Are the posted questions getting worse?
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Paul White (9/18/2009)
...Whenever I consider writing for SSC, two things put me off:
1. The submission process itself; and
2. The daft comments
Paul
Well, if daft comments put me off then I never would have become a consultant (I'm pretty sure that any consultant will back me up on that one :-D). But I am curious on #1, what about the submission process bothers you? The only thing about it that I have trouble with is the freakin' editor, which is like from H*ll.
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Lynn Pettis (9/17/2009)
Hey, one a different subject, how come I haven't seen any responses from the denizens of The Thread regarding the article I had republished here on ssc? I'd have expected some of you to at least have something to say. 😉I posted a couple of replies to replies, as it were.
The article seemed to cover itself well enough to not require specific comments.
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RBarryYoung (9/18/2009)
Paul White (9/18/2009)
...Whenever I consider writing for SSC, two things put me off:
1. The submission process itself; and
2. The daft comments
Paul
Well, if daft comments put me off then I never would have become a consultant (I'm pretty sure that any consultant will back me up on that one :-D). But I am curious on #1, what about the submission process bothers you? The only thing about it that I have trouble with is the freakin' editor, which is like from H*ll.
Well, that and actually writing the articles ... :blush:
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Paul White (9/18/2009)
Whenever I consider writing for SSC, two things put me off:1. The submission process itself; and
2. The daft comments
Paul
I must be doing something wrong. I've published three articles so far, and the submission process has pretty much been to e-mail them to Steve in Word format.
They get published, and a few weeks later, I get a letter from the UK with a $25 check in it written out to "GSquared". The bank teller gave me an odd look for the first one, but the ATM I used the other time wasn't as judgemental.
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RBarryYoung (9/18/2009)
Well, if daft comments put me off then I never would have become a consultant (I'm pretty sure that any consultant will back me up on that one :-D).Daft comments are easier to put up with when one is being paid to...;-)
RBarryYoung (9/18/2009)
But I am curious on #1, what about the submission process bothers you? The only thing about it that I have trouble with is the freakin' editor, which is like from H*ll.That would be it, yes 🙂
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Gianluca Sartori (9/16/2009)
I wonder why you call "football" a sport where the ball can't be touched with feet...No, no, no, NOT true! Let me explain ...
In your "football", everyone can touch the ball with their feet and only one person can touch it with their hands (the goalie). So your game is like watching two teams of burn victims with only one survivor on each team.
But in our Football, everyone can touch the ball with their hands, but only one person can touch it with their feet (the Kicker). So our game is like watching two teams of undamaged people, but with one guy each who has anger issues. It's much more American.
😀 :laugh: 😀
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Lynn Pettis (9/17/2009)
Well, he did apologize, but I'm not sure if there was enough grovelling. 😛Actually, it was an excellent apology, once of the best ever. 🙂
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Paul White (9/18/2009)
RBarryYoung (9/18/2009)
Well, if daft comments put me off then I never would have become a consultant (I'm pretty sure that any consultant will back me up on that one :-D).Daft comments are easier to put up with when one is being paid to...;-)
Yes indeed, that is the secret. 😀
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GSquared (9/18/2009)
Paul White (9/18/2009)
Whenever I consider writing for SSC, two things put me off:1. The submission process itself; and
2. The daft comments
Paul
I must be doing something wrong. I've published three articles so far, and the submission process has pretty much been to e-mail them to Steve in Word format.
That's largely the process here. Steve's hand is VERY light as an editor. The submission process is very easy. Instead of emailing them to Steve I used the Contribution Center, but once you submit it, that's usually it. Painless.
If you're looking for painful, go over and let Tony Davis at Simple-Talk have a go at one of your articles. It's like sticking an appendage into an active blender. But the articles are usually better for it.
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Yes, Paul. But it's nothing a little creative dyslexia can't handle. 😀
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but only one person can touch it with their feet (the Kicker)
Not strictly true, Barry 😉
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RBarryYoung (9/18/2009)
No, no, no, NOT true! Let me explain ...In your "football", everyone can touch the ball with their feet and only one person can touch it with their hands (the goalie). So your game is like watching two teams of burn victims with only one survivor on each team.
But in our Football, everyone can touch the ball with their hands, but only one person can touch it with their feet (the Kicker). So our game is like watching two teams of undamaged people, but with one guy each who has anger issues. It's much more American.
😀 :laugh: 😀
:Whistling:
ROFL
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In your "football", everyone can touch the ball with their feet and only one person can touch it with their hands (the goalie). So your game is like watching two teams of burn victims with only one survivor on each team.
Actually, in "our football", anyone can use their hands... to take a throw-in.:-P
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Ian Scarlett (9/18/2009)
In your "football", everyone can touch the ball with their feet and only one person can touch it with their hands (the goalie). So your game is like watching two teams of burn victims with only one survivor on each team.
Actually, in "our football", anyone can use their hands... to take a throw-in.:-P
Or score a goal...
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but with one guy each who has anger issues....
Only one ??
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