One time my friend's grandmother typed the entire body of an email in the subject line...
One time my mom accidentally hit cut instead of copy and started crying cuz she thought the lost the entire email she just typed and was about to blame me for getting her to try something new...
That's all I can think of at the moment... hehe
Yahoo messenger is very buggy in my experience. It often replaces one person on my contanct list with the name of another, so that one person's name shows up twice and another's not at all. And the sounds have never worked right on either of my computers when people buzz me. AIM has enough features; you can use webcam with it if you use the Logitech web cam viewer (which is usable with any brand of camera and free). The talking on mikes works fine. Typing works fine. Why is this worse than Yahoo? And how is it less straightforward than AIM?
You are assuming that it is a bunch of teeny-bopper 14-year-olds using the program. Well, believe me, it isn't.
I have had many deep, meaningful conversations with my intelligent friends on it, and they did not contain merely "lol"s and "sups". AIM is widely used by those of college-age, I assure you, and is as popular as cell-phone communication by many (more popular by me as I can't afford a fancy cell phone plan)
And AIM is a good way to talk to people that are long distance FREE, like my parents from college. What other non-IM technology such as this is available that is CHEAPER than FREE? And also teachable to a mother who does not understand computers all that well?
AIM is very convenient to use b/c many of my friends use DSL/Cable/dorm ethernet connections and we can stay on forever and are very reachable through these connections. If we're home, we're probably on AIM. Very convenient for homework questions, conversations about your day, listening to a friend who's mother just died, I mean WHATever you need to talk about. It is not what you people seem to think it is. It has totally taken off with my generation (I'm 18) and is a large part of our culture.
In conclusion, IMs are very productive, cheap, efficient, and easy-to-use forms of communication. If you have a lot of friends and family using it, it is way better than the telephone, and is certainly not non-sensical if used in the ways that my friends and I use it.
In my generation, IM has replaced telephone significantly (not completely), at least with all my friends. In the world of college where everyone has ethernet connections, and even at my house where most of my friends have cable or DSL, we can pretty much stay online 24-7. Why call if you can just IM? I know this isn't a business use, but EVERYONE I know LIVES by AIM. I talk on AIM *way* more than I talk on the phone. I become better friends with people through AIM, because you talk to people that you probably wouldn't call, but will talk to on AIM. AIM is like our life support, and I would be extremely mad/upset/die if they started charging for it. It would totally change my lifestyle, and many others in the teen and young 20s/college age catergory. AIM is part of our culture, you can't take it away!
Also, AIM is a very good way to communicate with people w/o the long distance charges. I talk to my parents on AIM from college all the time, for hours, and it doesn't cost any long distance or cell phone minutes. Of course, you can use other free messenging programs to do this, but I prefer AIM since all my other friends use it.
Since AIM is used mostly by teens and college kids, I really don't see AOL making money off of the program by charging for its use. We don't have the means to pay for it. And why use it if your friends aren't paying for it? There's no point in the program if everyone has to pay to use it, and the people you want to talk to on it aren't there. AIM needs to be free to use for it to continue to be successful.
Besides, they *do* have advertisements in AIM at the top of the buddy list window. Aren't they making money off of that? I'm sure it isn't a whopping amount, but they could toss in a few more unobtrusive and unannoying adverts in to make a little more cash. And since AIM has such a large user base, there would be plenty of incentive for advertisers to buy the space.
Anyways, I will conclude with: PLEASE KEEP AIM FREE FOR ME TO USE!
I live in Louisiana,and I have never seen snow before in my entire life! Seriously, it doesn't snow here in south Louisiana. So I would probably love to see one of these, but I don't think it would be the same as the real stuff, though I wouldn't know. My lifelong dream has been to build a snowman. I've wanted to build one my whole life and have yet to see it snow. =( Though I wouldn't want it to snow every year cuz I don't like cold weather.
Actually, I joined the Say No to Netscape clique because I really really hate Netscape, not necessarily cuz I think IE is the best browser around. I happen to use IE, but that's because I run Windows and haven't really tried any others. I'm sure Mozilla and all those other browsers are great, but I don't really have any experience with them.
Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid me a visit. As we were talking I mentioned that I had recently installed Windows XP on my PC. I told him how happy I was with this operating system and showed him the Windows XP CD.
To my surprise he threw it into my oven and turned it on. Instantly I got very upset, because the CD had become precious to me, but he said, "Do not worry, it is unharmed."
After a few minutes he took the CD out, gave it to me and said, "Take a close look at it."
To my surprise the CD was quite cold to hold and it seemed to be heavier than before. At first I could not see anything, but on the inner edge of the central hole I saw an inscription, an inscription finer than anything I had ever seen before. The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth:
"12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE820945092OF923A40EEl OE5IOCC98D444AA08E324"
"I cannot understand the fiery letters," I said in a timid voice.
"No, but I can," he said. "The letters are Hex, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Microsoft, which I shall not utter here. But in common English, this is what it says:
"One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them,
One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."
It is only two lines from a verse long known in System lore:
"Three OS's from corporate kings in their towers of glass,
Seven from valley lords where orchards used to grow,
Nine from dotcoms doomed to die,
One from the Dark Lord Gates on his dark throne
In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie.
