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Wed Jul 02 23:39:24 PDT 2008
Nonsense.
Many of us have stuck to XP and OE because we don't want WLM and Vista.
Stick with the tried and the true as long as possible -- until the bugs and
snakes in WLM and Vista are taken care of.
Both newsgroups are relevant.
DSH
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:B590D5A0-7F6A-4141-8DA5-D2FCD53D2AE7@microsoft.com...
> One's preference is another's annoyance.
>
> Cross posting removed, discussion on WLM not applicable to OE group.
> --
> ...winston
> ms-mvp mail
>
>
> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message
> news:OyC3j0J3IHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> No Sale...
>>
>> And I'm older than you are.
>>
>> Eschew Ossification.
>>
>> I just haven't lost my edge -- whereas you obviously have...
>>
>> And I've been using automatic transmissions since 1966.
>>
>> If you don't want to watch the Progress Box in OE you just close it.
>>
>> Easy As Pie.
>>
>> No Double Clicks Required.
>>
>> Intelligent Design.
>>
>> DSH
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:eRae$hJ3IHA.4284@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> Let me give you an example of how it is possible to mature
>>> beyond the point of wanting to control and observe every detail.
>>>
>>> Up until age 55, I insisted that every car I bought had to have a
>>> manual transmission. I thought, a dumb machine cannot know how
>>> to shift gears at the optimum point! But then I developed arthritis
>>> in my knees and frequent clutching became too painful. I was forced
>>> into switching to an automatic transmission. I was amazed how
>>> smooth and intelligent modern automatic transmissions are. What
>>> an eye opener!
>>>
>>> It really isn't necessary to watch the details of every mail
>>> transmission,
>>> *until* such time as a glitch develops. For me, many months go by
>>> without
>>> a glitch, so why bother wasting one's attention on something that is
>>> automatic and troublefree.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>>
>>>
>>> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23APKCSH3IHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>> The "Former Inner Nerd Watching Silently" these posters confess to is
>>>> not
>>>> the issue.
>>>>
>>>> It's a Strawman Red Herring.
>>>>
>>>> How Ignorant & Unimaginative they are.
>>>>
>>>> One watches the Progress Box in order to gauge the proper functioning
>>>> of
>>>> the software and any glitches that may occur as one synchronizes a
>>>> number
>>>> of newsgroups seriatim -- or downloads diamonds, ash and trash from the
>>>> email locker.
>>>>
>>>> I'll bet the class of self-confessed former nerds often don't listen to
>>>> the engine and the road noise when they drive -- or keep a close watch
>>>> on
>>>> the gauges, as required -- but insist on having the radio or CD player
>>>> blaring -- while they chatter and babble on the cell phone -- just as
>>>> they chatter and babble on USENET.
>>>>
>>>> There are poor drivers on the road and there are poor drivers of
>>>> computers.
>>>>
>>>> They have much in common...
>>>>
>>>> And both are potentially extremely dangerous...
>>>>
>>>> To the Health & Welfare of the rest of us...
>>>>
>>>> As well as to themselves.
>>>>
>>>> DSH
>>>>
>>>> Lux et Veritas et Libertas