I'm not hooked... I can quit any time I like... just not now... but I can totally quit... totally... absolutely... probably... 

It seemed like I wasn't the only one and I was contacted by tech support and it seems like it was a glitch of some sort... 

Hopefully it won't happen again.

The problem seems to be resolved now... Thanks everyone! 

RHaseltine posted at 9:53 AM Wed, 30 August 2023 - #4473715

Does it affect DIM as well as the browsers? A sales ticket should be able to handle the issue, select Other or emaill/password for the tracker option.

I don't use DIM (had issues with it in earlier versions) I install my content manually (rarely do more than a handful of stuff at a time)...

I submitted a ticket through Contact Us/Help Center > Bugs page (way down at the bottom of the page) "Don't see what you are looking for? Let us Help you! Submit a request..."  >  Submit A Request: Please choose request type below: Technical Support Questions, Sales Support, Refund Request, Coupon Code Issue and NFP Collection.

I chose "Technical Support Questions" because that seemed the closest, though to me that's usually a software/computer  issue and it's "Questions" which seems like I have a question, not a problem...

If it were me, just for customer confidence, I'd have made "Account Support" or "Store Issue" a choice, but hopefully Technical Support "Questions" is the right choice... though "Please note it can take 5-6 business days for a response at this time." isn't that reassuring... So that's probably going to be next Thursday before I get a response due to the long holiday weekend.

You mentioned "Select email or password for the tracker option"... I didn't see that anywhere... do you have a screenshot or a link to that page... it seem like maybe I wasn't at the right page or help area. 

(EDIT: Never mind, I found that box... I think I chose either "website issue" or "login error"... it was very late last night, so I forgot about that box/option).

I really have to download all my library/content more frequently... it's been at least two years since I downloaded all my stuff and being locked out of my account for possibly a week or more isn't really fun or confidence boosting or convenient.

Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate your always being there for info and assistance!

Oops… Sorry… I didn’t realize it was that dead… I thought the last post was January 2022, not 2021…  I’m more used to DAZ’s forums where the cutoff for a thread being dead is possibly less noticeable… that and I was trying to figure out how to read posts that are older than 60 days and it got a bit confusing as to what was sort of recent and what was archived… which probably wouldn’t have been a problem if I bothered to actually know what year it is… (I did get the month correct though)…

I’m guessing older than 60 days is officially “archived” and thus “dead”…?

Well, regardless… sorry and I probably won’t do that again… I’m pretty unpredictable and prone to random behavior so no promises… I mean I do promise that if I’m paying attention, I won’t do it again.

Probably.

Either way, I’ll try… and remember… stay safe out there and don’t pet stray zombies.

First off you need to be prepared and arm yourself with a can of Zom-B-Gone...

With the new improved formula, not only will you be safe from Zombies, you'll smell springtime fresh without unpleasant feces scent that the original formula had... which they still have, if one enjoys that one.

But if one does get bitten, I recommend Zombalta...

Zombalta is not a cure, but it certainly looks like one, and with Zombalta you can ignore your zombification until you completely rot away... which may be sooner than without Zombalta... but at least you can still party, get tattoos and get your hair styled which seems to be really important to some folks.

Please Note... This is not an ad for Zom-B-Gone or Zombalta, nor is it any way connected to SilCorDyne Worldwide Enterprises LTD or any of its many subsidiaries... but you definitely should go out and buy lots and lots of it right now.

Go!... What are you waiting for?!

Hi. After not using my copy of Poser 11 Pro for several months, the other day I went to use it but apparently my previous valid license does not work... I came to this forum hoping to find some directions on what to do, but I feel more confused now...

At the current moment, after installing Poser 11.2 which seems to be the recommended approach, I’m faced with the registration menu which seems to be assuming I have been issued a new license key... which I do not see any obvious way of attaining...

The registration menu seems to have a space for the previous license key, but it will not let me enter it (presumably) without a new license key... meaning you can’t type in the old license without completing the “required” information slots...

Can anyone tell me how to obtain my new license key... ?

My copy of Poser Pro 11 is from an actual physical DVD purchased from Smith Micro... I’ve been using it for several years without any problems until now.

Thank you in advance for any information you may be able to provide.

