Remember, I'm basing my prediction on what I was told (they even read me the letter that was to go out!) I don't control their actions. Don't shoot (or stab) the messenger. I may be a rascal, but I'm not an outlaw.Russell_T said:
Did they ever clean up the strand? Last time I tried to skate there you couldn't go under the SM pier because of erosion and flooding. I headed up toward Malibu instead of my usual skate down toward Venice Beach. Looks like the next time I'm going to be in town is sometime in Sept. around Dave's Video Day if all goes well. I'll let you know.
The strand's clean. Baring the wrath of El Nino or La Nina or ??? by September, we're cool to check out the natural scenary if you know what I mean, even under the pier.
But don't get discouraged. The Ides of March is not over yet. It's possible the Outlaws may publish the final manual and the final specs for the 950 on their website, in the next few hours.
He probably does not share the same high opinion of Outlaw that some of us do, and that would reflect the nature of his comments. Having followed his posts over the past few months, I must admit that while he definitely is the "voice from the other side", he has never (at least to my memory) lost his composure nor has he resorted to "cheap shots" at any individuals. (which is admirable, for I can see myself as having reacted on more than one occasion)
As we all know, there are always multiple ways to interpret a written statement (which lacks the inflections of the spoken voice unfortunately) .. we should give him the benefit of doubt .. especially since the odds of us being over-sensitive may not be zero.
Just my opinion
Please, God, don't let the Ides of March become the Idle of March. Have Outlaw send me an email today. I promise not to play it above reference levels. Honest.
It seems God was listening to your prayers Bob.
If I was inappropriately harsh to you in my previous post, I apologize. It was not my intention to cross forum guidelines and I hope I didn't. But if I did, it was certainly unintentional.
Actually, Will, a lot of other people here took your comments much more seriously than I did. On the surface (and out of context) "unwitting pawn" could, of course be taken as extremely derogatory since I pride myself on my acumen and my knowledge of people.
However, I fully understand what you were trying to say and in context and with terms like "perhaps" included in the sentence I really took no personal offense at your remarks. Ironically, I received a bunch of e-mails from people here openly wondering if you should get the boot for your comments but (and this might surprise you, although I feel it probably won't) I actually asked that no action be taken at this time. You choose to do your thing here, and I think the majority of readers here realize what that is.
I don't feel that any forum guidelines have been violated and I have to take these remarks with a grain of salt. There have been discussions in some of the threads regarding some recently banned members and their comments here and, later on, elsewhere. I don't think that "perhaps an unwitting pawn" falls into the same category of stating that anyone with a brain should not take the beta testers seriously because they are obviously shills for Outlaw (or whatever the "R" man said in that regard quite openly - and, I might add - incorrectly in other venues.)
Well, at this point I think that this thread has run its course. It's almost March 16th, and what I said in the first message of this thread has come to pass just as predicted. Take a moment and go back and re-read what I said in that introductrory post. I think most of you will agree that I was pretty close to the mark on this. Actions speak louder than words.
And at this point I see that there is at least one other thread here where members are sharing whether or not they received their letters so I assume that the action will move, more appropriately, over there. Remember, the production of this unit will be limited at first as they ramp up. It is expected that there will be some people who will opt not to try out a 950 and, if they follow the instructions, this will open up more slots for those further down the list. I'm not going to predict any exact numbers at this point, but I would make an educated guess that there probably will be another wave of letters next week - the extent of which may be dependent on the response from the first letters.
And, in closing, I would expect that certain people (anyone you know?) will point out that an e-mail is not a shipment of product so the 950 is still technically "vaporware" in the marketplace, but most rational people here realize that this is beginning to get a little tiresome and they see through that argument. The number of people who are commenting on the constant negativism shown by some posters is growing daily. There's something to be said for playing the Devil's Advocate and a certain amount of value in this.
But there comes a point where advocacy turns into fanaticism and this is usually counter productive. The membership of the HTF is quite astute when it comes to judging the true motives of posters who keep coming back to the same message.
Just an observation from this end.
And to all those who have, and will receive their e-mails from Outlaw, I'm really looking forward to being able to ask you how you like your 950's in the not too distant future. Time to turn the tables.
If it performs for everyone else like it did for the beta testers, we might finally see the prices of other processors go down, much like with PCs.
.. and maybe we could then buy a new Lexicon MC-12 for $1200 .. now wouldn't that be nice!!
