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August 31, 2005
Confessions of a Paranoid
For too long there has been an us and them mentality between artists and webmasters. Sure there's rampant copyright abuse, but some of that is innocent. Sure there is a lack of understanding how all of this works and therein lies the root of my problem.
Most artists know nothing about how all of this fancy pants digital stuff works. I know just enough to get me into trouble and I get just enough advice to help me jump to conclusions. I confess I am paranoid about the humor community but I think it is a bad thing for them to be afraid of me.
Fear got me into this predicament. The search for facts will get me out of it for sure but I would like to apologize for any feelings I have hurt or an inferences I may have inadvertantly made. From the very beginning I have been hoping that this whole noevilproductions.com thing has nothing to do with the humor community. But I still am obliged to find out WHAT happened.
The webmaster community is far more helpful than the arts community. Still photographers are the worse lot. I always attributed this to the fact that we work in solitude; us and the camera. Many of us do not want to share our knowledge or tricks fo the trade.
This is what I always like about the technology folks; very helpful. It's almost as if we are relieved that we finally found other people who understand what we are talking about; other folks who are eager to share what they know, their tricks.
I am sorry. My inexperience leads to me to question things and in so doing I frequently challenge those who are trying to help and/or teach me. I am learning and I have been sent down some dead ends in search for the facts. I do understand the legal reasons why some can't answer my questions. I even understand why I have to suspect the answers I am getting from my hosting company.
Thanks to all who have tried to help me.
Posted by photocartoonist at August 31, 2005 1:52 PM