it's caused by those pesky web developers trying to implement upgrades to the site

Plausible deniability.

I'll promptly refund the money you paid to join JoeUser........

After all the mental anguish . . Stardock should double his refund!

Yep, I've seen that error before. it's caused by those pesky web developers trying to implement upgrades to the site. yep, it singles certain individuals out- those who are trying to create a new blog site while the site is being updated. I'm sorry that our free site (JoeUser) didn't meet your expectations. I'll promptly refund the money you paid to join JoeUser........

You mean I paid Starkers for nothing? now you tell me! I am out umpteen gazillion dollars for nothing!

I am miffed! I am insulted! I am stupid!

Starkers, I want my money back! LOL

Starkers, I want my money back! LOL

But I haven't received it....and then, I thought we had a deal that, instead of money, you'd come up with a weekly conspiracy thread to breath some humourous life back into the rather quiet forums of late...

Hang on a minute...regarding your cash! Maybe, and just maybe, I can manipulate, reverse engineer one of the thingemejigs (Brad uses to keep tabs on peoples political allegiances) to extract the cash from Stardock coffers instead....given the possibility that one of their gadgets intercepted the cash from you to me. Can't promise anything cos they're mainly designed to snaffle JU subs from people who don't meet the political criteria.

Oh, and BTW....what are you doing with that piccie of Richard Nixon saying "Tricky Dicky is King" on your computer desk ...dunno Brad'll appreciate that one too much. Better hide it before he notices it as well.

After all the mental anguish . . Stardock should double his refund!

Triple, even. Brad, can youhelp this guy out?

Triple, even. Brad, can you help this guy out?

Or alternatively, Brad....maybe you could take the political filters off his IP address and give him three blogs for the price of one.

It'd be great entertainment....one for government conspiracies & cover-ups; another for religious conspiracies & false prophets; and the third for corporate conspiracies & covert dealings with aliens, etc.....just to keep us abreast of current affairs

***gone awfully quiet around here - starkers heads off to Xero's thread to re-read the old jokes....arthritis, cold weather, my funny bone frreeeezes up if I don't exercise it more***

Wow! You were all correct! I have my blog! Yippee!

I'm so sorry I wasted everyones time and effort. I was clearly way off base here. My old computer, my new computer, my friend's computers and the local library computers were mucked up somehow. It has since resolved itself proving what a moron I really am. I'm not really sure what happened. I guess they just fix themselves now days.

You all have further shown how much "classier" you are than myself. I wish I had such strong character traits but, alas, I do not. You have refused to lower yourselves to the level you claim I'm at and that is admirable.

I guess it was common knowledge. Everyone knows that the joeuser/stardock e-mail was little more than a ploy to make idiots, (like myself), send requests asking for assistance. There never really was any "monitoring" of it......I apologize. I missed the memo.

The fact that I had been bringing this issue up for over 2 months before my "rant" is irrelevant. I understand this now. I also understand that it makes perfect sense for others to get blogs when I could not. It was just timing, computer problems and upgrades. My medications tend to make me forget what year it is so you'll have to forgive me for not thinking clearly.

So, when all else fails, and you've tried every other avenue, just shut-up. Customer assistance is just a phrase used to attract fleas. I know this to be true for both Joe User and Stardock. A quick glance through the forums will show how futile it is to try at all. I get it now. You can benefit from my mistakes.

I have never been proven so totally wrong in my life. I'm ashamed. I have put my tin-foil hat in with the other recyclables. I'm going to have them prescribe me some new medicine. I've been imagining all of this for months. Go figure.

I actually considered using my new found blog access, for a nano second. But I realized that I am among intellectuals, prophet's and scholars. The world is your Oyster and you have it all figured out. I could do little more than post questions hoping to recieve some of the crumbs of your supreme knowledge. That would, of course, continue to irritate you. You would most certainly put me in my place. Just like so many other times and, so many others.

I will pass.

So I apologize. I mistook months of being ignored, for being slighted. All things considered, I never really had a beef. I'm just a moron in a tin hat.

