On 04/09/2013 05:00 AM, Mark Janssen wrote:
By the way, here's where part of the problem stems, right here. This
notion of that you have to be a lawyer -- as if their some other race or
something.
You wouldn't go to a lawyer for advice on the best way to program. You
wouldn't go to a car mechanic to ask for the best way to set a broken
leg. You wouldn't go to a professional gardener to ask how to fight a
land war in Asia.
Yeah and a programmer wouldn't go to a lawyer to GIVE SOMETHING AWAY
FOR FREE! I mean I couldn't brainwash this kind of common sense into
a person.
And the same thinking would say that there's no need to ever change the
oil in a car, just add more when the dipstick gets too low. And no need
to kill the weeds in a lawn, just keep spreading more grass seed. And
no need to call a plumber for a leak, just wrap it in lots of duct tape.
And no need for liability insurance for your house, as nobody's gotten
hurt yet. And no need to hire a programmer for a payroll program, just
let Jimmy the receptionist write it in his spare time.
I recently talked to a small business entrepreneur who thought she
didn't have to charge or file sales tax, because her business was still
small. Her accountant told her that was fine. I told her to ask a lawyer.
Lots of obvious generalizations out there which are wrong, at least some
of the time.
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