Useful Free Software Links First A Little Humour (?) As you are aware, ships have long been characterized as being female (e.g., "Steady as she goes" or "She's listing to starboard, Captain!") Recently, a group of computer scientists (all males) announced that computers should also be referred to as being female.Their reasons for drawing this conclusion follow: Five reasons to believe computers are female: No one but the Creator understands their internal logic. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else. The message "Bad command or file name" is about as informative as, "If you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you." Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it. However, another group of computer scientists, (all female) think that computers should be referred to as if they were male. Their reasons follow: Five reasons to believe computers are male: They have a lot of data, but are still clueless. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem. As soon as you commit to one you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have obtained a better model. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on. Big power surges knock them out for the rest of the night. Free Wintel Software Why pay for PC software when you can use excellent programs for the cost of a download. 1st Page 2000 - Professional Quality Web Site Builder GoZilla - Never Lose Partial Downloads Free Download Manager - Never Lose Partial Download Open Office - a suite of open source office programs Web Tutor - a fine introductory HTML Tutor VideoLAN - free media player Firefox - Google Toolbar included CDex - Extract Tracks From Audio CDs to Your Computer/Web Site Scorch Plugin - Essential If You Want To Listen To Sibelius Scores Online or Use Our Recorder Tutor Altavista Power Tools for Internet Explorer Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer Copernic Agent - a free advanced search engine Winamp - play music, online radio, and more Skype - phone for free Metronome and Pitch-Tuner - free software you can install on your PC Free non-Wintel Software Why pay for software when you can use excellent programs for the cost of a download. If you know of other free software you would like us to consider for this page do send us an email. Free MP3 Player - for Linux Sound & MIDI Software For Linux - including excellent Linux Links