Ppillard, talk to DannyL about this. This has been a thorn in his side too for quite some time.

 

I don't wanna talk to DannyL (no offense, Danny), he's already gotten the point a long time ago! I want to talk to everyone else who doesn't know what I'm talking about!!/wwwthreads_images/icons/tongue.gif

Pillard

ppillard@macromedia.com

 

This is not so much the fault of the people who post. It's not a very good system. I wasn't even aware that people got emailed posts. I don't and I'm sure a lot of other people don't either.

AARRRRRRRG! 1987 Red JX 'vert, 4.5 BREEZE SPOA, SJ410 T-case, 31 BFG M/T knock offs, extended shackles (1.6 - 8V eventually) AARRRRRRRG!

 

If you visit the BBS often why bother having your replys to your e-mail?? When i read a post,,, I am lazy.... I don't want to scroll all the way up top and click on the "Proper" Reply button.... So here's my quote to you...

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!!"

Peace out!!





-How many injuries or mishaps have happend after saying to you friends, "Hey, Watch this!!"

 

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE FOR A LONG FRIGGIN TIME!!!!

http://www.homestead.com/zakszuk/Posting.html

I better see a hundred hits to that page!!!!

DannyL

http://www.partszuki.homestead.com

 

So that's 57 U.S. posts, right?

JEEPN
Winter Harbor, Maine
'81 CJ-8 Scrambled, It's a Jeep, Chevy, IHC kinda thing!
'88.5 Zuki, 7" Lift, Locked, Swamped, Rolled, and just generally broken in right!

 

I think heard that 1 or 2 THOUSAND time this past weekend!!! LOL"A"

DannyL

http://www.partszuki.homestead.com

 

Guilty sorry, never again....maya coppa. (SP?)

Drive fast and take chances.

 

Guilty sorry, never again....maya coppa. (SP?)

Drive fast and take chances.

 

thanks fer helpin the computer iliterates like me. i had no idea! i'll try to do it right unless i'm tired er drunk.

87 sammy (RAIL BUGGY) PROJECT 50 % complete. isuzu/chevy luv motor, auto tranny, 2 t-cases nissan/zook 7.5:1,tube chassis,4link vw rabbit coils rear,36"tsl's, 1/2 ton GM axles welded.

 

What was this about again I got to the end and just hit reply?????? HAHAHA I did not think about it that way. I am guilty thanks.

"Where the land and my Zook meet, my spirit soars, my soul is alive, and my life has true meaning."
http://www.geocities.com/zuk_tonka/zuk.html

 

Hey, I have to work, too. I don't hit the board a lot. I use my email to notify me of posts on subjects that I'm really interested in (and usually working on). I don't always have time to browse thru all the other stuff. Also, I want to minimize the amount of time I have to spend on this board, so I can spend that saved time wrenchin' on my zook, or (god forbid) being with my family. I go out of my way to make my posts meaningful and save the time of the people who read them. This is called respect. If you're too 'lazy' to bother returnin' that respect, perhaps you shouldn't even bother steppin' into the kitchen. 'Cause it's not a matter of the kitchen's heat, it's knowin' how to use the tools in it to make somethin' worth eating (or reading, if you will).

Pillard

ppillard@macromedia.com

 

Capn_Crunch, you're an 'Old Hand, to date you have posted 823 times! You've never once in all that time noticed the checkbox option under every post dialog that says "Email all replies to my real email address"? It's checked by default! If you're not getting emails when people respond to your posts, then you must have a bad email address set up in your profile. I looked at your profile, and the email address listed is Mightydoor@AOL.com. Is this current? It's worth lookin' into...

Pillard

ppillard@macromedia.com

 

I know it. I dig your html posts that show people the proper way to reply, set up links and whatnaught. I always thought it was valuable, and now I'm jumpin' on your bandwagon and maybe we can make twice as much racket. This is not a hodge-podge chat forum. This bbs is a tool to be used to improve our samurai skills! If we want to keep the newbies and the experts in one place, then we have to keep down the improper use of the board. This means educating the readers. It's hard to do that without insultin' them. No matter how hard I try to be nice about it, someone takes offense. Well, too bad! This is the 21st centuary! Computers are here to stay! Let's figure them out!

Pillard

ppillard@macromedia.com

 

Pillard said (You've never once in all that time noticed the checkbox option under every post dialog that says "Email all replies to my real email address"? It's checked by default!)
Pillard, on mine it's not checked by default, you have to check it yourself to get replies by email. Looks like you didn't know something about the board, just like I didn't know that when I hit any reply it went to the person as well as the board. Guess we all have some things to learn about this BBS!
Guess I'm gonna be reading up on how this thing works
R/T

88 Samurai, 1300 bored .020,Power Punch II head w/1600 exhaust valves,Low End AAPA cam,Weber,Calmini Header,2" Exhaust System,31/13.50/15 Baja Belted Radials

 

Wait a sec this is a public board and you pillard don't control it. I am very offended that you are on here wasting our time and yours to piss and moaning about this. You made a valid point at the beginning of this and now you are just complaining. We got the idea. We are sorry we waste you oh so valuable time. There, is that what you want to hear? I mean really. Have you ever heard of adding insult to injury. If you don't like the board and have out grown it then leave.

