What's wrong with Microsoft

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kurttrail said:
Sounds like IE7 will be more of a Service Pack of IE6, than a new
version, like IE6 wasn't much more than a Service Pack of IE5.x.

So much for Innovation coming out of Redmond!
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From what I first read about anything regarding version 7, is that it would only be part of the next release of Windows (Longhorn), but correct me if I heard wrong; I cannot remember where I read it. In any case, if that is true, then the primary reason for the ramped up release is because Redmond's underwear is getting munged over the wild success of Firefox, and is now making an attempt to stem its popularity.

They might just make it (Firefox) more popular by rushing our the buggiest version of IE ever with their undue haste.
 
Tom said:
From what I first read about anything regarding version 7, is that it
would only be part of the next release of Windows (Longhorn), but
correct me if I heard wrong; I cannot remember where I read it. In
any case, if that is true, then the primary reason for the ramped up
release is because Redmond's underwear is getting munged over the
wild success of Firefox, and is now making an attempt to stem its
popularity.

They might just make it (Firefox) more popular by rushing our the
buggiest version of IE ever with their undue haste.
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MS announced a couple of days ago about releasing an IE7 beta to
download later this year, and to have a finished product released by
year's end.

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Vagabond said:
It's not like tabbed browsing would've qualified as some kind of
amazing upgrade.
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It's great when comparison shopping on the web. Sites like pricegrabber
are always slight out of date with pricing, and I've gotten much better
deals on products by actually going to the venders sites and comparing
the prices myself.

Saving my money is amazing to me, and using tabbed browsing saves me
time and frustration when compared to dealing with multiple browser
windows.
In fact, it would be just one more thing I would
have to "undo" when I configure a system. That's one of my
annoyances with Trillian. Anyway, there hasn't been any real
innovation in browsing by anyone since version 4 of the respective
engines.
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I HATE IM of any kind! I much prefer the phone for real-time
communication.

And I rarely say I hate anything, I don't even hate MS. But IM is in a
legal of it's own!
However, it would be very nice if OE could be configured for either
top or bottom posting. I don't do too much with binaries so I can't
speak to the improvements needed in that area.
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If it was just set to bottom post, it would save all from a lot of
nagging USENET posts from net nannies.

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kurttrail said:
I HATE IM of any kind! I much prefer the phone for real-time
communication.

And I rarely say I hate anything, I don't even hate MS. But IM is in a
legal of it's own!
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I can't say I "hate" the phone, but I have a strong dislike for it. Conference calls, it does well, but it is otherwise a terrible medium for communication (except for personal chit chat). I like IM because it is an excellent medium for "you there / need this info ASAP / here it is" type communications, which tend to be very common for me. Another good thing about IM is that it is not very conducive to grandstanding and soap-box preaching.

For grandstanding, preaching, debate, and explanation, few things can beat a well written email.
If it was just set to bottom post, it would save all from a lot of
nagging USENET posts from net nannies.

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Yeah, I used to be one of the net-nannies in the mid-nineties then I realized it's not my job, not my usenet, and not my problem. Now I just answer the questions. I used to participate in some of the political usenet groups, but the signal-to-noise ratio is just so poor these days that I stick to clique message boards. Top posting is a buzzing gnat compared to the spam and bot-posts that have now overtaken some of my old haunts on usenet.

carl
 
Why in this day and age where Microsoft rules supreme, do I still have to
rely on 3rd party internet downloaders? I live in a country where I get 1KB/s
downloads if I'm lucky and where 4 hours of internet surfing cost $10.
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I don't know what country you live in, but you should think about
moving.
 
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Vagabond Software said:
I can't say I "hate" the phone, but I have a strong dislike for it.
Conference calls, it does well, but it is otherwise a terrible medium
for communication (except for personal chit chat). I like IM because
it is an excellent medium for "you there / need this info ASAP / here
it is" type communications, which tend to be very common for me.
Another good thing about IM is that it is not very conducive to
grandstanding and soap-box preaching.

For grandstanding, preaching, debate, and explanation, few things can
beat a well written email.


