Sporger - has ruined this Gateway newsgroup

[Postman Delivers]

I still work on these computers, and think it is sad to see this idot,
destroy a newsgroup...

JR the postman

[Ben Myers]

Post by Postman Delivers
I still work on these computers, and think it is sad to see this idot,
destroy a newsgroup...
JR the postman

I think that the world is moving away from usenet groups, toward
vendor-specific forums, many of them moderated. For me, it's a pain in
the ass to go to each vendor's forum on the web. usenet is so much more
convenient... Ben Myers

[Lee]

There are still a few of us that monitor this newsgroup and I am sure if
we had a problem there would be an answer, just not a lot to say unless
you have a question regarding your Gateway. I am using a Gateway at the
present time and would buy another one if this one died.
I have had zero computer related problems. Anything that happened was
software related and the dummy behind the keys.

I see Ben replied to you also and he is a fountain of knowledge! He
helped me several times. Thanks again Ben.

Post by Postman Delivers
I still work on these computers, and think it is sad to see this idot,
destroy a newsgroup...

[chicagofan]

Post by Lee
There are still a few of us that monitor this newsgroup and I am sure if
we had a problem there would be an answer, just not a lot to say unless
you have a question regarding your Gateway. I am using a Gateway at the
present time and would buy another one if this one died.

Same here... this laptop [my latest purchase] is almost 4 yrs. old.

Post by Lee
I have had zero computer related problems. Anything that happened was
software related and the dummy behind the keys.

I've had 3 Gateways, and never had to call them for service. Whatever
problems [ignorance] I needed solved, I came here and always found the
answer. No hardware failures, except Mother Nature induced [lightning].

Post by Lee
I see Ben replied to you also and he is a fountain of knowledge! He
helped me several times. Thanks again Ben.

My thanks too, to Ben and everyone who's helped me over the years. I
hope you hang around, because I'll be here until they turn the lights
out. :)

Barbara

Post by Lee

Post by Postman Delivers
I still work on these computers, and think it is sad to see this idot,
destroy a newsgroup...

[Ben Myers]

Post by chicagofan

Post by Lee
There are still a few of us that monitor this newsgroup and I am sure if
we had a problem there would be an answer, just not a lot to say unless
you have a question regarding your Gateway. I am using a Gateway at the
present time and would buy another one if this one died.

Same here... this laptop [my latest purchase] is almost 4 yrs. old.

Post by Lee
I have had zero computer related problems. Anything that happened was
software related and the dummy behind the keys.

I've had 3 Gateways, and never had to call them for service. Whatever
problems [ignorance] I needed solved, I came here and always found the
answer. No hardware failures, except Mother Nature induced [lightning].

Post by Lee
I see Ben replied to you also and he is a fountain of knowledge! He
helped me several times. Thanks again Ben.

My thanks too, to Ben and everyone who's helped me over the years. I
hope you hang around, because I'll be here until they turn the lights
out. :)
Barbara

Post by Lee

Post by Postman Delivers
I still work on these computers, and think it is sad to see this idot,
destroy a newsgroup...

A good newsreader makes it easy to monitor several newsgroups easily... Ben

[Joan F (MI)]

I've switched to Toshiba laptops but still have the group on my list to
synch. My first laptop was a Gateway and I liked it a lot but had to have
the motherboard replaced and then started having problems again. I think
that it was overheating that killed it. The newer Toshibas seem to run much
cooler.

[Postman Delivers]

Post by Joan F (MI)
I've switched to Toshiba laptops but still have the group on my list to
synch. My first laptop was a Gateway and I liked it a lot but had to
have the motherboard replaced and then started having problems again. I
think that it was overheating that killed it. The newer Toshibas seem
to run much cooler.

* * *

Thanks for correcting me, and my ISP Cox is closing access to newsgroup
on June 30th... I shall pay for outside service, as I live in the Usenet
and my www useage is Google search and maybe 20% of my computer time...

I do answer questions once day a week on Yahoo Answers, surprised about
the general low mentality in the computer question section, but I decided
to attempt to share a bit of my knowledge there...

Cox Communications income was up in 2009, but they need to shut down to
reduce cost...Internet profit is apparently not good enough...
http://www.pbn.com/detail/49376.html


JR the postman

[chicagofan]

Post by Postman Delivers

Post by Joan F (MI)
I've switched to Toshiba laptops but still have the group on my list to
synch. My first laptop was a Gateway and I liked it a lot but had to
have the motherboard replaced and then started having problems again. I
think that it was overheating that killed it. The newer Toshibas seem
to run much cooler.

* * *
Thanks for correcting me, and my ISP Cox is closing access to newsgroup
on June 30th... I shall pay for outside service, as I live in the Usenet
and my www useage is Google search and maybe 20% of my computer time...

If you only need/want text newsgroups, eternal-september.org provides a
free Usenet service. I use it as a backup when my ISP news service is
doing maintenance. Like you I probably will lose my ISP provided
service in the near future.
bj

[Ben Myers]

Post by Postman Delivers

Post by Joan F (MI)
I've switched to Toshiba laptops but still have the group on my list to
synch. My first laptop was a Gateway and I liked it a lot but had to
have the motherboard replaced and then started having problems again. I
think that it was overheating that killed it. The newer Toshibas seem
to run much cooler.

* * *
Thanks for correcting me, and my ISP Cox is closing access to newsgroup
on June 30th... I shall pay for outside service, as I live in the Usenet
and my www useage is Google search and maybe 20% of my computer time...

If you only need/want text newsgroups, eternal-september.org provides a
free Usenet service. I use it as a backup when my ISP news service is
doing maintenance. Like you I probably will lose my ISP provided service
in the near future.
bj

Been accessing this and other ngs with eternal-september for a number of
months. Seems to work OK... Ben Myers

[Joan F (MI)]

I've been using Giganews even before my ISP closed their servers which were
abysmal, it used to be $7.99 a month for the lowest tier, then when all the
ISPs started dumping Usenet, they lowered the rate to $2.99 a month. To me
it's well worth it, it's run professionally, always available, perfect
completion, long retention.

Postman Delivers wrote:
.|
| Thanks for correcting me, and my ISP Cox is closing access to
| newsgroup on June 30th... I shall pay for outside service, as I live
| in the Usenet and my www useage is Google search and maybe 20% of my
| computer time...
|
| I do answer questions once day a week on Yahoo Answers, surprised
| about the general low mentality in the computer question section, but
| I decided to attempt to share a bit of my knowledge there...
|
| Cox Communications income was up in 2009, but they need to shut down
| to reduce cost...Internet profit is apparently not good enough...
| http://www.pbn.com/detail/49376.html
|
|
| JR the postman