Pay for this?
Wednesday, June 19, 2002 by sheptheman | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
After jumping through all these hoops - do you actually expect people to pay for this crap?
Get real!
Get real!
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kith
Reply #62 Monday, June 24, 2002 11:46 PM
Reply #62 Monday, June 24, 2002 11:46 PM
I think it is new since the WC subscription started.
Before anyone starts in on me, I put that in about the stuff I purchased becasue I just got the email about the new browser version and it tells you your entire WC / SD history. Then I think about this guy (up top) who can not even contribute in the slightest and a free lunch is not enough, he wants the whole buffet. Just gets under my skin that's all.
Before anyone starts in on me, I put that in about the stuff I purchased becasue I just got the email about the new browser version and it tells you your entire WC / SD history. Then I think about this guy (up top) who can not even contribute in the slightest and a free lunch is not enough, he wants the whole buffet. Just gets under my skin that's all.
joetheblow
Reply #63 Monday, June 24, 2002 11:51 PM
Reply #63 Monday, June 24, 2002 11:51 PM
yeah... I guess a hundred megabytes should be the limit. I still think it could be higher but I really think that if a person is downloading that much they shouldn't be that angry about being asked to contribute. There are other places to download this "stuffs" so if you reached your limit here and if contributing will be a problem, try to understand what this site is trying to do for it's customers (who pay) as well and move on. (Just to find out that if you take the time to look at the "save to my computer" screen that your still downloading from wincust, just from a different site)
I still find it interesting that those who start these threads have nothing as far as submissions.
intriguing......
I still find it interesting that those who start these threads have nothing as far as submissions.
intriguing......
Chris
Reply #64 Monday, June 24, 2002 11:59 PM
Reply #64 Monday, June 24, 2002 11:59 PM
Well I can understand where you're coming from. Before there was less "stuff" to download. Now, there's DesktopX, ObjectBar, WinStyles among others.
As for your theory about the original poster, it always seems these type of things (whether it be web boards, usenet postings) come about from some guy popping out of nowhere, issuing some vague, incoherent, rude proclamation, then goes running back to the hills, never to be seen or heard from again.
As for your theory about the original poster, it always seems these type of things (whether it be web boards, usenet postings) come about from some guy popping out of nowhere, issuing some vague, incoherent, rude proclamation, then goes running back to the hills, never to be seen or heard from again.
Frogboy
Reply #65 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:51 AM
Reply #65 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:51 AM
I've only downloaded a little more than a 100 megs total in all the time I've been here. 100 megs is a lot.
Jafo
Reply #66 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 2:10 AM
Reply #66 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 2:10 AM
Jafo is User ID 23....and a grand total of 47 meg....and that takes in all the submissions I DL to check.....[maybe not]...but certainly not a lot for someone here since Day One...
craeonics
Reply #67 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 4:19 AM
Reply #67 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 4:19 AM
UserID:: 163 (even though I signed up on day one... or the monday after the weekend if it opened up during the weekend)
Bytes downloaded: 0 k (you can see I am a heavy user)
Bytes downloaded: 0 k (you can see I am a heavy user)
migellito
Reply #69 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:06 PM
Reply #69 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:06 PM
also, when talking about the dl limit, i think it's really important to remember that buying something isn't the only way to contribute. take crae for instance - he contributes so much in other ways that his access level is up there enough to let him dl with no limit.
i think it's ok that someone would be coming here dl'ing stuff from the time we went online, and never take part in the site enough to even get to apprentice. but if that's how they do it, they don't really have much room to gripe about things.
i think it's ok that someone would be coming here dl'ing stuff from the time we went online, and never take part in the site enough to even get to apprentice. but if that's how they do it, they don't really have much room to gripe about things.
Chris
Reply #70 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:17 PM
Reply #70 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:17 PM
That reminds me, I keep meaning to order a t-shirt. I just hope they come in Extra Fat. Chris runs off to the fat skins store...
Chris
Reply #71 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:21 PM
Reply #71 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:21 PM
Chris comes back from the fat store. Nada. Only large. Howabout Stardock shirts for the plus side crowd?
AngelEyez
Reply #72 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:21 PM
Reply #72 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:21 PM
Ok, being the newbie here, I will ask. A few of you keep mentioning "contributing" and i think I read back up there somewhere ( not sure so dont quote me on it ) someone mention "These people never have a skin they designed on their account". Well, as for myself, I have no idea how and when I tried using a program to help me do it, I didn't understand it. I wish I could make as beautiful things as I download, but please don't hold it against me that I can't. As for the mail bomb, wow that was extreme, he was just expressing his opinion and hurting noone. I really don't think he did anything wrong, except maybe show his mentality. But we are all entitled to our opinions, but I did get a few laughs from some of the responses.
