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Matt Probert wrote:


 > Only the usual. Some child, wannabe twit comes in, claims to be
 > something he's not, swaggers about, insults everyone for not providing
 > him with the information he has demanded, and then wonders why he gets
 > flamed!


Matt, you're really enjoying this a little too much. Making up your own
little story huh? But, as advised I'm resisting the urge to call you
what you really are... So, anyway, good day!<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Matt Probert wrote:

 > Once upon a time, far far away trevor <not.DeleteThis@your.house> spluttered
 >
 >
  >>um...what just happened to this perfectly genial thread? did i miss
  >>something?
 >
 >
 > Only the usual. Some child, wannabe twit comes in, claims to be
 > something he's not, swaggers about, insults everyone for not providing
 > him with the information he has demanded, and then wonders why he gets
 > flamed!
 >
 > Now, if he had asked politely, and not claimed to be "the greatest",
 > well you know...

Dammit i couldn't resist... You have no idea what you are talking
about. Apparently your reading comprehension is low too! Because now
you are just making up things... No one claimed to be the greatest but
I'm not the worse either as many people here claimed. Get your
story straight. Matt Probert, congratulations, I'm writing you down in
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Tony wrote:

 > for money & don't know what they're doing all the time. I'm doing some
 > customization of a commercial PHP ad script that a company SELLS, and
 > I'm thouroughly amazed at how crappy the coding is.

I sometimes think that that's the rule rather than an exception. Commercial
stuff is often an idea, that is coded and sold. Making it perfect takes so
much time that it never will be finished

Sometimes I think that's the main reason why I am not selling ready made
solutions

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Once upon a time, far far away Doug
<dougd99 DeleteThis @XXXXremovetheXearthlink.net> spluttered

 >
 >
 >Matt Probert wrote:
 >
 >
  >> Only the usual. Some child, wannabe twit comes in, claims to be
  >> something he's not, swaggers about, insults everyone for not providing
  >> him with the information he has demanded, and then wonders why he gets
  >> flamed!
 >
 >
 >Matt, you're really enjoying this a little too much.

Oh indeed I am....

And I'm not the only one....

Matt


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Once upon a time, far far away Doug
<dougd99.DeleteThis@XXXXremovetheXearthlink.net> spluttered

 >Dammit i couldn't resist... You have no idea what you are talking
 >about. Apparently your reading comprehension is low too! Because now
 >you are just making up things... No one claimed to be the greatest but
 > I'm not the worse either as many people here claimed. Get your
 >story straight. Matt Probert, congratulations, I'm writing you down in
 >my book of bitch.
 >

Would that be The Book of Bitch ? or The Book of Bitches?

And do I get a certificate to hang upon my office wall?

Matt


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Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Matt Probert scraped this into
the dirt:

 > Would that be The Book of Bitch ? or The Book of Bitches?

Neither, it's most likely the book of biatch.

 > And do I get a certificate to hang upon my office wall?

Probably not, 'cos we'd all want one

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On Tue, 17 May 2005, Doug wrote:
[snip]
 > What a coincedence, I've identified your mother's niche too!
 >
 > In a second coincedence, she's giving it away for free also!
 >
 > I appreciate your advice to "fuck off you wanker!" Thanks!
 >
 > however, your mom charges extra for that.
 >
 >
 > good day!

OK, I know very little about marketing so can't advise on that but I could
suggest some appropriate clothing to wear when posting to usenet. Here
are a number of sources (sorted alphabetically by hostname):