"Where the land and my Zook meet, my spirit soars, my soul is alive, and my life has true meaning."
http://www.geocities.com/zuk_tonka/zuk.html

 

Hey Flip, I never claimed to know everything about the board, and I'm as willing to learn anything I can to help make our reading expirience as easy as it can be as I expect the rest of you to. So, to that end, I've done about 35 seconds worth of research and found out why your checkbox is not by default checked! If you edit your profile, and click on the "Email Notifications/Subscriptions" link, on the following page there's a checkbox option labeled "Do you want all replies to posts that you make emailed to you?" If you check "Yes", then, by default, everytime you post, that email option will be checked for you.

Pillard

ppillard@macromedia.com

 

Yo Ppillard;
I really appreciate your comments on ways to improve this board. I'm still a relative "newbie" and have a lot to learn..... Of course, at one time every single person here was a "newbie"... I did not realize that you could not hit any of the reply buttons to respond to the original post... I just found that out in the last day or so... Just this morning, I received this message in my e-mail box..."Suzukigoot, call me at home sometime. We still need to get together. I am an ASE cert. mechanic, and can probably help ya. Besides, I want to see your Zuk! 682-7919".... I certainly hope that the intended recipient gets this obviously important message!!!

In light of what occurred on September 11, I would hope that ALL OF US will take the time to extend patience and respect to one another... even when we disagree with their comments or opinions...

Ppillard, Thanx again for your comments... You are definitely not wasting my time...
Lee

l from a guy who said he was a mechanic in Kansas and that I needed to

LeeClark
1988 Suzuki Samurai

 

Thanks Lee, I really dig your attitude! Glad to see I can make some suggestions without offending some people! /wwwthreads_images/icons/smile.gif

Pillard

ppillard@macromedia.com

 

Never said you knew evrything about the board and never meant to imply you were a "know it all" The thing is though, is that you choose to recieve the emails to you post. I didn't choose that option. By you making that choice, then you run the risk of someone making a mistake and sending you an email that you don't understand. I agree that we should all read up and learn more about the sites we use, but I honestly didn't know about the reply button mailing stuff to the original poster as well as the list as I'm sure many people didn't know. My point in the last message was that once I pointed out the flaw in your post, you checked into it and figured out why mine was different, you also figured out that that box is not checked by default for everyone. I learned from you post that you get messages from the board in your email. We shared info and now we both know. I think patience should be the key here, and if you continue to get the mail that you asked for (whether it's the mail you WANT or not, you ask for all replies to be sent to your box)then maybe you should consider unchecking that box and going to the list at least until we figure out a way to get the info about the quirks of this list out to everyone.
BTW, I've heard you do some AutoCad stuff, I have Autodesk AutoCad 6.0 at home and am gonna try to learn to use it. Do you have any drawings laying around that you can send over for me to play with a bit?
R/T

88 Samurai, 1300 bored .020,Power Punch II head w/1600 exhaust valves,Low End AAPA cam,Weber,Calmini Header,2" Exhaust System,31/13.50/15 Baja Belted Radials

 

Yeah, Hopefully, people reading our posts here will figure out all this fun stuff, and be able become better at posting. Which is why I dove right in to find out the exact details of the response emails. I wasn't kidding tho about it taking me 35 seconds to figure it out. And it was worth every one of those seconds. I did make a choice to revieve the responses via email, and I did so because it's a time saver. Even recieving others mistaken posts take less time than constantly watching the board for replies. That doesn't make it any less annoying.

But the real point of this whole thread isn't just to know everything about the board. It's tryin' to clean up the excess from the board so we won't drive off the old-hands. The redundancy and mis-use causes people to quit hitting this board, and their expirience and wisdom is something we can't afford to lose. I'm just tryin' to look at the long run and take some action today to help. The more we all know about how to post, the better and more concise our posts will be. If we know how to search the board, we will have to post less, eliminating those redundant posts I keep mentioning. If we can get all this to happen, then we increase the chance of keeping everyone happy with the board (not just me/wwwthreads_images/icons/smile.gif!)

Pillard

ppillard@macromedia.com

 

By the way: I pm'ed you about the cad files...

Pillard

ppillard@macromedia.com

 

Yikes!

I just discovered the 'flat' and 'threaded' buttons!

This explains a lot...

Am I embarrassed!!!!!

Thank you for pointing this out!

Ack

 

/wwwthreads_images/icons/laugh.gifhehehe!

Pillard

ppillard@macromedia.com

 

Look at you ... acting all big and tough....the way you talk to myself and others I would swear this was some big money making company...

things like..

"I don't always have time.." , "minimize the amount of time" ... and "This is not a hodge-podge chat forum."

Time is money... rush.. rush.. rush...

The bbs is not a tool!!!! your the tool....


the bbs is a meeting place for many people from around the WORLD... You don't own it... so don't try and control it....

just step back and look.. only about 20% of what gets posted is actually used to help or fix samurais.. the rest is just story's and funny stuff.. And ya know what else..?? this is a hodge-podge chat forum.

And don't get me started on respect.... I don't find it pleasing to see how you don't respect my right to be able to click on any visable/nearest reply button..

You poor soul... all your trying to do is educate us. hmmm.. Are you saying that just because i choose not to click that stupid little button under your posts makes me less intelligent.

It is too hard to please everyone.. there comes a time when nothing is resolved and you just have to deal with it!!!...

If you really want to be nice and not cheeze anyone about it.. Try not saying anything at all...!!


-How many injuries or mishaps have happend after saying to you friends, "Hey, Watch this!!"