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Article #241890Re: [ot] warning this is ot
From: neppie
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:09
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:09
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"Pixel "#~" <notreally@real.com> wrote in message news:o56ck5tnoj0qjpb735g9ibnkderc0sd30h@4ax.com... > On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:08:29 +0100, DG > <dammygerritsen@censored.zzn.com> wrote: > >>>>> You make me think someone already did. >>>> >>>> Why are you still using an OS that does not support UTF-8? Do you >>>> really still use Windows 95? Or is it your newsreader that does not >>>> support UTF-8? Apparently mine doesn't either. Because I am teh lazy. >>> I am using an old reader on an old machine that basically really just >>> here because it supports de drivers for my MP3-player. And it runs >>> Windows 98 you know! >>> >>Runs? Crawls more likely. >> >>Ehr, how old is that MP3 player? They tend not to provide '98 drivers with >>new >>devices. Mine does, but it's a three year old 1GB model that cost just 8 >>euros >>last month. The expensive ones are XP or above. > > Oh, the player runs on XP too. Just not on Vista, which we hav on the > real computer. I really hate Vista. > And actually, my Win98 boots up a hundred times as fast as the Vista > Machine, and since I only use the Win98 machine for downloading, > managing my mp3player and mail and usenet, it runs like a train. 98 was a way better OS, IMO. Even XP was better. Vista is like a dumb people's OS, and nothing works on it unless you want to jump through hurdles. Even then there's problems.
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