#PageStream Follies
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This a response to both message 39874 and 39875. I went back in and looked
for messages 39649 and 39650 and couldn't find either message. 39874 and
39875 refer to 39649 and 39650 respectively. Since I couldn't find either
of the two messages on the forum I don't know exactly what the content of
these messages was. However, I suspect that they were a response to
several messages that you posted earlier. Apparently either you or one of
the sysops went in and deleted 39649 and 39650. I suspect that these two
messages were ones that I sent you and I also suspect that they looked
something like this:
Barry Massoni 73260,1413 PageStream Follies S6 RE;39251 Excuse me, please
don't get upset at this question, but are you 14 years old or just 13? :^)
– via Whap!
Barry Massoni 73260,1413 PageStream Follies S6 RE;39252 Excuse me, please
don't be upset at this question, but are you 11 years old or just 10? :^)
Now, I suspect that 39649 was the first message above and that 39650 was
the second message. You refer (in both message 39875 and 39874) to my
ability to use Whap! and to the fact that there seems to be an echo. As I
said earlier, neither of my two messages is on the forum anymore, but if
you refer to the text above and read the two messages that were sent very
carefully, you will see that the text of these two messages was not the
same. If you want to complain about my ability to use Whap! then that is
your perogative. But since these two messages obviously weren't the same,
you may want to jump back a few grades, say to second or third, and ask the
teacher to instruct you in the art of reading since you obviously don't
know how to read. :^)
JH
– via Whap!
Actually, I did notice that the messages weren't the same. What surprised
me was that you'd send two that were so very nearly the same. As if you
were thinking, "oh, no, it would have been _so much_ better if I'd used 11
and 10 instead of 14 and 13"-oh what the hell, I'll send 'em both (if you
didn't know how to not send a message or delete one already sent.)
Had I known that you sent both messages intentionally (it really didn't
seem likely) I would NOT have questioned your ability to use Whap!. I would
have complimented you on your ability to even use a computer at the age of
3 😉
Barry
Touche, huh? My whole reason for sending both messages was to expound on
the fact that you were continuing to cut down an excellent piece of
software in a way that a child might do. It was obvious that you neither
consulted with the Soft-Logik support person here nor that you hadn't
called their support hotline without first slamming the program, hence the
reference to you acting like a child. For future reference, I do happen to
know how to delete messages sent to or by me in the forum. :^)
JH
Special note to the Sysop who has been obviously removing these messages
from public viewing: I am extremely disappointed that you would do this,
as the actions of Mr. Massoni needed to be pointed out to the public as
those of a deranged lunatic. :^)
– via Whap!
Jim:
I also took great offense at Barry Massoni's remarks, and I told him so.
The SysOps didn't touch the exchange I had with Barry (and I flat out
called him a 'jerk' for his comments and attitude and for sending a flame
before asking for help… and he responded, and it as all public.
I agree with your assesment of his demeanor. (of course, he's probably a
great guy, a philanthropist, generous to a fault, compassionate, et al,
hoever, with regard to this thread, IMHO, he was completely off base… No
company with a record of support and committment to the Amiga, like SL,
should ever have to put up with that kind of garbage, ESPECIALLY a company
that devotes its time and money to online support.
Bah humbug. Scrooge lives.
– Whapping from the North Coast Michael
As far as I know, no messages were deleted by sysops. Messages scroll off
the message base in this forum quite quickly, so they probably just
scrolled off or you missed seeing the messages.
Seems as though there's no need to carry on with this thread anyway, at
least not in the message base (maybe e-mail would be better?). It scrolls
fast enough without having people calling each other names. 🙂
Steve
Steve, the point is that I didn't call him names. The three messages I am
referring to were very short and to the point. Two were from me to him and
the third was from him to me. They were all three removed within a day
after being posted. He could have deleted them, but I suspect that he
didn't. Someone (probably one of the Sysops) had to have flagged these
messages for immediate removal after they were read by the recipient. The
point of the messages was to get across how the guy was acting like a child
in this thread. Maybe you didn't remove them from public view, but someone
did!
– via Whap!
Jim,
I can guarantee you that I didn't remove the messages and I would
*VERY* seriously doubt that any of the other sysops did either.
And one more point…we can not "flag the message for immediate
removal after they are read by the receipient". That ability doesn't
exist.
But even more to the point…if there's a problem with a messages
content, they don't get deleted…they get moved into the sysop's area, but
are still readable by both the person who left it, and the person to whom
it was addressed.
So I would very strongly suspect that the receipient removed the
messages if they've been removed.
Don
Don, OK maybe the guy did remove it. But let me ask you a quick question.
You say that if there is a problem with a message it is removed to the
sysop area where only the sender and recipient can read it. Isn't this the
same thing as what I was talking about. In other words, after I had read
one of the messages the first time, when I went back in to respond to that
message the one that I had read had disappeared. If a message that had
been left to me by someone had been moved to the sysop area, and I read it,
thus flagging it with an (X) for my account, after I read it the first
time, will I be able to read it again, or will it have disappeared from my
view since it is in the sysop area?
JH
– via Whap!
Jim, if the message was addressed to you, you could still read it by
calling for it by number.
Betty
Thanks Betty, but I guess its really not worth it trying to figure out what
happened.
– via Whap!