Purchased Sorcerer Supplements
Aaron:
Hi,
Since I started this I thought I should say that I did receive the authorization. I didn't at any stage think it was Ron's responsibility, that is why I didn't PM him directly, as I wanted to go straight to the author. It did take about a week but I did get a nice apology email from Scott.
Got to say that I do like the product :)
Thanks
Aaron
Eero Tuovinen:
Of course I don't want to imply that you are actually fraudulent or irrensponsible, and of course I believe it when you say that it is actually a matter of capability and not just will to change your website. Still, you have to admit that it's a peculiar situation, as usually people have the technical capability to at least take down websites if nothing else. Not knowing the background, it's easy to infer that you just haven't realized or don't care how the site looks.
Regardless, this is not my business, so no reason for me to be a busybody about it. I was just worried that the site might be interpreted in strange ways by the audience - you seem to be well aware of the issue, so there's no need for me to worry about it.
greyorm:
Quote from: Eero Tuovinen on April 21, 2009, 09:28:01 PM
...as usually people have the technical capability to at least take down websites if nothing else...
Ron has, in the past, indicated that he's just a caveman who fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of our scientists. And that our world frightens and confuses him. Sometimes the blinking lights on his computer make him want to get out of his genetic research laboratory...and run off into the hills, or wherever..and sometimes when he gets a message through his e-mail, he wonders: "Did little demons get inside and type it?"
But there's one thing he does know, and that is...he honestly has no clue how this stupid magic box with the lights and beeping noises and clicky buttons really works, as he is not what would be called "technically proficient". Instead, he has bred gene-spliced monkeys to handle the internet for him and they, still being mostly monkeys, are often off eating bananas or throwing poo at the server rack.
(Seriously, Eero, that's a huge geek-centric assumption to make. I know many smart, successful folks who have websites and interact on-line regularly, but still barely know how to turn on their computer, let alone take down/update their site if something goes wrong.)
Ron Edwards:
Here's a word of advice, Eero, for the Forge and especially for this forum: don't tell people what they "have to admit." Also, inferring things (easy or not) while admitting not knowing the background is an anti-intellectual act that merits no reply or attention from me.
I think this thread is long past its initial aims. I don't mind the essential content of its last phase ("hey Ron, why is the text on your website incomplete?") but I do mind the phrasing and patronizing that seems to be continuing.
The basic problem was to get a product to a customer and that was resolved quickly.
Best, Ron
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