16 Years of IT experiance, still can't trim his posts...
Seriously though, all this gmail talk made me click the learn about our ads button in my gmail. I found the following to be of interest - "Google would block certain ads from running next to an email about catastrophic news" Anyone want to send me some "catastrophic news" offlist? The goal - make google put an ad up thats entirely innappropriate considering my catastrophic news. IE - Your Father just died - resulting in ads for funurals or caskets. I would say nothing is off limits, but send off list in case that has something to do with their ads and filtering and such (list emails usually get merecedes ads, regardless of content.) Grand Prize - A pair of good but used SEC Headlights, you pay shipping. Mike On 9/18/06, LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Guys, guys, let white-goatee Rev. Don step in here. You are ALL correct. Now, I have a bastardized DSL (sort of is, sort of isn't) thru my local monopoly, family owned rural Iowa phone company. But, bottom line is that I am always ... well, online. I have same access at work. I don't have to dial a phone number to be connected. I can walk out at 3 AM with shorts (or for that matter, buck naked) and check email just like I was turning on my television set. For me, GMail works. Now, if you are like Luther and live out in BumFrickStateX and are still on dial-up, then your mileage may vary. GMail might not be your thing. I like ... no, I love ... GMail for these (I am on four) Kleb / YahooTerrorist lists. It sorts and threads the messages for me, I can kill unlimited messages with a click and another click if I don't like the thread, etc. GMail isn't for everyone. Some folks are on Macs. Some folks are on WinXx. The smart folks are on Linux. Doesn't matter, we all have our own learning curve and our own needs. As an old retired IT guy, here is the ultimate question: what works for you? If it works for you, then stay with it. If it doesn't then ask questions. I am pretty confident we have well over a century or two of professional IT expertise (I have 16 years with just me) on these lists who are willing to give you free advise for which what you would normally pay $100 an hour in consulting fees. Secret message -- if you get lots of opinions and have to pick one, pick John's (KJ) -- he is our guru. He has forgotten more about IT than I ever knew. Damn'd Brits! Ok, rant over. Don On 9/18/06, Michael Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you serious? I was wondering what a "modem" was! That sounds like > something from the stone age! > > On 9/18/06, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Zeitgeist wrote: > > > I don't understand the point of your rant, why wouldn't I read my > email > > when > > > online? Do people still pay for a finite amount of online time, or > > > something? I read my EEEE mail when I'm on my computer, and my > computer > > is > > > always online. > > > > > > > Some people still use these things called "modems," and as a result > > they're unable to make or receive voice calls while their computer is > > online. Amazing, but true!
