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"Apd" wrote
| If you get the "line to long" error, save your unsent reply as a | ".nws" file, open in notepad and delete all but the last MID in the | "references" line. Then add the header "X-Unsent: 1" and save. Now you | can open in OE and treat as any normal message in composition. | | I've done it with this message as an example. | Ah. Thank you. So the limit is with the length of the entire header? I didn't know that. Your method should work fine. It doesn't happen very often. |
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"Ken Springer" wrote
| Isn't the graphics coding done by graphics card makers and not MS? | Good question. I don't really know. I would guess that they do at least some. At one time it was left to Linux people to write drivers for Linux, but I suppose someone like ATI probably writes Windows drivers. So I don't know how to explain the difference in display. |
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On 06/12/2019 19.08, nospam wrote:
In article , Ken Springer wrote: Frustrating, isn't it?Â* These things are what I call the basics, and you found in the manuals that used to come with the systems. As I'm sure you already know, Ken, Apple does still provide LOTS of helpful information:- https://www.apple.com/uk/macos/catalina/ https://www.apple.com/uk/macos/catalina/features/ True. And Apple even has a basic manual right on the hard drive. Don't see that from windows. Those links are sales pitches, telling you *what* you can do, not *how* to do it. It's the how that I am talking about. there are other links that explain how: https://support.apple.com/manuals It should be obvious that information found online is useless, when the user does not know how to go online. it should be obvious that isn't actually a problem. it's not 1985 anymore. just about everyone already *is* online, has been for years and knows how to search for stuff. phones, tablets and computers will normally automatically connect to wifi without the user needing to do anything, unless disabled. Not without the password :-P not only that, but the only way to get the software is online, so if someone can figure out how to *get* the various apps, they can figure out how to also find help, assuming it's even needed, which it probably isn't. I know people that don't know how to "download and install" an app in Android. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10 Ken Springer wrote:
On 12/7/19 9:32 PM, Ant wrote: In alt.comp.os.windows-10 Ken Springer wrote: On 12/7/19 7:43 PM, Mayayana wrote: "Ken Springer" wrote | I'll admit, it was a single thing I saw with the iMac that sold me. The | quality of the display. The image was astounding, far better than | anything I'd seen with a Windows system. Yes. The attention to detail is a delight. I'm not wild about hiring a 12-year-old girl to design cutesy, Looney Tunes icons, but aside from that it's almost astonishingly tasteful. Imo, the quality of the icon design has gone downhill over the last few years. Not just Apple, but every where. They are no longer visually intuitive. Not just icons. GUI designs. Everything is flat and minimalism. "flat and minimalism" = bo-o-o-o-o-oring Yep and confusing in terms of usability! -- "He who dislikes aardvarks was an ant in his former life." --unknown Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / / /\ /\ \ http://antfarm.ma.cx. Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( ) |
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"Carlos E.R." wrote
| You can see that my post was sent in utf-8 (not my personal doing), and | you had no issue reading it and answering :-) although I'm unsure what | your client used. | That's only because the text is ASCII. It's officially UTF-8, but there are no bytes other than ASCII. I can see how UTF-8 makes sense for you, though. If you send UTF-8 in Spanish then everyone can read it. If you use ANSI then there will probably be corrupt characters on non-Euro systems. By contrast, my ASCII English is also compliant UTF-8. Though I think your Spanish ANSI would probably work OK for me. Tilde, for example, is in the English ANSI system. Presumably they had the sense to use the same character codes in all Euro ANSI codepages. |
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On 06/12/2019 20.41, nospam wrote:
