[thelist] Back in the Aeron again

[Kevin B. O'Brien]

At 10:31 PM 9/27/2002 +1000, Karen J. Bowen said something remarkably like
(but somehow subtly different from):
>Mark Howells wrote:
>>>Is it me or now that we have WYSIWYG editors, everyone
>>>claims to be a HTML coder and web designer?
>>
>>It's been like that for years, certainly since NN4.0. first shipped
>>with a WYSIWYG editor. I'm still getting requests from clients who want
>>to "have a go" at changing CSS layouts I've made, asking if I can
>>"write them a quick email explaining why their changes don't work in
>>Netscape 4" and "give them a quick run-down on how CSS works".
>>
>>Grrr.
>
>oooo - perfect time to bring out my favourite ever post on this list,
>all kudos to Chris W. Parker:
>
>- - - - - - -
>"and without being too mean (note: i said TOO mean, not mean at all), is
>there ANY other profession where someone without ANY experience at all
>considers themselve apart of that profession?

Oddly, there is. I am, by original training, an economist. And I have
noticed that people are quite willing to assert their opinions despite
knowing virtually nothing except what they have heard on a bad talk radio
program.


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Kevin B. O'Brien         TANSTAAFL
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"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings.
The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery." --
Churchill

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