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Re: Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms (long)
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:23:05 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ed McGlynn writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, Ed McGlynn writes:
> > In lugnet.robotics, Keith Smith writes:
> > > Be aware that if you attempt to buy this from the Syngress web site and you
> > > are outside of the US it will take 1-2 days to authorise before you can
> > > download!
> > >
> > > This is only mentioned on the web site AFTER they have taken your credit
> > > card details and confirmed your order!
> > >
> > > Very poor.
> > >
> > > Keith Smith
> >
> > Keith -
> > Agreed. That's poor.
> >
> > Despite that, I still ordered the book from them, in hopes that being a US
> > customer, I'd be able to download immediately. No such luck - the
> > https://www.syngress.com/download/sg_main.cfm page lets me select the
> > Mindstorms title I just bought, but doesn't start the download as expected.
> > I've tried tricking it, other links, etc. I'll have to spin of an eMail to
> > this publisher now...maybe they'll send the physical book as a treat
> > sometime in the future. *sigh*
> >
> > Good luck to those ordering from Syngress.
> >
> > Ed
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> Please pardon the self-reply -
> A quick note of thanks to all those who offered advice on this.
> The problem seems to be the version and type of web browser. Syngress
> apparently doesn't support IE 6.x, but it will work on v5.5x. Others have
> had problems with Netscape, so if you get into the same situation, be
> prepared to fire up a different browser and try the download there.
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> I have IE v5.50 on another machine back home, so I'll use that next week to
> get my goods. I haven't heard from Syngress yet, but LUGNET members have
> risen to the occasion.
>
> Thanks again. LUGNET rules.
> Ed
Last update on this to keep the record straight and to stop slamming Syngress...
Camella Voci of Syngress wrote me a note today stating that she had to reset
my receipt in their system. I was in a no-man's land of sorts in their
database, and sometime after the fix on their end, I used IE 5.5 and thought
that was the difference. Not so - it was a snafu on their end. IE 6.0 is
supported just fine - just my bad luck.
Syngress replied in an acceptable and prompt manner. If you have a similar
problem, I feel confident that they can resolve it just fine.
Ed
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