"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Monday, April 17, 2017 at 9:22:14 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "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
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> > 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
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> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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.
>
> ==
>
> LOL so would I have been)
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Thanks, the next time I'm in the area, I'll give you some warning.

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I'll hold you to that)



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