From: "John Beamish" 

Yup.  Yup.  And yup.

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:18:04 -0500, Geo  wrote:

> Oh, ok I get it. I just think it would be very handy to have a computer
> that
> could pick up FM and song titles and play them instead of streaming over
> the
> internet. If they expect the computer to become the communications device
> that it should be, then things like this are a natural.
>
> I also think all PC's should come with some sort of internet telephone
> application. Perhaps Apple will fix that problem now that they are doing
> the
> iphone thing.
>
> Lastly, I think it's high time the stupid IM networks merge or at least
> AOL's ICQ and IM should share logins so you don't need to maintain two
> different logins. I've now dropped ICQ and am using Trillian with both an
> ICQ and AOL login (and I think I have a trillian login as well but I
> don't
> really understand why I need all these).
>
> First IM's to merge will take over. People are getting tired of the
> incompatibility. My daughter is on msn, my son on AOL, my work on ICQ,
> this
> is stupid. It's like different phone companies refusing to cross connect.
>
> Computers can't be communications devices if cross communications are not
> possible.
>
> Geo.
>
> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tj57jpczm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> I was commenting on your cost.  Should have been more explicit.
>
>

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