Sorry if I came across as "pining for the old days". I know what you mean about people who boast about using text only web, raw x11 etc.
I just can't read slashdot today without feeling that I'm wasting my time while the H Online so far provided me with good quality news about things which interest me. Cheers, -Amos On Feb 22, 2012 2:36 AM, "Geoffrey Cowling" <[email protected]> wrote: > What's with all this past golden age? I am OLD (punched cards were an > innovation). But I am not tempted > to pine for the Good Old Days. Remember Red Hat before.., remember ... > I grant I do not, and never did, rely on programming etc. for daily bread! > But come on .. > I do not even miss DOS, or Turbo CPM > MikeOS is (modern) fun, but I would not run 24/7 on it .. > cheer up, December 12 will even beat millennium date doom .. > Geoffrey > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Send slug mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of slug digest..." > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: slashdot daily mailing list (Amos Shapira) > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Amos Shapira <[email protected]> > > To: Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:04:56 +1100 > > Subject: Re: [SLUG] slashdot daily mailing list > > Personally I was there when Slashdot began and left it for its vices many > > many years ago. > > > > I now get my fix from the h-online Grand Unified Feed ( > > http://www.h-online.com/newsfeeds/) and follow it through Google Reader > on > > my mobile. > > The H online feels like what Slashdot used to be in the good old days 15 > > years ago. > > > > I see that the H has a newsletter, maybe it will be suitable for you? I > > never tried it. > > http://www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/news > > > > Cheers, > > > > --Amos > > > > On 20 February 2012 11:04, Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Slashdot daily newsletter has changed, to my dissatisfaction. There > > > must be others who are experiencing this... > > > > > > Is there an aggregator or a greasemonkey-for-email type thing, so I > > > can get my daily email fix with the old style each-full-story and get > > > rid of italics? > > > > > > TIA > > > Zen > > > -- > > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > [image: View my profile on LinkedIn] > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer> > > > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
