MSN?

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lol I'll try to answer your questions the best I can....

Your friend was probably referring to MSN Messenger, a new highly used application that allows users to "chat" online. For instance.. my email could be "john.doe@hotmail.com" and you could be "jow.blow@hotmail.com" So.. if we both have MSN Messenger.. I can add you to my Contact list.. by clicking add it asks you for an e-mail address.. so I would enter in "jow.blow@hotmail.com" then you would get a request saying something like "john.doe@hotmail.com" has added you to his/her contact list... bla bla bla, do you want to accept and add? etc, etc... so once that is done then jow blow is now added to your contact list. Now you can begin to chat together.. text chat if you will... something similar to this, but instead it's active, live chat.. (ie: "hey" ... user responds "hey" .. "hows it going" .. "good") hahaha I am sure you get the jist of things.

The difference between Hotmail and MSN Messenger is that Hotmail is for e-mails.. as MSN Messenger is for live chat between people.

I am pretty sure you understand Instant Messanging now...

Text messaging is used on cell phones, yes... (someone could have been referring to text messaging as in MSN Messenger though) .. you can send Text messages to people on their cell phones.. and now a days you can send a text message to someone using MSN Messenger !

Sure it's a good thing... haha.. I don't use it.. waste of money! (text messaging)

I don't think there is a definite answer as to how many means of communication we need.. I think it's just a good way of showing how technology is advancing these days.

HTH ... !

(haha the whole time it took me to type that up 2 people respond.. go figure )