COMPUTER CHINCHAT
From Vince Chin
The worry what effect would the new installation have on your existing account? I personally would be extremely cautious and if possible, ask the assistant where you got the CD from if it replaces/overwrites your existing account, or read the readme.txt file or any associated documentation to find out. Otherwise you could possibly end up extremely sorry that you didn't. .
Reader's Complaints
Recent readers letters in Internet related magazines have seen an
increase of complaints concerning some free ISP CDs which have replaced
the user's old Internet connection. These free CDs (which in some cases
you have to pay a nominal fee for which is then donated to charity)
include a new Browser upgrade, usually Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.
Funny, it's been approximately two years since I started
writing this column and I've seen Microsoft jump from version 2 of
Internet Explorer to version 5. With this Browser upgrade, many of the
free ISPs have added their own proprietary 'enhancements', such as their
own logo, or changing the default home web page. Not earth shattering -
but annoying!
In some instances, especially if you're currently using AOL
or CompuServe, I would advise against trying the new freebies until you've
backed up/saved your existing bookmarks and emails. It's been a very long
time since I tried CompuServe or AOL, personally I could never understand
why anyone wants to pay for their time on-line when
Gangster Site
Recently on the taxicab discussion list, someone mentioned the
gangsters of London in the sixties, and quite coincidentally I was
forwarded this URL, http://www.madfrankiefraser.co.uk
On this site, the infamous Mad Frankie Fraser is attempting to get
£200,000 funding for a film of his life.
Frankie says: "In the good old days, getting hold of
that amount of cash wouldn't have presented too many problems!"
If you want to learn all about South London's Richardson gang
or the East London Kray's, then this is definitely the site for you. Mad
Frankie Fraser explains in graphic detail the 'goings-on' of that era and
details his life in prison, together with his feelings concerning the IRA
inmates and the arrival of James Earl Ray when he was arrested for the
killing of Martin Luther King. Worth a visit for the not-so-faint-hearted.
Clapoztrap
Here's an email I received from a fellow 'English speaking' Aussie -
see if you can decipher it!
"G'day mate, bonza new for ya, as ya will see a link is
now place on me web sight, http://www.londontaxiweddings.com.au
here to sharin' its as we calls it on spiders' bed,
oo-roo mate, Steve"
Basically, Steve and I have created reciprocal links to each
others web sites, but you'd never know we speak the same language, would
you!
C Ya next month...