Brad, you sure showed me. I hope you can respond to each and every complaint within the same 2-3 month time frame. But, then, you never really did respond. That's o.k. I've learned my lesson. Don't bother now, I'm a moron. I haven't been able to open my e-mail for months so I wouldn't get it anyway.

Most humbled by your divine wisdom,
TheGuyPc

TheGuyPC, I understand why you are frustrated.  That old cliche: Sh*t happens isn't a cliche for nothing.  Sometimes it just does.  I've been around here for a loooong time and I promise you nobody has done these things to you on purpose.  They were not intentional.

I've seen folks pounce on people here before and just get nasty.  It happens.  Try not to take it personally.  Some folks can't express themselves politely.  They usually don't last long around here.

My point?  Just give it a couple of days.  You've got your blog space.  Sleep on it.  Forget about what happened here.  In a couple day, nobody will care anymore and you can blog away.

Enjoy.

TheGuyPc ...I see it's taken just over a week to compose a response...so eloquently sarcastic and vitriolic and all... however....have you in fact succeeded in creating a Blog?

Was I right from the outset... #11, June 30....ie..."you were simply doing 'it' wrong"?

If so, you 'really' should think more about 'contrition' rather than 'sarcasm'.

There is one common denominator in all those computers you personally tried...that failed to create a blog.   Perhaps therein lies the problem....

Wow! You were all correct! I have my blog! Yippee! I'm so sorry I wasted everyones time and effort.

Glad to hear you've finally got your blog on JU and from my perspective, you didn't waste anyone's time or effort....well certainly not mine. I've actually had fun coming to this thread, though I hope you don't feel that my comments singled you out for criticism, ridicule or condemnation....

Truth is, I saw the conspiracy bandwagon rolling by and just hopped on for the ride ....though now I'm beginning to wonder if there's any truth to it, given Brad's 'deafening' silence on the matter.

Seriously, though, have fun with your blog and don't stress/panic about not being intellectual enough....what is uninteresting to some is interesting to others, so go for it.

Oh, and Brad's 'deafening' silence would be attributable to his very busy schedule, the site issues and upgrading throughout the Stardock family of sites and, by his own admission, playing with his snake (see his thread on PowerUser TV). https://forums.wincustomize.com/?ForumID=225&AID=122836#954428

Brad, you sure showed me. I hope you can respond to each and every complaint within the same 2-3 month time frame. But, then, you never really did respond.

He's the owner and CEO of the company.  How many CEO's do you see answering tech support?  I'm amazed we see him in the "public" at all.  I guess it's damned if you do, damned if you don't, eh?

Apology accepted.

Oh, uh, I didn't offer any advice.

Well I will offer some now.

If you've been around JU any time at all you know its a lot like Congress. There is a lot of fist waving and screaming, but at the end of the day, most of us go out and party together (and some in secret).

My point? Well besides the one on my tin hat?

Stick around....and don't take blogging so seriously.

Welcome, if you stay.

Adiós, if you don't.

T

Was I right from the outset... #11, June 30....ie..."you were simply doing 'it' wrong"?

No, actually, I've been working on the blog I could get. I did nothing wrong. Don't you think it a little "odd" that I would do the same thing "wrong" for some... 3 months? Can you re-create it now? Did my friends channel my idiocy and do what I did? Did my "cookies" somehow mysteriously transfer themselves to several other computers?

You insult me. Skinning, and things concerning it, I know squat. But don't pretend to tell me this was my fault. My computer(s) did exactly the same thing time and again. I get pissy and it's fixed. So, read what you want into it. But you are telling others, who have had the same problem, the same thing. You insult them, as well as me. Just because they don't want to be subjected to this shit, doesn't mean they aren't watching.

As for me, check it out for yourself. Link This is what I've been doing. Take a look at the top 10 most popular. Hummm, imagine that! The mental case that can't even manage to get a blog on Joe User is in the top 10? No! Top 5?

