Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-24 Thread David Mann
On Feb 24, 2013, at 5:56 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Paul, Not free here in Anahiem unless your an HHHonors Gold or Platinum(?) member. I've seen the same in Boston where the big hotels are gouging for internet service. Ticks me off when I know it's free almost everywhere

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit

2013-02-24 Thread John Sessoms
I wonder why it is the expensive hotels don't offer free internet when all of the inexpensive ones do? From: Bob Sullivan Paul, Not free here in Anahiem unless your an HHHonors Gold or Platinum(?) member. I've seen the same in Boston where the big hotels are gouging for internet service. Ticks

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-24 Thread Bob Sullivan
Free WiFi internet access is common here in the USA. McDonalds, Starbucks, and almost all motels/hotels have it free. Yes, when the small town library closes, the kids move over to the McD's to finish their school projects. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2:48 AM, David Mann

RE: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-24 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Free WiFi internet access is common here in the USA. McDonalds, Starbucks, and almost all motels/hotels have it free. Yes, when the small town library closes, the kids move over to the McD's to finish their school projects.

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
Goes for other things too. Stay in a Country Inn and a fridge in the room is the norm. We stayed in a Radisson (same parent company) in downtown Minneapolis and had to pay an extra 25 bucks for a fridge. -p Sent from my iPad On Feb 24, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com

RE: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-24 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Sorenson Goes for other things too. Stay in a Country Inn and a fridge in the room is the norm. We stayed in a Radisson (same parent company) in downtown Minneapolis and had to pay an extra 25 bucks for a fridge. You must be mad.

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-24 Thread kwaller
: Windows 8 is Horseshit. Speaking of Horseshit, I have another nomination. I'm staying in a Hilton hotel tonight. As an HH Honors member they seemed to offer free internet. (Most every motel on the interstate highway offers free internet.) On closer inspection, not really free at Hilton. No problem

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
I was 'til I got my fridge. Sent from my iPad On Feb 24, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Sorenson Goes for other things too. Stay in a Country Inn and a fridge in the room is the norm. We stayed in a

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 23, 2013, at 2:49 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of Horseshit, I have another nomination. I'm staying in a Hilton hotel tonight. As an HH Honors member they seemed to offer free internet. (Most every motel on the interstate highway offers free internet.) On

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread John Mullan
of their possible answers they just ask it again. The only way to change it is to buy the company and make the changes. jm -Original Message- From: Bob Sullivan Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 2:49 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit. Speaking of Horseshit, I

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Message- From: Bob Sullivan Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 2:49 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit. Speaking of Horseshit, I have another nomination. I'm staying in a Hilton hotel tonight. As an HH Honors member they seemed to offer free internet

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Paul Stenquist On Feb 23, 2013, at 2:49 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of Horseshit, I have another nomination. I'm staying in a Hilton hotel tonight. As an HH Honors member they seemed to offer free internet. (Most every motel on the interstate highway offers

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread Paul Sorenson
Hmmm. In what way was the internet not free? I'm an HHonors member and the few times I've stayed there's not been a problem with free internet service. Is it just up to the individual hotels to make that decision? -p On 2/23/2013 1:49 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Speaking of Horseshit, I have

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:06:27PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: From: kwaller Is that a rhetorical question? Mostly, but were you referring to microsoft and their product or bill in his response - ie more irate? Microsoft. You'd think they'd have learned by now. Oh, they've learned.

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Bill, honestly, you're not that old and I am most certain that you can actually master this thing completely... On 2/21/2013 4:15 AM, Bill wrote: OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately came with Win 8 installed. To say it licks donkey balls is

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread Rob Studdert
Reminds me of the movie Castaway and Wilson the ball, given the options he made a good friend. I suppose Windows 8 has that sort of potential too, if one were lost on a desert island and for some reason needed a computer and that was all that was available. Thank dog there are other options and

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Not free here in Anahiem unless your an HHHonors Gold or Platinum(?) member. I've seen the same in Boston where the big hotels are gouging for internet service. Ticks me off when I know it's free almost everywhere along the interstate motels. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:31

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread David Parsons
The reason is that the big hotels attract business customers who are on expense accounts, while the smaller chains attract value conscious vacation/travel customers. On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Paul, Not free here in Anahiem unless your an

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, And truck drivers and plenty of business travelers on smaller budgets. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:33 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: The reason is that the big hotels attract business customers who are on expense accounts, while the smaller chains attract

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread David Mann
On Feb 22, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: What I don't understand is why changing the OS means changing the user interface. They have to make it *look* like they've changed the OS. Nobody will buy it without new shiny. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread Bill
On 21/02/2013 11:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Remember Vista? Remember XP before the third is a series of fixes? Point taken. My gripe with Vista was getting it to play nice on the network. Once we turned off all the security warnings and got it networking, it was fine. PITA for the first

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread Bill
On 21/02/2013 11:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 21, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Bill wrote: On 20/02/2013 9:48 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Well, what did you expect from Microsoft? A user-friendly operating system? Honestly Dan, this is the first time I've run into a Win OS that has sucked. Over

