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Susan Bugher

It seems to me that there are several distinct types who hang out in ACF
- a few that spring to mind:

Freeware Hunter-Gatherers - find lots of programs and bring them back
for the group to feed on.

Freeware Explorers - test new programs (send up smoke signals when the
news is bad).

Freeware Archeologists - unearth long lost Freeware in little known
archives.

Others?

Susan
 
Susan said:
It seems to me that there are several distinct types who hang out in ACF
- a few that spring to mind:

Freeware Hunter-Gatherers - find lots of programs and bring them back
for the group to feed on.

Freeware Explorers - test new programs (send up smoke signals when the
news is bad).

Freeware Archeologists - unearth long lost Freeware in little known
archives.

Others?

Susan
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Offtopic Ranter - Person who posts useless trivia ?
 
It seems to me that there are several distinct types who hang out in ACF
- a few that spring to mind:

Freeware Hunter-Gatherers - find lots of programs and bring them back
for the group to feed on.

Freeware Explorers - test new programs (send up smoke signals when the
news is bad).

Freeware Archeologists - unearth long lost Freeware in little known
archives.

Others?

Susan
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Freeware wardens - warn of improper postings, spyware, shareware etc

Freeware "leechers" - like me, probably get more out of the group than
I contribute ?

Freeware specialists - those who know one or more freeware programmes
very well = e.g. Dick Hazleger (sp?) on one of the spam filtering
programmes

Clearly, many people play different roles at different times

Interesting post Susan
 
Freeware wardens - warn of improper postings, spyware,
shareware etc

Freeware "leechers" - like me, probably get more out of the
group than I contribute ?

Freeware specialists - those who know one or more freeware
programmes very well = e.g. Dick Hazleger (sp?) on one of
the spam filtering programmes
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And...we also from time to time got some freeware writers
visiting here and explain their own piece...shall we call them
"Freeware magicians"

Clearly, many people play different roles at different
times

Interesting post Susan
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Indeed :)






























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Alastair said:
Freeware wardens - warn of improper postings, spyware, shareware etc

Freeware "leechers" - like me, probably get more out of the group than
I contribute ?
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not true IMO.

leechers leads logically to loaders ->

Freeware Loaders - have installed 23 image viewers, 37 text editors etc.
etc.
Freeware specialists - those who know one or more freeware programmes
very well = e.g. Dick Hazleger (sp?) on one of the spam filtering
programmes

Clearly, many people play different roles at different times

Interesting post Susan
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Thanks Alastair. :)

If we have some artists in the crowd, we could maybe have a web page(s)
sorta kinda like the Flame Warriors. . . ????????


Susan
 
Susan said:
It seems to me that there are several distinct types who hang out in
ACF - a few that spring to mind:

Freeware Hunter-Gatherers - find lots of programs and bring them back
for the group to feed on.

Freeware Explorers - test new programs (send up smoke signals when the
news is bad).

Freeware Archeologists - unearth long lost Freeware in little known
archives.

Others?

Susan
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Pssst! Don't forget the lurkers.

Who said that.................?
 
Susan said:
not true IMO.

leechers leads logically to loaders ->

Freeware Loaders - have installed 23 image viewers, 37 text editors etc.
etc.



Thanks Alastair. :)

If we have some artists in the crowd, we could maybe have a web page(s)
sorta kinda like the Flame Warriors. . . ????????


Susan
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I guess I'm a Hunter-Gatherer, also minoring in Archeology, searching
for freeware and helping the "Clueless Newbies", never tiring of
hearing the same request for an item that was asked for the day before
yesterday.. I haven't installed 23 image viewers (only 4), but have them
all saved on my harddrive.
 
Somtime near Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:55:47 GMT, JoeA
<[email protected]> spewed forth the following abomination:

I guess I'm a Hunter-Gatherer, also minoring in Archeology, searching
for freeware and helping the "Clueless Newbies", never tiring of
hearing the same request for an item that was asked for the day before
yesterday.. I haven't installed 23 image viewers (only 4), but have them
all saved on my harddrive.
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I myself have been a longtime user of pricelessware.org, but only
recently started watching this group.

I have a simple system of programs - I download something, try it
out, use it, and if it is not to my liking, then uninstall it - but
leave the installer on my second drive.

I have grouped program installs on my HD as Currently Used Software
and Unused - the unused stuff are programs I have used in the past but
no longer use, but I keep around just in case I can / need to use it
again for a particular feature.

I guess, then, that I ma a hunter / gatherer, with a bit of
archaeology and a Lot of repository skills.
 
jo wrote:

aha! a Freeware Consumate Connoisseurs has arrived. . .

savors the attributes of the finest of Freeware - only the very best
will do for this type of Freeware Fanatic. . .


Susan
 
John said:
Somtime near Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:55:47 GMT, JoeA
<[email protected]> spewed forth the following abomination:
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helping the "Clueless Newbies" -> "Tireless Tutor"?
I myself have been a longtime user of pricelessware.org, but only
recently started watching this group.

I have a simple system of programs - I download something, try it
out, use it, and if it is not to my liking, then uninstall it - but
leave the installer on my second drive.

