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| Thread ID: 59633 | 2005-07-08 03:42:00 | New Zealand PCWORLD | ERR (8231) | PC World Chat |
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| 370433 | 2005-07-08 03:42:00 | Once upon a time in the good old days, not so long ago (1996?) New Zealand PCWORLD magazine did web site reviews (I think review is the right word for it.) But unless I am going blind, I no longer read these articles in the latest magazines. The reason I ask/tell last Saturday I when to the dentist, he gave me three lots of medication to take before I go back today at 4pm to have the tooth removed. I found it is a good idea to do a google search on the medication, there is lots of information the doctor, dentist, chemist does not tell you about. http://www.drugs.com/ is one web site that has useful information I am not sure if anyone has a real good one they prefer? I wonder if the magazine will ever bring back their web site articles like they used too? |
ERR (8231) | ||
| 370434 | 2005-07-08 05:46:00 | I doubt it? It's all digital cameras these days plus ancient news from their American cousins. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 370435 | 2005-07-08 08:56:00 | Once upon a time in the good old days, not so long ago (1996?) New Zealand PCWORLD magazine did web site reviews (I think review is the right word for it . ) But unless I am going blind, I no longer read these articles in the latest magazines . The reason I ask/tell last Saturday I when to the dentist, he gave me three lots of medication to take before I go back today at 4pm to have the tooth removed . I found it is a good idea to do a google search on the medication, there is lots of information the doctor, dentist, chemist does not tell you about . http://www . drugs . com/ is one web site that has useful information I am not sure if anyone has a real good one they prefer? I wonder if the magazine will ever bring back their web site articles like they used too? Good point,I had forgotten about them . |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 370436 | 2005-07-08 09:55:00 | You mean PC World used to tell us where to get really good drugs? :stare: | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 370437 | 2005-07-08 10:17:00 | You mean PC World used to tell us where to get really good drugs? :stare: You are awful,I was referring to the site reviews. :lol: |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 370438 | 2005-07-08 21:17:00 | The small magazine Net Guide is the one to use for web sites. Personally, I find Net Guide a waste of time since nearly all of the sites are those I am not interested in. If PCWNZ were to do web site reviews, I think they should limit them to those directly related to computers, e.g. hardware-software, solutions to problems, price comparisons. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 370439 | 2005-07-09 01:54:00 | Hi Steve_L and all else There is not a lot you could put in a couple of pages, as you said if you want to trace your family tree you should get NetGuide as well, I gave up on it about a year ago, I found some of their technical advice a bit strange. And I must say I love the humor at this forum, unfortunately I have also seen the "Loose cannons" at this forum as well. |
ERR (8231) | ||
| 370440 | 2005-07-09 08:08:00 | And I must say I love the humor at this forum, unfortunately I have also seen the "Loose cannons" at this forum as well. I dunno if it means anything about me :nerd: :illogical but I find the loose cannons doing their stuff really funny!! :lol: When the mods crack down and all runs smoothly, its kind of, ahhh, well, 'sedate'. :p |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 370441 | 2005-07-09 09:32:00 | Back in the days ERR is talking about, the web was much smaller, younger, and new to many or most people, that is if you could afford $12+ dollars an hour dialup at 14.4kbps ( the local IBM.net charge) :) So it made sense to have articles about websites and browsers etc. Let me quote from a few PC Worlds: July 1955 "Mosaic:Killer App of the web?" Browsers, Cello1.01a, Chameleon 4.1, Mosaic in a Box1.0, NCSA Mosaic 2.009a, Netscape Navigator 1.0, Win Web 1.0 A2.3 May 1996, ISP charges, just one or two to illustrate:- Actrix, $14 per month, $5 per MB international data, $1 per MB national data. Planet Free NZ Wellington, $41 per month, for that you get 20MB of data per month, and 90 minutes online per day, after that you pay $1.50/MB and $4 per hour. (I was with IBM and had a free connection via my son in Canada as one of his "sub-users", costs in Canada at that time were something like $30 per month for 30 hours, no data charges, eventually rising to about 100 hours/month for the same charge before IBM cancelled sub-users in other countries) April 1997, an article on 'Top 40 New zealand Websites'....hmm most all are defunct now! This one still works, http://www.boarderzone.co.nz and so does this, www.cybermall.co.nz |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 370442 | 2005-07-09 09:44:00 | Let me quote from a few PC Worlds: July 1955 "Mosaic:Killer App of the web?" Browsers, Cello1.01a, Chameleon 4.1, Mosaic in a Box1.0, NCSA Mosaic 2.009a, Netscape Navigator 1.0, Win Web 1.0 A2.3 Ooh, 1955 thats old :D |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
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