Then, check out my blog. Look at the tutorials that I offer to people who want to customize their blog. Go ahead and see how many "conspiracy theory" posts you can find. Maybe make a post or, even several. Ask people what they think of me. Hell, post in my blog. Shit all over me. I don't delete criticism. Life is a journey and I'm the fool on the hill in a hand built coaster.

I'm sure this will be painted as my lame attempt to prove you all wrong. What-TF-ever.

There was absolutely nothing I could have done, or said, that would have resulted in anything other than what transpired. So, call it what you want. I have tried. I have been shit on for everything from changing my username, to being so stupid as to not be able to create a blog. Had I not been a Stardock AND WinCustomize subscriber, you all would have taken me to task for that as well.

No, Jafo. My lack of response...for a week at a time....was not any acknowledgement of guilt, or stupidity. Quite the contrary. I was busy learning. Brad was on vacation, you were on a power trip, others joined right in...in the end, it's still MY fault isn't it? I was making friends...helping others...you were trying to make me look like an idiot. MEMO: I don't think it worked.

This is akin to telling a patron at WalMart, the reason they couldn't flush the toilet was that they are a moron. Then, putting up a sign, for all to see, and bitching when it isn't responded to in a timely fashion.

Go ahead, you smug prick. Have a "look about". See what dirt you can dig up on me. If you think you can find anything that I will not admit to openly....you're a liar.

The fact remains......I was unable to get a blog and, others were too. You couldn't re-create it. So apparently I am such an idiot that it outweighs your self-proclaimed intellect.

I will equate all of this with dog shit. I stepped in it and, you were all there, all too ready to point out how it was my fault. Even though it was your dog.

The title of my post was "Joe User is Joke User". A re-read of this article would support this claim. If no other, the last page (at least), was little more then a back slapping, bar whore chorus of self congratulation, obscenity, slander and arrogance. (I know who isn't included in this. Thank you)(I'm not going to mention you by name for obvious reasons)

But, you have definately proved me wrong here. You showed everyone how wrong I was. Proof, beyond all doubt. I have floundered in the wake. I am humbled. Whatever.

You see what you want to see. I will see what I do. In the end, I'd pit my friends against yours, any day of the week.

I have re-considered though. I am going to post here occasionally. Then, I will probably ignore you. If you complain, I will accuse you of all kinds of things that are completely unsubstantiated.

I never took a beating in the school yard. (Which I've been accused of...(real maturity in action there) I'm not going to sit down for one here. So, get over yourselves. I doubt that you can. A little check on the WWW tells me that you've seen people like me before. Just not so persistant. Persist I will. And, when Brad throws the breakers, after cashing out, we'll see who is laughing and, claiming a "conspiracy" then.

THE GUY PC - THAT IS MY USER NAME! COREY JAMES 66 WAS MY PREVIOUS USER NAME! I WAS CENSORED BY DR. NICK FOR POSTING A LINK. YES, A LINK. AND EVERYONE TRASHED ME FOR COMPLAINING...SO I CHANGED MY USER NAME! I APOLOGIZED FOR CALLING DR. NICK A "SNOT NOSED KID" I MEANT THAT. IS THIS CLEAR? N.T.- KISS MY IMAGINATION!

JAFO, keep on doin' what you do so well. It will serve it's purpose...trust me on this one
THEGUYPC (Look familiar?......Anyone?)(Uh huh! That's what I thought)

When life gives you lemons, squeeze them in someones eyes......... oh sorry, you knew that already.

 

 

One of the main things you need when you blog, and respond is a sense of humour.

I guess guypc you have two options, you can carry this little chip around on your shoulder, and not forget about it, or you can forget about it, be grateful your problem is solved and get on with it.

Continuing to stomp your feet, and throw your toys out of your pram, even after the problem is solved is pointless.

And on that note.....welcome to JU

Corey, you got hammered here not because of your content, but because of your method.

This should have been handleld privataly, but you felt you weren't getting a response.
So is could have been handled publicly, politely, but you chose to be rude.
You got what you wanted I guess, a blog run by a man and company that you disparage.

In the meantime, you've lost some respect. Hope it's worth it.