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread John Sessoms
Is that a rhetorical question? From: kwaller From bill or Microsoft ? ;+ Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit. I expected better. From: Daniel J. Matyola

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Feb 21, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Bill wrote: On 20/02/2013 9:48 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Well, what did you expect from Microsoft? A user-friendly operating system? Honestly Dan, this is the first time I've run into a Win OS that has sucked. Over the past couple of years,

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann On Feb 22, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: What I don't understand is why changing the OS means changing the user interface. They have to make it *look* like they've changed the OS. Nobody will buy it without new shiny. Dave Chrome plating a turd

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread Bruce Walker
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:05 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: David Mann On Feb 22, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: What I don't understand is why changing the OS means changing the user interface. They have to make it *look* like they've changed

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread Walt
On 2/21/2013 7:51 PM, Bill wrote: On 20/02/2013 8:18 PM, Walt wrote: On 2/20/2013 8:15 PM, Bill wrote: OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately came with Win 8 installed. To say it licks donkey balls is being both kind to it, and unkind to

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread kwaller
is Horseshit. Is that a rhetorical question? From: kwaller From bill or Microsoft ? ;+ Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit. I expected better. From

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-02-22 0:51, Larry Colen wrote: Microsoft is trying to make a UI that will work on both tablets and desktops. What it will get is something that doesn't work well on either. That is exactly what they got. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: kwaller Is that a rhetorical question? Mostly, but were you referring to microsoft and their product or bill in his response - ie more irate? Microsoft. You'd think they'd have learned by now. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread Bill
On 22/02/2013 12:10 PM, Walt wrote: On 2/21/2013 7:51 PM, Bill wrote: On 20/02/2013 8:18 PM, Walt wrote: On 2/20/2013 8:15 PM, Bill wrote: OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately came with Win 8 installed. To say it licks donkey balls is

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
Speaking of Horseshit, I have another nomination. I'm staying in a Hilton hotel tonight. As an HH Honors member they seemed to offer free internet. (Most every motel on the interstate highway offers free internet.) On closer inspection, not really free at Hilton. No problem says I, the alternative

RE: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-21 Thread Bob W
you probably got one of the European versions that was labelled as bullshit. B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: 21 February 2013 02:16 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Windows 8 is Horseshit. OK, so I got that out

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-21 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:36 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Bill OK, so I got that out of the way. That was pretty much my take on Windoze8 as well. I'd contact the manufacturer make a nuisance of myself. Bill proved that the 6x7 mirror shake was a myth, so if he

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-21 Thread John Sessoms
I expected better. From: Daniel J. Matyola Well, what did you expect from Microsoft? A user-friendly operating system? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: OK, so I got that out of the way. I

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-21 Thread John Mullan
PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Windows 8 is Horseshit. OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately came with Win 8 installed. To say it licks donkey balls is being both kind to it, and unkind to donkey balls lickers, who are not so bad when

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-21 Thread Bill
On 20/02/2013 8:18 PM, Walt wrote: On 2/20/2013 8:15 PM, Bill wrote: OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately came with Win 8 installed. To say it licks donkey balls is being both kind to it, and unkind to donkey balls lickers, who are not so

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-21 Thread Bill
On 20/02/2013 9:48 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Well, what did you expect from Microsoft? A user-friendly operating system? Honestly Dan, this is the first time I've run into a Win OS that has sucked. Over the past couple of years, I've had the pleasure of using a couple of Mac laptops, and

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-21 Thread kwaller
From bill or Microsoft ? ;+ Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit. I expected better. From: Daniel J. Matyola Well, what did you expect from Microsoft

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Remember Vista? Remember XP before the third is a series of fixes? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/02/2013 9:48 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Well, what did you expect from Microsoft? A

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 21, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Bill wrote: On 20/02/2013 9:48 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Well, what did you expect from Microsoft? A user-friendly operating system? Honestly Dan, this is the first time I've run into a Win OS that has sucked. Over the past couple of years, I've had the

Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-20 Thread Bill
OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately came with Win 8 installed. To say it licks donkey balls is being both kind to it, and unkind to donkey balls lickers, who are not so bad when compared to Windows 8. It is a crap spewing, drowning us in

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-20 Thread Walt
On 2/20/2013 8:15 PM, Bill wrote: OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately came with Win 8 installed. To say it licks donkey balls is being both kind to it, and unkind to donkey balls lickers, who are not so bad when compared to Windows 8. It

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-20 Thread Bruce Walker
I'm actually glad that Win8 was created if only to have been able to read this entertaining and bar-raising critique of it. Bravo, Bill; Bravo! On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-20 Thread David Parsons
I use Classic Shell as well. The whole Start Screen and hot corners is really annoying to deal with. On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/20/2013 8:15 PM, Bill wrote: OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Well, what did you expect from Microsoft? A user-friendly operating system? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which

RE: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bill OK, so I got that out of the way. I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately came with Win 8 installed. To say it licks donkey balls is being both kind to it, and unkind to donkey balls lickers, who are not so bad when compared to Windows 8. It is a crap spewing, drowning