Rfsjr2
Shop on Top
Premium
join:2001-08-11
Ferndale, WA
clubs: |  A vote for Weather Pulse.
Installed it yesterday and it works great!  |
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lazarus_
join:2002-08-31
Resolute, NU | How can you blame a PC?
Now we won't be able to blaim the weather man anymore... |
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Bulgaro
BB Pin Ask Me
join:2001-05-24
Laurel, MD
 ·BroadStripe
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Rfsjr2
Re: A vote for Weather Pulse.
Ditto, I was running the one from weather.com until I ran across this »WeatherBug gave it a try and now is running on all our systems.
Bulgaro
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aztecnology
O Rly?
Premium
join:2003-02-12
Murrieta, CA | reply to lazarus_
Re: How can you blame a PC?
It doesn't matter where the blame goes, as long as it goes somewhere... |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to lazarus_
Well I think theses programs just take the same forcasts the local news channels all piggyback on, yes? |
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·Site5.com
 ·AT&T Midwest
·Comcast
| I have tried so many....
However, I have yet to find one that does what I want it to do.
Weatherbug - Great proggie, but filled with ads and spyware. Also prone to crashing or filling the computer with endless popup windows. 
Wetsock - Good basic program, but too basic.
Weather Channel Weather Program - Another good basic program, but filled with ads.
Singers Creations Weather Watcher - Stable and quite good. I would like more radar maps though.
Weather Pulse - Currently using it and so far I like it.
I can only hope one of these programs will fit the bill. However, I will not pay monthly access for a weather program. I don't mind a one time charge as long as it is reasonable.
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Zuralin
join:2001-08-09
Buffalo, NY | for those linux users...
try wmweather...
OT: btw the page to post is broken under Opera.. no post button :\ |
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Mike
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join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
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| There is always Gweather, which is the daddy of them all.
Kweather is the bastard child of Satan, thus Karamba ensues.
I give wmweather props though. Nice Window Maker add in.
For our OS X cousins, Weather Grok, WeatherPOP, Meteorologist (which is totally free), or WeatherManX.
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gdio53
join:2000-07-30
Feeding Hills, MA
| Weather Pulse all the way
I also have tried many weather programs, but by far, I like Weather Pulse the best. Free (always important) very low system resource requirements, no nags, spyware, etc., easily customized, clean interface, and the list goes on. Even when they had problems with one of the beta releases, they worked hard to fix the issues and posted "unreleased" betas in their forum. |
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moby866
Premium
join:2000-10-07
Above you
·surpasshosting
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·Vonage
·CableOne
| My 2¢
OK
First off if you are not going outside, you don't need to know what it is doing unless
A.Tornado,Hurricane,Blizzard.
B.End of the World.
In which of those cases more often that not you would not be using a computer.
If that is not a good enough reason, get up from your desk and go OUTSIDE!
Weather Channel does a good job without having to download software, just put your zip code in, go to the page and bookmark it. Like magic every time you click that bookmark it will take you to the same page with your zip code already in and your forecast there for you, free of charge. Or you can try N.O.A.A. if you want, less commercial adverts. But it is my feeling that you do not need to install some software in order to get weather.
If its that important, maybe you should add the weather channel home page as webpage desktop, then you can be within 3 clicks of advertising.
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MrMaster
What If
Premium
join:2000-12-16
Austin, TX
clubs: | reply to Nightfall
Re: I have tried so many....
Upgrade to the latest version of weatherbug. They fixed that thousand popup problem a long time ago.
I also never found any spyware. I run adaware once a month.
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ArchAngel21x
MacFan Pro
Premium
join:2001-10-28
Lincoln, NE | reply to aztecnology
Re: How can you blame a PC?
Ok blame me for the weather.
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Snakeoil
Taxes are Armed robbery.
Premium
join:2000-08-05
Mentor, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
| Weather Bug user
The newer version of W.B. is ok. I have to stick with it because the wifey likes it. I tried switching to other weather programs and she yelled. She has a phobia about sever weather like tornados. She'll run dwn to the cellar if ne has been spotted 10 miles away. Me? I just stay upstairs and wait for the end  .
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damonlab
Premium
join:2001-05-02
Detroit, MI
clubs:
| Old fashined way to tell the weather.
You don't need t.v., radio, or internet to tell the weather. All you need is a rope. Tie one end of the rope to a tree branch and let the other end hang down.
Dry rope = No rain
Wet rope = Rain
Frozen rope = Snow and/or ice
Slanted rope = Wind (To figure out direction of the wind, take note of the direction of the slant)
Upside down rope = Get your a** into the basement |
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Big Time
Fuster Cluck
Premium
join:2002-10-19
Washington
| reply to Nightfall
Re: I have tried so many....
I've used WeatherBug for a long time now. I paid the 20 bucks for the Pro version and it's been well worth it. Even when it was free I never had pop-up ads. Maybe it was just a bad idea they tried and then got rid of because of complaints.
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
Premium
join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs: | Off Topic
I love when it said
"As bandwidth increases, desktop applications naturally grow more elaborate"
Bandwith isent increasing... its getting slower. Just incase you dident know. |
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therage57
join:2002-01-03
Salt Lake City, UT | NOAA does it for me!
I can get all the info I need from my local NOAA site.
»www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/nwspage.html |
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
Premium
join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
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| reply to damonlab
Re: Old fashined way to tell the weather.
said by damonlab  :
You don't need t.v., radio, or internet to tell the weather. All you need is a rope. Tie one end of the rope to a tree branch and let the other end hang down.
Dry rope = No rain
Wet rope = Rain
Frozen rope = Snow and/or ice
Slanted rope = Wind (To figure out direction of the wind, take note of the direction of the slant)
Upside down rope = Get your a** into the basement
LMAO
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aztecnology
O Rly?
Premium
join:2003-02-12
Murrieta, CA |  reply to DaMaGeINC
Re: Off Topic
And you base this assumption on... |
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JimSullivan
@emhril.ameritech | reply to damonlab
Re: Old fashined way to tell the weather.
LOL
Now THAT is the funniest thing I read ALL day. Tks |
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