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Dear James,
What was written about software not being able to damage hardware
was complete and utter rubbish. Just you try picking up a load of disks
and whamming them over your computer...You'll soon do some damage my dear
friend. Trust me!
From Naughty But Nice
POWER REPLIES:
Is it me or do I get the feeling that you've got the wrong idea about this.
Anyway, Chris Sharp believes that software CAN damage hardware as it
happened to him, so look out for his article on that somewhere in this
issue.
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Dear POWER,
Last month you published a letter I sent you and I was most suprised as I
voiced a couple of thoughts about the standard of your disk mag. They were
not all complimentary but I am sure I was speaking out for others as well
as myself. As you obviously listen to constructive critisism I would like
to help you again by being blunt about your magazine, Power.
As I had only read a couple of issues a asked my mate to copy them so now I
have a full set. Issue 11 was an improvement on the others but PLEASE do
yourself and us a favour and cut out the drivel. Cant you see you are being
used by no-hopers to give themselves cheap fame.
For example, Gary Simmons, I have seen a lot of drivel from this person in
the last 2 disks and this person is a sad case. If all he has in life is
banging that stuff out then my advice is 'GET HELP NOW'. Quite frankly you
are not helping by printing this stuff as it will probably encourage him.
The poor sod will never have a life unless you start rejecting him.
Peter Shilling seems to be quite articulate if his contributions are
anything to go by BUT was he serious about that ghost nonsense. Also that
thing about the big borders was silly. To prove it I have sent you one in
response to his request.
Donald Duck and ???. I was going to use these as more examples of no-hopers
but I realised that they dont exist. They are just names you use to pad out
your magazine. Of course if you do include this letter you wont be able to
use them again - will you.
Finally what I would like to see is a lot more PD. There is not enough of
it and I would like to see at least half of available disk space used for
it. This could easily be done if you cut out the drivel.
Keep trying, I'm sure you will get there in the end but it's still not
worth paying for so I will copy my mates issues until they are.
As I dont think this will be printed I have included a letter in reply to
your Talking Point as well.
From The Hobbit
POWER REPLIES:
I get many letters for publication in POWER but due to disk space and other
restrictions, I can not print ALL letters that I get. What I try to do is
print any especially interesting letter or if I get a load of letters
saying basically the same thing, then I will just print one or two of them.
In your case, as ALL of your letters are er...Interesting, I print them,
with no exception to last month.
I am sorry that you are not enjoying POWER although I am glad to hear that
you though last month's issue 11 was an improvement.
??? and Donald Duck both DO exist, why shouldn't they and why do you pick
those two? There are many other people that write under other names
including your-good-self...Are YOU real?!
With regards to wanting at least half a disk of P.D, I don't do this for a
number of reasons. Firstly, if I am going to sell this disk magazine as
licenceware, it's a bit of a cheek to fill it up with P.D. that they can
buy for half the price so I fill it up with special editions of things,
exclusives and so on. Also, the point in a disk magazine is its text, not
really the P.D. given away...That's just a bonus if I have any spare disk
space left over.
If you honestly think that Gary Simmons, Peter Shilling and everyone else
just comes out with drivel, then I suppose you have your own opinions, but
let's see some good stuff from YOU then!
Also, I would appreciate that you DON'T just copy your mate's copy of POWER
as it isn't fair on me, POWERFIST or the other readers as that money goes
into making POWER better. If you don't like POWER, that's fine, we all
have our own opinions, but why bother ripping us off if you don't enjoy
reading POWER?!
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Dear James,
RE: Letter from THE HOBBIT
I feel that I would like to reply to the Hobbits letter in Power issue 11,
I would like to ask the Hobbit if he actually wrote the letter when he/she was
drunk or in a bad mood. You see, its not the fact that the Hobbit said Power
was crap that I would like to take issue with, but simply the fact that the
Hobbit didn't say WHY Power was crap.
You see, with letters like his/hers, Power cannot become better, as no
indication of what could be made better was given. Surely if you are going to
say something is bad, you must give a reason WHY it is bad? If the Hobbit would
like to write again, and say why he thinks Power is crap, then please do, but
this time, add some weight to your comments. They simply didn't mean anything
in the last letter.
Apart from this persons complaint, I do not know of any other people who do not
like Power.
Anyway, aside from all of that, I would like to say a big (and I mean big)
thank you to all the people who have put little comments in the messages
section, saying that my articles are o.k. Its great to know that people do
read my articles, and to all the people who do read my articles, I would like
to extend a huge thank you. If you can think of any improvments within any of
my columns (such as the STOS column, or the ASSEMBLY language column) then
please write in and say. Also, please write in and say if there is anything
that you do not like about my columns. Thanks for reading this letter.
From Chris Sharp
POWER REPLIES:
Well, if you have any reply to this HOBBIT, then please write now! With
regards to you Chris, your work is greatly appreciated by me as well as all
the POWER readers out there. Keep up the good work!
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Dear POWER,
Why the hell do you bother to print the stuff from the Hobbit.
His messages, his letters...EVERYTHING he does is just having a go at
people. Airing your views is one thing but this is just stupid!
From Tom Parnel
POWER REPLIES:
Mmmm...I'm beginning to wonder myself!
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Dear James,
I'd just like to congratulate you for running your excellent disk
magazine for a whole year and providing me with some EXCELLENT
entertainment. I've been an avid reader since issue 1 and as soon as I
started reading, I was hooked. For a whole year I've been ordering my
copies of POWER and have really enjoyed every single word published and
look forward to more. Hope you had a happy Christmas and I hope you enjoy
the New Year. Congratulations on writing your mag for a whole year and I
look forward to another year of having the POWER!!!
From Peter Shilling
POWER REPLIES:
Glad that you like it so much and we all look forward to seeing more
articles from you and I look forward to producing many more issues of POWER
for your enjoyment!
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Dear POWER,
I'd just like to ask Gary a question. Where the hell do you get
all your ideas?! I'd like to write for POWER James but I can't program at
all and I can never think of anything to write. I look at all the stuff
that you, Gary and loads more POWER writers churn out and wonder why I can
never think of anything like that to write. You all write really good
stuff...Got any ideas for me?
From George Arts
POWER REPLIES:
Surely you can think of SOMETHING! How about a review of something, your
opinions on something or anything like that. Your contributions to columns
are just as appreciated. By writing that letter you have contributed
something. How about your view on one of our talking points or a few
messages. It's up to you what you write. Good to see that you're trying
though as we need MORE writers for POWER!
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Dear James,
I was reading POWER issue 11 the other day (and a great issue it
was!) but after lots of thought, I still can't work out why you call some
things an article and some a feature. Some things are called columns and
others are called regualrs. What's the difference...If any?!
From Warlock
POWER REPLIES:
A regular is something that appears every month in POWER but has no
feedback involved with it. For example, a regular could be THE EDITO PAGES
as it is in POWER every month, yet requires no feedback to keep it going.
A column on the other hand is the complete opposite and is something like
the TALKING POINT column or LETTERS column which is just a compilation of
feedback really.
An article is something which only appears in one issue of POWER (i.e. it
is not a regular) and is informative about something. An example of an
article would be FALCON SPECIFICATIONS or something like that which gives
you information on something or teaches you something on a one off
occasion. A Feature is something which appears on a one off basis (i.e.
not a regular or column) but is not informative. An example of a feature
could be a collection of jokes, a poem or something like that.
Hope that's made things a bit cleared for you and all the other POWER
readers out there that were wondering the same thing...Perhaps I should
have made it a bit clearer?