RE: Notice: False Review on Amazon.com of e-RPG book

At 04:11 PM 7/7/00 -0700, you wrote:
>can we end this now?

Agreed.

Al


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Al Barsa, Jr.
> > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 2:46 PM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: Notice: False Review on Amazon.com of e-RPG book
> >
> >
> > At 01:58 PM 7/7/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Just for the record.  To the best of my knowledge, there are four Albert
> > Barsa's in the United States.  Barsa is a Syrian name which means
> > blond.  (If you haven't noticed, there's no one from Syria with
> > blond hair
> > other than Miss Clarol.)
> >
> > My father is Albert S. Barsa, and goes by Al.  I am Albert S. Barsa, Jr.
> > and go by Al.  My son is Albert S. Barsa, III and goes by Albert.    All
> > three of us live in Harrison or Rye New York, which are adjacent towns in
> > the southeast part of Westchester County.  My Dad works for me as my
> > bookkeeper and my son is going into eighth grade.  We have a
> > distant cousin
> > named Albert J. Barsa who is an engineer working for one of the large
> > engineering firms in northeastern Connecticut (I'd like to say Pratt &
> > Whitney, but I don't remember) and I think he goes by Albert (but
> > again it
> > has been between 10 and 15 years since we last spoke).  Albert J. is
> > knowledgeable in computers, but is only vaguely aware of the existence of
> > the AS/400.  This is completely in line with IBM's goal of keeping the
> > AS/400 as the stealth computer, God forbid it would crush the
> > remainder of
> > the computer world, making the AS/400 Division extremely profitable.
> >
> > With as much humbleness as I can muster, I think that when anyone in the
> > AS/400 community signs a note with the name Al Barsa, it
> > shouldn't be hard
> > figure out the reference.  Anyone who would have assumed one of the other
> > three would have to have an IQ so low that when you square it, you get a
> > lower number. It's not like Barsa is a common name, like Hoffman,
> > which in
> > this community could easily refer to either Sharon, Bruce or many other
> > people.  (Bruce is a friend, and I firmly believe that if you squared his
> > IQ, you  would get a number that is at least a little bit higher.)
> >
> > And by the way Bruce, would you really want another Al Barsa?  Tom Jarosh
> > would have to get a second dart board :-)))  [money that would better be
> > spend on advertising]
> >
> > Al - in cold London - for the baptism of a new nephew, whose
> > godfather will
> > be Albert Barsa, III.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >"R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." wrote:
> > >
> > ><Just to play devils advocate here....
> > >
> > >How do you know there isn't another Al Barsa?  I know of two...
> > Al and Al Jr.
> > >(maybe three... isn't his son Albert, the third?)  They're all
> > on one side
> > >of the
> > >country (east).  It isn't from Al Jr. is it?  Then maybe... in this vast
> > >country
> > >of ours...
> > >
> > >Second, how big of an ego do you need to think that such a review is not
> > >valid?
> > >While I have not read the book, the idea that just because you *can* do
> > >something
> > >in RPG, does not mean that you *should* do it in RPG.
> > >
> > >You just assume that this is a joke, that it is FALSE, and then you want
> > >someone's *opinion* to be quashed.  Someone, by your own admission, you
> > >have NOT
> > >been in contact with.  You called the Al you know... >
> > >
> > >I see what you say to an extent Bruce, but let's be fair here.
> > Whoever did
> > >this
> > >knew enough about the OBSCURE 400  world (<BG>), the book in
> > question AND Al
> > >Barsa's name that it is a REAL stretch that it is "another" Al Barsa and
> > >was done
> > >legitimately... I think THAT is the real issue...
> > >
> > >Amazon.Com has gotten into hot water over stuff like this in the past.
> > >They allow
> > >ANYONE to post a review, which is fine, but they do need to provide some
> > >means of
> > >validating a person is who they claim to be. They have had rival
> > publishing
> > >companies posting disparaging reviews of competitors books, etc.
> > >
> > >No offense !
> > >
> > >JMHO
> > >
> > >Chuck



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