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://shop.store.yahoo.com/eagleday/raun.html" target="_blank">http://shop.store.yahoo.com/eagleday/raun.html</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://store.summitracing.com/eproduct.asp?N=120+4294925234+4294922839+305579" target="_blank">http://store.summitracing.com/eproduct.asp?N=120+4294925234+4294922839+305579</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://store.yahoo.net/wescoperformance/nomexhoods.html" target="_blank">http://store.yahoo.net/wescoperformance/nomexhoods.html</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.behrents.com/Merchant2/4.19/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=BPW&Category_Code=Underwear" target="_blank">http://www.behrents.com/Merchant2/4.19/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_...e=BPW&C</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.cscracing.com/sa2.htm" target="_blank">http://www.cscracing.com/sa2.htm</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/catalogue/category_list.asp?cls=MSPORT&grp=MP005&pgrp=M001" target="_blank">http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/catalogue/category_list.asp?cls=MSPORT&g...MP005&p</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay?cgmenbr=361&cgrfnbr=778" target="_blank">http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay?cgmenbr=361&cgrfnbr=778</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.kartpro.com/awesome/accessories/accessories.html" target="_blank">http://www.kartpro.com/awesome/accessories/accessories.html</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.leafracewear.com/Leafcatalogue2004.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.leafracewear.com/Leafcatalogue2004.pdf</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.massif.com/nomex_fleece/hotjohns.php" target="_blank">http://www.massif.com/nomex_fleece/hotjohns.php</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.motorspot.com/safety.html" target="_blank">http://www.motorspot.com/safety.html</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/advcat.asp?CategoryID=UNDIES" target="_blank">http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/advcat.asp?CategoryID=UNDIES</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.racecar2000.com/classifieds/view-ad-11271.html" target="_blank">http://www.racecar2000.com/classifieds/view-ad-11271.html</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.redtipracing.com/underwearnomex_01.htm" target="_blank">http://www.redtipracing.com/underwearnomex_01.htm</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.rjsracing.com/nomex.html" target="_blank">http://www.rjsracing.com/nomex.html</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.saferacer.com/spun.html" target="_blank">http://www.saferacer.com/spun.html</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.securityrace.com/scatter.htm" target="_blank">http://www.securityrace.com/scatter.htm</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.speedwaymotors.com/product.ASP?wc=true&strBase_List=&hilt=&source=2191&base_no=910713&str_base_no=63020,63023000,63023003,63023012,630240,910709,91071220,91071225,91071286,910713,9107196,&header_title=Safety+Equipment-Underwear&page_name=prod_list_display.asp&search_type=L2~209&search_option=&deptsearch=&deptSearch_id=192&dept_id=L2~209&dept_id_p=&dept_name=&dept_name_p=Safety+Equipment&ShowImages=yes&sq=0&cont=1&intPgNo=1&redirect=" target="_blank">http://www.speedwaymotors.com/product.ASP?wc=true&strBase_List=&hilt=&...rce=219</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.speedwaymotors.com/xq/asp/strBase_List./hilt./source.2191/base_no.63020/str_base_no.63020,63023000,63023003,63023012,630240,910709,91071220,91071225,91071286,910713,9107196,/header_title.Safety+Equipment-Underwear/page_name.prod_list_display.asp/search_type.L2~209/search_option./deptsearch./deptSearch_id.192/dept_id.L2~209/dept_id_p./dept_name./dept_name_p.Safety+Equipment/ShowImages.yes/sq.0/cont.1/intPgNo.1/redirect./qx/product.htm" target="_blank">http://www.speedwaymotors.com/xq/asp/strBase_List./hilt./source.2191/b..._no.630</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.teamtechmotorsports.com/racingapparel/underware.html" target="_blank">http://www.teamtechmotorsports.com/racingapparel/underware.html</a>


The misspelling in the filename of the last URL above reminds me of an
exchange in comp.os.msdos.programmer years ago ((mis-)quoting from memory):

: > What kind of softwear do games programmers use?
:
: Well, I know one programmer who wears bunny slippers.

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"Doug" <dougd99.DeleteThis@XXXXremovetheXearthlink.net> wrote in message
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 >
 >
 > Matt Probert wrote:
 >
 >
  >> Only the usual. Some child, wannabe twit comes in, claims to be
  >> something he's not, swaggers about, insults everyone for not providing
  >> him with the information he has demanded, and then wonders why he gets
  >> flamed!
 >
 >
 > Matt, you're really enjoying this a little too much.

....the dawn breaks...

 > Making up your own little story huh? But, as advised I'm resisting the
 > urge to call you what you really are...

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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
 >
  >>Dammit i couldn't resist... You have no idea what you are talking
  >>about. Apparently your reading comprehension is low too! Because now
  >>you are just making up things... No one claimed to be the greatest but
  >> I'm not the worse either as many people here claimed. Get your
  >>story straight. Matt Probert, congratulations, I'm writing you down in
  >>my book of bitch.
  >>
 >
 > Would that be The Book of Bitch ? or The Book of Bitches?

Well, it depends on if you're his only bitch or if he has others

 > And do I get a certificate to hang upon my office wall?

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"John Bokma" <john.DeleteThis@castleamber.com> wrote in message
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 > Tony wrote:
 >
  >> for money & don't know what they're doing all the time. I'm doing some
  >> customization of a commercial PHP ad script that a company SELLS, and
  >> I'm thouroughly amazed at how crappy the coding is.
 >
 > I sometimes think that that's the rule rather than an exception.
 > Commercial
 > stuff is often an idea, that is coded and sold. Making it perfect takes so
 > much time that it never will be finished

You know, there's not-perfect, and there's crap. This one is crap, IMO.

Just as one example:
In many places, the code needs to call various SQL queries. A lot of these
queries are called using code like:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE 1";
$res = mysql_query($sql);

But in many other places, the query is called using code like:

$res = q("SELECT * FROM table WHERE 1");

and q() is a function that runs mysql_query() and returns the result -
nothing more.

Best I can tell, these differences are completely random. I suspect that
someone finally just got tired of typing "mysql_query" over and over, and
made a function. Of course, they never bothered to change any of the earlier
uses.

And let's not even get into the difficulty you would have if you wanted to
use a database other than MySQL...

 > Sometimes I think that's the main reason why I am not selling ready made
 > solutions

Actually, I'm speculating as to whether it may be a good idea to get into <!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Wed, 18 May 2005, Tony wrote:

[snip]
 > Usenet is full of odd people with odd senses of humor. [...]

You rang?

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"Norman L. DeForest" <af380 DeleteThis @chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
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 >
 > On Wed, 18 May 2005, Tony wrote:
 >
 > [snip]
  >> Usenet is full of odd people with odd senses of humor. [...]
 >
 > You rang?

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Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, Norman L. DeForest stumbled into
alt.www.webmaster and said:

 >

 >
 > : > What kind of softwear do games programmers use?
 > :
 > : Well, I know one programmer who wears bunny slippers.
 >

alt: programmers' clothes, not an issue - it's a hardware problem.

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