[TechAssist] Re: Network Neighborhood-
- From: "leon abbey" <lja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:18:16 -0800
Be Careful Jeff,
You seem to be exhibiting undue civility and maturity, which
somehow don't seem appropriate for this particular discussion ;)
(Confidentially, I find it quite refreshing.)
(For those of you who may have missed it: Are you sure he's
passing gas at himself????)
(Now shall we indulge in an additional discussion on whether using
a singular verb form with two nouns joined by 'and' is the correct
syntax?)
Leon
Deluxe Business Machines, Co
Pine City, NY 14871-9626
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Lyles Tv" <tech@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:21:25 -0600
>
>I had decided not to correct your spelling in an earlier post
>when you spelled amatuer as amature, and quiet as quite, all
>while patting yourself on the back. I have to assume that even
>using your spell checker, you don't have "a lot" of time to
>verify spelling, and that is understandable. I know some
>geniuses that can't spell, so that is also understandable. It
>does somewhat take away from your self flatulation when you
>misspell words though. The whole point I think should be that,
>you helped that person fix their PC. Thats all I will say on the
>subject. (thank god---huh?)
>Jeff Farnsworth
>Lyles TV and Appliance
>17 S Washington St
>Elkhorn, Wi. 53121
>ph 262-723-3477
>fax 262-723-3658
>tech@xxxxxxxxxxx
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <wolfe-mcse@xxxxxxx>
>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:15 PM
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Network Neighborhood
>
>
>>
>> Howdy...
>>
>>
>> Check your spell checker, as allot is a word as well, and
>> similar to a lot, but it does have a slightly different
>> meaning. I know how to spell in English better than most
>> people, and definitely better than the average American.
>>
>> For the record, I have a genius IQ, but then when you consider
>> that I have always been ahead of my peers, it would not come as
>> a surprise to anyone. I excel in the 4 disciplines, which I am
>> going to guess I need to lay these out for you: English, Math,
>> Science, and Social Science. Unfortunately, art is not one of
>> these disciplines, but I also excel at music (I play 8
>> different musical instruments).
>>
>>
>> Wolfe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tech
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>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 8:24 PM
>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Network Neighborhood
>>
>>
>>
>> Wolfe,
>> Didn't they teach you in computer school, allot is not a word?
>> It should be "a lot".
>> If you wish to criticize others for helping out, you should
>> really use your spell checker
>> Jeff
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <wolfe-mcse@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:17 PM
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Network Neighborhood
>>
>>
>>
>> Howdy...
>>
>>
>> Now what do you call a professional who does the work for money
>> because they enjoy the work? A paid professional? No, as a
>> professional is already
>> being paid.
>>
>> Most people are what I call an utters, but a few, like myself
>> are titters. These names come from the abbreviateions UTR, and
>> TITR.
>>
>> An utter (UTR) is an Unintelligent Tape Recorder. These are
>> people with allot of "book smarts", but nothing more. They can
>> give you all the details about something in the field they work
>> in, but they do not understand the underlying principals,
>> mechanics, or fundamentals that applies to the information in
>> question.
>>
>> A titter (TITR) is a Thinking Intelligent Tape Recorder. These
>> are people with allot of common sense, and not only can recite
>> the principals of their work back to you, they also understand
>> them as well. These are the movers, and shakers in their
>> workplace when it comes to items in their area of
>> specialization.
>>
>> Titters tend to excel, and expand their knowledge in their
>> profession, and they receive good pay for being dedicated to
>> their work. Though, they are often shunned off by utters
>> because they are scared about their own job security with
>> people like this around.
>>
>> During Y2K, I was gracious, and nice to my clients, and did not
>> charge an exhorbant amount for developing Y2K solutions to
>> custom written software.
>> I was only charging $42.50 per hour, rather than over $100 per
>> hour for programming in a computer programming language that
>> very few people knew.
>>
>> An utter on the other hand would have charged as much as they
>> could get, and then some during this crisis BECAUSE they are
>> only in the field for the money. The problem is they tend to
>> take longer to complete a task than necessary, and when a
>> problem comes up, if they have not left, they do not
>> know where to start to fix it, and have to call in the titters
>> to fix it.
>>
>> I am a professional, but I excel at what I do, and expect
>> nothing less than perfection of myself. I expect the same from
>> others who want me to pay them for work they do for me. I work
>> for my money, and to expect anything less from them degrades
>> the value of my work.
>>
>>
>> Wolfe
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of leon abbey
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:36 AM
>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Network Neighborhood
>>
>>
>>
>> Getting off the subject, and honestly NOT trying to start a
>> fight:
>> I once heard the definition of an amateur as being one who does
>> something because they love to do it, a proffessional on the
>> other hand was somebody who does what they do for the money.
>>
>> Using these observations, I think I'd label Wolfe a paid
>> amatuer. He seems to love his work AND he gets paid to do it.
>> Me? I'm a proffessional :o
>>
>> Leon
>> Deluxe Business Machines, Co.
>> Pine City, NY 14871-9626
>>
>> P.S. The bennies are that I can work on what I want, When I
>> want, as I see fit. So, I guess I'll stay with this a few (20
>> or 30) more years :)
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