Re: A Question For Mike Stevens

Hi Talahasee,

My experience with computers go back to the days of the Commodore Vic
20 with a tape drive for backup.

Now that that has been said, I have been following this newsgroup for
more than two years. I have seen a lot of people come and go. You have
to have a "thick skin" to take the good with the bad. I, and others
have been given a lot of assistance here from MVP's and non MVP's
alike. The good solid help that has been given has been priceless to
me. The MVP's and non MVP's (all of them) give freely of their time to
do this for us.
I am not defending any particular on here, they can speak for
themselves. I hope you understand a little bit better now in what is
involved with this news group. Ask me what the #1 topic on here is and
I could tell you.
Watch and learn.

Driver


On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:04:17 -0800, Talahasee <Talahass@xxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:54:39 -0600, Driver
<driver1010usxx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey Michael,
You appearently haven't been following this newsgroup very long.
Andrew E has been treated VERY polite in the past by MVP's and
nonMVP's alike.
Some of Andrews advice is downright dangerous to any PC OP if they
were to follow what he says. He has been corrected very politely for a
long time, BUT there comes a time when a person or group has had
enough misinformation. A new user that follows Andrew's advice is
asking for trouble with their machine. I am no expert, but even I can
see that.
My 2 cents worth!!

Driver
Thanks, Driver! Sincerely!

And I have no issue that Andrew is not being helpful.

But as I explained dealing with misbehavior in another
group,

I have observed chimpanzees having quarrels that get so out
of control, they actually throw their feces at each other.
My point in the OTHER group was, you don't teach a chimp to
not throw its feces by throwing yours!

But thanks for "catching us up!"

My only contrary point would be, I have been around
computers long enough (some 25 years now), that I think I
can be counted on-- even if my 2 cents is wrong-- to not
give DESTRUCTIVE advice.

And-- rather than jumping into EVERY discussion-- I hold
back unless I actually believe I can help.

Sometimes, I'm wrong, but I am also the first to admit it.

The two who said I am ALWAYS/FREQUENTLY wrong and I NEVER
admit it or apologize

they were just plain LYING.

Good luck!


Tallahassee>
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:07:32 -0600, "Michael Wayne"
<mike_ssd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey Talahasee,

You are so right on with this MVP

Just because he took a test as so he can add MVP to his title, he must
believe that he can belittle others below his MVP statue. If Andrew gave
incorrect advise, then you would think that since because of his statue,
that he could be more professional about it.

You were so very poetic and polite. Thank you very much.

Michael Wayne



For reference, I believe that Talahasee was refering to the following:

Don't ever follow Andrew E's idiotic ramblings, he is the equivalent of a
newsgroup terrorist. Occasionally giving correct replies to fool the
naive(like a sleeper cell); but because of the way he posts his replies they
are difficult; to impossible to understand the information.
But why I categorize him as a newsgroup terrorist is that most of his posts
give advice that will cause the uninformed poster to lose all the data on
their hard drive without any warning to the effect that this will be the
result. He proclaims his malicious advice is advised by Microsoft but cannot
and will not supply links to support his claims.
.

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