# test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 11, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028 "2000-03-11T20:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/1 "2000-03-11T20:03:00Z")
My baby picture: [http://www.members.aol.com/rtdnc17/franken.jpg](http://www.members.aol.com/rtdnc17/franken.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/2 "2000-03-11T20:06:00Z")
Damn. Back to the drawing board . . . ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/3 "2000-03-13T03:52:00Z")
One more time . . . [http://www.members.aol.com](http://www.members.aol.com):/rtdnc17/Franken.jpg ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/4 "2000-03-14T06:03:00Z")
Dr. Watson, don’t put a “www.” in front of “[members.aol.com](http://members.aol.com)”. Here’s what you want: [http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Franken.jpg](http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Franken.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/5 "2000-03-13T19:08:00Z")
[http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Franken.jpg](http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Franken.jpg) You musta been a beautiful baby . . . :::giggling ::: your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/6 "2000-03-13T19:22:00Z")
You guys are amazing. I’ve been scratchin’ my head over this one fer a week now . . . Thanks much. One more try, just to be sure . . . [http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Franken.jpg](http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Franken.jpg) Cute little devil, ain’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/7 "2000-03-13T19:26:00Z")
Hot damn! Life is good! But how did I manage to evoke the ‘Error’ message I keep getting telling me that payment is required for this document? Was it the “www” part? Dr. Watson “Building a shrine to Arnold and Tuba.” ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/8 "2000-03-13T22:35:00Z")
It’s just you. No, it was the “www” part. your humble TubaDiva Then again, maybe it was just you. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/9 "2000-03-14T04:28:00Z")
I can’t tell you how relieved I am to find out that it was just me (with a bit of help from my fail-safe onboard stupidity mechanism) what evoked the evil ‘Error Message’. I was afraid I might have pissed off Bill Gates somehow, and he was demanding payment. Anyway, it isn’t my fault. I was raised in a dysfunctional household, as my family portrait proves: [http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Family1.jpg](http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Family1.jpg) I mean, the apples don’t fall far from the tree, eh? Dr. Watson “Ye’ve created a monster! Save yerselves while there’s still time!” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/10 "2000-03-14T04:31:00Z")
1 for 4. Drat. Back to the drawing board . . . ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/11 "2000-03-14T04:38:00Z")
One more try, then I go back to me Grans scissors factory and resume me old job of puttin’ in the little screw . . . [http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Family1.jpg](http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Family1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/12 "2000-03-14T06:36:00Z")
🙂 😃 ☹ :rolleyes: 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/13 "2000-03-14T06:38:00Z")
**truth** _madness_ * * * " ". ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/14 "2000-03-14T06:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Dr. Watson: > \*\*One more try, then I go back to me Grans scissors factory and resume me old job of puttin’ in the little screw . . . > > [http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Family1.jpg](http://members.aol.com/rtdnc17/Family1.jpg) > > \*\* well lets see * * * "\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ ". ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/15 "2000-03-14T06:58:00Z")
Is it just me, again, or did the moral absoluteness of nothing just reduce this thread with an almost undetectable Zen-like vacuity? I can barely hear it pounding down among the ruins; sad to say, I don’t think I’m the only one. Dr. Watson “The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things.” – The Buddha ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/16 "2000-03-14T17:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Dr. Watson: > One more try, then I go back to me Grans scissors factory and resume me old job of puttin’ in the little screw . . . Dr. Watson, the problem with your second picture (Family1.jpg) is that it’s not a valid file. I would try uploading it again. (When I saved the file to my hard disk, a graphics program was unable to open it.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/17 "2000-03-14T22:48:00Z")
Not a valid file ain’t the half of it. It tested fine when I first uploaded it a few days ago, but I just downloaded the sucker and hit the ‘View Description’ thing. It gave me a song list from a WAV file. Next question. Is there a relatively **secure** place to upload these things to? It seems that the aol member space is wide open for jokers with too much time on their hands. Dr. Watson “Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases.” – Steven Hawking, genius ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1028/18 "2000-03-15T02:00:00Z")
Dr. Watson, I personally have never had a problem with my files at “[members.aol.com](http://members.aol.com)”. Does anyone else at your house use AOL also? Maybe someone uploaded a file and gave it the same name by mistake?