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Re: MOTM review at Synthsite

Re: MOTM review at Synthsite

1999-04-13 by JWBarlow@xxx.xxx

Hi Larry; guys:

In a message dated 4/12/99 1:49:22 PM, jlarryh@... writes:

>From: "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@...>
>OK. You guys that have been successful at putting review at this site.
> I
>have tried three times and cannot get it to work. I get the following
>error message:
>Larry Hendry

<snip>

What's this? I've been successful putting a review there? Me? A guitar player?
You've tried three times? One for every note of the pentatonic scale isn't
it? Oh I'm sorry, the pentatonic scale has four notes doesn't it, maybe more,
I'm not usually thinking when I'm playing it! Yeah, a real "pattern" of error
messages I'd say!

>HELP PLEASE. I am an intelligent person and this crap is driving me crazy.

Yes! A very intelligent person (ie, NOT a GUITAR PLAYER), I can completely
understand how a computer KEYBOARD shouldn't behave in this manner!

OK, I'll confess! I entered a review (even more brilliant than the one which
actually made it) which for some reason didn't "make it." I was not happy! On
the second one, I "hit" the SUBMIT button a number of times before I got an
indication that it had been sent. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a guitar
player -- I'm looking for that tube of Testors glue right now; I could really
use some inspiration!

JB

Re: MOTM review at Synthsite

1999-04-13 by J. Larry Hendry

John B wrote:
> What's this? I've been successful putting a review there? Me? A guitar
player?
> You've tried three times? One for every note of the pentatonic scale
isn't
> it? Oh I'm sorry, the pentatonic scale has four notes doesn't it, maybe
more,
> I'm not usually thinking when I'm playing it! Yeah, a real "pattern" of
error
> messages I'd say!

Pentatonic would be FIVE John. But, I forgive your slight as I know guitar
players can normally only count to 4 (like 4/4 time). follow that drummer
1...2....3....4

> OK, I'll confess! I entered a review (even more brilliant than the one
which
> actually made it) which for some reason didn't "make it." I was not
happy!

Well, I did lose my first one. However on the second one, I did a copy and
paste of my comments to a document before I hit submit. So, the third
attempt was identical to # 2 and so will # 4 be if I could figure out how
the DAMN THING WORKS.

> On
> the second one, I "hit" the SUBMIT button a number of times before I got
an
> indication that it had been sent. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a
guitar
> player

Oh sure, that's just the explaination I would expect from a guitar player.
Duh!! Hit it again, and again, and again....

Larry Hendry

Disclaimer: For everyone who hasn't grasped the obvious, all of the
negative sounding comments above relating to guitar players and John in
particular are meant totally in jest. :)

Re: MOTM review at Synthsite

1999-04-13 by Christopher Jeris

Everyone that's having trouble posting Synthsite reviews -- It might not
be your fault. I've gotten some seriously garbled HTML from them recently
(I'm using Nutscrape 4.51 GNU/Linux Intel). My guess is that their
scripts are buggier than they think.

peace,

Chris (jealous because he can't buy more MOTM till he gets a real job)

Re: MOTM review at Synthsite

1999-04-13 by JWBarlow@xxx.xxx

In a message dated 4/12/99 5:59:50 PM, jlarryh@... writes:
>Pentatonic would be FIVE John. But, I forgive your slight as I know guitar
>players can normally only count to 4 (like 4/4 time). follow that drummer
>1...2....3....4

I actually quit playing the drums when I was fourteen because I had no idea
how to play in 5 and 7 -- hey Larry, the truth hurts!

>I did a copy and
>paste of my comments to a document before I hit submit. So, the third
>attempt was identical to # 2 and so will # 4 be if I could figure out how
>the DAMN THING WORKS.
>

All seriousness aside... I tried this, and could not get it to copy in to
their little window. What I decided to try (after my first failed attempt)
was hitting the submit button without filling out the review. After I saw
that it worked, I was willing to try again; ONCE more!

>> On
>> the second one, I "hit" the SUBMIT button a number of times before I
>got
>an
>> indication that it had been sent. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a
>guitar
>> player

>Oh sure, that's just the explaination I would expect from a guitar player.
>Duh!! Hit it again, and again, and again....

Hey! It worked for Townshend!

JB

Re: MOTM review at Synthsite

1999-04-13 by J. Larry Hendry

> JB wrote
> All seriousness aside... I tried this, and could not get it to copy in to

> their little window. What I decided to try (after my first failed
attempt)
> was hitting the submit button without filling out the review. After I saw

> that it worked, I was willing to try again; ONCE more!

I actually was able to get it to copy to the window. Go figure.

> >Oh sure, that's just the explaination I would expect from a guitar
player.
> >Duh!! Hit it again, and again, and again....

> JB wrote:
> Hey! It worked for Townshend!

You have a good point there. Sometimes brute force IS the right answer.
And, I know how to do that as evidenced by the sheer number of MOTM switch
carcasses I have accumulated. :)

Later,
Larry

Re: MOTM review at Synthsite

1999-04-13 by J. Larry Hendry

> From: Christopher Jeris <cjeris@...>
>
> Everyone that's having trouble posting Synthsite reviews -- It might not
> be your fault. I've gotten some seriously garbled HTML from them
recently
> (I'm using Nutscrape 4.51 GNU/Linux Intel). My guess is that their
> scripts are buggier than they think.
>
> peace,
>
> Chris (jealous because he can't buy more MOTM till he gets a real job)

Thanks Chris. I think I'll try the "poke it again" JB method once more.

Hey! Good education leads to good career, leads to LOTs of MOTM. In a
similar situation, I can only buy one or two each time myself (usually only
one) because all my money goes to colleges for my son. Oh well.

Larry Hendry