WHAT DID I DO? By richardv (Read 1,781 times)

[JR]

Oct 13, 2014 21:42:30 GMT -6 jct842 said:

In the first place I was under the impression this forum is here to help new people diagnose and repair problems with scooters.

We are hardly helping people putting up all this crap that may or may not work. This is surely not a place to be testing various add ons for forums is it? I know nothing about all these "bells and whistles" except it is sometimes a lot more effort to work around them. One forum I go to has never ever had a call for them and some of the posters have 23k or more posts each with out add on's.

An easy way for a newby to post a picture or video is a plus. The arrow on the side is garbage and a waste of effort. At one time here there was 3 different log in buttons! Just because you can, doesn't mean you have to keep on installing some of that crap. Emoticons and smileys are not needed, a simple : ) takes care of pages of similar junk/ It takes away from the simplicity of a beginners scooter forum. Might be fine on a computer geek forum though.

What has happened in the last 9 months or so is this forum has lost its individuality and some one is trying to make it exactly the same as all the other chinese scooter forums on proboards.

When doing research one does not group all the researchers together because it can get all minds going one direction and that can very well be the wrong direction.

In the first place I was under the impression this forum is here to help new people diagnose and repair problems with scooters.

Good impression so why are you not in the tech section right now helping someone? In the mean time others can have a little fun and go help these people too.

 

Emoticons and smileys are not needed, a simple : ) takes care of pages of similar junk/ It takes away from the simplicity of a beginners scooter forum.

All a matter of opinion, don't have to use them. You don't need or use premium gas at the pump but if you want it you can use it. You can post here without ever using one smiley or any other feature so why do you think no one else needs them? Last time I checked we all walked on earth to get from point A to point B but low and behold one day some idiot made the wheel and man it's been all better since then.

JR

[Guitarman]

jct,

I agree with about 93% of what you said.

But emoticons and smileys in todays age of internet are very much necessary items to have in a forum. Far far too many times I've seen things take a freak turn and create enemies simply because one person mis-read someone elses' posting. And not the content, the intent. Without seeing the body language to go with it, the English language, most spoken language actually, totally fails to convey the emotional intent of the speaker.

It is rare to find someone with the skill to clearly write something in a way that everyone that reads it will garner the same emotional intent of the text, and even should they have it, how often is it actually used?

If having a few options makes it totally unfriendly to you, then by all means, let us know, but please refrain from making value judgements on those same options. To some with finer sensibilities, they are not only enjoyed, but required.

Now go sit in the corner and count to 100 before you bite someone else.
(The above sentence would read a WHOLE lot different without the smiley at the end, even hostile. Get my point?)

[JR]

Oct 13, 2014 22:06:43 GMT -6 Guitarman said:

jct,

I agree with about 93% of what you said.

But emoticons and smileys in todays age of internet are very much necessary items to have in a forum. Far far too many times I've seen things take a freak turn and create enemies simply because one person mis-read someone elses' posting. And not the content, the intent. Without seeing the body language to go with it, the English language, most spoken language actually, totally fails to convey the emotional intent of the speaker.

It is rare to find someone with the skill to clearly write something in a way that everyone that reads it will garner the same emotional intent of the text, and even should they have it, how often is it actually used?

If having a few options makes it totally unfriendly to you, then by all means, let us know, but please refrain from making value judgements on those same options. To some with finer sensibilities, they are not only enjoyed, but required.

Now go sit in the corner and count to 100 before you bite someone else.
(The above sentence would read a WHOLE lot different without the smiley at the end, even hostile. Get my point?)

I agree with the 7% you just said!

[Bashan]

[Guitarman]

You're too old for her anyway Bashy. Not to mention, Bashful....

[JR]

[richardv]

OK already I'll keep my nit piking to myself from now on.

Just wanted to be helpful.

[JR]

It's no big deal richardd and I appreciate you mentioning the code error because sometimes it can be a problem with the providers software and the only way to resolve it is to ask them what's wrong. Error 32 however is a computer related driver issue. I suggest you check your system for updates.

JR

[richardv]

OK Will do as soon as I get reconnected. The tech is suppose to be here now to connect be to a new service provider.

But, I'm not getting the error anymore.

[Guitarman]

richard,
No worries... I think it was caused by this actually:

Proboards Error 32 discussion

[richardv]

Well now that makes perfect sense. NOT!

I gave up programing computers at DOS 6 & Windows 3.1. I did much better at machine code for lathes, mills and robots.

Back in the day.

I switched from Time Warner to AT&T today so maybe that will help.
Now to relearn what all the TV channels are - again.

[JR]

Oct 14, 2014 14:57:10 GMT -6 Guitarman said:

richard,
No worries... I think it was caused by this actually:

Proboards Error 32 discussion

It is similar and we are working on it. I just made some code changes in the plugin and now what I would appreciate is if anyone comes up with the error code 32 to report it here along with the thread it happened on. This will give me a starting point to troubleshoot the problem.

Thanks