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Article #621122Re: Magazines
From: maus
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:38
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:38
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On 2018-03-02, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote: > maus <ma...@mail.com> wrote: >> Writing of magazines, back then, the UK market had a magazine called >> "Computer Shopper", NOT the US one, the UK one was developed by a man >> called "* Dennis", whose previous point of interest was as have being >> prosecuted for being associated with a porn charge. As far as I remember, >> the judge more or less let him off, as he thought that Mr. D. was of >> "Low intelligence " >> >> He next produced the above magazine, which was first printed on very >> low quality paper, but had great articles about every sort of computer, >> including the LYNX. As the years passed, the quality of the paper went >> up, but the content collapsed to the point where it was hard to find >> actual articles among the dross. By that time, Mr. Dennis was gone with >> lotsofcash. >> >> >> Now we have Facebook.. "O tempo, o mores". I must check if there are any >> computer magazines now. >> > > Probably not. Because we have stuff like Facebook notbthat many people read > anymore! > As many really do as ever. I read Facebook every day, to see what my less computer literate relations have to say. (and one very literate one).. Its really a heap of *. -- greymaus.ireland.ie Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man
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