Its all OK, and I wasn't here to witness the varying levels of skills
with SM which others possess. I think I solved my own problem when I
found out myself how to insert images at custom size I want, and
finding Arial set at 13 is most easily read by most other ppl, etc.
If I may be permitted an analogy...
I never hold grudges long despite having full license to be a Grumm
Pee Olde Bar Stud.
Some users like to use radios, but they are unconcerned with the
innards. They just want to turn them on, fiddle with the tuner and
volume, and listen, end of story. A few hobbyists want to know more, to
design and build their own radios, but that's not you.
Maybe you don't know me, because I have build very fine AM and FM
radios using vacuum tubes which produce lower IMD/THD noise, and
better music than anything else designed by accountants of companies.
I like listening to radio more than I like putting up with ppl who
know not much. That's a hard nasty thing to say, but while alive I
tried to inform or make ppl laugh, and with shielas there was further
you could go without saying a word, except "Gee, that felt good" etc,
etc, etc.
You've come here to a room full of geeks who understand what's going on
"under the hood," some who have built their own radios by hand, and
asked technical questions that must be answered in technical terms, but
refused to accept any of the several helpful answers because they were
couched in technical terms.
Hmm, me, refused accept? Shock horror, why? too much bullshit instead
of real world talk? Maybe not much point analyzing who said what to
who because apart from trifling page color issues, i solved my own
complaints about SM.
Most of us have smiled or chuckled but kept our mouths shut, knowing
your problems are unsolvable on these terms, but a few have tried vainly
to help and a few have expressed their frustration. Now you complain
that a geek is frustrated, and post yet another long question that can
only be answered in technical terms but must not be.
It's time for you to choose. You're entitled to be a hobbyist, and
you're entitled to be a user, but you can't demand user answers to
hobbyist questions. This isn't Ray_Net's fault.
But I digress. ...
Oh well.
OK, it wasn't Ray's fault. Lets get over it. If I had a dollar for
each time I was misquoted or burned to a crisp at rec.audio.tubes
between 2001 and now, I'd be stoinkingly rich. I wrote more than
everyone else put together, and to answer most questions I put up a
55MB website. I find I can make mistakes, and if a man makes none,
then he usually doesn't make much of anything.
I'm now about happy with SM which I cannot expect to be perfect.
The instructions about how to SM should be as easy as turning on the
radio, tuning a station, adjusting volume and maybe tone, and enjoying
the composition, especially if Mozart was involved.
Patrick Turner.
