Deeply Filled Mortician <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
wrote:

> Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:36:20 +0000,
> [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:
>
> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
[]
> >> I think it will cost David more than that to run Vista.
> >
> >It's not going to cost me anything, because I'm not going to run it, and
> >I don't run XP on my mac either.
>
> Surely there must be some Windows software you would like?

Not that I'm aware of, no. Not enough to install another OS on my
computer at any rate.

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David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) :

>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?

The feed is very reliable.
I looked for some other free services but I found them generally very slow
or unreliable.
The charge isn't bad all other things considered.
Full Agent is included.

I even paid for the Opera browser, when they used to charge for it.
--
Tim C.

>>> >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.
...
...
>Of course that wont stop these guys from spending £100 a year where I
>spend nothing, and rubbing a PC user's nose in it at every

How often do you use your PC to write music then?

--
Tim C.

Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :

>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?

lol! very droll.
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Tim C.

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

>Note that you don't purchase the software, but only obtain a licence to
>use it. The software isn't yours.

how does that matter?
--
Mike Reid
UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk"

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:35:12 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

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

get a proper hobby rather than wasting our bandwidth.

>I'd like to see it, but I'm not so keen on having it!

it says "vista ready" on the front of my PC, it will probably remain
no more for some considerable time. I try and upgrade all my software
with the new PC, then sit tight till its time to buy another one.
--
Mike Reid
UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk"

Following up to Erick T. Barkhuis <[email protected]> :

>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.

In the same way that the content of many books you buy don't belong to you
either.
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Tim C.

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:44:59 GMT, AB. <[email protected]> wrote:

I still think that the demise of déja.com (a long time ago now) was
sad. The layout was clear and posts appeared quickly.

Still remember the surprise (and disgust) when I tried to sign in one
day, only to see that it had been taken over by Google.


Keith, Bristol, UK

Following up to Magda <[email protected]> :


>Not a great difference between them; stay put. I tried others too, but always came back to
>Agent. Guess I'm too used to it, after 10 years...

can't teach an old dog new tricks. :-)
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Tim C.

On 30 jan, 19:01, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:48:21 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>
>
>
>
>
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
> >The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:29:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
> >> _the_ chancellor (*)) 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?
>
> >> because I liked the free version and so paid up. Its not much. Nobody
> >> pay, no software.
> >> I'm happy to pay if the price doesn't get silly, which it does for
> >> some software.
>
> >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.

Not really, since the better bits are a copy of Mac OS X

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/living/16555680.htm

B;

On 30 jan, 23:34, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:10:53 +0100, Martin
> <[email protected]> writted:
>
>
>
>
>
> >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 :-)
>
> This assumed superiority of Mac users really doesn't make me think I'm
> missing out on much.

Maybe you could try it, and find out?

http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/17992/page1/

B;

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:36:20 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:34:23 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>
>> >Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:10:53 +0100, Martin
>> ><[email protected]> writted:
>> >
>> >>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:05:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> >>chancellor (*)) wrote:
>[]
>> >>>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 :-)
>> >
>> >This assumed superiority of Mac users really doesn't make me think I'm
>> >missing out on much.
>> >
>> >Of course that wont stop these guys from spending £100 a year where I
>> >spend nothing, and rubbing a PC user's nose in it at every
>> >opportunity.
>>
>> I think it will cost David more than that to run Vista.
>
>It's not going to cost me anything, because I'm not going to run it, and
>I don't run XP on my mac either.

Which is what I implied. You will miss the fun of finding out what upgrading to
Vista will give you..
--

Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:41:04 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:30:36 +0100, B
>Vaughan<[email protected]> writted:
>
>>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.
>
>I use it out of habit. Thunderbird is also excellent, and I would use
>it if I hadn't hacked my old version of Agent.
>
>I wouldn't mind paying for a better newsreader, but I haven't found
>one that does just what I want, without having to learn a whole new
>system.

Agent 4.2? LOL
--

Martin

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:23:49 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:36:20 +0000,
>[email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:
>
>>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:34:23 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>>> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:10:53 +0100, Martin
>>> ><[email protected]> writted:
>>> >
>>> >>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:05:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>>> >>chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>[]
>>> >>>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 :-)
>>> >
>>> >This assumed superiority of Mac users really doesn't make me think I'm
>>> >missing out on much.
>>> >
>>> >Of course that wont stop these guys from spending £100 a year where I
>>> >spend nothing, and rubbing a PC user's nose in it at every
>>> >opportunity.
>>>
>>> I think it will cost David more than that to run Vista.
>>
>>It's not going to cost me anything, because I'm not going to run it, and
>>I don't run XP on my mac either.
>
>Surely there must be some Windows software you would like?

Agent? :-)
--

Martin

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:17:53 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:

>Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :
>
>>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:52:28 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Following up to AB. <[email protected]> :
>>>
>>>>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 pay for Agent now - for the service, rather than the client, but I used
>>>to use (and still prefer) 40tude Dialog. It's free.
>>>http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
>>>
>>>I just haven't got around to going back to it.
>>
>>Thunderbird s free and does most things.
>
>I tried it when it first came out. Lasted a week. It might be better now of
>course.

My wife has used Thunderbird for sometime without any problems.
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Martin