On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:00:30 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Do they? It's common for US ISP's to offer news access. My ISP's news
>access is very good- but I use individual.net as it's portable.

They tend to have very poor feeds. They're always pushing their own
monitored groups.
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Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:29:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

>The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:44:59 GMT, AB. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
>> >longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying.
>>
>> i paid for Agent.
>
>It must be quite special if you pay for it. Why do you?

I did too. The pay version had more features than the free version
and didn't cost much. Note that this is software, which we purchased,
not a service that we pay for.

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Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

B Vaughan:
> David Horne wrote:
>
> >The Reid wrote:

> >> i paid for Agent.
> >
> >It must be quite special if you pay for it. Why do you?
>
> I did too. Note that this is software, which we purchased,
> not a service that we pay for.

In case of software, there's not much difference.
Note that you don't purchase the software, but only obtain a licence to
use it. The software isn't yours.


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Erick

AB. wrote:

> I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
> longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying. Just
> wondering what applications others use to access this newsgroup, and
> if you pay or use freeware.

I've been quite happy with Newsguy for quite a few years,
now. It's not free, but the subscription price is not very
much - certainly not if one only uses their newsreader
option, as I do. (Although they offer a lot more features,
and none of them seems exorbitantly priced.)

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:00:30 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:46:57 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >Martin:
>> >> Tim C.:
>> >
>> >> >The Agent's server fee isn't extortionate though.
>> >>
>> >> News.individual.net is good value at EUR10 a year.
>> >
>> >Now, Martin! Keep that a secret, will ya!
>>
>> Half the USA uses it already.
>
>Do they? It's common for US ISP's to offer news access. My ISP's news
>access is very good- but I use individual.net as it's portable.

I noticed when looking at headers of people using Agent.
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Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:01:26 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>[]
>> Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.
>
>In a newsgroup or email?

In e-mail
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Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:04:56 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
>
> ... >Same here. I stopped at version 2.0 - good enough for me. I don't need bells and whistles.
> ...
> ... Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.
>
>Again, for the deaf/blind - I don't need bells and whistles!!

When you have blinkers? :-)
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Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:42:56 GMT, "Gregory Morrow" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Magda wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
><[email protected]>
>> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>>
>>
>> ... >Same here. I stopped at version 2.0 - good enough for me. I don't
>need bells and whistles.
>> ...
>> ... Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.
>>
>> Again, for the deaf/blind - I don't need bells and whistles!!
>>
>
>
>Not even for alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.underwear...!!! ???

Toot toot! ding dong! phweep!
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Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:07:13 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:42:56 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "Gregory Morrow" <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ...
> ... Magda wrote:
> ...
> ... > On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
> ... <[email protected]>
> ... > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... >
> ... >
> ... > ... >Same here. I stopped at version 2.0 - good enough for me. I don't
> ... need bells and whistles.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.
> ... >
> ... > Again, for the deaf/blind - I don't need bells and whistles!!
> ... >
> ...
> ...
> ... Not even for alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.underwear...!!! ???
>
>Not even that!

You've got a pair of Beano X-ray glasses?
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Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:05:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:48:21 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>[]
>> >I pay around £100 a year for upgrades on notation software, but it's
>> >worth it. It saves thousands of pounds each year for people like me.
>>
>> Having a Mac you will miss all the fun of finding out exactly what Vista
>> will do for you.
>
>My Mac can run Vista. What would I want it do for me that I can't
>already do?

Then go ahead and find out what you get for EUR150, when you *upgrade* your copy
of WinXP, that we always suspected you ran on your Mac :-)
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Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:06:20 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Martin:
>
>> Having a Mac you will miss all the fun of finding out exactly what
>> Vista will do for you.
>
>Did you intend to write "...will do to you"?

In David's case you are probably right. The Reid will like it. It has a foreign
sounding name.
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Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:30:36 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:29:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
>_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>>The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:44:59 GMT, AB. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
>>> >longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying.
>>>
>>> i paid for Agent.
>>
>>It must be quite special if you pay for it. Why do you?
>
>I did too. The pay version had more features than the free version
>and didn't cost much. Note that this is software, which we purchased,
>not a service that we pay for.

David secretly runs it using Whine on his Mac.
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Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:39:17 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:

>B Vaughan:
>> David Horne wrote:
>>
>> >The Reid wrote:
>
>> >> i paid for Agent.
>> >
>> >It must be quite special if you pay for it. Why do you?
>>
>> I did too. Note that this is software, which we purchased,
>> not a service that we pay for.
>
>In case of software, there's not much difference.
>Note that you don't purchase the software, but only obtain a licence to
>use it. The software isn't yours.

A bit like a wedding certificate?
--

Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:06:36 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... >> >> >The Agent's server fee isn't extortionate though.
... >> >>
... >> >> News.individual.net is good value at EUR10 a year.
... >> >
... >> >Now, Martin! Keep that a secret, will ya!
... >>
... >> Half the USA uses it already.
... >
... >Do they? It's common for US ISP's to offer news access. My ISP's news
... >access is very good- but I use individual.net as it's portable.
...
... I noticed when looking at headers of people using Agent.

Are you peeping??

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:09:10 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... > ... > ... >Same here. I stopped at version 2.0 - good enough for me. I don't
... > ... need bells and whistles.
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.
... > ... >
... > ... > Again, for the deaf/blind - I don't need bells and whistles!!
... > ... >
... > ...
... > ...
... > ... Not even for alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.underwear...!!! ???
... >
... >Not even that!
...
... You've got a pair of Beano X-ray glasses?

I am not a man.