Chris
Reply #73 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:28 PM
Reply #73 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:28 PM
AngelEyez, don't feel bad about that. You don't have to be a skinner to partipate here. I'm not.
T-Man
Reply #74 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:40 PM
Reply #74 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:40 PM
Chris,
If look at the wincustomize store. If you are interested in the Skinners T-Shirts it is available up to 3X sizes.
If look at the wincustomize store. If you are interested in the Skinners T-Shirts it is available up to 3X sizes.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #75 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:44 PM
Reply #75 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:44 PM
AngelEyez, you ARE contributing. You are posting messages and asking questions. The vast majority of people visiting the site on a regular basis don't say a word. So don't feel bad. Download all you want - that's why skinners post their skins, for people to use. They don't expect anything from you in return (well, maybe a few words of encouragement on the comments page).
As for making skins, I've been with wincustomize since the start, and only now am I contibuting skins. Like you I didn't understand the program, I also couldn't design anything. Some of my skins are now almost worthy, most are useless. It take time to learn even the basics, but have a go, it's fun. If you end up finding skinning isn't for you, that's ok too; as long as you are getting pleasure from the skins you download, that's what its all about. Oh, and keep asking those questions...
As for making skins, I've been with wincustomize since the start, and only now am I contibuting skins. Like you I didn't understand the program, I also couldn't design anything. Some of my skins are now almost worthy, most are useless. It take time to learn even the basics, but have a go, it's fun. If you end up finding skinning isn't for you, that's ok too; as long as you are getting pleasure from the skins you download, that's what its all about. Oh, and keep asking those questions...
Chris
Reply #76 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:52 PM
Reply #76 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:52 PM
Thx T-Man. I liked the Stardock t-shirts better. Kinda weird walking around with a shirt that says SKINNERS in big bold letters. I'll have to explain to every one that no, its not a Pr0n thing and no its not part of the X-Files Agent Skinner fan club 
But what the heck, I need new a new shirt anyways, so I'll buy one.
You could have one that reads "Skinners Live in Vain" as a nod to Cordwainer Smith's classic SciFi story "Scanners Live in Vain" but nobody would understand it (well unless I bump into you folks at a WorldCon somewhere). Or perhaps, A Skinner Darkly as take on Phil K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly".
(Man, I gotta stop wearing my virtual propellerhead hat in cyberspace...)
But what the heck, I need new a new shirt anyways, so I'll buy one.
You could have one that reads "Skinners Live in Vain" as a nod to Cordwainer Smith's classic SciFi story "Scanners Live in Vain" but nobody would understand it (well unless I bump into you folks at a WorldCon somewhere). Or perhaps, A Skinner Darkly as take on Phil K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly".
(Man, I gotta stop wearing my virtual propellerhead hat in cyberspace...)
WOM
Reply #77 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:00 PM
Reply #77 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:00 PM
AngelEyez: There are probably over 300000 people with an account here. Only a small group are skinners. The rest of us just like the site. We interact on the message board, comment on skins, and learn from the questions everyone asks. One of these days I might feel confident enough to upload a skin(as soon as I learn a paint program). I do have three(Corel, PSP and photoshop).
migellito
Reply #78 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:01 PM
Reply #78 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:01 PM
pk dick rocks.. they even manage to do a pretty good job translating his stuff to movies, blade runner for example.
AngelEyez
Reply #79 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:45 PM
Reply #79 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:45 PM
Thanks for the replies guys, I do feel better now about not knowing how to make sins. I have said it before in my other posts as well, y'all are very helpful also, always willing to try and help ( although now I figure it is so you can "participate") Just kidding, honost! ;o) Alot of msg boards I don't partake in because there is a group, core members, click..that do all the talking and you never feel welcome. Thanks for making me feel welcome, as well as others I have sent here to get the programs and sins!!! 
AngelEyez
Reply #80 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:47 PM
Reply #80 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:47 PM
DAMN! Someone stole my k key! That should read sKins....NOT sins!!!!! 
!!!!!! Sorry
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Reply #61 Monday, June 24, 2002 11:40 PM
yeah, it did happen that way.... for some reason I thought I ssaw the site first and then bought some "stuffs" from wincust.
interesting........