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Mistshadow

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I've had a brilliant idea!
« on: 29 January 2004, 10:58 »
I have no experience on a Mac, nor any with certain distros of Linux. I'm not a Linux expert anyway; I guess I would be in between the beginner and intermediate levels. However, as I had little choice but to use Windows for a long time because I was just too poor to replace my hardware (some stuff just does't work with Linux period, and there's a lot of stuff that has Linux drivers now that didn't then), I am an expert at Windows and I do have some Linux knowledge.

So why don't we get together and make an "Ask a Nerd" online service? How about a web page with a form to fill out to ask a question, and the person who sends it would be emailed an answer. We wouldn't even have to charge them directly because we could have ads on the page! They wouldn't have to pay us themselves, but we'd still make money through the ads! Whaddya think?  :D  

(Three guys at work are having problems with their computers and came to me for advice, if you're wondering.  ;) )
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« Reply #1 on: 29 January 2004, 15:34 »
Aren't people more likely to just ask on a forum?
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Mistshadow

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« Reply #2 on: 29 January 2004, 16:14 »
Well, we wouldn't tell them *that*, of course. Be bad for business!
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« Reply #3 on: 29 January 2004, 19:23 »
google.com

google knows all the answers.

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« Reply #4 on: 29 January 2004, 19:36 »
look how much these dudes make!

http://teknikalsupport.com/

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« Reply #5 on: 30 January 2004, 03:48 »

Mistshadow

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« Reply #6 on: 30 January 2004, 08:19 »
quote:
Originally posted by TheQuirk: I Just Want Attention:
Ahem.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/



Damn.  :mad:
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« Reply #7 on: 30 January 2004, 23:34 »
I think anything you can't find online you can just find a help forum.

http://www.linuxquestions.org

http://www.linuxiso.org/forums

Mistshadow

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« Reply #8 on: 31 January 2004, 00:24 »
People stealing my ideas before I can even get started with them. It's just so unfair. *pout*
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« Reply #9 on: 31 January 2004, 08:46 »
Help forums have been around since the old Apple II's and their dial-in message boards, hun.

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« Reply #10 on: 31 January 2004, 14:02 »
*sniffle*
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« Reply #11 on: 31 January 2004, 15:21 »
tissue?