I would really, really love for Poser to have an instancing tool or the ability to create instances... I asked about this at SM, but that was not to be... apparently others agreed that this would be a great addition to Poser’s abilities. The funny thing was, I always assumed Poser was capable of instances, but I never got around to looking into it, and when I did, I was shocked it wasn’t a feature... even SketchUp can do instances.

Well, one could do much worse than to wander off to live with wolves... I was raised by them and they are quite social creatures and know how to make a proper cup of tea... Mostly... They fall short a bit on the lack of thumbs, so there is a bit of spilling and they do tend to stick their snouts in the pot and snarffle about, but if that sort of thing is not a bother, then they are great to live with. Mostly. Regardless of that, please don't wander off like a goldfish to live with wolves, especially if you are wearing a suit if ham. Besides most wolves can't read and are terrible poets, so even though there is the prospect of good tea and in some cases even decent biscuits (mostly dog biscuits), there is a good chance your writing and creativity may suffer. I too have a distinctively carp-like attention span, but do manage to return here frequently to see what is going on... I must confess, sometimes I feel like writing something, but more often I don't because I feel it too random or nonsensical. But if you do feel it may contribute in some small way, if not in quality, perhaps in volume, to this forum, I guess I should put that aside. Thank you Wolfenshire, for your kind comment... And manatee advice.

I once thought about having a blog... It sounds a lot like some sort of Bulgarian turnip based goulash or something one may contract by cavorting naked with manatees... I'm not that fond of goulash so I wasn't that big on that whole thought... To be honest I don't really think I know exactly what a blog is... It's not this rash I got from the manatees, the doctor said it was unusual, but not a blog. From the general usage of the word I'm starting to think it has very little to do with turnips or manatees and more to do with some sort of writing format. I should probably look that up and stop guessing at stuff.

Okay... I just looked it up... It does have to do with writing... That's kinda disappointing, because I thought cavorting with the manatees would be more rewarding and possibly give me something to write about... Well, I suppose that could have been something if I had actually written any of it down, but the crayons don't work on wet paper and I forgot most of it already, so I suppose it's a moot point.

Moot point... Moot... That's another one of those words that's misleading... It sounds like it would have more to do with cows and cow related activities, which in case anyone is wondering, it does not.

English is such a strange language... I wish I could speak it, or write stuff in it.

Wait... I just looked it up, and apparently I do speak or write in what is probably English... Maybe I was thinking of Portuguese or Kusunda... Its not Kusunda, because I just looked out the window and it's not Nepal and I'm pretty sure I just made up Portuguese... I make up a lot of stuff, so it's really hard to keep track of what I'm going on about at any given moment, especially in Nepalese... Nipplese... Nepal... Nipal... Nipple.... I always wanted to go there... then I found out that most people just pronounced it poorly and it has nothing to do with nipples.

I don't know what's wrong with me... Surly lots of things, but in this case particularly, I'm at a loss.

I guess if I ever wrote a blog it would go much like this and that's probably not a good thing... Blogs are supposed to be informative and interesting or at least coherent. I don't think I'm capable of any of that nonsense. I believe in free range writing... Like when you go to one of those chicken farms where there are no rules and chicken society has broken down and the chickens are all murdering each other because no one is telling them what to do.... Well, I mean I believe in the no rules part... I'd never deliberately murder a chicken unless it was pointing a gun at me or I was really hungry and maybe it was on fire a little bit just before... Just enough to get a golden crispness and hopefully it had been rolling around in some herbs and spices... That would be nice.

I seem to have forgotten why I began writing this. I hope it didn't have anything to do with cavorting naked with manatees... Did you know you can get a rash from that? Well, so much for this confusing and intellectually damaging reply.

No describing torture... How about if ones writing is so bad it's considered torture? I've read stuff I've written to laboratory animals to see if it was safe for humans and most of them committed suicide rather than go on listening, so I'm now rather concerned about that.

But they paid for an argument.

I beg to disagree...

That's not a link to a Monty Python video, it's merely a short clip of a group of Walruses complaining about lack of proper public transportation in the Antarctic...

But I suppose there is no point arguing that...

auntietk posted at 11:03AM Thu, 10 March 2016 - #4260227

lol! I don't mind editing at all, especially when it's something that's fun to read! What's boring, in a redundant sort of way, is editing a manual for a piece of audio gear and having the person who wrote the manual resent you so much for criticizing his work that he doesn't make 75% of the recommended changes and publishes a piece of technically correct but basically unreadable drek. sigh it's good to be retired.

