Ty said:
Thanks to all those who've tried to help me. Based on that's going
on here, I will just try find any way to deal with my problem.
"James Watkins" wrote:
It may be wise to do other research than just here anyway. Google is
likely to find many others with similar problems to yours and probably
good solutions, too. If you're actually in fear of responses here, it
may be the most highly recommended action for you, in fact. Remember,
this is an unmoderated group and there are no controls on who can or can
not post here anything they wish to post. But I'd recommend:
Do a little more lurking; it's actually pretty easy to spot who's who on
these groups, esp this group and a couple of others nearby. AFAIK there
is only one person who poses as someone else here and he's pretty easy
to pick out too. In fact, a quick look at past posts will expose him
pretty quickly too. And there's the one with the boilerplate crap
about which MVPs are no good and everyone should avoid them. Most know
better so he's only noise in the air, but it would be hard on less
experienced users. IIRC the former uses up to 4 different names for
himself, one of which he uses for attacking the MVPs and those who
actually are good to great references.
Can't you tell from the responses who's screwing around or not? Usually
it's possible though I haven't followed this thread and in fact haven't
even looked at it until this point. Look for similarities of the advice
in the responses and usually you can pick out the good ones from the
idiots and ignorants.
I'm fairly well known myself for confronting a couple of them in
particular, one of which claims to be an MVP and another who apparently
still holds the status but in what area is anyone's guess. In fact,
just this post may be enough to draw a few of them out of the woodwork
for you to observe unless I miss my guess. For the most part I ignore
them unless I decide to take advantage of their entertainment value or,
more likely, they post incorrect information intentionally and
additionally paint the entire universe in all the same color; no room in
the universe for anyone with a different opinion or experience than
theirs.
In fact, there is a certain similarity about your own writing style and
the post's headers that seem to make me think you are either using two
names yourself, or have recently changed it. That could mean you're
anything from simply annoyed to trolling to one of the nameless ones.
I'm responding but not naming names due to the nature of your own post,
which is my usual MO.
Lastly, as with advice on any newsgroup, it's often best to find the
advice that seems most likely usable and attempt to veryify it via other
means such as forums and Help sites. Google works well for such
research. It might cost you a little more time, but it's the prudent
thing to do when you're into something where you have no experience or
knowledge of the solution.
IMO only with more details from you could a response with anything more
targetted be possible.
HTH,
Twayne