One OS to rule them all,
One OS to find them,
One OS to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them,
In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie."
~Just a cute little joke I found somewhere... Somewhat relavent to the topic...
Smilingirl =)
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One time my friend's grandmother typed the entire body of an email in the subject line... One time my mom accidentally hit cut instead of copy and started crying cuz she thought the lost the entire email she just typed and was about to blame me for getting her to try something new... That's all I can think of at the moment... hehe
Haha, I think there are some females that would be impressed with a cool-lookin' computer... =)
Old Joke... Look at it here at BBSpot... AT&T Offers Instant Messenging Hehe.
Yahoo messenger is very buggy in my experience. It often replaces one person on my contanct list with the name of another, so that one person's name shows up twice and another's not at all. And the sounds have never worked right on either of my computers when people buzz me. AIM has enough features; you can use webcam with it if you use the Logitech web cam viewer (which is usable with any brand of camera and free). The talking on mikes works fine. Typing works fine. Why is this worse than Yahoo? And how is it less straightforward than AIM?
You are assuming that it is a bunch of teeny-bopper 14-year-olds using the program. Well, believe me, it isn't.
I have had many deep, meaningful conversations with my intelligent friends on it, and they did not contain merely "lol"s and "sups". AIM is widely used by those of college-age, I assure you, and is as popular as cell-phone communication by many (more popular by me as I can't afford a fancy cell phone plan)
And AIM is a good way to talk to people that are long distance FREE, like my parents from college. What other non-IM technology such as this is available that is CHEAPER than FREE? And also teachable to a mother who does not understand computers all that well?
AIM is very convenient to use b/c many of my friends use DSL/Cable/dorm ethernet connections and we can stay on forever and are very reachable through these connections. If we're home, we're probably on AIM. Very convenient for homework questions, conversations about your day, listening to a friend who's mother just died, I mean WHATever you need to talk about. It is not what you people seem to think it is. It has totally taken off with my generation (I'm 18) and is a large part of our culture.
In conclusion, IMs are very productive, cheap, efficient, and easy-to-use forms of communication. If you have a lot of friends and family using it, it is way better than the telephone, and is certainly not non-sensical if used in the ways that my friends and I use it.
Also, AIM is a very good way to communicate with people w/o the long distance charges. I talk to my parents on AIM from college all the time, for hours, and it doesn't cost any long distance or cell phone minutes. Of course, you can use other free messenging programs to do this, but I prefer AIM since all my other friends use it.
Since AIM is used mostly by teens and college kids, I really don't see AOL making money off of the program by charging for its use. We don't have the means to pay for it. And why use it if your friends aren't paying for it? There's no point in the program if everyone has to pay to use it, and the people you want to talk to on it aren't there. AIM needs to be free to use for it to continue to be successful.
Besides, they *do* have advertisements in AIM at the top of the buddy list window. Aren't they making money off of that? I'm sure it isn't a whopping amount, but they could toss in a few more unobtrusive and unannoying adverts in to make a little more cash. And since AIM has such a large user base, there would be plenty of incentive for advertisers to buy the space.
Anyways, I will conclude with: PLEASE KEEP AIM FREE FOR ME TO USE!
I live in Louisiana,and I have never seen snow before in my entire life! Seriously, it doesn't snow here in south Louisiana. So I would probably love to see one of these, but I don't think it would be the same as the real stuff, though I wouldn't know. My lifelong dream has been to build a snowman. I've wanted to build one my whole life and have yet to see it snow. =( Though I wouldn't want it to snow every year cuz I don't like cold weather.
A girl posting on slashdot? I've been reading this site daily for the past, like, 2 years or so. I just started posting somewhat recently though...
Actually, I joined the Say No to Netscape clique because I really really hate Netscape, not necessarily cuz I think IE is the best browser around. I happen to use IE, but that's because I run Windows and haven't really tried any others. I'm sure Mozilla and all those other browsers are great, but I don't really have any experience with them.
To my surprise he threw it into my oven and turned it on. Instantly I got very upset, because the CD had become precious to me, but he said, "Do not worry, it is unharmed."
After a few minutes he took the CD out, gave it to me and said, "Take a close look at it."
To my surprise the CD was quite cold to hold and it seemed to be heavier than before. At first I could not see anything, but on the inner edge of the central hole I saw an inscription, an inscription finer than anything I had ever seen before. The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth: "12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE820945092OF923A40EEl OE5IOCC98D444AA08E324"
"I cannot understand the fiery letters," I said in a timid voice.
"No, but I can," he said. "The letters are Hex, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Microsoft, which I shall not utter here. But in common English, this is what it says:
"One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them, One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." It is only two lines from a verse long known in System lore: "Three OS's from corporate kings in their towers of glass, Seven from valley lords where orchards used to grow, Nine from dotcoms doomed to die, One from the Dark Lord Gates on his dark throne In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie. One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them, One OS to bring them all And in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie."
~Just a cute little joke I found somewhere... Somewhat relavent to the topic... Smilingirl =)
Lol... any good hitchhiker in this galaxy must carry a towel... it's all-purpose usefullness is astounding.