Niche? this P2P app’s niche is B2B.
A great addition to Microshaft cos its typical fatware, at 14 MB its already 10MB too fat.
Bill will love it.

Fanatic, when 1.9mb becomes way too much disk space let me know, I’ll give you a hard drive.
Seriously, its frivolous if you just brush over the surface, but there is a population of sight challenged users who may see some value here.
Hell its innovation, thats all i see, progress has to start somewhere. Think of BigblueAlice with a voice? cool? and with a face? OK so the face is frivolous…….. maybe.

Did you?

I’ll hang on to it for another week or two. Until the novelty value wears off, then drop it.
The current window consumes far too much screen real estate. I cant work and chat using it so it has a short life on my system.
It raises some points however……. maybe a voice reader app would be popular combined with a small on screen window not unlike AIM has now. What a great app for the visually impaired.

Edited by – rustedtight on 10/06/2001 12:13:27

“Was odigo used to warn of attacks?”
NO, not in this case.
The news report clearly states: “The message was a nonspecific threat that didn’t mention the World Trade Center, Diamandis said. “It was the timing that made it unusual.”
So, nobody was warned about WTC, it was just another threat, “nonspecific” and all.
It does make a good read though, if you gloss over the facts.

The answer is a resounding NO.
Now more than ever, what with relatively dumb kids able to set up a sophisticated denial of service attack against anyone who displeases them. to professional thieves leeching websites, mail n chat looking for credit card details, through to authorities placing Carnivore collecting systems at internet service providers. A Carnivore is a windows computer with removable hard drive so easily removed that the agent would take seconds to remove the drive n replace it with a blank one. Your privacy is a myth.
However, be honest with your chat buddies, dont break the law and who cares if somebody is recording my conversations.

“”How do YOU use instant messaging? Share your experience! Has it helped you find true love? Did you use it to nail that new job? Or do you have an IM “horror story?””

Uh huh, so the ‘charm-ee’ got nailed and not the new job?
Charmers start out with the same mind set wether nailing jobs or charmees.
Your story sickens me, Yet I feel you will rise above this setback.
The stink is only in your nose, nobody else notices it.
The bad taste? yeah well your going to have that for a while.
The stain? its in your eyes, nobody can see it believe me.
Why were we (fems) made so emotional, so sensitive, so caring, so humane. and why do they want to destroy that? Obviously it gives them pleasure.

Edited by – rustedtight on 08/31/2001 06:13:56 AM

Such a pity those students wore Walkmans turned full on.
My experience shows me a lot of lonely and rejected ‘rocks’ out there. Victims of a user society, the ‘gimme’ syndrome.
The pebbles lay where they fall. unwanted and replaced by the next ‘new wave’ pebble.
That leaves us with the sand.
Notice how the sand sticks to your skin, the pebbles hurt your feet and the rocks are pushed to one side?
so life is a gravel pit?
Hell no. it sux, then you die.
Get off your fat bum and give, so that you may receive.

I am Rusty, my needs are more base, I seek friendship, companionship or what passes for it on the web.
I believe that selection of a partner cannot be made in the dinky lil window afforded us by chat programs, however a basis may be set up wherein that may grow and true love may blossom.
I dont come here seeking a partner for life. Hell, I dont even come here seeking a partner for the next 30 minutes.
All i seek is chat. friendly chat. chat that may in its own way lead to a more solid friendship. nothing more, nothing less.
I accept that here is a program that will allow me to interact with those of opposing views, those of different religions, those that in the real world would oppose me and my choices, should I validate my choices? of course, without prejudice. and I should listen to the views of others. lest I be ignorant.
And God forbid that I be ignorant.
Sometimes I seek sympathy, wherein I have reached a position in life i cannot now handle, my God, there are people out there that care…and will help.
Sometimes I just want to hold another hand albeit a cyber hand, I can find it, it is out there.
Sometimes my needs are more base and satisfaction at a lower level is sought, sex is a driving force of life and whoahooo its a force to face on the web, carefull choice of partner and even ‘cyber’sex can satisfy……
OK you get what you deserve. it’s a fishermans creed, set your bait well and you get what you seek.
Me? my bait is a simple: Hi.