecom reckon 99.4% of the UK population now has access to ADSL. > Many > larger towns also have cable broadband. I've heard numbers around 90 % here. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 16 Nov 2006 17:51
"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:2836$455c93d3$4fe75a4$26502(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> In article <455B2239.21E64255(a)hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>> >>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>I know you meant long term planning, but earning minimum wage does not >> >> lend >> >>>>>itself to that kind of living. People have to eat. They have to pay >>>>>bills. >>>>>They have to be able to save for a deposit. They have to live somewhere >>>>>while they are waiting to buy their house. Etc. >>>> >>>>You don't have to borrow. The Portuguese around here make it a >>>>family affair. Everybody in the extended family works, and then >>>>they buy a house for cash. No borrowing. Now the family has >>>>a house to live in and they begin to save for the next house. >>>>Eventually everybody has their own house. >>> >>>And if you don't have a large extended family ( most ppl don't ) what >>>then ? >> >> >> There are many ways to accomplish things. It does require setting >> a prioity list. If you want to buy a house, you don't spend money >> on buying pu-pu platters every night. > > It begins with simple things, like buying and learning > to use 24 cent stamps. I'm not getting the obscure reference. What are 24 cent stamps good for? Eric Lucas |