Yeah, I used to be one of the net-nannies in the mid-nineties then I
realized it's not my job, not my usenet, and not my problem. Now I
just answer the questions. I used to participate in some of the
political usenet groups, but the signal-to-noise ratio is just so
poor these days that I stick to clique message boards. Top posting
is a buzzing gnat compared to the spam and bot-posts that have now
overtaken some of my old haunts on usenet.

carl
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Just a bit of net nanning. Please, either set a line length or use the
carriage return. I find it more annoying than top posting, bottom posting or
multi-posting. LOL

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Michael Stevens said:
Just a bit of net nanning. Please, either set a line length or use the
carriage return. I find it more annoying than top posting, bottom posting or
multi-posting. LOL

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I don't know what to do about this. Do I continue using Quotable Printable MIME encoding or do I use Uuencoding with longer line lengths? The lack of a set line length with the MIME encoding is annoying, the way long URL strings are wrapped (and broken) by the fixed line-length is also annoying.

carl
 
I don't know what to do about this. Do I continue using Quotable
Printable MIME encoding or do I use Uuencoding with longer line lengths?
The lack of a set line length with the MIME encoding is annoying, the
way long URL strings are wrapped (and broken) by the fixed line-length
is also annoying.

carl
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You might consider switching to a something other than:
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527

There are many quality Usenet readers out that don't have the problems you
are experiencing.

ThunderBird, PAN, even Netscape Communicator, Gravity, Agent....
 
Vagabond said:
I don't know what to do about this. Do I continue using Quotable
Printable MIME encoding or do I use Uuencoding with longer line
lengths? The lack of a set line length with the MIME encoding is
annoying, the way long URL strings are wrapped (and broken) by the
fixed line-length is also annoying.

carl
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Use UUencode and set the line length. My urls are never broken. I use
UUencode with a line length set at 72.

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Leythos said:
You might consider switching to a something other than:
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527

There are many quality Usenet readers out that don't have the
problems you are experiencing.

ThunderBird, PAN, even Netscape Communicator, Gravity, Agent....
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OE is a good text-based newsreader.

Binaries, I use Agent to download, and YencPowerPost to upload.

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Vagabond Software said:
I don't know what to do about this. Do I continue using Quotable
Printable MIME encoding or do I use Uuencoding with longer line
lengths? The lack of a set line length with the MIME encoding is
annoying, the way long URL strings are wrapped (and broken) by the
fixed line-length is also annoying.

carl
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Not sure, but the long line lengths is very difficult to scan through
quickly. You can use the <Enter> key. 8-).

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kurttrail said:
Use UUencode and set the line length. My urls are never broken. I
use UUencode with a line length set at 72.
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Oh, and I use OE-Quotefix.

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kurttrail said:
OE is a good text-based newsreader.

Binaries, I use Agent to download, and YencPowerPost to upload.
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Same here, OE is great for text-based newsgroups and the only one that
allows you to easily set a color for individual posters. For anything else,
OE is useless. Agent is my faviorite for binaries.
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kurttrail said:
It's been my experience that it's Republicans that don't have a sence of
humor!

http://kurttrail.com/rightard/

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I must concur. Being a bit of a political wonk, most of the the people I
converse with who identify themselves as Republicans have a general tendancy
towards being overly serious and paranoid. They also seem to be more
conservative than their centrist national party leaders.

Most of the people I converse with who identify themselves as Democrats are
usually fair-minded and even-keeled folks who are more centrist than their
left-of-center national party leaders. However, they do tend to get spooked
by any mention of God or religion.

Clearly the worst are my fellow Green Party members. They've lost their
minds completely and have been reduced to shutting themselves in dark
closets where they're probably curled up in the fetal position, lying a
puddle of their own drool. Not only have they lost their sense of humor but
all manner of common sense and reality as well.

It's sad.

carl
 
Vagabond Software said:
I must concur. Being a bit of a political wonk, most of the the people I
converse with who identify themselves as Republicans have a general
tendancy towards being overly serious and paranoid. They also seem to be
more conservative than their centrist national party leaders.

Most of the people I converse with who identify themselves as Democrats
are usually fair-minded and even-keeled folks who are more centrist than
their left-of-center national party leaders. However, they do tend to get
spooked by any mention of God or religion.

Clearly the worst are my fellow Green Party members. They've lost their
minds completely and have been reduced to shutting themselves in dark
closets where they're probably curled up in the fetal position, lying a
puddle of their own drool. Not only have they lost their sense of humor
but all manner of common sense and reality as well.

It's sad.
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It's sad that you would associate yourself with such people.
 
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