"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Sunday, April 16, 2017 at 11:09:12 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Sunday, April 16, 2017 at 9:49:20 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Sunday, April 16, 2017 at 3:32:27 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Sunday, April 16, 2017 at 6:35:02 AM UTC-10, Jill McQuown wrote:
> > > > On 4/16/2017 7:40 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > > wrote in message
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 17:45:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi10ahoo.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> I have a couple of NTTP server accounts too. I don't use it much
> > > > >> these
> > > > >> days because I mostly use a Chromebook. There's not much point in
> > > > >> using an NNTP app with the Chromebook since Google Groups works
> > > > >> so
> > > > >> well.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> As far as you requesting that I change the way I post so you can
> > > > >> get
> > > > >> your precious line wrapping - that's pure vanity on your part.
> > > > >> You
> > > > >> could pretty much solve all your problems by simply switching to
> > > > >> Google Groups. That Agent client program reminds me of the bad
> > > > >> old
> > > > >> days of computing. We live in the new world and I shall not
> > > > >> desperately cling to the past.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was not suggesting you change, merely pointing out that you
> > > > > think
> > > > > you are so smart and modern when the reality is you're not.
> > > > >
> > > > > ==
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes he is! ;-) He investigates all the modern stuff and I like
> > > > > it)
> > > > >
> > > > > Please don't be so mean
> > > > >
> > > > I didn't see anything mean about it. WHEN he buys all these new
> > > > technologies and uses them for years and can *prove* they are
> > > > better,
> > > > greater, whatever... Perhaps I'll buy into his claims.
> > > >
> > > > Google Groups sucks. Google is a good search engine, but
> > > > personally,
> > > > I
> > > > don't want Google to take over the world. When did this turn into a
> > > > discussion about NNTP vs. web technology? I thought we were talking
> > > > about griddles and stoves.
> > > >
> > > > I don't want to get my food from a freakin' 3-D printer or a Star
> > > > Trek
> > > > food replicator. dsl1 doesn't seem to cook but he does love to yap
> > > > (and
> > > > yap and yap again) about technology. Sorry, I changed that channel
> > > > a
> > > > long time ago. Thought this was about cast iron griddles, not about
> > > > promoting Google.
> > > >
> > > > Hopefully you don't think my reasons for finding dsl1's posts
> > > > specious
> > > > are "mean". They simply don't make any sense, especially not in any
> > > > food related context.
> > > >
> > > > Jill
> > >
> > > The world doesn't revolve around our desires. The world and food will
> > > change radically because it will need to. You might desire to cling to
> > > these wasteful ways and keep your gas engines and grain fed beef but
> > > these days will soon be gone. You ought to be grateful that you live
> > > in
> > > these extravagant times but all you can do is whine about how things
> > > don't suit you. For some folks, life is truly a bowl of lemons.
> > >
> > > I can see farther down the road than you because my vision isn't
> > > clouded
> > > by personal desire. People with imagination and vision have always
> > > been
> > > shown disdain by people like you. You ain't doing nothing special or
> > > original.
> >
> > Most of us will be dead by the time your visions come to fruition.
> > I personally do not care what happens to the planet after I leave it.
> > C'mon asteroid!
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> You better hope not. I predicted that the iPad was going to be a game
> changer and that Chromebooks were going to force MS to make Windows a free
> OS. You better hope that you live longer than the advent of electric cars.
> You probably think that you'll never live long enough to see self-driving
> cars but I think you're dead wrong.
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/b...on-valley.html
>
> ==
>
> Yes, they are already being trailed here.
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/business...n-public-roads
>
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That's great news. My guess is that most Americans are scared shitless when
driving in the UK for the first time. Getting the proper driving etiquette
of locals does take some time. I really appreciated that they moved to the
far side of the road when they saw me coming.

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LOL so would I have been)



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