I quite like it. I can delete spam straight off the server. It supports friend/black lists, heuristic header scans, bouncing (I don't use that one) and SpamCop reporting.
It saves one from having to actually download a bunch of spam to one's computer before it can be deleted.
I'm 23 and I write in perfect cursive. In fact, I prefer it to typing. Maybe I like it because I suffered a serious injury to my hand when I was 12 that necessitated my learning to use it again from scratch.. I dunno. I just like to write, it relaxes me.
The EU is a large association of countries and is quite justified in having a TLD. I would have no problems with allotting TLDs to South America, North America, Asia, Australasia or other regions.
I can't say the same for.info,.biz,.tv and all the other crappy ones out there.
I wouldn't say IRC is dying, at least not on EFNet:
22:51:17 -!- There are 3459 users and 106809 invisible on 53 servers 22:51:17 -!- 416 IRC Operators online 22:51:17 -!- 42524 channels formed 22:51:17 -!- I have 1932 clients and 1 servers 22:51:17 -!- Current local users: 1932 Max: 2277 22:51:17 -!- Current global users: 110268 Max: 117492
110,000 users is a fair few. I mainly frequent chans where lol/omg/ur/wtf/rofl will get you instantly banned, along with any displays of colours or (the most offensive of all, in my opinion) away/mp3 scripts.
I guess I will never really like IMs, but as far as IM clients go, Trillian Pro is my client of choice. It would be Miranda but for the file transfer nightmares I always seem to suffer when I use it. Plus it doesn't (at least when I recently tried it again) support Yahoo, and I rather like having all my IM protocols handled by a single client. With smileys, sounds and colours and all the other crap turned off, it's quite respectable.
But for me, as with many others, I suspect IRC will always remain a firm favourite. And as long as we are around, IRC will be too and we will continue to uphold the sadly much-maligned etiquette that once was everywhere.
Do they do shellhosting too? My domain is pointed at my home IP address. Unfortunately my ISP doesn't do reverse-DNS and the only one in the UK that does can't match the speed of what I have. ):
I hope not long. The only reason I use MSN Messenger is because I tried Yahoo! Messenger, and it installed a bunch of crap I purposely told it not to, as well as adding to my right-click dialogue box "Email with Yahoo! Email",
Check out Miranda, or Trillian Pro. Personally when on Windows I use Trillian Pro, as although I like Miranda it gives me file transfer nightmares. Plus it's free, unlike Trillian Pro.
I often lament the fact that people refuse to use IRC (because that's for hax0rs, you know..) and as a result I am forced into using IM, which I am not that big a fan of.
And you'd think that everyone would use something halfway decent, like Yahoo's IM, but no; MSN seems to be the one of choice.
I do try and direct people to where I hang out on IRC, but the hardcore lamers out there just want animated smileys and a shaky message window.
Now all the lamers are going to be doing backflips at this; noisy animated smileys, "nudges", even more gay features. Why people think this is great, I do not know. The last version of Messenger that was actually an acceptable IM client, as far as MSN goes, was v5.0.
When on Windows I get constantly bombarded with whining from people, "omg u have 2 get the new messenger it is kool man wit all the new featurez an shit!!!1". No thanks.
God bless Bitlbee, CenterICQ and, to a lesser extent, Trillian Pro. Now if only Trillian Pro supported keeping all your message sessions in a single tabbed window, I would be a happy man.
I guess the smart thing to do was to plunge them into anarchy, civil war, and the constant threat from terrorists who weren't even there to begin with, under the pretext of oi^H^H^H^H "saving them from tyranny".
I find it deliciously ironic that you label me a Nazi yet wish to censor free speech.
If anything I consider it insulting to veterans of the wars (inclusive of many of my family) to NOT exercise our right to free speech, since after all that is what they laid down their lives for, is it not?
War veterans I personally know think the same as me. So, might I add, do the Germans with whom I am friends.
As I said before, I do not approve of what a lot of people say, but it is their right to do so, and who are we to attempt to silence them because we do not agree.
It's not that I don't care about my visual environment; I live in a nice house, which I take care of. I drive a nice car. But these are things which are seen by people all the time.
My computers, on the other hand, stay in my study and are rarely seen by anyone. They are there for the sole purpose of computing, not fancy desk decorations to be ooohd and aaahd at by all and sundry.
Sorry, but I just think casemodding to that degree is pointless.
Or am I the only one who thinks case mods are pointless? I would rather my computer be fast than look good. After all, I'm sure that, like me, most peoples' computers live safely tucked away under their desks.
The CIA aren't allowed to operate on USA soil, if I remember correctly (plus I'm not American). So... I suppose they would have to limit themselves to spying on foreign-based IRC servers only.
How does this marry with spying on US citizens, in the US, but connected to foreign servers? This sounds like a giant minefield as far as I'm concerned.
It is the one piece of software which I consider to be worth every last penny of the asking price, probably even more.
I do not grudge paying for it. However I do think that Opera's market share, so to speak, would dramatically increase were they to open-source it. But I don't see that happening at all, to be honest.
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My Hotmail account (also 5 years old) just got upgraded this week. I don't care about mine either, since I never, ever use it to send email. But yours might be upgraded soon.
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I quite like it. I can delete spam straight off the server. It supports friend/black lists, heuristic header scans, bouncing (I don't use that one) and SpamCop reporting.
It saves one from having to actually download a bunch of spam to one's computer before it can be deleted.
I'm 23 and I write in perfect cursive. In fact, I prefer it to typing. Maybe I like it because I suffered a serious injury to my hand when I was 12 that necessitated my learning to use it again from scratch.. I dunno. I just like to write, it relaxes me.
Sorry, yes I did.
