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From: D. Spencer Hines on 1 Feb 2009 12:54 "Neil" <nrgins(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:Yhfhl.11588$W06.7561(a)flpi148.ffdc.sbc.com... > And I understand what you're saying about my previous confusion about the > synchronization settings. No problem there. His confusion continues. It's certainly not over. > OK, I think I misunderstood your point. I think I read your post too > quickly. Yep... There he goes again. -- DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor
From: D. Spencer Hines on 1 Feb 2009 13:00 And there he goes AGAIN... "Confused"... "Guess I wasn't clear"... You bet. He suffers from a severe case of Fog on the Brain. DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor "Neil" <nrgins(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:AGghl.10038$pr6.2873(a)flpi149.ffdc.sbc.com... > Thanks for the reply. One thing I'm confused about is this: you said that > you haven't experienced the behavior I'm talking about. But you delete > your messages every five days, if not sooner. My downloaded messages stay > at least 5 days. They just eventually get deleted, usually after a few > weeks. So if you're not keeping your messages for several weeks, then > that's a different situation. Guess I wasn't clear about how long my > messages were staying. Sorry.
From: NormanM on 1 Feb 2009 13:31 On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 06:19:29 -0600, Neil wrote: >> Sorry. My fingers typed other than my intentions. Google does not publish >> an Operating System; which is the core business of Microsoft. > Microsoft's core businesses are Windows and Office. Losing Office would be a > very big deal to them. So important is Office that years ago they invested > in Apple Computer, their chief OS rival, to ensure that Apple didn't go > under, most likely because of all of the Apple Office users. As I said, I use OpenOffice. Microsoft already faces competition in that field, and has for a long time. >> I am not really interested in web-based OSes. Those would require an >> always on Internet connection. In the event that my Internet connection >> dies (and it happens about once a month, whether I like it, or not), my >> web-based OS would be useless; my computer nothing more than an expensive >> doorstop. I'll stick to a disk-based OS, thank you. > You're completely mistaken here. > > First, Chrome (or IE, or Firefox) is not "web-based." You can't have a > web-based browser that's used for browsing the web! The browser is itself > your window to the web. All browsers (including Chrome) are PC-based, and > are installed on the hard drive. Which requires an Operating System to run. > Second, I did note that Google is giving their web-based applications an > offline mode, so that you can use them when there's no Internet connection. > That takes care of our "doorstop" scenario. Assuming you really want to use Google. I don't. They are no better than Microsoft WRT to concerns for your privacy. > Third, the distinction between online and offline is growing fainter every > day. Search tools routinely search your desktop or online resources or both. > Windows Explorer works with your computer's file system; but can also be > used for FTP access; etc. So the online world is more and more being seen as > an extension of the offline world, even though one might not always be > available to go online. Maybe I am just a Luddite, but I stayed away from WebTV for the very reason that I do make a distinction between "offline" and "online". The end of this path is having one's brain wired with implants for a "virtual online" experience. No thanks. There is the "Web", and there is the "Internet". The two are not the same. I don't want my 'Fridge taking with some government agency about its contents. I don't want my thermostat talking with some government agency about the household temperatures. I don't want my car talking with some government agency about my driving patterns. I don't want to live in an intrusive world, where I am under a microscope. If this is the direction which Google is going, I don't want Google Apps. > So your concerns about a "web-based OS" are misguided. If Chrome eventually > did evolve into an OS, it would be hard-drive based, would work with both > online and offline elements, and would seamlessly connect the two. And, just > as Windows provided support for DOS apps (and still does), so the OS would > provide support for legacy Windows apps. I'll take Linux, over a Google OS, any day of the week. > Whether or not this will happen remains to be seen. I'm just saying that I > believe that that's the direction Google is planning on going in with their > new browser. But one thing's for sure: if it does happen, given Google's > tendency to completely outdo the competition when it develops things, it's > doubtful that you'll be wanting to stick with Windows 2015 (or whatever > version they have out then), any more than DOS users wanted to stay with DOS > when Windows 3.0 came out. Indeed. The Penguin is a very attractive alternative. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
From: NormanM on 1 Feb 2009 13:32 On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:14:07 -0600, Neil wrote: > I'm using OE6 as my newsgroup reader. I keep losing my already-downloaded > headings from newsgroups. Very frustrating. I want to keep them. > > Under Options, Maintenance, I have every box UNCHECKED, and all my > subscribed newsgroups are set to Don't Synchronize. What am I doing wrong? > How can I keep OE from periodically deleting my downloaded headers? MS Outlook Express was designed as an "online newsreader". What you need is an "offline newsreader". -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
From: D. Spencer Hines on 1 Feb 2009 13:41
> MS Outlook Express was designed as an "online newsreader". What you need > is an "offline newsreader". Indeed... Such as Forte Agent. But he is far too thick to realize that. So he has to be repeatedly hit upside the head with a 2 by 4. D. Spencer Hines Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor Veni, Vidi, Calcitravi Asinum "NormanM" <spammers.are(a)immoral.invalid> wrote in message news:1saumduoaabja$.dlg(a)on-line.service.invalid... > On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:14:07 -0600, Neil wrote: > >> I'm using OE6 as my newsgroup reader. I keep losing my already-downloaded >> headings from newsgroups. Very frustrating. I want to keep them. >> >> Under Options, Maintenance, I have every box UNCHECKED, and all my >> subscribed newsgroups are set to Don't Synchronize. What am I doing >> wrong? >> How can I keep OE from periodically deleting my downloaded headers? > > MS Outlook Express was designed as an "online newsreader". What you need > is an "offline newsreader". |