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"’Tis Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool, Than to Open Your Mouth & Remove All Doubt" - Abraham Lincoln
Oh, you’re a Scientist
and Ph.D now? Well
EXCUUUSE ME Dr. Bull$hit! You should heed your own words - you're obviously no wiser because you just keep on responding. As far as "respect" goes - respect is earned, sir, not blindly given for no reason. The only respect that matters to any Professional is that which he/she has earned through hard work, dedication, and assistance of those who need it because they have no other recourse. And as a Professional, I will always respond to and confront those like you who would presume to know more than those who have dedicated their lives to their professions. If you think I'm just going to quietly sit by and let you BS people who don't know any better, then think again Sparky - I'm just getting warmed up.
Those here whom I would presume to call friends and fellow Professionals have earned my respect by their posts, which are thoughtful and add to our knowledge. You sir, have not, nor are you ever likely to. The world is full of people who firmly believe that respect is an inherent right that goes with rank, education, or title. Bull. Think about a quote before copying from Wiki and using it. And frankly, to be honest, I've never met a scientist or Ph.D with any common sense or technical ability.
Do not confuse confidence, knowledge, and experience with boasting. I know what I know, and I know that I'm da.mned good at what I do. That's not a boast - that's just a fact and I've worked da.mned hard to achieve what I have in my life, as most of my peers have. I am honored when people seek out my guidance and knowledge, and not offended when they opt not to listen to it. I cannot stop people who willingly wish to jump off a cliff, even when I've told them how to keep from doing it. Unlike you, I don't presume to know what I don't. If I, like Lan and 2.0, weren't experts in our Professions, we wouldn't be of much use to our clients. The things I'm not good at, I admit to and defer to others like them. Any true Professional does the same thing. And while we might not always agree on a particular topic, we all know that each has the recognition and respect of our industry peers, have paid our dues, and have earned the right for each others’ comments and knowledge to be taken seriously. You sir, wish to be acknowledged as an "expert" without cause or justification, presuming that others will accept your posts without question. I hate to disappoint you, but you've come to the wrong thread if you think you can get away with that fantasy around here. You should consider hiring Mr. Roarke and Tattoo instead.
As far as Scientists and Ph.D's, I have been privileged in my career to have known and worked with some of the best and finest in their fields - those people are knowledgeable in their own areas, and I applaud them for it. But they gladly deferred to people like me because they, like you, don't have the knowledge or experience in my Profession to make a decision or judgement on matters concerning it, just as I would defer to them and seek their advice in their own field if I needed to.
There's only one word for someone who would presume that a job or Ph.D in any field makes them an expert at anything or everything
but their own field -
ARROGANT
My own cousin, who served with me in the same Submarine Squadron in the '80's has almost finished his doctoral dissertation in Electrical Engineering - though we have similar backgrounds, and I'm good, that kid is an absolute genius in our field. He's probably forgotten more than I know about Electronics theory. Yet as much as he knows, he would never presume to know everything like you, especially in fields which he doesn't have that much knowledge or experience.
One thing I do know - you're no scientist or Ph.D, at least not in any technical field - your previous posts already confirm that. You don't even know how to use the acronym properly. A Ph.D in B.S. isn’t anything to boast about. You must think the real experts here are really stupid not to notice where you're getting your information from. Oh, I forgot - you DO think we’re more stupid than you are.
You see, those of us who DO know this stuff know it well enough to explain it in detail. You just add a link and a comment based on available information, and add your own conjecture or limited experience to it. You don’t offer any information unless you first have a way to look up the references of others on the Internet, giving enough to make it seem like you know the material, but not enough to prove you don't.
I knew about the Photoshop CS4 GPU/OpenGL problem because I have both copies of Photoshop CS4, and I saw and read the notice in the program that the other poster didn't which flagged the possible problems. I chided him for it because frankly I'm sick and tired of irresponsible users who do not take the time or assume the basic responsibility of learning the basic operation and maintenance of their systems and the programs they use, and then blame companies like HP when their mistakes, ignorance and negligence cause their systems to fail. I didn’t have to look up the link as it’s on the program’s Help menu. You only commented on it when I posted the information about it, to try and make it appear like you know what you’re talking about, just like you do with anything you post here.
You want us to believe you actually know something of technical value?
Dazzle us with your technical explanations of how things work or why they don't work.
Enlighten us with your knowledge and experience gained over decades of working on electronics and computers.
Engage us with tales of your work in microelectronics manufacturing and processes.
Transfix us with your military exploits and adventures.
Tell us about your days as a Bench Test Engineer, or work in Integration & Testing.
Blind us with the knowledge you’ve gained by working on hundreds or thousands of computers.
Allow us to view examples of your fantastic work in the Web and Media Industries.
Overwhelm us with your wondrous media creations.
Excite us with your dissertations on Network Engineering.
Astonish us with your years of wisdom gained by selflessly helping others.
