This one is directly related to the subject matter, "When programs update".. On most computers the latest version of a program means it has a few new goodies and is more stable than the last version.. And that is true, most of the time.. So what program have I had update recently that has sparked this entry?? The torrent downloader.. The programs name is microtorrent or microdownloader.. It has a u type of look to it, the u has a curve on the front and rear (left and right) side of the u.. And micro has been the only torrent dowloader I have ever used.. Well last week, on Friday I was having troubles with it and thought I should get the new version if there was one.. usually all programs update on their own weather you like it or not, but this hadn't updated to the latest version and so I thought might as well let it update, it was crashing anyway.. Upon further review I thought, maybe this wasn't a good idea.. The latest version is ad supported which I didn't care if it was or not.. I figured if it had ads like it does then maybe it would work better.. And as I downloaded the first few I noticed that the five torrents I wanted were going two at a time.. And there was no way to get it to do the five I was used to.. How to get it to go back to the way it was?? the settings screen wasn't allowing me to get what I wanted so.. The dreaded delete and reacquire the program would have to be done.. The first try didn't work, it would be having to delete it completely to keep from getting it even remotely the way I wanted it.. Then I went in search of the version I thought I wanted settling on a little over a year ago version hoping that it was early enough.. I guessed right as the version does exactly the way I wanted it to act..
Last Saturday morning as I started to stir awake, I listen to the radio overnight to keep my unconsious mind from thinking.. That and I have such serious tinitis that I need to have any sound that keeps the ringing down so nobody outside my own head can't hear it.. Just joking there of course.. But as I am waking to the show I am listening to on satellite radio, I hear a message on there and they are saying this channel is being removed from the lineup.. WHAT?? Did I hear that right?? So I come and check that tidbit of information on the computer.. Turns out yes that channel would be leaving the lineup by Friday (today).. Back when XM satellite radio was starting they got help from a company that was in the radio business Clear Channel.. AKA the satin of terrestrial radio, they owned almost every station in the nation.. Well they had a certain stake in the company and had the ability to program some of the channels, some dozen or so, most of this being talk radio variety but also some very popular music channels.. So when they shut down today (at midnight eastern time) they ran a disclosure of the channels being removed.. I checked the FB page to see if anyone else was upset and they were, VERY upset to say the least .. Most of the people rambled of the one channel they listened to and said they would cancel.. I had already been through this before shortly after the merger with sirius they dropped several of the music channels, and replaced them with nothing remotely as good as what these were.. Sadly the music lists got extremely shallow, being able to hear a song about once every two hours.. But I was already listening to the talk channels and when my show was off last night I had troubles finding anything to replace what I was used to hearing.. This morning I looked for replacement channels and found only three, which was all I needed but they are sub par.. So where to go to find these shows that were on.. Well most people will have to get a gadget (i-tablet or pad or whatever they are) and get the i-heart radio app.. I reacquired the i-heart radio app for the roku Saturday and found the two shows I was after and will look for more.. My biggest problem is these shows run early in the morning and they run on internet stream.. I'm hopping that the satellite radio gets some of these shows back but I highly doubt that they will.. They are owned by Clear Channel and the likelihood is they only want people to listen via their gadgeted devices.. I'm in bumbed out mode but I'll find something to replace the shows I liked.. Hopefully..
Badge Henry
Last Saturday morning as I started to stir awake, I listen to the radio overnight to keep my unconsious mind from thinking.. That and I have such serious tinitis that I need to have any sound that keeps the ringing down so nobody outside my own head can't hear it.. Just joking there of course.. But as I am waking to the show I am listening to on satellite radio, I hear a message on there and they are saying this channel is being removed from the lineup.. WHAT?? Did I hear that right?? So I come and check that tidbit of information on the computer.. Turns out yes that channel would be leaving the lineup by Friday (today).. Back when XM satellite radio was starting they got help from a company that was in the radio business Clear Channel.. AKA the satin of terrestrial radio, they owned almost every station in the nation.. Well they had a certain stake in the company and had the ability to program some of the channels, some dozen or so, most of this being talk radio variety but also some very popular music channels.. So when they shut down today (at midnight eastern time) they ran a disclosure of the channels being removed.. I checked the FB page to see if anyone else was upset and they were, VERY upset to say the least .. Most of the people rambled of the one channel they listened to and said they would cancel.. I had already been through this before shortly after the merger with sirius they dropped several of the music channels, and replaced them with nothing remotely as good as what these were.. Sadly the music lists got extremely shallow, being able to hear a song about once every two hours.. But I was already listening to the talk channels and when my show was off last night I had troubles finding anything to replace what I was used to hearing.. This morning I looked for replacement channels and found only three, which was all I needed but they are sub par.. So where to go to find these shows that were on.. Well most people will have to get a gadget (i-tablet or pad or whatever they are) and get the i-heart radio app.. I reacquired the i-heart radio app for the roku Saturday and found the two shows I was after and will look for more.. My biggest problem is these shows run early in the morning and they run on internet stream.. I'm hopping that the satellite radio gets some of these shows back but I highly doubt that they will.. They are owned by Clear Channel and the likelihood is they only want people to listen via their gadgeted devices.. I'm in bumbed out mode but I'll find something to replace the shows I liked.. Hopefully..
Badge Henry
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