At one of the companies I worked for, in addition to doing most of the sculpting and machining and being the model making department, I got to write most of the instruction manuals for our own products (and even a few for clients)... I used to try and be as clear and precise as possible, but loved including stuff like "Step 1- Make sure you are fully clothed and seated in an upright position Step 2- Using your eyeballs, locate the red lever and without severing your index finger, rotate it counter clockwise until you hear a distinct click. If the lever snaps off, you have rotated it too far. A green light and lack of fire should indicate you have properly engaged the motor...." Not alway that sever, but fun stuff.

Hello! I'd be happy to answer those questions.

• Currently I'm writing a post at a really great writer's forum somewhere... Less currently (or more currently, if I'm writing something else as you are reading this)...(isn't time amazing), I'll be writing any one of a number of different story segments and ideas, manifestos, instructions, ransom notes and possibly grocery lists. I think I need some more bacon... I'm really glad this thread reminded me. I'm also working on several books I never intend to finish, one of which is a true story set in New York City in the mid 80s and involves time travel, Ancient Greek cats, an evil seven foot tall ferret trying to rule the galaxy and a bag of siopao pork buns. It's very boring and entirely uninformative.

• Am I writing a book? Possibly... Or a really long short story... I don't really know what qualifies as a book anymore, as there is probably no way in hell anyone in their right mind would commit my thoughts to paper... Perhaps a courtroom stenographer in a lengthy deposition, but in the traditional sense of a book... I doubt it... I tend to think of books as physical objects you can throw at people after having experienced them for their literary worth. You can't really throw an Ebook at someone... perhaps metaphorically, but it's too expensive to go about indiscriminately hucking tablets and laptops willy-nilly to and fro. I think that is an aspect of literature that is sorely lacking in the transition to electronic media... Although I am currently working on a method using 3D printing to fill that gap.

• My topics... They vary... Science, History, Psychology, Medicine... None of which I know anything about, but judging from the bulk of the information available on the Internet and through popular media, I doubt anyone will really notice. For instance... Did you know that in his youth, before becoming the Prime Minister of Englandonia in 1868, Benjamin Disraeli was a professional penguin wrestler? And for six years after his retirement he sold neck beards door to door? The first operational fusion generator was invented in 1874 by Adam West, great-great-great grandmother to Adam West, actor and eccentric pogo stick advocate who is well know for his portrayal of Batman in the 1960s documentary series of the same name. Did you know that you can lower your auto insurance rates by taking advice from a Gecko? Did you know doctors don't want you to know that Bolivian Diggleberry fruits are the new super-fruit, full of super duper uberantioxidants that help you burn fat so fast your underwear will likely burst into flames moments after swallowing just one? You probably never knew any of those facts before I made them up moments ago. Although I loathe the majority of misinformation and thinly veiled infomercial articles that populate the Internet like corpulent tribble hookers on a gaudy rundown boulevard, I applaud it for being tawdry and misinformed enough to allow me to write stuff like the first part of this eclectically structured sentence. As you see from this rubbish, I'll write about anything for any reason and no reason at all... I like to write and view words somewhat like play dough... You can smoosh them together, mould them into new shapes, roll them into brownish balls with clumps of pet hair and carpet fibers in them, stick them in your ears or make anything out of them that you wish... The more the better, and who cares if it doesn't look like a dinosaur with a cowboy hat? This isn't a fine art gallery, it's the Internet and billions of people and cats can read your words and most likely, at least one of them is bound to see that cowboy hat wearing triceratops.

To be honest, I have no idea if this was helpful or not, because I put down my iPad several times and forgot where this was going and to some degree, what it was about. But I went right on ahead with whatever came to mind, regardless of that fact. And I suppose that is the crux of my writing style which I like to call "Fractal Writing"... One- because it's as complex and random as a fractal equation appears to be, Two- because it sounds like it could be a real method or style and Four- it could continue infinitely, long after most people have lost interest in looking at it.

Thank you for having this awesome forum and giving me the opportunity to do whatever the hell it is I do with words and in a public forum no less... It has been an honor to be here today.

Cheers and beers, Vic Cook.