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Hey Colin. How have you been, old friend? 
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I like these attempts to prove that there are aliens; gives the Drake-equation some credibility.
The government is keeping them a secret of course, and no signals that amateurs could decipher. There must be men-in-black operating, otherwise it could not be kept a global secret 
Life may be abundant, but we are proving every day that intelligent life does not yet exist in the known universe.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I have religiously been a Internet Explorer devotee despite the onslaught of many a new browser. But alas, I have seen the light after repeated hiccups and crashes with IE over the past week. So having just removed all all vestiges of IE from my desktop, taskbar and menu, I am a lost soul as I feel my years of blind faith have been unrewarded by Microsoft. Oh well, easy come, easy go! Here is my parting message for Microsoft.... 
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So which browser are you now worshipping?
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Chuckle!
But since you asked...I've installed Firefox, Chrome and Safari to play with over the next few months.
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Ian Bell, #2 wrote: Firefox, Chrome and Safari
You can do much better than those "mass-appeal" junkers -- Opera and Maxthon, for starters.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Given my years of 'mindless' dedication to IE, I expect any browser to be better. Any chance you can quickly summarize the advantages of Opera and Maxthon over those I referenced?
Cheers,
Ian
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I've got maxthon open, so:
- For starters, it's got everything that all the other browsers have, so you won't miss any bells and whistles.
- It's faster than the others (except Opera when using the Opera servers)
- It integrates standards faster than the others
- You get to choose which rendering engine to use, so if a page won't display, you can just change the rendering engine (the mobile version gives you even more choices, like IOS/Android/desktop modes).
- Their sync features are pretty much how they should be. I can start reading something on my tablet, continue reading it on my phone, if holding the tablet becomes inconvenient, and finish it off at home on a desktop/laptop.
- AdBlock+ is built in.
- Not sure whether to class this is a plus or a minus, but it stores cookies in a database, which means you need to use a database editor to get at them (free ones are available[^]). That looks kind of minus-ish, but that also means that you can run queries, rather than have to grind your way through them.
- They are genuine innovators. They are the guys who made the MyIE shell, all those years ago, which gave IE4 most of the functionality offered by "modern, innovative" browser makers.
The latest version (which I haven't installed yet; I always adopt "late" -- i.e. at the right time) is supposed to add yet more innovation, like proper password management/generation and Shadow email.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'd not heard of Maxthon until your response. I will definitely take a look at it.
Thanks,
Ian
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Firefox is the officially supported browser within my company. I have some issues with FF, mainly how long it occasionally takes it to start up, as well as how long it takes to break/move a tab out in a new window.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Ian Bell, #2 wrote: Safari
Have you moved to a Mac, or are you using the incredibly out-of-date, no longer supported, and thoroughly insecure Windows version that Apple released in 2007 and disowned in 2012?
Apple apparently kills Windows PC support in Safari 6.0[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Working in Windows, thankfully, if what you say it true...
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You should try Edge then 
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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My significant other is telling me she enjoys working with Edge. I will have to give it a try.
Thanks
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Ok, so I dumped cable TV (TWC) and have been trying a few alternatives so I'm not hostage to those greedy barstools. (I've found most of the live news I like on YouTube).
At the moment it's Amazon Prime. Apart from one or 2 decent films, it's not worth the money. Will move on to Hulu next.
The exceptions:
TV series called FleaBag. Elephanting brilliant. Only 6 episodes - 3 hours total.
Film called Blackout. Got to see that one.
They have some Amazon only content (Man in the High Castle, for instance) but that wouldn't be enough to keep me interested and most of the films are b-movies or very old.
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Cut the cable a couple of years ago, now.
Amazon Prime: sucks - so much of what you want is pay-extra.
NetFlix: Good if your primary interest is movies
HuluPlus: Good if your primary interest is TV
HuluPlus will have the TV episodes the next day. NetFlix recently got control of a show I watch (actually, the entire lineup from a network). You'll not see the current season's episodes until well after the entire season is over.
HuluPlus: commercials on TV shows (unless you pay extra), but their movies have all been commercial free.
My current interface is via Roku - a real ass of a company - but with the largest variety of stations to connect.
My cable bill TV bill is now ca. US$8/month, which pays for HuluPlus.
Depending upon your connection method, you'll have more media than you can ever know what to do with. Mrs. Wife, who was skeptical at first, not only has adapated, but sees the merits in having almost everything you watch already recorded for you.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: NetFlix: Good if your primary interest is movies
This bit isn't really true anymore. The amount of Netflix-produced TV series is getting insane at this point. Everyone knows about the big ones ("House of Cards", "Orange is the New Black", Marvel stuff), but there are literally dozens of other shows being released.
As far as a response to the original post, I currently just have an HD antenna hooked up to my XBone and a Netflix account. When combined with various web clips and going to the pub for any live sporting events I would like to watch, I have everything that I require from an entertainment standpoint.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Man in the High Castle is an odd one bits are from the book which did a lot of world building I think Philip K D*ck might have been planning a series of books but Acid got in the way . I have started to watch it due to flat mate having a Prime subscription for quick books, let mine lapse when they upped the price. He also has Netflicks which he forgot about (he got for his ex, only remembered when a bill came in which he checked) I found you can access all the shows on Netflicks even if they aren't advertised in your country by entering the name Netflicks gives them, there are better instructions on the Tested web site have a search around for it: www.tested.com
I also think the 'cutting cord' thing is primarily a US thing as here in the UK we get a decent(ish) selection via digital broadcast. I wonder how the rest of Europe is?
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glennPattonWorking wrote: in the UK we get a decent(ish) selection of repeats via digital broadcast.
FTFY! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well the Plus hour channels are generally how I see stuff...never on time for anything
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You have to be careful watching those. We have been caught out a couple of times watching +1 late at night. Come midnight it just switches off without warning, regardless of whether the program has finished.
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I thought the book was awful bit loved the series.
I do agree that UK TV provider choice/quality is far better; either SKY, SKY FreeSat, FreeSat or FreeView which are all bloody good and all those channels for free!!!
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10 years ago newspapers were still important, now they are only an environmental disaster.
My kids don't know what a cassette tape is.
I'm betting my grand kids (not yet, little while to go) won't have any clue what cable/broadcast TV is [was]. (Probably movie theaters too - for sure the g-g-kids.)
Sin tack ear lol
Pressing the "Any" key may be continuate
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Lopatir wrote: (not yet, little while to go)
First one will be arriving next week - excited and terrified all at the same time!!!
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Happened to me a few years ago. Frightening, in a way as you sort of change your class in society.
Single->Married->Parent are all the same 'group' pretty much. There are differences, but then suddenly your group changes to "Grandparent" - and it's altogether different.
However - after the first one, the damage is done - and thus, you may as well collect as many grandchildren as you can.*
* Warning!!! - quality control can be a problem. All the ones I've gotten so far seemed to leak. This is best addressed by the first-line custodians.
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