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Nuisances (Score:2, Interesting)

by ethan (3163) <reversethis-{ed. ... rap.nov.olissat}> on 2003.05.29 4:06 (#20596) Journal

This morning I get an email from them saying that they hadn't written any code, but they had the Access database. To prove it, they attached 1.2Mb of Access database file. What am I going to do with an Access database?

There appears to be a rule when participating in newsgroups or mailings-lists: Never appear to be too helpful. Often enough I received private mails of help-seekers that would have eventually promoted me to their private consultant if I had replied. Sometimes even they would send me a few hundred lines of code asking whether I'd spot the error.

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  by davorg (18) <dave@dave.org.uk> on 2003.05.29 4:27 (#20597) Homepage Journal
  
  My current policy is to reply politely pointing out that I can only justify the time spent handing out free advice if it's done in a public forum. I go on to say that I'm perfectly happy to give them one-to-one advice if that's what they want - and then I tell them my rates.
  
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