On 5/07/2015 8:26 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 11:43:32 PM UTC-10, Xeno wrote:
>> dsi1 <> wrote:
>>> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 1:03:48 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 4 Jul 2015 15:46:44 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 7:17:23 AM UTC-10, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/4/2015 9:51 AM, wrote:
>>>>>>> You noticed that, too. Don't you just love these
>>>>>>> 20+ year old threads that have been resurrected?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's Google Groups for ya. The very thing dsi1 thinks should be the
>>>>>> "future" of Usenet. LOL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> I never said that Google Groups should be anything. Any idiot that's
>>>>> not blind to what's going on around him would see that the world is
>>>>> moving away from desktop computing and onto mobile devices and Google
>>>>> OSes. We're moving away from using desktop client programs like Forte
>>>>> Agent and Microsoft Office and towards web-based programs. If you're
>>>>> such a smartypants, you tell me how I'm suppose to post to Usenet on a Chromebook?
>>>>
>>>> You're right about mobility and about using multiple devices. But
>>>> that's no reason to make a bad web-based newsreader like GG. It
>>>> wouldn't have been very hard for them to make a decent one.
>>>>
>>>> But you know so little about Usenet, that you can't see how bad GG is.
>>>> And you won't accept anything from anybody.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> If you're such a smartypants, you tell me how I'm suppose to post to
>>> Usenet on a Chromebook?
>>
>> You could try buying a real laptop. That would be a start.
>>
>> --
>> Xeno
>
> There's no way in hell that I would get another windows laptop.
> I prefer the Chromebook. It's the main computer that I use at home.
So, get a Win laptop, dump the Win and put Chrome on it. At least you
would STILL be able to use a decent usenet client.
> I have a Windows tablet. I don't want to load Thunderbird or Agent
> (hee hee) on that machine. Why are so interested in what I do?
You were the one complaining about not having a client to run usenet and
having GG as your sole option.
Do your consider my business your business? That cracked!
>
You post here, you make your business every one else's business. That's
how it works with public forums. You want to keep something private, you
don't use or discuss it here.
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Xeno