Bruce Dodd wrote: > The question of dates came up recently. For all anyone could ever want > to know about all manner of dates, download the all-encompassing > Calendar Magic from EuroSoft@stokepoges.plus.com, or from > www.stokepoges.plus.com. Bruce Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't in fact cover the subject of the recent thread on dates - namely the significance of the Old Style/New Style date notation, ie 1748/49, which was used in the run-up to the major calendar changes of 1752. In any event, you shouldn't post links to software under any circumstances. A lot of free software carries all manner of malware - everything from viruses through to worms, trojans and bots. I don't know if it's safe to install on our machines, you don't know if its safe to install on our machines. It may seem to work, it may be useful - but what horror has it planted on our machines to wreak havoc at some future date? The word "trojan" was well chosen to describe how such things are spread - like the Trojan Horse, an apparent gift bearing deadly hidden secret. It may be safe, but we cannot be sure, and I certainly don't want the list to be used to spread harmful software. So please, no more software links on the list. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer

OK, you're the boss. No more posts of links to any software. I merely assumed that those that didn't want to use it would not do so. I can, however, offer that I've been using that program for at least five years with no trouble (that I know of) and that members of Ottawa's The Master Genealogist User Group have been doing so for about two. In any case, I continue most grateful for an astonishing site. Brian Pears wrote: > Bruce Dodd wrote: > >> The question of dates came up recently. For all anyone could ever want >> to know about all manner of dates, download the all-encompassing >> Calendar Magic from EuroSoft@stokepoges.plus.com, or from >> www.stokepoges.plus.com. >> > > Bruce > > Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't in fact cover the subject > of the recent thread on dates - namely the significance of the Old > Style/New Style date notation, ie 1748/49, which was used in the > run-up to the major calendar changes of 1752. > > In any event, you shouldn't post links to software under any > circumstances. A lot of free software carries all manner of malware - > everything from viruses through to worms, trojans and bots. I don't > know if it's safe to install on our machines, you don't know if its > safe to install on our machines. It may seem to work, it may be useful > - but what horror has it planted on our machines to wreak havoc at > some future date? The word "trojan" was well chosen to describe how > such things are spread - like the Trojan Horse, an apparent gift > bearing deadly hidden secret. > > It may be safe, but we cannot be sure, and I certainly don't want > the list to be used to spread harmful software. So please, no more > software links on the list. > > Brian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.115/2403 - Release Date: 09/29/09 17:56:00 > >