I have grouped program installs on my HD as Currently Used Software
and Unused - the unused stuff are programs I have used in the past but
no longer use, but I keep around just in case I can / need to use it
again for a particular feature.

I guess, then, that I ma a hunter / gatherer, with a bit of
archaeology and a Lot of repository skills.
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"repository skills". . . hmmmmm. . . sounds like "Freeware Junkie" to
me. . .

Takes one to know one. :)

Susan
 
It seems to me that there are several distinct types who hang out in ACF
- a few that spring to mind:

Freeware Hunter-Gatherers - find lots of programs and bring them back
for the group to feed on.

Freeware Explorers - test new programs (send up smoke signals when the
news is bad).

Freeware Archeologists - unearth long lost Freeware in little known
archives.
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You're a people watcher Susan. I'm going to have to stay on your good side
so you won't expose me for what I really am. :)
Others?
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Yes.

The Happy Tweaker - on an endless search for the coolest Freeware to do his
daily chores. He changes programs often, and are often conflicted. After
all, there can be only 1 best program in each genre, right?

Mr Minimalist - search out the very smallest programs (easy to collect!)
that still function well. They end up with many programs for each chore.

True Blue - If a software works to his satisfaction, he is forever in its
debt. He will never give it up, regardless of how good new programs are. He
even feels guilty using a newer revisions of the same programs.

The Crusader - Seek out "ideal" programs, and never miss an opportunity to
extol its virtues. And extol, and extol...

The Rebel - Goes far out of his way to avoid the most popular software. If
the masses use it, it must not be any good. After all, what do the masses
know?

Paranoid Pete - Asks, researches, and reluctantly tries out a program. Uses
a firewall, packet sniffer, and 11 spyware programs just in case the program
is out to get him. If his screen makes 1 unexplained flicker, he nukes the
program and overwrites the empty space it occupied at least 3 times.

Obsessive Oscar - New program came out. Must download it. Must install it in
a folder of my choosing. Must try it out 3 times per day for 5 days. If the
menus are out of order, delete delete delete. Wash hands. If the icons are
not perfectly aligned, delete delete delete. Wash hands, change socks, look
for another new program.

Bob
 
aha! a Freeware Consumate Connoisseurs has arrived. . .

savors the attributes of the finest of Freeware - only the very best
will do for this type of Freeware Fanatic. . .
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Hmmph... what's wrong with that? :)

Bob
 
RE: Freeware Consummate Connoisseurs
My thoughts went to the browsing of the hardware and small tools section of
a store where just the 'perfect' item might be available. Soon the tool box
or the shelves are filled with 'specialized' tools.
While browsing - or is it lurking- on this newsgroup I have benefited from
the many references to specific 'softwares' that have delivered exactly the
special TOOL needed. I am continually amazed that such great software is
free.
Currently the Float Menu from http://www.bactec.com is the latest solution
to frequently visited files but Shortpopup hasn't been abandoned. It
continues to manage the folder filled with the many shortcuts. Notes Centre
with its facility to import txt files really solved the long collection of
text files.
Just checking out what might be the next 'perfect tool' could be the
consuming behaviour.
There is such a variety of personalities in this newsgroup as well.
Rose
 
Okay...Mr.Adkins has a good list and I would pick from his list
The Happy Tweaker - on an endless search for the coolest Freeware to do
his/her daily chores.
and revise to (for myself)
The Consummate Tweaker - searching for the efficient Freeware to do the task
<LOL>
Rose
 
Susan said:
Freeware Loaders - have installed 23 image viewers, 37 text editors etc.
etc.
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Yepper - that's me. Lotsa good stuff passes through this group, lotsa that
lotsa ends up one my systems.

I think I'm addicted. Is there a support group? My name is Loren, and I'm
a Freeware Loader. It all started when...


Loren
 
Rose said:
Okay...Mr.Adkins has a good list and I would pick from his list
The Happy Tweaker - on an endless search for the coolest Freeware to do
his/her daily chores.
and revise to (for myself)
The Consummate Tweaker - searching for the efficient Freeware to do the task
<LOL>
Rose
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Yes indeed, searching 3 days for *the* tool that will save you 10
minutes work on a task you do twice a year. ;)

Mr. Adkins is aka "Bob the Wonder Boy": not content to enjoy Freeware's
bounty as the author intended, Bob wonders if he can disassemble each
app and make it work again. . .

I bet he took watches apart when he was a kid. . . ;)

Susan
 
It seems to me that there are several distinct types who hang out in ACF
- a few that spring to mind:

Freeware Hunter-Gatherers - find lots of programs and bring them back
for the group to feed on.

Freeware Explorers - test new programs (send up smoke signals when the
news is bad).

Freeware Archeologists - unearth long lost Freeware in little known
archives.

Others?

Susan
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Freewarus Optimus - name of a species who search & search through through many layers of
articles in the hope of finding the software program that will fill 100% of their needs. Often
download & install multiple programs all designed to do the same task.

On many occasions will then uninstall them all before going on another expedition to try find
the same type of program that will do the same required tasks just a miniscule better or faster.
 
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