O/T: another B I G question

[dezhen2001]

ok, just got home from sydney and university and found my dad is using AOL as his isp Now, is there ANY way to still dial up using the AOL connection but NOT, i repeat NOT use the actual AOL prog to browse and stuff? Its friggin' awful

any advice would be most appreaciated (and no, i already thought of bashing my dad!)



dawood

[TjD]

if AOL is connected, i'm pretty sure you can minimize it and use the internet just like you were connected another way. whatever web browser you normally use should still work, as well as instant messenger and any other internet programs you use.

at least it used to

[dezhen2001]

hi yup that works ok, thanks a lot. but it really slows my machine down. Also i seem to be having a clash with yahoo messenger... and even sometimes msn messenger...

anyone got any ideas?

its only a pentium 1 pc so needs all the processor and memory free it can have

dawood

[Royal Dragon]

Get Netzero for $9.95 a month, and ditch AOL

[dezhen2001]

my dads stubborn and it wont work. he "trusts" aol coz of the tv ads already told him to go with someone else but he STILL picked aol.

thanks anyway

dawood

[Oso]

are you, like, sure he's your dad?

I thought AOL usage was genetic.

[joedoe]

The only solution is to kill your father and hide the body.

Hey Dez, how was the flight home? Hope you had a good time in Sydney.

[dezhen2001]

bit hard to hide his body mate - hes wider than YOU

flight was ok home, got to see some great views from the window, and saw cool movies too... had a great time thanks for welcoming me guys and i wish i could have stayed longer. Will have to come back soon

Oso: not genetic - geriatric... but its really starting to p|ss me off

dawood

[joedoe]

Make sure you let us know when you are coming back.

[dezhen2001]

will do and maybe i will have actually been training for a while then was cool to meet up with u KFO guys and also the ppl from the sydney MA board

dawood

[Laughing Cow]

Dawood.

Next time head for more northern shores, I am sure that some of the KFO guys over here will also welcome you.

FYI, no luck of me hitting your shores soon again, once the SARS thingy is over more trips to Shangai will be possible though.

Cheers.

[dezhen2001]

LC: someday i would love to... i had *other* reasons for coming to sydney than kung fu though

Hope the sars thing is all sorted soon, arriving in kuala lumpur was not exactly the nicest thing as there were still plenty of people wearing masks and being screened etc.

dawood

[Laughing Cow]

Dawood.

You will always be welcome, same to the guys down under and many other KFO folks.

Quiet a few things of interest over here and not all MA related either.

Cheers.

[dezhen2001]

but not as interesting as a certain muslim TKD practitioner and jet li fan

would love to tour japan and china someday, but gotta graduate and make $$$ first

dawood

[Laughing Cow]

Originally posted by dezhen2001
would love to tour japan and china someday, but gotta graduate and make $$$ first

All I can say is JET for 1~3 yrs or similar.

Do some research.

Cheers.