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  Re: Newsreaders Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-02-16 15:20 +0000
    Re: Newsreaders Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-09 23:47 -0700
      Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 15:19 +0000
      Re: Newsreaders Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-10 12:17 -0700
      Re: Newsreaders <address_is@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-16 04:24 +0000
        Re: Newsreaders Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-16 00:55 -0700
      Re: Newsreaders Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-03-16 08:14 -0500
        Re: Newsreaders Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-16 07:33 -0700
          Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-16 10:47 -0400
            Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-16 17:01 +0000
              Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-16 13:34 -0400
                Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-16 19:17 +0000
              Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-16 20:18 +0000
              Re: Newsreaders Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-16 16:47 -0400
                Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-16 20:59 +0000
                  Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-16 17:49 -0400
                  Re: Newsreaders Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-03-18 20:23 +0000
            Re: Newsreaders dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-03-17 07:53 +1100
              Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-16 17:58 -0400
                Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-16 22:26 +0000
                Re: Newsreaders Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-16 16:09 -0700
          Re: Newsreaders Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-16 11:48 -0700
          Re: Newsreaders Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2014-03-28 15:14 -0600
      Re: Newsreaders Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> - 2014-03-16 12:21 -0500
        Re: Newsreaders Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-16 11:42 -0700

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#21577

In article <53261e75$0$12697$c3e8da3$69010069@news.astraweb.com>,
Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> A rabbi, an imam and a Catholic priest walk into a pub in the Shankhill 
> road. The barman looks at them and says "Get the fuck out o' here."

A priest, a rabbi, and a Wiccan priestess walk into a bar; the
bartender says, "What is this, a joke?"

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#21561

In article <160320140733290477%michelle@michelle.org>,
 Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <bolmd6FrvqdU1@mid.individual.net>, Lloyd  E Parsons
> <lloydp21@live.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Thoth by contrast appears to have an active developer, and I am tempted 
> > > to try it just because I believe that he or she will act on bug reports.
> > 
> > Thoth DID have an active developer.  But he's dropped it again.  No 
> > updates, and you can't buy it and get the unlocking key any more.
> 
> And directly from the Thoth web page:
> 
> "Registering and Downloading
> "Unfortunately, after a decade of consistently poor sales, Thoth is no
> longer available for downloading or registration. The possible influx
> of registrations from MT-NewsWatcher users updating to Mavericks and
> needing a new newsreader could have kept Thoth going for another couple
> of years, but the registrations never materialized."

Maybe because people didn't trust you and your attitude. What's to 
guarantee you won't have a hissy fit, take your ball, and go home AGAIN.

Nothing apparently.

All I did was complain that I had to ASK for updates because his systems 
couldn't add me automatically to the "Subscribe to Updates and our 
newsletter" list when I bought it.  After the 2nd update and his 
unhelpful "I can't help you." attitude, I asked for my money back.  A 
week later, he shut up shop, AGAIN.

I hope he enjoys his retirement.  And that he has lots of time on his 
hands.  I'm sure people in the day room will be asking him all about 
computers pretty quickly.

"Why does this Skype thingy always disconnect with my son?  We were just 
starting to have a nice talk about his girlfriend"

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#21688

In article <160320140733290477%michelle@michelle.org>,
 Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> And directly from the Thoth web page:
> 
> "Registering and Downloading
> "Unfortunately, after a decade of consistently poor sales, Thoth is no
> longer available for downloading or registration. The possible influx
> of registrations from MT-NewsWatcher users updating to Mavericks and
> needing a new newsreader could have kept Thoth going for another couple
> of years, but the registrations never materialized."

No biggie.  He pissed too many of us off back in the day, when we DID 
pay.  Fuck him.

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#21558

Dear friends:

Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 2014-02-16 15:20:35 +0000, Matti Haveri said:
> 
>> In comp.sys.mac.apps Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com> wrote:
>>>>> I did buy Unison, and it is very nice in many respects.  I really can't
>>> fault it for text groups, which is all I do.
>>> I've spent the last few days installing and configuring tin. Seems to
>> work great although this is my first real post.
>>> [...hmm just how does pico wrap lines ...guess I manually insert linebreaks
>> now to avoid sending garbage]
>>> Today I took a quick peek at Unison trial. Installing and configuring it
>> took only 2 minutes and the UI seemed OK. Might even buy it to support the
>> Mac ecosystem because CLI clients' learning curve IS quite steep.
>>> Guess I'll stick to tin for now. I installed also slrn -- does it have any
>> major advantages over tin?
> 
> Unison usually works pretty well, except for three issues.  Sometimes it
> decides to consume an entire processor's resources for an indefinite
> amount of time.  It remains responsive, but to correct the condition one
> must quit and restart.  Sometimes it decides to mix up the posts of two
> or more recently clicked threads willy-nilly.  Sometimes it just decides
> to crash entirely.  I purchased the program but am saddened by the fact
> that the developers are not fixing these bugs despite the fact that I
> usually email in the crash reports.
> 
> Thoth by contrast appears to have an active developer, and I am tempted
> to try it just because I believe that he or she will act on bug reports.

For me, the best is Agent for Windows UNDER Crossover for Mac. It works
like a native Mac App, and Agent is the best in its category. 

-- 
Enviado desde mi iPad usando NewsTap, Juan I. Cahis, Santiago de Chile.

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#21560

In article 
<1092722018416683179.591117jiclbchSINBASURA-attglobal.net@news-central.g
iganews.com>,
 Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Dear friends:
> 
> Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On 2014-02-16 15:20:35 +0000, Matti Haveri said:
> > 
> >> In comp.sys.mac.apps Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com> wrote:
> >>>>> I did buy Unison, and it is very nice in many respects.  I really can't
> >>> fault it for text groups, which is all I do.
> >>> I've spent the last few days installing and configuring tin. Seems to
> >> work great although this is my first real post.
> >>> [...hmm just how does pico wrap lines ...guess I manually insert 
> >>> linebreaks
> >> now to avoid sending garbage]
> >>> Today I took a quick peek at Unison trial. Installing and configuring it
> >> took only 2 minutes and the UI seemed OK. Might even buy it to support the
> >> Mac ecosystem because CLI clients' learning curve IS quite steep.
> >>> Guess I'll stick to tin for now. I installed also slrn -- does it have 
> >>> any
> >> major advantages over tin?
> > 
> > Unison usually works pretty well, except for three issues.  Sometimes it
> > decides to consume an entire processor's resources for an indefinite
> > amount of time.  It remains responsive, but to correct the condition one
> > must quit and restart.  Sometimes it decides to mix up the posts of two
> > or more recently clicked threads willy-nilly.  Sometimes it just decides
> > to crash entirely.  I purchased the program but am saddened by the fact
> > that the developers are not fixing these bugs despite the fact that I
> > usually email in the crash reports.
> > 
> > Thoth by contrast appears to have an active developer, and I am tempted
> > to try it just because I believe that he or she will act on bug reports.
> 
> For me, the best is Agent for Windows UNDER Crossover for Mac. It works
> like a native Mac App, and Agent is the best in its category.

Color me intrigued. Will Agent under Crossover work on Mavericks?

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