I bet you Bob can tell me what an S0C7 (sock7) means.
Tom C. >From: ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: OT: Pedantry (RE: PESO - Farmers Market >Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:16:46 -0400 > >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. -- 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.
