We have this lake down the road from us where sewage is drained into. It think it's the only place left the EPA has not put restictions on. I bet this picture came from that lake and if so...I know what's in it too. Ha
Mojo, for reasons I cannot explain at the moment, I need to hijack your blog and vent because I can't use mine.
Sorry. And, um... hi everyone, don't mind my rant. _______________
Dear "Expert":
To keep me from strangling you, metaphorically speaking, through the computer, I advise you consider the following:
1. Do not brag about using Y program. Like everything made by K company, Y program is for amateurs.
2. Claiming you use the professional version doesn't help. Professionals write their own programs and/or do not need programs anymore.
3. If you must use Y, it would help if you used the most recent version of Y. That would be the expert, professional thing to do. Assuming 1 and 2 weren't true, which they are, but using an outdated version of Y isn't helping your case any.
4. I applaud you for seeking help. You clearly know you are out of your depth. One day, you may be able to seek help humbly, in the "I don't have a clue what I'm doing" instead of in the "let's talk expert to expert about this" manner. It's hard to talk expert to expert when you don't know the difference between R and S, are contacting R's tech support for help on S, and have S and T confused anyway.
5. Don't get me started on T. Hire an expert. No, that's not you. Did you read points 1 and 2? Or 3? Or 4?
6. The site you are trying to create? Has been done a million times. Tell me, does the world *need* another goofleflargen? No? So why are you doing it?
7. As someone who tried running a goofleflargen once, let me tell you, it's not a cash cow. It's more like a cash black hole.
8. Do not let my holier-than-thou attitude fool you. I am certain that in the past week I have made a few huge errors of my own that have left those with more knowledge than me cringing. Give me time to dig up the memories I'm trying to repress, and I'll let you know what I did wrong.
9. We all have our areas of skill. I happen to be very good at calming down spastic chestnut mares. The trick is learning to draw the line between skills. The fact that I am good at reassuring a jumpy horse does not mean I am good at X. Likewise, the fact that you figured out how to stick the prongy bits into the wall and press the button that turned the screen blue does not make *you* good at X.
10. This is not to say you can't learn. I learn all the time (see above, re: repressed memories; the lesson sticks with me, even if the details fade). So let me help you out here, with the best lesson you're going to get at this stage:
If you must create a goofleflargen, hire an expert.
No, I mean a real expert. _______
Ok. You're free to return to your regularly scheduled programming. Mojo, I'll explain some other time why I couldn't post to my own blog.
So "Expert" wants to build a dating site. A dating site! He says, and I more or less paraphrase: "I want all the shortcuts so I can put this site up now and start making money."
Dude. I ran a dating site with some friends once. Putting it on the web was the *easy* part. It takes months to get a dating site in a position where it will make money. And for those months, you work constantly. And if you take shortcuts in the beginning, you also spend those months fixing the problems that come up because your shortcuts are... well... shortcuts.
What the H?
And aren't you an inspired, confident consumer now, knowing that "Expert" is out there throwing any-old-site up on the web so he can make money quick? That he's letting the entire world know his business model is built on "give me all the shortcuts you know"?
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We have this lake down the road from us where sewage is drained into. It think it's the only place left the EPA has not put restictions on. I bet this picture came from that lake and if so...I know what's in it too. Ha
Mojo, for reasons I cannot explain at the moment, I need to hijack your blog and vent because I can't use mine.
Sorry. And, um... hi everyone, don't mind my rant.
_______________
Dear "Expert":
To keep me from strangling you, metaphorically speaking, through the computer, I advise you consider the following:
1. Do not brag about using Y program. Like everything made by K company, Y program is for amateurs.
2. Claiming you use the professional version doesn't help. Professionals write their own programs and/or do not need programs anymore.
3. If you must use Y, it would help if you used the most recent version of Y. That would be the expert, professional thing to do. Assuming 1 and 2 weren't true, which they are, but using an outdated version of Y isn't helping your case any.
4. I applaud you for seeking help. You clearly know you are out of your depth. One day, you may be able to seek help humbly, in the "I don't have a clue what I'm doing" instead of in the "let's talk expert to expert about this" manner. It's hard to talk expert to expert when you don't know the difference between R and S, are contacting R's tech support for help on S, and have S and T confused anyway.
5. Don't get me started on T. Hire an expert. No, that's not you. Did you read points 1 and 2? Or 3? Or 4?
6. The site you are trying to create? Has been done a million times. Tell me, does the world *need* another goofleflargen? No? So why are you doing it?
7. As someone who tried running a goofleflargen once, let me tell you, it's not a cash cow. It's more like a cash black hole.
8. Do not let my holier-than-thou attitude fool you. I am certain that in the past week I have made a few huge errors of my own that have left those with more knowledge than me cringing. Give me time to dig up the memories I'm trying to repress, and I'll let you know what I did wrong.
9. We all have our areas of skill. I happen to be very good at calming down spastic chestnut mares. The trick is learning to draw the line between skills. The fact that I am good at reassuring a jumpy horse does not mean I am good at X. Likewise, the fact that you figured out how to stick the prongy bits into the wall and press the button that turned the screen blue does not make *you* good at X.
10. This is not to say you can't learn. I learn all the time (see above, re: repressed memories; the lesson sticks with me, even if the details fade). So let me help you out here, with the best lesson you're going to get at this stage:
If you must create a goofleflargen, hire an expert.
No, I mean a real expert.
_______
Ok. You're free to return to your regularly scheduled programming. Mojo, I'll explain some other time why I couldn't post to my own blog.
that's ok Avocado ~ I think I may understand, a little.
Thanks...
Oh. My. God.
So "Expert" wants to build a dating site. A dating site! He says, and I more or less paraphrase: "I want all the shortcuts so I can put this site up now and start making money."
Dude. I ran a dating site with some friends once. Putting it on the web was the *easy* part. It takes months to get a dating site in a position where it will make money. And for those months, you work constantly. And if you take shortcuts in the beginning, you also spend those months fixing the problems that come up because your shortcuts are... well... shortcuts.
What the H?
And aren't you an inspired, confident consumer now, knowing that "Expert" is out there throwing any-old-site up on the web so he can make money quick? That he's letting the entire world know his business model is built on "give me all the shortcuts you know"?
ARGH!
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