In article , Ken Springer wrote: It should be obvious that information found online is useless, when the user does not know how to go online. it should be obvious that isn't actually a problem. it's not 1985 anymore. just about everyone already *is* online, has been for years and knows how to search for stuff. It's also not 2185 where everyone has in implant, and is genetically modified to know this at birth. Something you are unable to acknowledge. strawman. the reality is that being online is *not* an obstacle. The reality is, not everyone knows how to do this. nobody said 'everyone'. the number who do not and have nobody to help them get online is a tiny, tiny fraction (as in almost zero), nowhere near enough to justify a company publishing written manuals that everyone else will never look at, never mind read, and which would also need to be ordered online. I know people that have to wait for their son to come for a visit twice a year for that. you're also ignoring that software distribution is almost entirely online, so if they can manage to get various apps, they can get help for it as well, should it even be needed, which is not a given. this. if someone wants something printed for whatever reason, download the relevant pdfs and print them, either in its entirety or specific pages. Something that some people need someone to demo in person before not being afraid of trying. God forbid if something goes bad and they can't stop the printer. Pull the plug! And the daft thing continues printing the one thousand page book (the wrong book) after being plugged again. Let's wait for the support staff (the son on a visit next year). :-P -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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On 2019-12-08, David wrote:
Gulp A *TAPE* player?!!! ;-) Yes - no touch screen involved, just minimal user interaction with a small set of dedicated controls. Using muscle memory to operate it there is no need for eyes off the road. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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On 2019-12-08, Carlos E.R. wrote:
I prefer to have my texts in an international modern standard, so that no matter if viewed in France, Spain, USA or China, they will be viewed correctly. Here in the U.S. we understand that English is the only true human language. Everyone *thinks* in English and translates those thoughts internally and automatically back and forth into whatever funny gobbledegook they speak (or write) to others. This why if you shout at foreigners in English loudly and persistently enough they *will* eventually understand you. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote: It should be obvious that information found online is useless, when the user does not know how to go online. it should be obvious that isn't actually a problem. it's not 1985 anymore. just about everyone already *is* online, has been for years and knows how to search for stuff. phones, tablets and computers will normally automatically connect to wifi without the user needing to do anything, unless disabled. Not without the password :-P public wifi doesn't usually have a password, so it will auto-connect. the places that do have passwords normally will help people get connected. my local library does this, either with a printed guide or the librarian will assist. not only that, but the only way to get the software is online, so if someone can figure out how to *get* the various apps, they can figure out how to also find help, assuming it's even needed, which it probably isn't. I know people that don't know how to "download and install" an app in Android. they're in the minority, but the point is that if they don't know how to download new apps, they won't be needing to read user manuals for how to use them. |
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In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote: It should be obvious that information found online is useless, when the user does not know how to go online. it should be obvious that isn't actually a problem. it's not 1985 anymore. just about everyone already *is* online, has been for years and knows how to search for stuff. It's also not 2185 where everyone has in implant, and is genetically modified to know this at birth. Something you are unable to acknowledge. strawman. the reality is that being online is *not* an obstacle. The reality is, not everyone knows how to do this. nobody said 'everyone'. the number who do not and have nobody to help them get online is a tiny, tiny fraction (as in almost zero), nowhere near enough to justify a company publishing written manuals that everyone else will never look at, never mind read, and which would also need to be ordered online. I know people that have to wait for their son to come for a visit twice a year for that. they are a tiny, tiny minority. you're also ignoring that software distribution is almost entirely online, so if they can manage to get various apps, they can get help for it as well, should it even be needed, which is not a given. this. if someone wants something printed for whatever reason, download the relevant pdfs and print them, either in its entirety or specific pages. Something that some people need someone to demo in person before not being afraid of trying. God forbid if something goes bad and they can't stop the printer. Pull the plug! And the daft thing continues printing the one thousand page book (the wrong book) after being plugged again. that's a stretch. |
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Linux user advises Windows newbies! (was - 7 Best Alternatives ToMicrosoft Office Suite - 2019 Edition)
On 08/12/2019 18:33, Beauregard T. Shagnasty (Who's he?)
