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8:32 pm
27th February 10
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doreen
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I am tired of Microsoft and all it's problems.
I am moving on.!!
I shall need help.
Does anybody on this forum use Ubuntu 9.10 the English version of Linux
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9:43 am
22nd March 10
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doreen
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Today I am inside and outside and sorting out my thoughts.
Sorting out my Hobbies.
My number one is computers, an expensive hobby
Number two is my Garden and I could make number three…. Forums..
I have met so many different types of posters from around the world.
Had invitations to visit far away places.
Forums do need a lot of my time, yes I shall think about it.
But first a little digging to do outside.
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6:12 pm
22nd March 10
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Ciderman
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What problems Doreen? I hear this often but have never experienced them. I have Firefox and Google Chrome but hardly ever use them. I have Safari at work at the museum and it's a pain! So I'm happy with IE.
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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10:58 pm
22nd March 10
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Hammer
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Ciderman said:
What problems Doreen? I hear this often but have never experienced them. I have Firefox and Google Chrome but hardly ever use them. I have Safari at work at the museum and it's a pain! So I'm happy with IE.
Agree 100% Cider, interesting that most FF users still have to fall back on IE to carry out certain tasks.
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8:52 am
23rd March 10
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doreen
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Dear Cider and Mr Hammer, If you prefer using Microsoft and Internet Explorer then I would be last person to persuade you to change your minds
For me Microsoft is a Mono pol and doesn't allow compatibility with other systems.
It is very slow against Firefox starting up the Web Browsers and speed is a key factor.
It is more virus prone, spy ware etc. The hackers love it.
It is less user friendly. when “right clicking your mouse less tabs.
Microsoft EXEL (which I use) has many disadvantages.
FireFox users only fall back on IE when they have no choice due to IE compatibility.
Can you buy a computer which hasn't Microsoft pre installed ???
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9:38 am
23rd March 10
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Ciderman
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Yes but I choose not to. I don't find any difference speedwise Doreen and they are all subject to 'patches' from time to time. I noticed on an American forum that I frequent, that there is a German warning currently on Firefox vulnerabilities.
I don't use Excel, I 've found Works is adequate for my needs and all the s/s, d/b Word processor are all in one.
I sometimes think that Microsoft suffers from “tall Poppy Syndrome” , like MacDonalds. If it's successful, chop it down.
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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10:33 am
23rd March 10
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doreen
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Perhaps if we spare a moment and think only about computers
(I am at the moment trying to clean all the winter grime off my outside table)
In between I come in and write here
Computers are a wonderful invention.
Me here in Switzerland and writing o you in NZ this morning and getting a reply.
Reading both German and English newspapers.
I have to translate from German into English and send an e- mail to China ordering electric bits.
Yesterday I paid my bills on line.
I save telephone bills by e-mailing my two children and Grandchildren.
You can have my television but NOT my computer.
So what matter which browser or system we use as long as it works.
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11:46 am
23rd March 10
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Hammer
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Does it really matter who uses what? It is down to choice and being comfortable in the skin one employs.
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6:43 pm
23rd March 10
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Ciderman
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Yes I don't know how we managed before. Well, I do, but it's easier now!
At the museum where I work we were given a film strip reader by a bigger museum but it had a broken drive belt. In two days I had located an agent and ordered new belt from the makers in the US, paid by m/card. It arrived 6 days later. Minimal cost. Minimal effort. Wonderful.
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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7:51 pm
23rd March 10
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doreen
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Yes that is how it is today.
I started when I was young with computers.
My husband taught me a lot. My first computer was an Atari.
It had no mouse and I had to work with the keyboard telling it what to do..DOS.
And now my mouse has no tail… 
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9:12 pm
23rd March 10
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Ciderman
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My first was in 1981 called a Sinclair ZX81. It had 1k of memory but could be expanded by use of a tape recorder to 16K !!! Wow! I played a game called “Jet Set Willy” for ages. The ZX81 plugged into your old TV
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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9:28 pm
23rd March 10
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I started with a Texas Instruments 99/4A in 1982 or 3 and it actually had a memory of 1 MB – big time in those days. I even wrote a couple of programmes for it and typed in a number of others from the magazine that TI published which were saved on a tape recorder !
It was a Christmas present for my two daughters but I know who got the most pleasure from it. 
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8:06 pm
26th March 10
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doreen
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We have talked about Past and Present Computers, I wonder what will be next.
Travelling on the train 2 weeks ago I watched a man fiddling with his large wrist watch until I noticed he was sending a SMS.
It must have been one of those with an Internet connection.
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7:06 am
27th March 10
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Ciderman
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I have just sent an Osborne PC of 1981 vintage to a man in the South Island who is establishing a computer museum. It was left at our museum and it's not really our thing so better somewhere where it is appreciated.
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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