From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c2318591037235d2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,c2318591037235d2 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-20 09:59:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C98CDEF.25FA0733@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: Universal access to threaded news readers, NOT (was): periodicity References: <4f13319b766a72c7ae2531d5c399bdca.48257@mygate.mailgate.org> <5ee5b646.0203182132.752d6b18@posting.google.com> <3cd9b572a0b9f2d8b2459674bacef4b6.48257@mygate.mailgate.org> <5175c6ca907482fb3a29448c5b2f8d82.48257@mygate.mailgate.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:58:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1016647101 66.75.151.160 (Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:58:21 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:58:21 PST Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21496 misc.misc:5832 Date: 2002-03-20T17:58:21+00:00 List-Id: Kent Paul Dolan wrote: > And if you are marginally competent in English, using a computer you > inherited from a defunct international aid foundation, your technology > is, oh, say readnews(), because that's what came in the box, and you are > just getting into computers for the first time, so the idea of > downloading and upgrading software is completely foreign to you, all > this availability of threaded newsreaders helps you exactly how? About the same amount that a downloadable Ada compiler helps? -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Remember, drive defensively if you drink.