Please, Dr. B.S., by all means, Educate the rest of us poor clueless saps here on how much we really don’t know about our own Professions.
As much knowledge as I have, I'm always learning and studying to keep up every day with new technology hitting the streets so that I can advise my clients. I learn a lot from the people here on this thread, even newcomers - A good example is one of our newest, RickiBerlin. He's not the greatest with his English, but he’s good enough with it that he's brought some outstanding information to our thread. What have you brought besides Spam (which 2.0 recently reminded me was a link to a dangerous website), BS, and the absolute arrogant inference that you know more than those that build these systems and those of us here who have been certified to work on them? Banging on the lenses of a DVD doesn’t count; I won’t repeat here what my friends who are HP Engineers said when I mentioned that, but suffice it to say it took some time for them to stop laughing before saying something about you traveling to a dark area, along with your “suggestion”.
Agriculture or Animal Sciences maybe? That's where you'd find a Bull. From DeVry or a correspondence course, or someone with a degree from some school that no one ever heard of? That’s probably it. Not that it makes any difference anyway, because the fact remains that in the end, you're just like most of the jerks that get information from people like us and use it for your own ego and advantage. No real Professional would try to hawk a piece of junk on a website, or presume to know more than experts in the field. You post stuff like you actually believe that you know more than HP Engineers and Scientists. I won't add tech because these days that's not much of a leap. And you care nothing that your posts may cause others harm. To our knowledge you have not removed your links to that bad website. You are a walking poster child for Irresponsibility.
Professionals consider the advice they give others carefully, so that if they choose to follow that advice they're the better for it, and not worse off. Professionals care that the advice they give to others does not injure them or cause them loss in any way. Professionals care when those who are not Professionals, demean and cause harm to their Profession and others by statements or actions, and do not sit idly by without inaction. Professionals care when those they have dedicated their career to helping are taken advantage of by others just to satisfy their own egos. Professionals help people when needed, and not just because they have to or because they're being paid. Professionals do not openly seek validation or reward for what they do - the satisfaction of helping others is their reward. They help others because that's what it means to be a Professional.
Professionals also know another Professional by the knowledge and wisdom they impart to others, and the care and caution with which they do so. You sir,
ARE NO PROFESSIONAL by any definition of the word. You're just an average user, with a bit of knowledge and an arrogant attitude, who knows how to use the internet to find the information of others, and use your own limited knowledge to formulate an explanation you think might be right, presenting the knowledge of others falsely as your own. And while you in fact may be educated to some degree, I recognize you for who and what you are. I've dealt with people like you my entire career, especially when I was a Govt. Inspector. Someone who pretends to know it all, but when it comes right down to it doesn't know jack $hit. Every major Aerospace and Defense Contractor I ever had responsibility for always had at least one person like you who thought they could BS the local Fed and get the company’s problem product signed off and bought, to get that pat on the back from the Boss nad maybe even a promotion. A true Kiss A$$. And every one of them who tried to BS me I exposed and had them sent packing, along with some “Corrective Action” to the company for even thinking they could get away with BS’ing me or my peers to begin with.
People who contribute good information don’t have to be an expert in a given field - Dominick is one fine example. He consistently adds to the discussion with great material, and cares about the others who view this thread. Not many people would go to the trouble he did to find a source of RAM for us, and then spend his own time and money to get it. He’s not an expert in the field, nor does he presume to be. But his attitude and spirit is the same or better than any good Professional in our industry that I’ve met. That’s the difference between good people like him and self-serving, egotistical, arrogant jerks like you who presume they know better than everyone else. He, like us, have others' best interests in mind. All you care about is yourself.
I might not be the most eloquent person, but one thing I’ve always been proud that I am that many aren't, is honest, ethical and principled. I don't BS people; I say what I think and mean what I say. I choose to help others because the industry and profession that has given me a good life has suffered because of people like you who pretend to know what they don’t and take advantage of others to satisfy their childish need for an ego boost. You’re the type of person who would recommend a motherboard change for a loose power plug problem to some poor individual to gain a buck at their expense, literally. I’m surprised you haven’t yet posted a procedure on how to take apart a hard drive in your garage to clean the platters and seek heads with a rag, some Q-tips and some Windex.
The late Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was in charge of Navy's Reactor Program when I was riding submarines - much of his philosophy about responsibility, dedication, honesty and integrity flowed down to us in the Submarine Force. All of us in Submarines were proud and privileged to say that we were fortunate enough to serve at a time when his leadership, wisdom and decades of experience were part of our daily lives. His philosophy and attitude have stayed with me over the years. You could stand to learn something from him, though no doubt you'd instead tell everyone that you're wiser than he was.
So please, spare myself and the others here any inferences about being a “Scientist” or a “Ph.D”. None of those I’ve worked with would ever act like you do, and they're usually too busy to be bothered trying to boost their egos on website forums. But I guarantee that if someone like you presumed to them to know more about their fields than they do, they’d treat you for what you are as I do, an amateur at best, and an outright fraud at worst.
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