won't go down

Just back from Udine, found the pc connected to a cable which goes out through the door, thus keeping me from listening to my stereo at full blast(just borrowed from the library: Punch The Clock, by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. good album).
Thing is, while i was away mr. Pamio came over and connected us to the Greater Big Fat United World College Cable, which means i will now be able to use some net features for free. But i still can't understand how to configure winmx and icq. Bother.
But at least now i know blogger works. This was actually just a test. Ah, reader deception!