David in Devon wrote: Similarly, the MASTER-*stalker* called Beauregard T. Shagnasty has even set up a spiteful web page because I exposed his whole website to be carrying malware. Proof he https://i.imgur.com/JCa39b8.jpg False positive by a tool you don't understand. I have every confidence in the objectivity of Sucuri Anyone can check your www.tekrider.net site for themselves, he- https://sitecheck.sucuri.net Six *more* months added to the lifespan of your _special page_. *I was just checking that you are still stalking me*, -bts And you are! ;-) Will you never learn? It seems that YOU can't recognise that once your cohort, Shadow, had promulgated the address of your defamatory web page at Archive.org the persistence of your 'live' link is absolutely and totally irrelevant. Readers of Usenet will eventually question why you, someone who doesn't ever use Microsoft Windows, deem it ethical to INSTRUCT newbies in the mysteries of one of the most vulnerable operating systems on the planet. Spreading malware, are you? If not, explain why you have taken steps to refuse access to your website by ANYONE using the BT server in the UK. TIA |
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On 09/12/2019 00.03, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R. wrote: It should be obvious that information found online is useless, when the user does not know how to go online. it should be obvious that isn't actually a problem. it's not 1985 anymore. just about everyone already *is* online, has been for years and knows how to search for stuff. It's also not 2185 where everyone has in implant, and is genetically modified to know this at birth. Something you are unable to acknowledge. strawman. the reality is that being online is *not* an obstacle. The reality is, not everyone knows how to do this. nobody said 'everyone'. the number who do not and have nobody to help them get online is a tiny, tiny fraction (as in almost zero), nowhere near enough to justify a company publishing written manuals that everyone else will never look at, never mind read, and which would also need to be ordered online. I know people that have to wait for their son to come for a visit twice a year for that. they are a tiny, tiny minority. Maybe 25% of those I know. That's not tiny :-D you're also ignoring that software distribution is almost entirely online, so if they can manage to get various apps, they can get help for it as well, should it even be needed, which is not a given. this. if someone wants something printed for whatever reason, download the relevant pdfs and print them, either in its entirety or specific pages. Something that some people need someone to demo in person before not being afraid of trying. God forbid if something goes bad and they can't stop the printer. Pull the plug! And the daft thing continues printing the one thousand page book (the wrong book) after being plugged again. that's a stretch. Its happened :-D Ohhh! Another one. Printer that dries or uses up all the ink and "it does not work". I installed a laser. Will not dry in years to come! Another one. Here, there is some government paperwork that mandatorily has to be done over Internet. Something about the taxes for renting of commercial buildings. I read about a province where many owners are quite old and don't own a computer nor have the foggiest idea of how to use one. Now they have to hire the services of an intermediary to do it for them. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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On 09/12/2019 00.03, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R. wrote: It should be obvious that information found online is useless, when the user does not know how to go online. it should be obvious that isn't actually a problem. it's not 1985 anymore. just about everyone already *is* online, has been for years and knows how to search for stuff. phones, tablets and computers will normally automatically connect to wifi without the user needing to do anything, unless disabled. Not without the password :-P public wifi doesn't usually have a password, so it will auto-connect. You really advise people with no knowledge of computers and security to use a public WiFi? Ow! :-( Me, I tell them to use it only at home and disable the search for free wifis. the places that do have passwords normally will help people get connected. my local library does this, either with a printed guide or the librarian will assist. Not home. not only that, but the only way to get the software is online, so if someone can figure out how to *get* the various apps, they can figure out how to also find help, assuming it's even needed, which it probably isn't. I know people that don't know how to "download and install" an app in Android. they're in the minority, but the point is that if they don't know how to download new apps, they won't be needing to read user manuals for how to use them. about 25% -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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On 08/12/2019 23.38, Mayayana wrote:
"Carlos E.R." wrote | You can see that my post was sent in utf-8 (not my personal doing), and | you had no issue reading it and answering :-) although I'm unsure what | your client used. | That's only because the text is ASCII. It's officially UTF-8, but there are no bytes other than ASCII. Let's change that. — — ········· :-p I can see how UTF-8 makes sense for you, though. If you send UTF-8 in Spanish then everyone can read it. If you use ANSI then there will probably be corrupt characters on non-Euro systems. By contrast, my ASCII English is also compliant UTF-8. Though I think your Spanish ANSI would probably work OK for me. Tilde, for example, is in the English ANSI system. Presumably they had the sense to use the same character codes in all Euro ANSI codepages. Not in the ANSI, it is in the IBMPC charset, 437. A bit different. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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On 08/12/2019 23.55, Roger Blake wrote:
On 2019-12-08, Carlos E.R. wrote: I prefer to have my texts in an international modern standard, so that no matter if viewed in France, Spain, USA or China, they will be viewed correctly. Here in the U.S. we understand that English is the only true human language. Everyone *thinks* in English and translates those thoughts internally and automatically back and forth into whatever funny gobbledegook they speak (or write) to others. This why if you shout at foreigners in English loudly and persistently enough they *will* eventually understand you. It is reversible. Here we shout at silly foreigners and they understand Spanish :-P -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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