It was ever so... even back in th olden days when the machines took up whole rooms, it always seemed the error message was on a different planet than what was actually wrong.
Fortunately, Tom caught it and resubmitted a really nice photo :) ann Bob W wrote: > > >>A shot from the market. >> >>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6477862 >> > >Got a big 404 on that. > >Somebody ought to teach photo.net how to write error messages, and the >rudiments of English grammar. Their message is > >"Problem with Your Input >We had a problem processing your entry: >This photo doesn't exist. (The owner has probably deleted it.) >Please back up using your browser, correct it, and resubmit your >entry. " > >I can't begin to count the number of ways in which that is wrong. > >But let me try. > >"Problem with your input" - blame the user > >"We had a problem processing your entry" My entry? Is that the same as >my input, or are there 2 problems? Which is it - input or entry? >Besides, I didn't enter anything, and I don't think I provided any >input. I clicked a link. > >"This photo doesn't exist" - bad grammar. 'This' photo must exist. >Besides, I asked for a page, not a photo. If the page I asked for >doesn't exist, don't use 'this'. > >"Please back up using your browser, " Uh? What does that mean? Do I >have to restore using my browser too? > >"correct it, " - correct my browser? There's something wrong with my >browser too? > >"and resubmit your entry" - but you told me you had a problem >processing it. What's changed that I should resubmit it? > >-- > Bob > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
