That is true. After a couple of time getting this computer jammed up and having to reload software, change plans, etc. I'm a bit nervous about doing any more changes for a while. I'll limp along on this less than perfect system. At least I can get and send emails, even if it's not as user friendly as the Outlook Express I lost.
That's what the colleges miss. They are so intent on producing 'computer scientists' they spend more time on the theoretical underpinnings than how to get things done. I got an alumni newsletter where the school announced a new degree course in games and simulations. My first reaction was 'basketweaving!' but after thinking for a moment I realized they were actually trying to teach a specific skill set that might get the graduates a paying job.
Back when I was taking ComSci classes, the emphasis was on "What do you need to know, and how to find it out." It was about Computer Science - as a theoretical discipline. Programming with a #2 pencil" as my girlfriend put it. And it ranges from hardware I/O, resource allocation in the OS, what makes a "good" program, error trapping/correction ("Do not test for an error condition you don't know what to do about."), S/W testing, etc. Modeling - what it is, what it can't do "yet". And so forth. Applications have their own set of meta issues. In any given year, you have about five or six people who really are there for that stuff. "Algorithms+Data Structures = Programs" The other people there mostly want to write the code for the program, and let someone else think about the algorithm and the data-structure. They're needed too..
OE is a component of Internet Explorer. It can be enabled in IE6 and
If you upgrade to IE8 with OE uninstalled, you can not re-install OE without first downgrading IE back to IE7 or IE6 first., because OE is not part of IE8. In XP you cannot go to IE9. In Win 7 you cannot go below IE 8, so no OE in Win7.
You've got a better chance to default on the second coming. Banks give up, credit card companies give up, student load holders will screw with you until the day you die.
But Stomin' has a virgin install of XP and therefore IE6. He should have no problem upgrading to 7 or 8. Yet he says he can't. (Unless he is just listening to his friend again.) I'm sure he could do it if he just got on with it.
And google apps has dropped support of IE8. Billie Boy is trying to force OS upgrade and google is trying to push Chrome.
At which point, you do want someone who understands the theory of the subject. As well as how to write tight code which compiles first time, sans bugs.
... Or accuse you of having been nasty to him, yet when asked to provide a message reference cite, fails to do so and can't even remember what was said that was so offensive...
Not to mention there are other options preferable to Outhouse Express:
If he doesn't like Thunderbird (why I'll never understand), he could also use SeaMonkey browser/email application (which is closer to the old Netscape 4.7x), or Gravity for his newsreader, or Xananews. Any of those are better than lame Outhouse Express, and free as well...
1) can't figure out the message rules for Usenet in Thunderchicken. Just barely figuring out how to do a few things.
2) can't delete usenet messages in Thunderchicken.
3) can't read all my email accounts into one folder for Thunderchicken. Each email adress goes to a separate folder.
4) Can't read email properties in TC, like I did in OE.
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