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ecchi · 2005-04-01, 08:51 PM

RE: "But the functionality is there" - So where do I find the FAQ ?

RE: "was designed in Linux by a C programmer in raw HTML is the current excuse" - You know when you go to a garage and the mechanic tries to rip you off by using long explanations peppered with technical words he does not think you will understand so he can charge you three hundred dollars to clean a spark plug ("The ark gap had become infiltrated with extraneous material causing the resistance to the electrical flow to increase to the point where electrical discharge is negligible and combustion of the vapourised fuel product was prevented"). Well that only works if the person he is talking to knows nothing about mechanics. The same applies to web design. And as this is a webmaster board it is probably fair to assume that everyone reading this board will know that the OS he uses is about as relevant as the type of wallpaper on his office wall. His ability to program C, although impressive to some (not all, I used to program directly in machine code years ago) it is similarly irrelevant. And although some people here use a WYSIWYG editor, most of us program in "raw HTML" (but would never be pretentious enough to use the adjective "raw"). In other words your impressive techno speak is not impressive here, and fools no one on a WM board.

Sorry if I am being harsh, but when I made my first post I expected people from the site either to ignore me or explain where the FAQ was and why I was wrong to condemn your site. What I did not expect you to do was come out with pseudo-techno-babble and a post that came right out of a "Marketing 101" manual. Not only do we all know what we are talking about WRT web design but most of us have also read the marketing book as well. I actually feel quite insulted (both for myself and the board) that you though us green enough for that post to work.

2005-04-01, 08:51 PM	#41
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	RE: "But the functionality is there" - So where do I find the FAQ ? RE: "was designed in Linux by a C programmer in raw HTML is the current excuse" - You know when you go to a garage and the mechanic tries to rip you off by using long explanations peppered with technical words he does not think you will understand so he can charge you three hundred dollars to clean a spark plug ("The ark gap had become infiltrated with extraneous material causing the resistance to the electrical flow to increase to the point where electrical discharge is negligible and combustion of the vapourised fuel product was prevented"). Well that only works if the person he is talking to knows nothing about mechanics. The same applies to web design. And as this is a webmaster board it is probably fair to assume that everyone reading this board will know that the OS he uses is about as relevant as the type of wallpaper on his office wall. His ability to program C, although impressive to some (not all, I used to program directly in machine code years ago) it is similarly irrelevant. And although some people here use a WYSIWYG editor, most of us program in "raw HTML" (but would never be pretentious enough to use the adjective "raw"). In other words your impressive techno speak is not impressive here, and fools no one on a WM board. Sorry if I am being harsh, but when I made my first post I expected people from the site either to ignore me or explain where the FAQ was and why I was wrong to condemn your site. What I did not expect you to do was come out with pseudo-techno-babble and a post that came right out of a "Marketing 101" manual. Not only do we all know what we are talking about WRT web design but most of us have also read the marketing book as well. I actually feel quite insulted (both for myself and the board) that you though us green enough for that post to work.