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Dylan Parry wrote:

 > Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Doug scraped this into the dirt:
 >
  >> however, your mom charges extra for that.
 >
 >
 > Free advice: You won't gain any kudos for pissing on the locals.
 > Non-free advice: Anything to do with how to run your business.


Unlike some of these guys, I have better things to do than try to boost
my ego by posting on newsgroups to prove how much I know and some one
else doesn't. I don't need your kudos. And now, I don't want your
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Ignoramus5574 wrote:

 > You sound awfully illiterate for a self declared "professor".
 >

you sound awfully stupid for a human being.

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"Matt Probert" <comments.RemoveThis@probertencyclopaedia.com> wrote in message
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 > Once upon a time, far far away "Allis" <allis@allis> spluttered
 >
  > >
  > >'Course, that's just my two cents.
  > >
 >
 > Allis, I'd phrase all of what you just said rather more succinctly,
 > but still offer advice to "Doug", only I'd say "fuck off you wanker"
 >
 > Matt
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You are correct Matt, of course, and as always.

It's just that I've not been round these here parts for a bit, so it may
take me a day or two to get back in the swing of things.

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And lo, Doug didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:

 > Dylan Parry wrote:
 >
  >> Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Doug scraped this into the dirt:
  >>
   >>> however, your mom charges extra for that.
  >>
  >> Free advice: You won't gain any kudos for pissing on the locals.
  >> Non-free advice: Anything to do with how to run your business.
 >
 > I don't need your kudos. And now, I don't want your advice either.

1) Professor? Sounds like you're still in the schoolyard.

2) You really don't want to start anything here. You really don't, for
your sake. We're generally a nice bunch, but we don't take too kindly to
strangers bearing an over-inflated self-worth.

Grey<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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And lo, Doug didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:

 > Ignoramus5574 wrote:
 >
  >> You sound awfully illiterate for a self declared "professor".
 >
 > you sound awfully stupid for a human being.
 >
 > good day!

You know... Killfiling and/or ignoring those who irritate you is a much
better option than reacting like a self-absorbed adolecent.

Grey<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In article <Ronie.6236$w21.629@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
dougd99 DeleteThis @XXXXremovetheXearthlink.net says...
 >
 >
 > Ignoramus21310 wrote:
  > > I am sorry, the questions that you are asking are suggestive of the
  > > possibility that you have very little background in web design
  > > business. What is your background?
 >
 > i am a professor of computer science, but I have done plenty of web
 > pages. Matter of fact, I redesigned our divisions web pages, and have a
 > site of my own up and running using PHP/XOOPS. Web page design is no
 > big deal, it's the business part I am concerned with.
 >
 > I was hoping for some guidance from this group, but apparently that's
 > asking for too much.
 >

Starting a business is easy. Just find people who will pay you for what
you can provide and provide it. If you are good at it and/or charge a
reasonable rate then more people will pay you, if you are bad at it
and/or charge too much then few people will pay you. It will all fall
into place one way or the other. My consulting bill is in the mail.

/steve
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"Doug" <dougd99.TakeThisOut@XXXXremovetheXearthlink.net> wrote in message
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 >
 >
 >
 > Els wrote:
 >
 >
  >>
  >> URL?
  >>
 >
 > i don't have shit to prove to y'all... if you don't wanna help, just put
 > the thread on ignore and keep it moving. thank you.

Let's see - you come in here asking questions that are so broad and general
that we can't even begin to answer, then get an attitude when we try to
explain why we can't answer and claim that you're "a professor in computer
science" and can do better than most hacks, and when asked to prove it, you
get even more of an attitude.

Based on that, I'd say that:

a) you are, indeed, a professor of computer science. You have the
appropriate poor level of social skills and the associated misplaced
arrogance, which make you come across more like a whiny adolescent wannabe
computer geek who spends too much time locked in his room playing MMORPGs
and not enough time getting out and learning about the real world.
b) your skills are, indeed, what one would expect of a such a person.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"GreyWyvern" <spam.TakeThisOut@greywyvern.com> wrote in message
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 > And lo, Doug didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:
 >
  >> Ignoramus5574 wrote:
  >>
   >>> You sound awfully illiterate for a self declared "professor".
  >>
  >> you sound awfully stupid for a human being.
  >>
  >> good day!
 >
 > You know... Killfiling and/or ignoring those who irritate you is a much
 > better option than reacting like a self-absorbed adolecent.
 >
 > Grey

Oh, but it's not nearly as amusing <!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Matt Probert" <comments.TakeThisOut@probertencyclopaedia.com> wrote in message
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 > Once upon a time, far far away Doug
 > <dougd99.TakeThisOut@XXXXremovetheXearthlink.net> spluttered
 >
  >>I was hoping for some guidance from this group, but apparently that's
  >>asking for too much.
 >
 > ROTFL!
 >
 > Ha ha ha, you'll be expecting civility next!
 >
 > Really, though. This is not the place to ask how to run a business!
 >

I'm thinking, if he's a professor, why couldn't he figure out that he could
learn a lot about running a business by asking one of the Business
professors where he teaches.

(unless he teaches for ITT, which would also indicate that he's a wanker)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804
Netscape/7.2 (ax), Doug stumbled into alt.www.webmaster and said:

 > ...I have better things to do than try to boost my egoby posting on
 > newsgroups to prove how much I know andsome one else doesn't.

Really? so far in this thread I've seen a lot of words but no substance
of note - this thread marked safe for recreation.

 > ...
 > advice ...

Ahh - that would be the help-desk. just down the hall. make good and
sure there's plenty room on the plastic cash.

This is usenet - it doesn't work like that. Folk post a note, it may be a
question, and others may (or may not) discuss the issue raised and often
many tangential issues. Somewhere in amongst the disussion, the original
question may be answered - if so that's a lucky break. The folk that give
of their time and energy, share their skills and experiences in this
group, do so for free. I've seen entire sites redesigned from the ground
up over the course of an evening, database schemas normalised during a
coffee break. It's about give and take, contribute, join in, keep your
mind open and a wealth of info opens like a new vista. Many (most?) of
the issues challenging a self employed web designer/builder/master have
been faced down before.

There really is no need to spit on the carpet - this ain't Rome.

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GreyWyvern wrote:

 > And lo, Doug didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:
 >
  >> Dylan Parry wrote:
  >>
   >>> Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Doug scraped this into the dirt:
   >>>
   >>>> however, your mom charges extra for that.
   >>>
   >>>
   >>> Free advice: You won't gain any kudos for pissing on the locals.
   >>> Non-free advice: Anything to do with how to run your business.
  >>
  >>
  >> I don't need your kudos. And now, I don't want your advice either.
 >
 >
 > 1) Professor? Sounds like you're still in the schoolyard.
 >
 > 2) You really don't want to start anything here. You really don't, for
 > your sake. We're generally a nice bunch, but we don't take too kindly
 > to strangers bearing an over-inflated self-worth.

I'm very confident that you guys could carry out your threats. But, i
haven't seen anything nice yet, except from one or two people.
Anyway... I have a life, so say whatever you want, I'm gone.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty Opera
M2/8.01 (Win32, build 7583), GreyWyvern stumbled into alt.www.webmaster
and said:

 > ...
 > You know... Killfiling

I do, but I don't know how to do it in M2.

Nor do I know how to ...
o ignore a thread
o watch a thread
o add custom headers

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