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"John Fereira" wrote in message
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KMAN wrote in
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in article , RkyMtnHootOwl at
wrote on 12/16/05 1:20 AM:

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:50:24 -0500, KMAN wrote:

in article , John Fereira
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"KMAN" wrote in
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"RkyMtnHootOwl" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:48:10 -0500, KMAN wrote:

"RkyMtnHootOwl" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:50:55 -0500, KMAN wrote:

"RkyMtnHootOwl" wrote in
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As an AOL customer (and now an MSN customer?!?!?!) you would
know! vOv

Nope, you must have me comfused with someone else, I never had
AOL, and MSN gets pushed on us by Qwest DSL. All they provide
now is Internet portal, 24/7 support for DSL, and 10 pop3 accts.
There are other DSL providers, but they just rebundle Qwest DSL,
since there is just the one network. I have been considering
Comcast that provides higher speed, but more expensive, and I
can only type so fast,KKKnnnn

The cross thread post mentions web page, and I remembered that I
do have I think, 30 meg available, which I am trying to learn more
about.

You said:

"I came
to realize that all I need for ISP is Internet Access. I do not
need the push content of the big ISP like AOL or others."

I thought this indicated that there was a time that you did use
AOL, and then decided not to anymore.

You also said:

"MSN gives me 10 pop3 accounts"

Which fooled me into thinking you were using MSN.

Sorry about the discontinuity, I forgot that causes you much
distress!

There's no distress, but as you can probably imagine, in text-based
communication, your constant 2+2=5 style of communication is a
challenge to anyone who functions within logical paramaters.

I do have MSN, Not AOL.

Wow, you really are an idiot!

Use to get all those AOL cds, which were real
enticing just to slip in the CD, and in a few key strokes, you
would be on line and plugged into the incredible world of AOL. I
was just never ready to put on their shade of colored glasses.

I started playing with computers back with CP/M and bulletin
boards, when everything was difficult. You could not just install
a printer and have all the drivers work, so any thing as easy as
AOL was immediately suspect. My first "ISP" was the local bulletin
board with their version of push technology and content. You could
find out in the blink of an eye, of my 1200 baud dialup modem when
the next computer meeting was being held. Boy, that was exciting.
Expecially when they came out with GUI! Those were the days my
friend...! OvO

I used to do gopher programming.

I used to do uucp programming. My first email address didn't have
an @ sign in it. Want more? I set up the first tcp-ip network at
Hewlett Packards workstation division.

LOL. Yeah, but you're probably an older dude. So it's less impressive
:-D

Of course it's impressive. Didn't your momma teach you to respect your
elders?

Were we suppose to be impressed with "Gopher"?

If you ever did gopher programming you would certainly not be
impressed, but you would likely chuckle.

For the past year or so I've been redesigning a document delivery and
archival service for site a U.S. federal agency that began as a gopher
server. That old gopher server was implemented with just a handful of
files. The new site has 150 java classes, over 300 java server pages,
about
90 xml files, and provides access to about 1800 individual titles. Last
week I added 2400 individual issues from scanned documents going back to
1919.

I did not know you were from Minnesota!

You are much more successful as a scumbag than a humorist.

I did not sense that JF was trying to impress anyone, just stating
fact relating to longevity of computing experience.

I am joking around with him. As indicated by the relevant textual
signs. These include "LOL" and ":-D"

Whether or not he thinks it funny is one thing, but the humorous intent
is not in question, nor will anyone but Tinkernhootowl think that I was
making a serious criticism of JF.

Your comment was taken as it was intended. However, it appears to me that
*both* of you have buttons that when barely tickled result in a strong
reaction. It's perfectly okay for one of you to post something without
the
other reacting to it.

Says you! Asshole!*

* again, kidding