Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:17:31 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <4FwEA.88503$Fv2.19955@fx02.iad> <8ssmec1o3btcuo4c57q7qtfjtlsr6ojqt6@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:408746 sci.physics:629379 alt.privacy.anon-server:58985 comp.sys.mac.system:104576 alt.comp.os.windows-10:39760 alt.cellular-phone-tech:1072 On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 21:27:05 +0100, Sprang wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 21:24:22 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this: >> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 21:13:20 +0100, Sprang wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 21:13:25 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this: >>>> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 20:50:07 +0100, Snit wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 4/16/17, 12:31 PM, in article op.yysy7ag2js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson >>>>> Sword" wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>>> Nah, just can't spell worth a shot. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Does your newsreader not underline fuckups in red? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My newsreader uses an external editor, through which I can invoke spell >>>>>>> checking, I just don't bother. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have most curse words down pat :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Your newsreader can't edit by itself? Oh dear. >>>>> >>>>> I have no issue with a modular tool -- but if the BEST choice he can find >>>>> for it does not even have auto-spell checking that is sad. >>>>> >>>>> Heck, I am using the world's crappiest news reader, a nearly 10 year old >>>>> program made by MS for the Mac (Entourage). I really should at least move to >>>>> Thunderbird or SOMETHING, but I openly admit there are no good newsreaders >>>>> for the Mac. I do not feel the need to pretend the Mac is good at all >>>>> things. >>>>> >>>>> If he admits Linux is doing a poor job for him, too, then no big deal... but >>>>> I find Linux users all too often feel the need to support the cult-like >>>>> nonsense which is all too common in that group. >>>> >>>> AFAIK Opera is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. That's what I'm using. >>>> >>> >>> I've used Opera in Windows and Linux. >>> Not my cup of tea. >> >> Its mail/newsgroups program is excellent. >> > > I'll stick to a modern UI. :) slrn is far from that. -- Create instant designer stubble by sucking a magnet and dipping your chin in a bowl of iron fillings.