The EU is a large association of countries and is quite justified in having a TLD. I would have no problems with allotting TLDs to South America, North America, Asia, Australasia or other regions.
.info, .biz, .tv and all the other crappy ones out there.
I can't say the same for
country code top-level domains are becoming more widely accepted.
Speaking of country code TLDs, anyone know for sure when .eu will become available? I've been waiting for that for a year now.
I wouldn't say IRC is dying, at least not on EFNet:
22:51:17 -!- There are 3459 users and 106809 invisible on 53 servers
22:51:17 -!- 416 IRC Operators online
22:51:17 -!- 42524 channels formed
22:51:17 -!- I have 1932 clients and 1 servers
22:51:17 -!- Current local users: 1932 Max: 2277
22:51:17 -!- Current global users: 110268 Max: 117492
110,000 users is a fair few. I mainly frequent chans where lol/omg/ur/wtf/rofl will get you instantly banned, along with any displays of colours or (the most offensive of all, in my opinion) away/mp3 scripts.
I guess I will never really like IMs, but as far as IM clients go, Trillian Pro is my client of choice. It would be Miranda but for the file transfer nightmares I always seem to suffer when I use it. Plus it doesn't (at least when I recently tried it again) support Yahoo, and I rather like having all my IM protocols handled by a single client. With smileys, sounds and colours and all the other crap turned off, it's quite respectable.
But for me, as with many others, I suspect IRC will always remain a firm favourite. And as long as we are around, IRC will be too and we will continue to uphold the sadly much-maligned etiquette that once was everywhere.
Do they do shellhosting too? My domain is pointed at my home IP address. Unfortunately my ISP doesn't do reverse-DNS and the only one in the UK that does can't match the speed of what I have. ):
I hope not long. The only reason I use MSN Messenger is because I tried Yahoo! Messenger, and it installed a bunch of crap I purposely told it not to, as well as adding to my right-click dialogue box "Email with Yahoo! Email",
Check out Miranda, or Trillian Pro. Personally when on Windows I use Trillian Pro, as although I like Miranda it gives me file transfer nightmares. Plus it's free, unlike Trillian Pro.
I often lament the fact that people refuse to use IRC (because that's for hax0rs, you know..) and as a result I am forced into using IM, which I am not that big a fan of. And you'd think that everyone would use something halfway decent, like Yahoo's IM, but no; MSN seems to be the one of choice. I do try and direct people to where I hang out on IRC, but the hardcore lamers out there just want animated smileys and a shaky message window.
Now all the lamers are going to be doing backflips at this; noisy animated smileys, "nudges", even more gay features. Why people think this is great, I do not know. The last version of Messenger that was actually an acceptable IM client, as far as MSN goes, was v5.0.
When on Windows I get constantly bombarded with whining from people, "omg u have 2 get the new messenger it is kool man wit all the new featurez an shit!!!1". No thanks.
God bless Bitlbee, CenterICQ and, to a lesser extent, Trillian Pro. Now if only Trillian Pro supported keeping all your message sessions in a single tabbed window, I would be a happy man.
I guess the smart thing to do was to plunge them into anarchy, civil war, and the constant threat from terrorists who weren't even there to begin with, under the pretext of oi^H^H^H^H "saving them from tyranny".
I find it deliciously ironic that you label me a Nazi yet wish to censor free speech.
If anything I consider it insulting to veterans of the wars (inclusive of many of my family) to NOT exercise our right to free speech, since after all that is what they laid down their lives for, is it not?
War veterans I personally know think the same as me. So, might I add, do the Germans with whom I am friends.
As I said before, I do not approve of what a lot of people say, but it is their right to do so, and who are we to attempt to silence them because we do not agree.
It contributes to the development and culture of humanity. Modding your case doesn't.
It's not that I don't care about my visual environment; I live in a nice house, which I take care of. I drive a nice car. But these are things which are seen by people all the time. My computers, on the other hand, stay in my study and are rarely seen by anyone. They are there for the sole purpose of computing, not fancy desk decorations to be ooohd and aaahd at by all and sundry. Sorry, but I just think casemodding to that degree is pointless.
I don't believe that a society (namely, Western) that promotes the right to free speech, should be outlawing political organisations.
I may be sickened by what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Or am I the only one who thinks case mods are pointless? I would rather my computer be fast than look good. After all, I'm sure that, like me, most peoples' computers live safely tucked away under their desks.
I thought of that, but MAC addresses of routers would be just as traceable (sp) as those of NIC cards, wouldn't they?
Since when can you change the MAC address of a network card, without replacing the whole thing? It's hard-coded in, you know.
On all the networks I frequent, the most-excommunicated countries are .mx .pt .ar. .br .fr .it .no .in .pk
.tr
But above all,
Turks. The single worst thing that ever happened to IRC.
Maybe they'll just sniff data packets straight from the servers instead.
The CIA aren't allowed to operate on USA soil, if I remember correctly (plus I'm not American). So... I suppose they would have to limit themselves to spying on foreign-based IRC servers only.
How does this marry with spying on US citizens, in the US, but connected to foreign servers? This sounds like a giant minefield as far as I'm concerned.
Either that or chop their hands off... that way IM *and* porno are both pointless...
IM, yes. As for pr0n, not necessarily My favourite received spam. Ever.
It is the one piece of software which I consider to be worth every last penny of the asking price, probably even more.
I do not grudge paying for it. However I do think that Opera's market share, so to speak, would dramatically increase were they to open-source it. But I don't see that happening at all, to be honest.
My Hotmail account (also 5 years old) just got upgraded this week. I don't care about mine either, since I never, ever use it to send email. But yours might be upgraded soon.
I agree with this. I am an Opera user; all I have to go is type "g " in the address bar. No need to ever actually type in www.google.com.